Harry_O
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Reged: 31/10/05
Posts: 4
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I traded for an M-1910 Mannlicher Schoenauer in 9.5x57 MS caliber a while back. I also got a bunch of Mannlicher Collectors newsletters with it. They had a bunch of loading data for it with 3031, 4895, 4064 and Norma 201 powder. I have experience with the first three powders and ended up with 4064 as the best for my gun. It is accurate (especially with the peep sight I have now), but the velocities are a little bit on the low side.
I just ran across a guy who has some Norma 201 powder (no one else in the area has any). Does anyone have any experience with this powder in anything similar to the 9.5x57 MS? Is is worth trying?
Here are some pictures of my M-1910:
http://gallery.sixshootercommunity.com/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=10063&pos=0
http://gallery.sixshootercommunity.com/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=10063&pos=1
http://gallery.sixshootercommunity.com/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=10063&pos=2
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Marrakai
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Reged: 09/01/03
Posts: 3768
Loc: Darwin, Top End of Australia
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Harry:
Nice rifle, I have had my eye out for one to match my M1903 for a while now. There was a fair example in a recent auction over here in Oz (where you from, anyway?), but due to other additions to my gunsafe I was a financial thalidomide at the time...
How does the bolt-release work with a peep mounted like that? I always liked the Parker Hale 'Sport-Target' peep or similar, mounted on the cocking-piece.
No info on the N201, sorry, we're mostly ADI fans in this neck of the woods.
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Harry_O
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Reged: 31/10/05
Posts: 4
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I am just about dead center in the United States.
A machine shop in Oregon made a small number of copies of the Lyman 36 sight. It took a while to track down the source. The guy that was listed in the Mannlicher Collectors newsletter was not answering the phone or answering the mail. I have heard rumors that he was seriously ill. I eventually tracked down another person who did not make them, but had a few. It was less expensive than an original (but not cheap--about the cost of a used Leupold scope), it was complete, not rusty, and it was guaranteed to fit. So I bought one.
Anyway, it is very high quality and was easy to install. No holes to be drilled in the gun. It entirely replaces the bolt release (which was held on with a steel pin). The upper part of the sight (the part with the peep on it) swings back and forth when the bolt is cycled. It has a spring loaded, ball detent so that it swings back to where it was originally.
The original sights on it were the two position "wide-V" sight that was great for close range, "snap" shooting, but poor for longer range, more deliberate shooting. I was able to get some really good groups with that, but they were not consistent enough. With the peep sight, the best groups are no smaller than before, but they are onsistently small.
If I was tracking a wounded lion through the high grass, I would prefer the original sights, but there is nothing very dangerous within a few thousand miles of me (at least when it comes to wild animals). With my old eyes, I prefer the peep.
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