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Those are great as is, and I'm glad that the maple's pattern wasn't cut from the other's wood or I'd have drooled on my keyboard. The one's pattern in the other's wood wold just invite lust and envy.

I want to thank you guys for giving me the Mauser bug. You all owe me big now. Or do I owe you big??? This called my name, a 30/06 lightweight with XXX wood, Douglas air gauged, semi-custom.

OH MY! That is one fine rifle there! Congratulations!

My 275 Rigby by David Christman.

My 458 Lott by Jim Kobe and Dennis Olson

David Christman 284 in a 1909 Argentine.

Jim Kobe 250-3000 Peruvian

Banner Mauser by Jim Kobe in 9.3X62-Double square bridge.

Butch - always liked your taste in rifles!

Sweet! Ya done well.
I'm happy to contribute in a small way to the addiction.

Milsurp Upgrade
.308 Win


Interarms Mark X
.300 Win Mag



Chilean 1912
.308 Win


FN 270 Win


VZ24
260 Rem

Some pretty stuff here...!!
I got a few as well

Rifle,

I like your collection! Looks like a pile of very fine HUNTING rifles there, to me.

Those rifles will still be treasured pieces, and still out hunting & killing stuff, 100 years from now.

Wow. This thread is some expensive bandwidth!= Congrats to all!

I own several, but this is my latest addition. It's a beauty in .375 H&H.

That sure IS a beauty there! One fine DGR there. Have you hunted it? Plans to do so, soon?

You sucketh.....

Everything a Mouser WISHES it could be.



Wood is for fireplaces and bluing for colorin' books.

Then you really will not like my choice of toys.

JSTUART;
Top of the morning to you sir, I see you're up early/late yet again. Sorry about that but nice to visit.

I know my Alaskan 'Fire friend Boxer isn't a fan of the type you've shown, but I most certainly am.

If I'd ever be able to arrange life and finances correctly, a bucket list rifle for me would be a full wood Brno.

I'm currently playing with a VZ24 action and if the '06 barrel that I've spun onto it shoots OK, it's going to get a stock built that resembles a Brno full wood.

Well it's for our eldest daughter so if she's OK with that then that's how I'll proceed.

Anyway sir, not that it matters one whit to you or anyone else - but I like your Brno's just fine.

Have a good weekend sir, all the best to you and yours.

Dwayne

Hello Dwayne, the Brno's certainly set my blood to racing...I shall hit the sack soon as a mate and I spent this afternoon casing the river bends for firewood and have found an area that would fill several Semi's, we will be cutting all our winter wood this week...should take us about six days.

Have a good weekend, and please say hello to the family.

James.

JSTUART;
Thanks for the reply James and will do on the family.

With an apology to any and all for the derailment that I'm semi- infamous for, is the firewood you look for standing dead or blowdown?

I'm going to guess it's not coniferous either?

No panic on any reply James, inquiring minds and all.

Have a good weekend sir.

Dwayne

It is all on the ground, and is redgum and box...one of the old river gums has come down in the last twelve months and is laying right where we can drive up to it, too good to ignore.
We will cut everything but the trunk, which is a good twelve feet thick, this we will leave to a mate that will slab it and sell the slabs down south as A grade for furniture and such.

I usually get a trailer out of two chains before a sharpen, but the box is a heck of a lot harder so we will be taking three saws and half a dozen chains.

Thank God for the Oregon chain sharpener.

James;
Thanks for the reply and information sir.

If there was a head shaking/wincing emoticon I'd use it now. We're pretty spoiled here with our Douglas Fir and larch firewood it seems.

Two saws and half a dozen chains would last me half a dozen years up here if I'm careful.. ouch!

Thanks again for the information sir and again apologies to the OP for the trip into the weeds.

Have a good weekend again James, all the best to you and yours.

Dwayne

PS;
To the OP, these aren't the prettiest Mauser's I've ever seen, but if one was to suggest that "best" meant as reliable as a 4lb hammer, then in the spirit of the thread and perhaps seeking forgiveness for the derailment.

My good wife's wartime Steyr built 98 parts gun. As mentioned it shows up and has worked in all weather, each and every time it's been asked. This is a scan from quite awhile ago now, but I know for sure and certain if we pulled this rifle out of the safe today and of course first sighted it in that it would feed and fire without a hitch.


Eldest daughter's 96 Swede built in 1903 - reworked by me for my late father in the '80's and then passed back to her before he died. She's become quite proficient with it.


As well as the above rifles, we've currently got another two wartime 98 action rifles that I've built to suit me. They both are very plain, but they do work as asked which is sort of an endearing trait.

Dwayne