buckstix
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I can't believe someone sporterized this rare collectable.
It was listed at auction as unknown caliber. Thought it would be a nice Wisconsin deer hunting rifle.
Then I discovered what it was before the change.
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lancaster
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well, it happen back in the days when nobody thought about rarity and it was like the supply of such weapons never ends.
coole muzzle break
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tinker
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well, it happen back in the days when nobody thought about rarity and it was like the supply of such weapons never ends.
coole muzzle break
It's also safe to assume that there's a lot of dudes out there who don't give any shits at all about the value of Nazi toy bullshit
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Bindi2
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It was not rare or collectable when it was sporterized. A lot of military rifles went down this path as they were plentiful and new sporters were along side the fairy dust,chook teeth etc on the top shelf.
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LRF
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"Then I discovered what it was before the change."
Okay I give up, please enlighten me as to what it is? Or are you kidding.
Edited by LRF (25/06/23 08:07 AM)
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Yochanan
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Maybe they didnt have the crystal ball back then..A very special custom job and Johnsons automatics muzzle break will soon be a collectors item.. Back then it was a cheap way to get a modern practical rifle, today its considered a heresy to ruin a collectable.
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NitroX
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I can. Very normal to customise Mauser actioned military rifles in the 1970s to early 2000s. When maybe supply dried up a little.
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darwinmauser
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Maybe the barrel was damaged, it's not the original so anything is possible. Going by the stock work it's a late 60's early 70's effort ( it's my guess, i could be wrong ) with a bit of an update to more classic lines it could be a nice bit of kit.
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Rothhammer1
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That would have been 'the bee's knees' in the 1960s - 70s.
Those Fajen stocks with flared grip were quite popular during the bell bottom jeans days.
The high cheek piece and white line spacers are rather reminiscent of Steyr's Mannlicher Schoenauer "Custom Model" that was introduced in 1956, soon thereafter branded as MC (Monte Carlo), and MCA (Monte Carlo Amerikanische) models that were introduced a couple of years later to appeal to the U.S. market which held Weatherby's in highest esteem.
As noted by other members, WW2 surplus Mausers were cheap and plentiful in the U.S. at the time and it was popular to 'sporterize' them in the style of Weatherbys. I remember, in the 1960s and 70s, 'Big Five' and other sporting goods stores commonly having dozens of ex-military Mousies standing upright in barrels on any given day with prices we could only dream of today.
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High style in the U.S. - 1959
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buckstix
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I'm 72 years old and had a sport shop 49 years ago in 1974.
Every now and then I look at my old sales receipt book.
But I can only look for a few minutes because it makes me nauseous.
sold Win 94 30-30 rifles for $89.95.
sold Rem 788 rifles for $89.95.
etc.
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DoubleD
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Look around that old sporterized Mauser, particularly under the wood, you may finder a makers mark to some old famous gunsmith.
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NitroX
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I'm 72 years old and had a sport shop 49 years ago in 1974.
Every now and then I look at my old sales receipt book.
But I can only look for a few minutes because it makes me nauseous.
sold Win 94 30-30 rifles for $89.95.
sold Rem 788 rifles for $89.95.
etc.
I think I paid A$200 or less, for my new old style Rem 788 .222 around 1980.
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DarylS
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Seems to me in 1975 Ruger #1's with absolutely gorgeous stocks were $175.99 in Vanvouver, B.C.
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sharps4590
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Well, things were a lot different 50-70 years ago. Savage made British Enfields for $13.00 from Sears & Roebuck, surplus Mausers for $20.00, Moisin-Nagants for $11.00 from Aldens. I doubt any tears were shed over sporterizing that one.
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