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So then:
The "Purpose of a full-length "Mannlicher" forend" is now clear. It is ART.
Smitty of the North Amen... Don
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SDH, "It's sometimes better to be lucky than to be good." <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I'm in Reno for SCI right now; will be leaving Saturday morning. Therefore, it will require armed guards -- make that heavily armed guards -- to keep me away from your show. If you see a bearded longhair who doesn't exactly look like he's in town for a medical or legal conference headed your way, heat the coffee up... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />. Will those particular rifles be there? Thanks!
"The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets."
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Dennis
What day will you be at the Guild show?
PM sent.
Larry *********** "Speed is fine but accuracy is final" - Bill Jordan "We do not exaggerate when we state positively that the remodelled Springfield is the best and most suitable "all 'round" rifle".......Seymour Griffin, GRIFFIN & HOWE, Inc. 
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Friday. PM replied to <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />. This is gonna be fun...
"The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets."
"If you're asking me something technical, you may be looking for My Other Brother Darrell."
"It ain't foot-pounds that kills stuff -- it's broken body parts."
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Sounds great. PM answered. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Larry *********** "Speed is fine but accuracy is final" - Bill Jordan "We do not exaggerate when we state positively that the remodelled Springfield is the best and most suitable "all 'round" rifle".......Seymour Griffin, GRIFFIN & HOWE, Inc.
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The thought of using a rifle as a staff means you have the barrel down in the dirt or the barrel in the air. Which means at some time you will get the lands messed up or have the end of the barrel pointing toward someone or something you don't want to shoot. Yea, I know the gun is unloaded! I rank this right up there with skeet and trap shooters that stand around between stations with the barrel of their shotguns on the end of their foot. And "we" are trying to teach young shooters safety with lessons like this?
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Try the Bible.
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Geeze, Must have went right by this thread. did someone mention mannlicher stocks? ![[Linked Image]](http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/bucktales/IMG_3920.jpg) Top: Mark-X 7x57 with 2-7 vari-X Next, a pair of 6.5 x 55's bottom, 8x57
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I gotta say it, bucktales:
You really know how to live.
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No amount of planning will ever replace Dumb Luck.
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...a five foot six, slim, green-eyed redhead in a little black dress.
... a mannlicher stocked 8x57 in a maple gun cabinet.
I'd dance with either and have just as much fun ( well...)
Harold
Vermont Constitution: Article 16th. That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the State...
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[quoteI'd dance with either and have just as much fun ( well...) Harold [/quote] That would really depend on the testosterone level.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Don
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I might also add that the late Maurice Ottmar was one of the finest fellows I have ever had the pleasure of knowing, and Steve Heilmann merits the same catagory. Each of them has created some of the most unique, sophisticated and useful high-end custom rifles I have ever have the pleasure of experiencing.
I'm off to the show tomorrow! I like to read things like the above by SDH.
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Bucktales, I really dig that maple stocked Swede...
Would be about the perfect hunting rifle for around these parts...
I've got my current mannlicher at Pac-Nor getting a barrel, while I finish up some stock work on it...
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The rifles I like most with Mannlicher stocks are European style classics with very trim profiles, like the Sako Riimaki (sp?) and the Mannlicher Schoenauer. The balance and handling characteristics are exquisite -- they come alive in your hands like no others around. (The Ruger 77 RSI is way out of this league.)
An unproven hunch of mine is that these lighter stocks also are more consistent in accuracy than heavier full stocks because they flex with the barrel, rather than fight it. The long full stocked, muzzle loaders of old never suffered much accuracy loss from the wood/metal contact either.
The classic Mannlicher sporter stocks however are very delicate, and expensive to replace if you can even find someone to tackle the job.
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Having owned full stocked rifles including the MS carbine I don't find the balance all that special at all. Not at least in what I like for balance in a woods or mountain rifle.
I find their barrels to be rather thick and the rifles to be too muzzle heavy for me to say that they are some advantage.
However its about looks and I really like the look of a full stocked carbine. Some of the Euro rifles stocks are thin at the balance point and this is something that I do like. I had a MS FS carbine in 6.5-54 MS and it had excessive headspace so I sold it off. I wish that I had kept it and solved the problem some how.
Currently my only FS rifle is a Brno and its not woods ready but it shoots quite well.
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Bucktales, I really dig that maple stocked Swede...
Would be about the perfect hunting rifle for around these parts...
I've got my current mannlicher at Pac-Nor getting a barrel, while I finish up some stock work on it... The birdseye maple one is my wife's rifle (matches her hair ). The dark picture does the swedes no justice. I'll have to take a pic in the sunlight, especially the claro stock, figure of the wood is unreal.
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I have a huge thing for the "Swede," but my current Mannlicher will be a .260 due to action length issues...
Again, diggin the rifle. The Peep sights ,the stock...very well executed.
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I'll add one more to the Brno 22F list. Taken yesterday with less than an hour left in the season. ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Hook67/10Point1.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Hook67/10Point001.jpg)
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Nice rifle; nice deer <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />.
Cartridge?
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My favorite bottleneck....7X57 Mauser.
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My favorite bottleneck....7X57 Mauser. Good combo, and a good Buck.. Kudos!! I am a 7x57 loonie.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Don
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