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Naki and ChrisPer: Interesting we have two 9.5's weighing in from Kiwiland and Aussieland. Was there some level of popularity for those rifles there or are they old "Indian stock" that migrated to your countries?

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Not quite rare I believe. Usually "continental heritage" guys have them ie Austrians!

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In my case I was working in Zimbabwe and took the opportunity to buy a souvenir classic 'African hunting rifle' with express sights. I saw two other beautiful Mannlichers still with steel buttplates kept in one family, one a 9.5 and one a 6.5. And I saw two 9.5 beaters, mine and one other, in a gunshop. The one I didn't buy had two packs of Kynoch ammo as well. Sadly, its stock had been replaced with a Ruger M77 stock - I like them but the cognitive dissonance was terrible.

I saw many amazing collectors items in Harare.

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Some good buys and nice rifles come up in Zimbabwe for sale currently, because of the need for cash from the 'problems'.

Great to see you acquired a "souvenir" classic African rifle!