What's on your rifle wishlist?

[Brutus57]

My dad's 300 magnum. Alas disappeared long ago.

Brutus Out

 

[MountainBear]

I have a sudden desire for a Swedish CG63 Mauser. Don't know why. Not as if I don't have enough Mausers (including three Swedes already)...

 

[Blackleaf40]

Barrett M107A, or a Bohica upper for an AR15, and a 338 Lapua on an AR10 platform. The Ruger Precision Rifle and their Gunsite Scout have been getting my attention. Someday...........

 

[tac]

Desert Tech in 6.5CM and .338LM.

A shooting pal here in yUK is the sole importer.

So I get to shoot them.........



tac

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Will never be able to afford one, but since this is a "wishlist", I would love to have a pre-war Mauser sporter full stock carbine in 7x57 mm
Andy

 

[MountainBear]

It's not exactly a pre-war sporter Andy, but a swede carbine in 6.5 is likely as close as I'll ever get either. Hope you enjoy the porn...

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Beautiful rifle MountainBear.
6.5 Swede is a excellent cartridge.
Can I add your rifle to my wishlist? LOL
Andy

 

[tac]

It's not exactly a pre-war sporter Andy, but a swede carbine in 6.5 is likely as close as I'll ever get either. Hope you enjoy the porn...

'snot a carbine, but it IS Swedish...


Arsenal re-furb at Carlsborg in 1938, and then left alone....





Three-digit CG.....how nice can that be?

tac

 

[MountainBear]

Beautiful rifle MountainBear.
6.5 Swede is a excellent cartridge.
Can I add your rifle to my wishlist? LOL
Andy

If I ever get around to selling it Andy, I will let you know!

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Thanks Mountainbear. Guess I'd better start saving my pennies... LOL
Andy

 

[tac]

1887 Bullard in .45-70

It's awful tiny, but I like it anyhow.

tac

 

[Brutus57]

This one is a little bigger. People love their Winchesters but the Bullard was the best lever action of the 1880s.

 

[The Heretic]

 

[tac]

Will never be able to afford one, but since this is a "wishlist", I would love to have a pre-war Mauser sporter full stock carbine in 7x57 mm
Andy

Again, I can't help out with a full-stock version but just to whet your appetite. I DO have this old gal, bought in the Army & Navy Stores in Great Victoria St, London, in 1913, by a family going out to Rhodesia to grow tobacco. When Mugabe's thugs started making life difficult for white people, the major part of the family upped stocks and came back to England, bringing their guns with them. This was bought on my behalf at an auction in Liverpool for £80.






It is, of course, in 7x57 Mauser.

There is a interesting twist to the story of this lovely old gun. A couple of years back, a then-new member of our gun club, from Tanzania, was shooting it and having heard the story, told me that he'd been to boarding school in Harare with a person of the same name. Taking some pics, and sending them off to him resulted in the news that the rifle had been his great-grandfather's, and he had learnt to shoot with it.

Small world, eh?

tac

 

[tac]

Sorry, I should have mentioned that it's a basic, no-frills Model B 'sporting rifle'. It is as light as a feather - a tad over 6 pounds, and comes up and points like a good shotgun, which, of course, is just what you want for taking game that goes boing or 'spring'.

A few years back we used to have to so-called 'charging bloon' shoot at Christmas-time. A bunch of eight bloons were tied singly to cross members on the backstop, and you had 30 seconds to 'kill' as many as you could, while they were leppin' around in the wind.

Wounds didn't count, only solid hits...

Did I mention that it was shot standing with open sights - bolt-actions only - any calibre, though. Bear in mind that it needed a reload, too, as only five-round magazines were allowed.

...at 100m.

I used to do VERY well with this handy little rifle.

tac

 

[DuneHopper]

Id like to find SKS, M OR D . I see them but not priced worth buying !

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Beautiful rifle Tac ... thanks for sharing.
Andy

 

[tac]

Thanks, Andy. I love it to bits, but then, I love them all to bits. Most of my guns have little stories, some funny and some sad. All of my guns - nineteen of 'em - added together didn't cost me as much as some folks pay for their modern laser-accurate pieces, but that's my choice.

Best from rural East Anglia, near a USAF base.

tac

 

[erudne]

Savage Chassis mount 308/suppressed

 

[MountainBear]

I seem to want most of Tac's rifles...