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casper50
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Re: My latest MS 1903 arrived today. Some puzzling things. [Re: casper50]
      #376271 - 24/04/23 01:32 PM

G10 above was bent the opposite way that it should have been the claw at the bottom wasn't touching anything. I gently bent it back the way it should be. Works now.


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Re: My latest MS 1903 arrived today. Some puzzling things. [Re: casper50]
      #376275 - 24/04/23 04:00 PM

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G10 above was bent the opposite way that it should have been the claw at the bottom wasn't touching anything. I gently bent it back the way it should be. Works now.





Excellent result!

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Re: My latest MS 1903 arrived today. Some puzzling things. [Re: Rothhammer1]
      #376276 - 24/04/23 04:51 PM

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I see a 'Sequoia' (M1924 - .30-'06) in your future:






Other possibilities could be the 'gussied up' versions offered by Steyr during the post - WW2 period:


Stoeger, 1958:



1960:



1963:


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casper50
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Re: My latest MS 1903 arrived today. Some puzzling things. [Re: Rothhammer1]
      #376278 - 25/04/23 02:07 AM

I'll start looking for a 1924. Thanks.

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