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Man, that’s a beauty....

Mike, if it's the Dubber rifle, yes.

Lacks bottom metal however. A custom rifle needs custom bottom metal to my eye.

That being said, I verified weight with Dubber.

7lb 6oz scoped.

It helps cut down the weight, though. Pretty wood and engraving.

Indeed.

According to Dubber the magazine is 3 1/4" - the follower is 3"

Educate me: Does that mean that, depending on leade, of course, a round could be loaded to 3.25 and still function? Or would it be limited to follower length?

Very cool chambering with a TON of history. It always kills better than I expect with very mild recoil. Shoots 140 grain accubonds into 1/2 inch group with a Rem 700 action and a SS super match Pac Nor barrel. Also has a B&C Ti stock on it. Love it!

Rev, I inquired about the OAL of the mag box.

Response;

"I loaded the magazine with 4 7X57 Mauser...new Sellier & Bellot 173 grain SPCE cartridges, and they measure exactly 3" in length.  I also loaded 4 Winchester 7mm 175 Grain Soft Point cartridges that measure 3 1/16" in length and they also operate properly."

Sold this one (a Boddington Leopard) awhile back to a fellow 'Fire member. Still wondering why I did that...
Bob



Other side looks great, too

7lb-12oz

Just received my dream rifle after a 10+year search.

7x57R - Merkel Stalking Rifle

You might as well just sell all your other guns now....

What a beauty! I agree with Ingwe. I've been toying with the idea of heading in that direction myself. Where I do 99% of my hunting, I have yet to need another round faster than I could load a single shot. As a matter of fact, I can count on one hand the number of times I've needed more than the round in the chamber. Of course, functionally it doesn't make any difference, but that rifle has, as Ingwe likes to say, panache. And the ibex and chamois add to it. Now you just need to make a trip to harvest what you already have an engraved record of.

Been thinking about that...except I'd have to get a .270...
Bob

Hey Rev,

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/875703441

On sale! You gonna buy it?

It's a value at that price.

Thinking on it.

Sako, congrats on the rifle. It's a beauty.

Sako, I have a friend that's had one four years and he said he has worked for months on end trying to get bolt actions to shoot as well as the Merkel did out of the box. He claims once one has a K3 everything else can be sold.

It's a nice rifle, but if it's built to shoot factory 175s, in my mind that's a bit counterproductive for something that falls into the light mountain category. You ought to take one of those nice M70s you already have and spend about the same (+/-) and build something similar. You already have a nice .280 that shoots extremely well; maybe just have a stock carved for it and then you'd have the best of both worlds: nice walnut to look at and use when the weather's good, and a bedded Bridges synthetic to bang around the rocks in the snow and rain. Just a thought.

And before you say it, I already know: "Physician, heal thyself."

Rev, that .280 has prevented me from buying a few rifles.

But I will add a full custom 7X57 to the stable when I find the right one.