Nice rifle. Aren't you supposed to have a 4.5x14 scope on it?
He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
To me, the term "stalking rifle" has always evoked the image of a rifle made to be carried in the hand (not by a sling), and fired off hand; thus the shorter forend, drop in the stock, and, if a scope must be mounted, a low fixed power scope mounted as low to the action as possible.
Ingwe who did the stock on the 7x57? Is that a Schnabel fore end? I can't tell because of the Kudu's mane.
Would a Schnabel fore end be confusing the concept of a British/Germanic/American inspired stalking rifle? This is the last detail I can't decide on for one of my project rifles. It's on a 700 action so won't be purely classic and minor breaks from tradition are acceptable to me.
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PH; REALLY nice rifle and a GREAT olddddd Stag. Simply beautiful! Huntr;cool pic, whens the blue/wood one gonna be ready? Dennis Erhardt ( Frontier Guncmithing, Helena, Mt.) did the rifle, woodwork and all... Tejano;The forend is basic....ebony, no schnabel...I am one of those that prefer the english over the german look...JMHO... And oh, yeah, notice the lack on a sling..... Thanks guys for all your responses and pics... still can't get over that stag.... Ingwe
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Hi, The young man in the pictures is one of my son. Very good shooter and hunter! The rifle is a beauty, for me at least! It is made with a M35 Argentine Mauser, a 60 cm (around 24 inches) Steyr 7x57 barrel, also military,new unused, and the stock is the military original shaped like the Original Sporting Mausers. It has one of the most impressive pieces of walnut I ever saw, even in expensives custom rifles! Has a metalic weding job, not only a pilar bedding, a compleat alloy bead. And shoots great, also... Regards,
Hi, The young man in the pictures is one of my son. Very good shooter and hunter! The rifle is a beauty, for me at least! It is made with a M35 Argentine Mauser, a 60 cm (around 24 inches) Steyr 7x57 barrel, also military,new unused, and the stock is the military original shaped like the Original Sporting Mausers. It has one of the most impressive pieces of walnut I ever saw, even in expensives custom rifles! Has a metalic weding job, not only a pilar bedding, a compleat alloy bead. And shoots great, also... Regards,
Extremely nice rifles, Tony!! I have seen only one exactly like yours, here in Argentina, in .30-06. Rifles made as should be made... Regards,
PH
Why thank you. I picked them up while living here in Canada and just received the paperwork from the US authorities approving my importation of them back to the States. Nice, simple, functional pieces they are.
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