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l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
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That is a beautiful rifle
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I would be afraid to use rifle like that, it would be sitting in the safe all wrapped up.
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Not a fan of engraved rifles.
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A work of art.
Have to agree with EdM as a tool to hunt with. Much too pretty IMO to take out in the boon docks.
But eye candy for sure.
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I was enjoying that fine rifle that is until I got down to the $16K price tag !
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If I owned that beautiful rifle, I’d use it and enjoy it!
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If I owned that beautiful rifle, I’d use it and enjoy it! Would be hard for me to take it out and get it scratched up. Like driving a new $100K vehicle off the dealer's showroom. It's suddenly worth $20K less and before the first scratch. But, as they say, life's too short to hunt with an ugly gun. (Never bothered me....) But, even ugly has it's limits. DF
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Oh My!!! What a doozy, gotta love a fine piece like that!
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Not a fan of engraved rifles. ^ This
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty of give me death! P. Henry
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So is it on the way to your house? 
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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LOVE this rifle, but its heavy for a small ring 7mm Mauser. Its a full pound heavier than my scoped Dale Goens 7x57 mountain rifle!
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What an incredible work of art, beautiful!!!
It isn't what happens to you that defines you, it's what you DO about what happens to you that defines you!
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Absolutely beautiful piece of functional art work!
The engraving is tastefully done and lines are classic - wood is beautiful. Not taking this one out hunting would be like having a beautiful wife and never doing ANYTHING with her - just looking at her (guess some might be content with that).
I am a fan of this kind of rifle - it has its place in the hunting fields - I don’t abuse any of my rifles - I do use the heck out if them though and they get scratches/scuffs from time to time - it tells a story……and old fella once told me you “can’t live in fear”!
Just a my opinion of course!
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LOVE this rifle, but its heavy for a small ring 7mm Mauser. Its a full pound heavier than my scoped Dale Goens 7x57 mountain rifle! My Goens mannlicher 6.5x55 on a pre-64 M70. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/xLSxEdO.jpg) My Wisner 7x57 small ring (Swede). ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/12XsTxr.jpg)
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How in the world are those rifles made that light?
The way life should be.
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Absolutely beautiful piece of functional art work!
The engraving is tastefully done and lines are classic - wood is beautiful. Not taking this one out hunting would be like having a beautiful wife and never doing ANYTHING with her - just looking at her (guess some might be content with that).
I am a fan of this kind of rifle - it has its place in the hunting fields - I don’t abuse any of my rifles - I do use the heck out if them though and they get scratches/scuffs from time to time - it tells a story……and old fella once told me you “can’t live in fear”!
Just a my opinion of course!
PennDog Agree completely.
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I was surprised at the Goens rifle but it wears a 20" barrel. Weight above is w/o scope but fully sighted. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/0S2kwvD.jpg) Wisner did the Mauser 33/40 cuts on the Swede. His sights and quarter rib included. Scope not. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/tfJY77m.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/gxWxBp9.jpg)
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How in the world are those rifles made that light? The late master stockmaker Dale W. Goens had several techniques he used in creating his famous mountain rifle design. He first would select English walnut stock blanks based upon not only grain structure and figure, but wood density per cubic foot weight. He would shape a very slender stock profile, then route the barrel channel and the butt of the stock under the recoil pad to reduce weight. The action would be a small ring Mauser, usually a G33/40 to ensure the lightest receiver possible. The magazine well was drilled with perforations (Called Swiss Cheesing) and the bottom metal would be custom shaped and contoured. Usually, a Douglas featherweight barrel of 22" length would be used for additional weight savings. My Goens mountain rifle has a Timney sportsman trigger made of Aluminum alloy and was probably the lightest available at the time. Needless to say, a few ounces here and there, they start to add up in the final product. There is a great article by James Olt on these mountain rifle features in the 1976 Gun Digest, 30th Anniversary Addition, if you have access to it. If someone would post pictures for me, I can display with photos these features here on the forum.
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A little late to the party...
Amazing rifle! I'm a sucker for 7x57's but it just seems "unfinished" to me. I have always felt that if you are going to install a barrel band sling mount, you should install iron sights. The portion of barrel beyond the band just looks naked. Seems half way between a European and American aesthetic. I wouldn't kick it out of my gun safe if it wandered in but I would have irons installed...random musing that no asked for, but isn't that the essence of the 'fire
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I would be afraid to use rifle like that, it would be sitting in the safe all wrapped up. This! It’s gorgeous.
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