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There are days when I believe I remember being 59. My eyes are 20-20 but 20-20 at this time is quite different from 20-20 when young. If I could shoot a 2 inch group with my 6.5x54 I would very likely turn into an insufferable braggard. Now I at least know what is possible. Thanks.

For those that might be interested there is a Lyman 1A and cocking piece for a MS on Fleabay with a day to run. Item #180711064048 The reserve has not been met with current bid $191.

I might add "a target that fits ones sight dimensions" too.

The eyes are near 65 yrs now, and I never dreamed one could do MOA stuff with iron sights. A 45-90 Sharps, however, has me re-educated. With the tang mounted peep and aperture front, the sight plane is 37 inches. That goes a long way toward refining accuracy.

I've seen glasses with the bifocal portion of the lens in the top half rather than the bottom half, specifically to focus on handgun sights.

MD,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to your last response but had some distractions -- mainly an oak tree that the hurricane dropped on our house.

My research to date has thrown no light on the receiver differences I mentioned earlier. I did see a photo of an early Greek military M/S that had the same action as yours but that does not mean that yours was not a factory model all the way becasue the actions came off the same assembly line.

Some M/S 'experts' I know told me that several gun makers in the US and UK at one time used the Greek military actions in house models to which they added wood stocks from Europe. The real guru on M/Ss -- a serious collector-- has not yet answered my call.

My buddy TBear has a very nice Greek conversion in 7x57. The wood on his, though svelte and well done, is clearly not factory origin. Interstingly, his will not feed modern, long ogive bullets, only the traditional rounder nosed, heavier bullets.

What serial # -- rounded to the nearest ten if you wish-- does yours carry. As near as I can figure mine was made @ 1910. They did
not make a lot of them in those days.

Regards,
1B

Great article and what did I see in the local shopper the very next week but a 03/14/27 Greek mannlicher sporter. Much work to be done but I can't seem to get the magazine out. Any thoughts? The bottom plate has two holes, when I insert a slug to depress the catch only the front one moves. It seems like it would like to rotate but doesn't. Is there a trick to this?

As near as I can figure out from watching it during the cocking sequence the metal part on the receiver I described earlier has the sole function of holding the bolt down! It appears to be spring loaded so the bolt handle, when it drops, slides over the end of this projecting piece of metal and gets held in place by it.

1B