Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats Bought a G33/40 today

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/937196296

I do love small ring Mausers, been on the lookout for a 7x64 or donor for same.

Contacted Jim Kobe about a 7x64 rebarrel, red pad, mounts and perhaps a new bolt and bottom metal.

May hold off on the last two, may commission one of Jim's custom stocks down the road with all the bells and whistles.

That'll be nice!

Very nice looking rifle.

Congrats on a nice looking rifle at a good price.....even though it's not a M70 (ha!)

What a find and what a score, very nice.

Thanks gents.

If amyone has a kid who can use that scope, let me know.

Cool rifle with some unique features like the checkering and sculpting at the bottom metal. Don't think I'd change anything on that stock as long as it fit me.

LOP is too short unfortunately, hence the pad.

That rifle is just about the last G33/40 I would pick to tear down for just the action.

Mike Conner from Alaska is a craftsman from the Golden Age of American custom stockmaking from the 20th century who was apprenticed to Dale Goens of NM.
Mike Conner and his stocks were pictured in several of Jim Carmichaels books- his work was that good.

It the rifle were mine, I would have a top flight metal man do two things-

First- I would replace that ugly knurled Williams bolt handle.

Second- make sure the feed rails were not opened up too much to accommodate the rebated 284 case so that it does precludes a re-barrel to 7x64.

Even it that is the case, a 6.5 x 284 or plain .284 would still both be sweet chamberings for such a rifle.

I saw it, good buy!

Agree.

Way too nice to tear down for the action.

DF

Edited to add, if it’s an 8 twist, and the barrel was in as good a shape as the gun, think I’d stay with the 6-284.

Long bullets should work well and I think OP would be impressed. I really like my M-70 pre-64 6.5-284.

Excellent points on the metalwork jk16. I'd also be curious to see how the fatter rounds are stacking in the mag box itself and if the box had been widened for the fatter cases.

Looks like a great buy!

An outstandingly nice snag. Congratulations!

Kobe will look everything over, of course.

If he says it's possible, 7x64.

Not my kid but I have a perfect candidate for it if it is still available
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6x284 would be a very fast 6mm, if you decide to keep it!

And with the right bullets….

DF

Assuming of course, the barrel is properly twisted.

Nice rifle ..... That would become a 6.5x57 if I owned it.

Wondering if the feed rails may have been altered to work with the 284 case.

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