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Thank you all for the kind words. The rifle has a lot of unique features. Got started on a new project rifle today. This one is based on a super slick BRNO vz24 action, rebarreled to 30-06. The stock is a nice dark piece of black walnut, the shadowline cheekpiece has already been carved, fit a Silve...

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Almost 6 months to the day we are done! Just a recap, started as a Swedish carbine (16.5" barrel in 6.5x55) that I restocked in a full length Mannlicher style stock. I am an obsessive oddball gun parts hoarder and a lot of them went into this project. Not everyone will like the looks of this ri...

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My problem is in between working 50+ hrs a week & 3 kids whatever free time I have is split between numerous projects, a character flaw of mine if you will, lol. At any given time I've got 3 or 4 projects going at the same time. Just had to turn down one of my "bucket list" builds and ...

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The standard Model 11 barrels average on ebay between 100-250. The way it sits I would take $100+ 9 to ship , can post pics for you tonight. Has bluing loss and a small ding towards end. Engraving is still sharp, curls around the "browning patent" lettering. I was planning on removing the ...

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I found one of these local with the straight english stock for $250, I'd bet the stock itself is worth 3/4 of that

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Any interest here in a 12 gauge Remington model 11 full choke barrel ? Has "D" grade engraving , smooth barrel bead front sight. Has bluing loss , I can rust blue for an additional fee. Can post pics if any interest.

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Not a whole lot to show per se, stock is at a friends house getting checkered, this is it half way through:

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While "Project Mannlicher" is slowed while getting checkered I started gathering pieces for my next project, one to outdo all the others I've built. This is what we have so far (just a pile of pieces at the moment) Any ideas are welcome. 1909 Argentine large ring mauser action and old scho...

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What is the metal finish? Park'd?

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Those things are flat out awesome

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Keep your eyes peeled for poorly executed sporters, they make a great jumping off point at a great price. Case in point I bought an entire 1909 mauser today for $160 for my next project rifle. Just the action/floorplate assembly for those rifles bring $300 and its THE choice military mauser action t...

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Woodwork is nearing completion on Project Mannlicher.
Next time we see it should have some great checkering.

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Glass bedding today

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Awesome find! Its underpriced. Use of decorative antler on guns came into fashion when Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria grew fond of rifles made by the gunmaker Leithner in Bad Ischl. Here is another that sold at auction in Europe: http://www.hermann-historica.de/auktion/hhm63.pl?f=NR_LOT&c=69&am...

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Got some bluing done today while it was snowing outside:

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Floorplate and gripcap back from engraver

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Front sling post, rear sling stud and hood for front sight came in and installed. Still waiting on bottom metal at local engraver, still have to bed stock and checker. http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m15/larryslamps/photo1_zpsbd0db265.jpg http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m15/larryslamps/photo14...

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rem81auto wrote:I wonder if some of these parts that get listed are from guys who can't sell a complete gun for $400 .... tear it apart list the parts separately and try and get $700 from the same rifle ???

$683 to be exact. What is your point?

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Still a bit to do, at the moment stock is being checkered, grip cap and floorplate are being engraved. One final coat of finish after checkering is complete, remaining metal still needs rust blued and a rear sight to be put on where I eliminated the peep sight, & I have to bed the stock. On a si...

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Grain is filled , waiting to cure prior to checkering and final finish.

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Factory green box Kleenbore Remington softpoint ammo , 17 live rounds + 3 emptys.
Will sell for $30 shipped or trade to 6.5x55 hunting ammo

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I wasn't happy with the smaller piece of antler so I went with another antler crown, epoxied and ready for final finishing.

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I use Norma Alaskans, which at 156 grains is on the heavy side for the 6.5 but the terminal performance is outstanding on deer. I wouldnt hesitate one second to use the same on a KY elk, IF I ever get drawn.

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Thanks Adam! This one was a M94 , I cant provide anything else because it was also one of the Interarms G33/50's, which interestingly enough have started to gain a following and value. Interarms obliterated the date and rollstamped their own "Interarms G33/50" in its place. It came to me a...

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Steel grip cap came in http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m15/larryslamps/photo6_zpsfd1cfa68.jpg Floorplate scrubbed of all military stampings: http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m15/larryslamps/photo35_zpsc332c4e3.jpg Before and after , reprofiling military follower to allow closing the bolt on an ...

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That looks great mike, I just dont know if I trust myself enough with a file. Got some more progress made on the antler nosecap, I plan on making the tail end flush with the stock, just not sure if I have enough clearance from the muzzle blast. http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m15/larryslamps/phot...

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Floorplate filed flush with bottom of stock, trigger guard re-profiled to thinner shape.

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Got the stock inletted for the side mount scope and the buttplate shaped to the stock.

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I found a old Bishop Mannlicher full length stock for my Swedish mauser, I have a ton of old bedding to chip out. I'm going to fit a walnut buttplate and TRY to fit a custom nosepiece from an 8 point I took a few years back. I say try because I don't know if this is something I'm capable of fitting ...

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live and learn, 30 years ago i would have probably done the same thing. if you don't know, you don't know. I do know. I also can't stand people that want to stand back with their collective noses in the air when someone takes a rusty crusty firearm that has chunks of wood missing, buggered screws a...

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That's what makes living here great , its my rifle to do with as I please, regardless of what anyone else thinks about it. I could care less what you think. Andrew, I was just about to say the same thing! Dang, this had been a difficult thread for me to not respond to - I think the same way you do ...

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The stock had already seen a previous refinish virtually eliminating the farside (not pictured cheek) to fix a chunk of wood that had chipped off. There were also 3 bad cracks that had to be addressed. As for the wood not matching, It will once I get this barrel nut off to reblue. That's what makes ...

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All those words and not a single reference to the gun that is for sale plus the letter proves no provenance that the gun was in fact on the flight, not that it would make it worth 80K IMO.

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Last drop before GB, $400 shipped, also interested in trades to shotguns or anything old and not in .30 Rem

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.30 Rem

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Fogot to add OBO.

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Time to move on I guess, Remington model 8 , pistol grip stock, functions flawlessly, Lyman tang sight, comes with 3/4 box of ammo.
Pics are here:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3439&sid=0e7ee9f9c8 ... e87b0d8fb1
$500 shipped

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Very nice Jack, is the buttplate in the white? I know there was a discussion on mine (same buttplate) as to if it came on the rifle from the factory and if it was blued.

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Good start to the season, the 257 Roberts. dropped this forkhorn in his tracks this morning, 40 yard shot.
KAR 88 sporter made in 1894.

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Good start to the season, the 257 dropped this forkhorn in his tracks this morning, 40 yard shot.

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Remington still makes non +P in 257 in their corelockt, its a RN bullet and chambers like silk , the spitzers always hang, have been wondering if I could mess with the feed ramp to facilitate loading the spitzers. I own no safe queens, all my rifles get used, that is precisely what has me borderlin...

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jim8008 wrote:What is this 1888 rifle?

Yes sir, it is based on a KAR 88, same as the GEW 88 but the carbine version.

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Remington still makes non +P in 257 in their corelockt, its a RN bullet and chambers like silk , the spitzers always hang, have been wondering if I could mess with the feed ramp to facillitate loading the spitzers. I own no safe queens, all my rifles get used, that is precisely what has me borderlin...

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Nice. I envy the hunters with the authentic period pieces - I'm going to be there at some point in my life. Darn job, commitments, debts to the Man keep getting in my way.... Keep your eyes peeled, not to inflate my own ego, but I think I have an eye for classic looking firearms, but I am also very...

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My personal guns all get a good coat of Johnson paste wax once a year. Waxing firearms as corrosion resistance goes back a really long time (beeswax), and IMO it will seal out mouisture better than any gun oil. As this was not my personal shotgun (I cant control if he chooses to care for the bare me...

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Haven't had much spare time this year so no cams out or corn, only one short scouting trip. Where I will be hunting , if I get time to go, 75 yards is max shot. Going old school rifle this year, 120 years old to be exact. Finally got to shoot the german guild rifle in 257 Roberts. I believe it to be...

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Love the stock on that bottom rifle!

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This one was a bear, it has me second guessing doing more doubles, lol. So So many small parts. Just to recap before the glory shots, Model 1889 Remington 10 Gauge ( http://www.kentuckyhunting.net/forums/showthread.php?131986-Project-quot-Big-Bore-quot-Remington-model-1889-10-Gauge ) made 120 years ...

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Sneak peek of the finished project, original finish on the receiver was case hardening, cost to recase was in excess of $300, the owner decided to just keep the receiver and side plates in the white, sealed to prevent corrosion with the hammers and topsnap rust blued with fire blued screws. http://i...

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