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CharlesHunter
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Newly acquired 1910
      #367673 - 11/07/22 06:20 PM

Hopefully the picture works and if it does will post more.

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CharlesHunter
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Re: Newly acquired 1910 [Re: CharlesHunter]
      #367674 - 11/07/22 06:26 PM

More pictures

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93x64mm
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Re: Newly acquired 1910 [Re: CharlesHunter]
      #367675 - 11/07/22 09:21 PM

Very nice piece of kit indeed CH!
Absolutely wonderful specimen, the timber alone is WOW!
Great pick up

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NitroXAdministrator
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Re: Newly acquired 1910 [Re: CharlesHunter]
      #367681 - 11/07/22 09:50 PM

We'll have to get our 1910 "cousins" together for a shoot.

Congratulations.

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Re: Newly acquired 1910 [Re: NitroX]
      #367682 - 11/07/22 09:52 PM

Do you know what year your rifle was made? 1920? Someone will tell.

Do you know it's history?

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Re: Newly acquired 1910 [Re: NitroX]
      #367690 - 12/07/22 01:15 AM

Steyr serial number 4227. Proofed by the Vienna proofhouse, NPv mark, in 1920, gun number 6716 proofed that year. As the Austrian proof was invalid in Britain, reproofed in London before 1925.

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Re: Newly acquired 1910 [Re: kuduae]
      #367692 - 12/07/22 02:41 AM

Extremely nice rifle, CharlesHunter!
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CharlesHunter
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Re: Newly acquired 1910 [Re: NitroX]
      #367705 - 12/07/22 11:39 AM

Quote:

We'll have to get our 1910 "cousins" together for a shoot.

Congratulations.



Yes indeed, when is the next BGRC practice day here in SA?

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CharlesHunter
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Re: Newly acquired 1910 [Re: CharlesHunter]
      #367706 - 12/07/22 11:52 AM

A couple more pictures and some more information. It has been re-blued and the stock has been refinished unfortunately but from what I know of its history this was done back in the 70's and it has been with the previous owner from the late 70's or early 80's. Never shot just stuck in a safe.

Managed to find a new set of CH dies in Aus and have formed a few cases from new 06 brass which was a lot easier than expected. I am currently playing with an 1885 Winchester in 38/56 using lead projectiles. I took one of these and made up a dummy round to the approximate length shown in the Eley print. Much to my delight, it actually feeds from the magazine. The projectiles are oversize but should work well for case fire forming.

Edited by CharlesHunter (12/07/22 11:54 AM)

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Re: Newly acquired 1910 [Re: CharlesHunter]
      #367717 - 12/07/22 05:36 PM

They didn't cut a stutzen back to a forend type stock?!

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CharlesHunter
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Re: Newly acquired 1910 [Re: NitroX]
      #367720 - 12/07/22 07:13 PM

Quote:

They didn't cut a stutzen back to a forend type stock?!



Quite possible, yes

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kuduae
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Re: Newly acquired 1910 [Re: CharlesHunter]
      #367721 - 12/07/22 07:29 PM

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They didn't cut a stutzen back to a forend type stock?!


No, it’s another example of a special order rifle with a 50 cm carbine length barrel, just as my own M1905 and M1910. See my post here http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=367518&an=0&page=0#Post367518 . As it left the Steyr factory as a takedown, that is detachable stock model, it was certainly half length, rifle style foreend from the start. Building a Stutzen with a detachable full length stock makes no sense as you can not shorten the overall length package by detaching the barrel and action. Instead, you would increase the risk of breaking the slim, fragile foreend without the barrel supporting it.

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Re: Newly acquired 1910 [Re: kuduae]
      #367733 - 13/07/22 08:39 AM

Beautiful MS1910. Congrats on your purchase. I own a 1903 and a 1905 stutzen. I keep looking online here in the states to try and find a 1910. I haven't seen any decent ones pop up. Please keep us posted on your results with handloads and how the old girl shoots.

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Re: Newly acquired 1910 [Re: NitroX]
      #368432 - 18/08/22 10:07 AM

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They didn't cut a stutzen back to a forend type stock?!




It is a Steyr built 'Take Down Model'. Note lever at front of trigger guard. As Kuduae posted, it appears to have been ordered with a shorter barrel than the usual 60cm.








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