I see they are still in business. Years ago, I used to buy a lot of damaged or incomplete rifles from them as fixer uppers. They had a lot of different Mausers for sale. At one point, I bought about 12 Mausers - 6.5x55s mostly - getting them for $40 each.

I fixed some, but most I sold years later for $75 to $100. I would clean them up and repair or replace the stocks or metal parts.

Did anyone buy from them?

I used to get their catalogues, I believe it was included in an Ontario outdoors magazine from time to time. Never ordered from them but looked their wares, too poor back then raising two kids, mortgage, car payments, groceries. Different times, different stages in life.

Thanks for the memory jog.

Nick

Steve;
Good afternoon sir, I hope the last Friday in May has been a good one for you and you're all well out east.

For sure I remember their adds in the Gunrunner newspaper we used to get.

They were where I ordered the 96 Swede from which I modified into a hunting rifle for my father in '86 I believe it must have been. If memory serves I paid the $5 premium for "extra clean" and this one made in 1903 appeared unfired as there was no wear on the bolt fact at all.



This was passed back to me when he wasn't able to hunt anymore due to his health, with his hope that one of the grandkids might get it. As it turned out Steve our eldest spotted the odd looking full wood stock in the back of the safe when she started hunting and claimed it as her own. It's still her main hunting rifle today.

Thanks for the memories of days long passed Steve and all the best to you all this weekend.

Dwayne

You're welcome. That's why I used to buy their budget stuff. There are fewer bargains around these days. Military surplus rifles are a thing of the past, it seems.

Steve, showing your and my age - those days were 40-years ago. I think they were called then Century Arms International. I remember buying (6) Model 96's for $30 each delivered - I also remember paying an extra $10 each for hand-select and those three turned out to have never been issued, just stored - they had all the paperwork verifying that. Think what they would be worth now. I still have one of them still but fully sporterized-customized into a new stock and converted to cock-on-open but still shoots first two shots touching out of a cold barrel.

Yes, time sure flies!

I think we both have fond memories of those days. Wouldn’t it be great to travel back and get some of the stuff that was available then at 1970s prices?