| buckstix |
| (.400 member) |
| 06/03/23 06:50 AM |
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Re: My search is over - my newly acquired 11.2x72 Schuler Mauser
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Since I never intend to hunt dangerous game with this rifle, bullet crimping is not an issue.
Also, I've been swaging .440 dia bullets for my Werndl rifles and I can change the shape of
Woodleigh bullets to provide a longer cylindrical section.
The cylindrical section of the original Woodleigh 400g round nose is 0.400 inches from the base
to where it starts tapering - the cylindrical section of the swaged bullet is 0.850 inches from
the base to where it starts tapering.
Here's a picture of the before ans after.
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Beautiful rifle, nice pick up! I love Schüler rifles, and I must say I am not completely
familiar with their serial sequencing but here is something interesting. My 8x68 Schüler is s/n 28200,
barely past yours, and proofed in 1942, and it’s not an old stock action either, it’s roughly
a 1941 Astrawerke made piece. I find this quite curious and interesting!
Hello the mauserkid,
Thanks for the reply.
I would surely think they made more than 42 sporting rifles from 1921 to 1942. Perhaps the numbering
had something to do with caliber. Although the Schuler Co might have been busy making other things
during those years, like their Reform pistol and their teargas pistols. Or perhaps they numbered a
bunch of actions in advance and randomly pulled them from a bin when completing rifles.
Can you post some pictures of your rifle? Is it marked Schuler at the side of the action?