"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
Yes it is pretty but, for that coin, I'll happily keep my push feed Featherweight and rejoice.
Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. "there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser" "the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"
Yes. But, I mean, you could say that about every single person on this forum with rifles that overlap in caliber/purpose... so I say, if you've got the cash to burn, why not?
It's a beauty, that's for sure. I'd never pay that kind of coin for a rifle. I'd never take it outside the house. I'd have to sell a guitar to pay for it and that ain't happening.
Yes. But, I mean, you could say that about every single person on this forum with rifles that overlap in caliber/purpose... so I say, if you've got the cash to burn, why not?
A man told me years ago that the definition of a good deal was "That if the buyer was happy with what he paid and the seller was happy with how much he got, it was a good deal". Anything else wasn't any ones business.
Made sense to me.
"Aim right, squeeze light" " Might as well hit what you're aiming at, it kicks the same whether you miss or not" NRA Life, GOA
Yes it is pretty but, for that coin, I'll happily keep my push feed Featherweight and rejoice.
Yup! You and me both. PJ
Our forefathers did not politely protest the British.They did not vote them out of office, nor did they impeach the king,march on the capitol or ask permission for their rights. ----------------They just shot them. MOLON LABE
Another safe-queen that will never be hunted. My M70 XTR fwt push-feed with VXRRR 2-8 has been (2 caribou) and will be again, even with so-so accuracy (working on that).
I don't think the price is out of line, given the (apparent) build quality and the spectacular wood. If I had the money to spend and it were waved in front of me for that price, I'd be sorely tempted. No rifle (or shotgun) is too nice to hunt with, so I would hunt with it. I don't beat my guns up hunting with them but after a few years most of them would never pass for NIB. I would tend to be a bit more careful in handling this rifle in the field, and that would detract somewhat from the hunting experience.
Most of the wear and tear, dents and dings on rifles and shotguns is careless handling in and out of vehicles, gun safes, closets or whatever, that and putting them down in stupid places or under questionable circumstances.
I have a love affair with the 7mm Mauser! Winchesters: A couple of Model 54, early late versions. Couple of Model 70, though one's the early '82 Push Feed featherweight USRA marking. My other Model 70, a used-excellent but all original*, 7mm Short Rifle. Presumptive 20"barrel length is original as all from the prewar era when "integral forted" ramp fronts sight bases were typical. See pix below along with main pix. Sn in 55xxx range '46 year and almost surely a "barrel clean-up gun within such 'known period' as the Factory ridding "obsolete chamberings"! But for the 55K serial from 1946, the whole gun - Lyman sight excepted - all "prewar original!.
* Lyman 48 likely aftermarket, happily so of style not requiring "inletting stock cut accommodation!" Along with aft barrel sight swap > dovetail filler.
She shows honest use but still works for me! Best! John
Yes. But, I mean, you could say that about every single person on this forum with rifles that overlap in caliber/purpose... so I say, if you've got the cash to burn, why not?
Can't disagree..
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson
I have a love affair with the 7mm Mauser! Winchesters: A couple of Model 54, early late versions. Couple of Model 70, though one's the early '82 Push Feed featherweight USRA marking. My other Model 70, a used-excellent but all original*, 7mm Short Rifle. Presumptive 20"barrel length is original as all from the prewar era when "integral forted" ramp fronts sight bases were typical. See pix below along with main pix. Sn in 55xxx range '46 year and almost surely a "barrel clean-up gun within such 'known period' as the Factory ridding "obsolete chamberings"! But for the 55K serial from 1946, the whole gun - Lyman sight excepted - all "prewar original!.
* Lyman 48 likely aftermarket, happily so of style not requiring "inletting stock cut accommodation!" Along with aft barrel sight swap > dovetail filler.
She shows honest use but still works for me! Best! John
Iskra, that’s a M70 SG carbine
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Hunter S. Thompson
Yes. But, I mean, you could say that about every single person on this forum with rifles that overlap in caliber/purpose... so I say, if you've got the cash to burn, why not?
I have a love affair with the 7mm Mauser! Winchesters: A couple of Model 54, early late versions. Couple of Model 70, though one's the early '82 Push Feed featherweight USRA marking. My other Model 70, a used-excellent but all original*, 7mm Short Rifle. Presumptive 20"barrel length is original as all from the prewar era when "integral forted" ramp fronts sight bases were typical. See pix below along with main pix. Sn in 55xxx range '46 year and almost surely a "barrel clean-up gun within such 'known period' as the Factory ridding "obsolete chamberings"! But for the 55K serial from 1946, the whole gun - Lyman sight excepted - all "prewar original!.
* Lyman 48 likely aftermarket, happily so of style not requiring "inletting stock cut accommodation!" Along with aft barrel sight swap > dovetail filler.
She shows honest use but still works for me! Best! John
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I don't think that stock in the Gunbroker ad linked at the top of this thread is pretty, but I sure wouldn't tell that to someone who spent over $4k for that unusual piece of wood.
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