NitroX
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A great Westley Richards .275 for a Karamojo Safari - here!
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ThreeThreeEight
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That is a beautiful rifle. The Uganda Kob aren't bad either. 
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Indeed, a very beautiful rifle and couple nice bucks (rams?).
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NitroX
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I think my Swedish Mauser M96 in 6.5x55 would be nice made like that. Currently just a cheap synthetic stock, stepped barrel, two stage trigger.
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Have you seen the Swedish Varberger rifles? I have one of those in 6.5x55. It has a 60 degree bolt lift and shoots quite well with both 120gr. and 160's.
A little bit heavy though, as the stock carries more wood than necessary.
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JDL
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A beautiful rifle by any standard!
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NitroX
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Would you choose a full wood style for a 7x57 or the more normal forend?
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prairie_ghost
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That’s a nice rifle but too much wood left on it as seen on the flats surrounding the trigger guard. Kind of negates the concept of a mannlicher stock.
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NitroX
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That’s a nice rifle but too much wood left on it as seen on the flats surrounding the trigger guard. Kind of negates the concept of a mannlicher stock.
Well it is a Mauser.
Looks fine to me on the photo above.
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That’s a nice rifle but too much wood left on it as seen on the flats surrounding the trigger guard. Kind of negates the concept of a mannlicher stock.
Well it is a Mauser.
Looks fine to me on the photo above.
Pre WW2 Mauser stutzen:
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prairie_ghost
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A sleek Mauser needn't feel fat in the hand where you carry it. Not comparing it to a M-S stock profile. Don't get me wrong, it is a beautiful rifle but just because it is a WR doesn't mean it couldn't shed a little girth. All that extra wood reminds me of a factory Ruger stock.
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I will cast my lot with prairie ghost on this one. I do not like the flat wood around the floorplate and trigger guard one bit.
So, if I had the wherewithal and time to commission a rifle such as this, I would make sure the stock would be shaped to my liking. I feel sure the owner of this rifle likes it as it is.
A Mauser Type M in .30-06 is a perfect rifle.
No surplus wood on that one.
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CptCurl
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And here's a .30-06 stutzen I had built on an FN Mauser action back in the early '80s.
Here is my gunsmith's treatment of the bottom:
This is a woods rifle!
Curl
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prairie_ghost
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+1!
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