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Shhhhh. All your nattering is scaring away the Weatherby's; the thread isn't about you, it's about them, and how hideous most of them are.
Flick the switch man, bye.
Man, I almost spit my coffee over the keyboard
Shhhhh. All your nattering is scaring away the Weatherby's; the thread isn't about you, it's about them, and how hideous most of them are.
Flick the switch man, bye.
How about two S&L's
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and three Husqvarna's?Close as I can come to FN.
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Question, when Weatherby started out, I'm lead to believe S&L made actions for him.
How about two S&L's
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and three Husqvarna's?Close as I can come to FN.
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Question, when Weatherby started out, I'm lead to believe S&L made actions for him.
Man, I almost spit my coffee over the keyboard![]()
Man, I almost spit my coffee over the keyboard
Shoot, that looks like sonething out of Saddam's collection. I hate inlays on my stocks.
A for effort. Nice pieces anyway.
As I understand, Roy started out using Mausers and began working on a joint venture with S&L, and had S&L start building some for him at the same time. There is an overlap where your Weatherby could have been a S&L or a Mauser (FN) at the time. Some of the reading I have done conjures that it was S&L that did the majority of the foot work and development with Norma for Roy, but the fact that both companies works together on S&L's own projects and they are both Scandinavian is the only basis Incan see for that.
Frankly, I think Weatherby would be twice the company and contender it is today if they had continued with S&L and not dealt with Sauer, but that is an opinion.
S&L has always been a bolt action favorite of mine and there's one more I'm looking for. My one criticism is the complexity of their bolt. I'd categorize it as the "Rubik's Cube" of bolts when it comes to stripping and cleaning.
I wish S&L rifles would be easily available in Canada, I'd buy one for sure. I love the M97-DL
A happy 14 year old with his first (only) moose.
A happy 14 year old with his first (only) moose.
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How long did it take to wipe that smile off?
Great pic!
I suspect it's permanent.It must be from his mother's side of the family, nobody in the liveing memory of my family has ever smiled.
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