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Blaser R93, .222 Rem U.I.T. bbl. + Swarovski 6-24x50 AO


Sauer 202, bbls. in 7x64 & .30-06 + Swarovski 1,5-6x42 in EAW swingout mount



FN-Browning O/U in 9,3x74R + Swarovski 1,25-4x24 in S�hler claw mounts

M70 Classic Custom Shop in .264WM.. Bought from 'Predator' here and he also gets credit for the pix.. NIB, never fired, it's just too pretty to use.. I've got a few otherM70s that are close to this, but IMHO this is tops..

This rifle is not in the same league as the rifles posted, but this is the prettiest rifle I own. It's a Winchester Model 70 in 300 WSM. It has been bloody too.

Here is one of mine. It's a Safari Arms M98 in .338-06





Terry

This isn't really a typical hunting rifle but I have shot a few deer with it. I used it for about 10 years in the schuetzen matches but havn't shot it much lately. Rifle was built by AO Zischang in the 1890's and has not been messed with other than scope blocks and that was done in the 1920's. Caliber is 32-40 and will still put 5 shots in the .200's at 100 yards.

308 WIN

270 WIN

Here's mine:




Waiting on 1 more from Patriot Arms and a tactical rifle from GAP.

65X54,

Its so good to see that magnificent rifle. Other rifles posted here are outstanding as well. What a great thread!

While I am a schuetzen rifle enthusiast I am not that familar with the work of Zischang. What action is that rifle built on?

I have not shot in schuetzen matches for a while now but I have scheuetzen rifles by Butler (high wall), Aydt and a heavy barreled 38-55 Hepburn 'sporter' that I have used also.

System Aydt 8.15-46R

I guess this one is my "prettiest", although the pic isn't the best. It's chambered for the 444 Marlin.

Thanks 99! Sounds like you have some nice single shots. I used to use my 45-70 Hepburn quite a bit hunting whitetails around here. The stock design on it doesn't lend it's self to comfortable recoil management though.
Zischang imigrated here from germany. He worked for the Sharps Rifle company for a while but decided that their work wasn't quite up to his standards. He did like the Borchardt action quite well and this is what he used for his target rifles mostly. In his words though, he needed to clean them up a bit to make them servicable.
BTW, I do have the bullet starter and bullet mold that was originally furnished with this rifle also.

Savage99, that's a really nice Aydt. Normally the sights are missing, good to see them on the rifle. Have you shot it any?
I have shot a few of them and they really hold nice....

I am reminded of a story from a coworker, WWII vet, that was motorcycle MP through Europe. He was among the last to come home from Germany. He talked about starving Germans trading beautiful handcarved shotguns and rifles, that they couldn't legally own, for food. He had a seabag full of them, and military pistols and rifles. After being gone from home for five years, as the ship pulled into NY harbor, they announced that the soldiers would be checked and anyone caught with contraband could be held for up to six months. He said the rail was full of soldiers throwing bags overboard in the harbor, including him. The soldiers were not even checked. Cruel joke.

Here is one to look at.

Now that is one sad story!

65X54,

While I have shot the Aydt I got it towards the end of my competition in schuetzen matches. Its very accurate and the bore is perfect. I have a mold for it and I load the cartridges with bullets seated in the cases.

I am quite familar with other bullet seating methods but I prefer the loaded cartridge for offhand matches.

I did most of my shooting with the Hepburn and yes they kick however they let me wear my leather shooting coat which really soaks up the recoil.

My 1959 M70 fwt 30-06

Rick: Do you really hunt that old thing?????


Veddy nice!

I did for years, in fact it was my go-to rig.

Since the facelift? I absolutely do hunt it, it just doesn't get scraped against a backpack anymore! I haven't shot anything with it since Greydog did the work so no hero pics. Saw stuff, just nothing I wanted to shoot.

It's really not that much, just a nice old fwt barrelled action with the sights taken off, a plug filling the rear dovetail and reblued. The bolt was showing some tarnish so Greydog jeweled it. The stock is a really dense piece of English in a Jerry Fisher featherweight design that I got from Heritage Walnut. Blackburn bottom metal and I believe a Fisher grip cap. Simple really. But it was done by someone who knows how and as importantly cared about the work he was doing. It perfectly fits "my" idea of what a custom walnut stocked rifle should look like. And it cost less than a lot of the stainless and fiberglass rifles we see on here!

Next time you're in western Canada you should shoot your animal with it.

Beautiful wood, my man...

Veddy nice indeedy!