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And a beautiful virgin at that!!!


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GWB

Lots of Sako love here and after purchasing and shooting my first not so long ago, I can see why.

If I were to get a M70, I'd look for nice high comb std Pre-64. The featherweights are nice but balance poorly. The early low comb models are wonderfully made but dont scope well.

Kimber- wont go there, been there twice.

CZ- nice option for w working blue/wood rifle, but for 2K I'd look real hard at a Brno. You should be able to score one at that price, doubt you could do any better.

get a rem bdl u may be able to get 2 of them

If I were gonna get 2 of them for 2K, it would be a Ruger and a Husky.

Do a search on reported ejection problems on the long action standard chamberings before you buy a Sako 85.

Apparently there are problems Sako can't/won't fix.

My vote would be for a nice clean, pre 64 M70 featherweight, as classic as America gets, plus a real workhorse.

Handwerk.

That Sako 75 Hunter I bought from you that was re-bored to 9.3 x 62 was a sweeeeeet shooter.



Sako 75 Hunter, 9.3 x 62, 2.5 x 8 Ziess Conquest




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GWB

I used to have a friend that had a a few Sauers and Blazers. I was privelged too reload for them and shoot them. To me they were some of the best made and accurate rifles I have seen.

The one Saur that I liked the best was a 308. The one blazer that I liked was in 300 win mag, although it kicked really bad.

He also liked, and his go to rifle was a Weatherby Accu-mark in 300 bee.

Yeah he liked his high end rifles. Yeah, to bad he died by a gunshot. Those were good times.

Get what you like after handling our suggestions.

In 1957 I earned enough to order a new M70 Winchester and I still have it.

Since then experienced riflemen suggested the Brno M21 & M22 rifles as fine quality. I got a few of them and still revere the 99 Savage.

Here is my Zbrojovka Brno 21h 7X57 carbine with a 3-9 Leu. It has a Dakota M70 three position safety on it now.

That baravian carbine is a thing of beauty.

For a 'custom' rifle I like the ones I bought right now all finished. The ones I ordered came out good also but my favorite is on a all ready made mauser with a fine stock and a octagon barrel.

A select Featherweight or Rem CDL wouldn't suck I could be talked into a Vanguard Deluxe if they would chamber it for the proper cartridge.

Mike

I've killed an number of critters with it, but this was one of my favorite outings..........




Snuck up on a sounder of javelina and picked out one that appeared to be larger than the rest. Popped him. Later that evening at dark-thirty I got the hoglet. It don't always work that way but I luv it when a plan comes together.

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GWB

Yep geedubya, that was a good one, from time to time I do my sakos

10/4 on that. Kinda like letting someone else take the depreciation.

Here is an ol' custom Mauser 98 I happened on one day.







I rarely go to gunshows, but a bud of mine had a booth and I told him I'd drop by. I think I had $10 or $20 bucks in my pocket so I could get in but not buy anything. I was walking down the aisle to my bud's booth when I spied this jewel. The guy that had smithed it had a shop down the street from where I worked in the late 70's. He was a custom smith of some renown in the Houston area by the name of Wayne Barnett. Fast forward to 2008 and here was one of his rifles. I told the seller that if he would hold my DL until I got back in an hour, I'd pay his asking price. My bud vouched for me and I picked up some cash and got back lickity-split.




its a shooter



and a thumper.


Best,

GWB

My money, you won't find a better rifle than the New Haven Model 70 Classic Featherweight.

You can likely find prettier wood. Lighter weight. Pick your feature.
But the Classic Featherweight is the finest rifle package ever produced in walnut and blued steel...

I would search for a Husqvarna HVA 1640 buy it for around $500 spend the remaining 1500 on upgrading the stock and/or barrel.

geedubya, Thanks for posting all pics...

10/4,

My pleasure........


posting here in the evenings keeps me outta da' bars



off the streets



and outta my wife's hair. LOL


JAPPFT,

GWB


PS: In case I haven't mentioned it........




I luv the warmth of wood.

Luxus.