The same pawn/gun shop owner runs another store 20 miles away where I picked up a Mauser in .22-250- - - -single shot, HEAVY 26" barrel, Reinhardt Fajen heavy varminter stock, and a 10X Weaver steel tube scope. The bluing was pretty nasty, and I bargained the guy down to $250.00. It's from the early 1950's I'm pretty sure, as a SAAMI specification factory cartridge won't chamber. The bolt won't close on a "GO" gauge. The round used to be called a ".22 Varminter" in the days before it was standardized, and I had to modify a shell holder to bump the shoulder back a few thousandths before the bolt would close. The early ones had very tight chambers, I guess. Without a great deal of load development, it consistently puts 5 rounds into a group I can cover with a quarter at 200 yards, even with the antique Weaver scope. The modified military trigger breaks at about 1/2 pound, with no creep. Somebody really knew what he was doing when he built that one!
