Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire who knows much about herters rifles.....pic added

I just took a herters in on trade. It is a 300win and is the made in England u9 as near as I can tell. The trigger/bolt release is haywire right now, but that aside...it looks like a really high quality rifle with some fine touches. The barrel is a very light taper deeply blued beauty. I had intended to fix it and trip it, but I might finally try my hand at wood work on this one.

I believe Herters used a couple of different actions for their
rifles, I may be wrong though. The last Herters U9 I handled
was chambered in 6MM Rem. They also sold actions seperately,
I may be wrong there also. Some of the other guys should add
to this soon.

I had a Herters of unknown Model, but it was a commercial 98 action...a little touch here-n-there and it served me very well for very many years...

It was a .300 as well...

IIRC, most of the England jobs were BSA actioned guns.

I had an old U9 in high school...a 6mm Rem. Nice rifle, but even then I didn't much care for the Weatherby/California stock touches. it shot very well, though, and I probably shouldn't have traded it off for whatever I traded it for.

IIRC, I believe Herter�s used BSA and FN actions for long cartridges and Sako actions for short cartridges. After all, everything offered by George Herter was the "world's greatest", according to his advertisements.

not just greatest...Model Perfect. Perfect, mind you.

But they work great an his bows were top knochso were the rest of his line

What you have is a BSA Monarch action with a Douglas barrel and a Herters stock. The guns are shooters.

Push the trigger forward pretty hard and you will release the bolt.

If you shoot it you will keep it.

Oh, you can get wood from Richards and from Hoosier for them.

I was thinking of a nice claro slab since of the stack of rifles I own few are wood and none are nice.

I would bet on the rifle being accurate enough to warrant the use of good wood. I have three of them. My 300 shoots everything I have put in it well. I didn't put nice wood on it, but I did put a German made Zeiss on it.

The finish on the barrel is very good, I will likely remove the few remaining tool marks on the action and rust blue it.

The bolt lock is broken on this gun too, but I think I am just going to eliminate it.

This thread would be much better with some pictures.

Just saying.

Herters now there are some memories...the store in Mitchell, SD was paradise to me as a kid. IIRC they had a U9 and a J9 action. Model Perfect! The son Jacques actually became a psychiatrist and had an office in Casper, WY back in the 80's.

The bolts release either by pulling back on the trigger pretty hard or pushing forward pretty hard. I have both versions. You might have to close the bolt and then pull/push the trigger, holding it while you unlock and remove the bolt.

I'll see what I can arrange tomorrow.

I have a J9 in 6mm Rem in my safe that my dad bought new in the 60's; nice rifle. I've since dropped it in a Boyd's laminate (Yugo 48); factory stock was too gaudy with the lighting bolt spacers. I'll post some pictures when I get a chance.

The bolt release is a good trick to play on someone! This one locks the bolt down with the safety, but the tang is broken that engages the bolt. I will post some pics....its no beauty queen.