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Re: "new" mannlicher
      14/02/09 05:43 PM

I picked this up from Griffin & Howe last spring. It is a Greek military conversion, and has a commercial barrel chambered for the original 6.5X54 cartridge. The work was not done by G&H, it was just on consignment with them. The conversion was fairly well done, although I would have much preferred the bolt handle not to have been swept back so radically, if at all.

It had several issues, first of which was the scope, which was a Weaver "K" series, with a 3/4" tube, designed for .22 rifles. This was easily corrected by fitting a Unertl Hawk 4X scope with Redfield rings. Then there was the problem of the difficulty in closing the bolt, even on factory rounds.

Eventually I rented a set of 6.5X54 headspace gauges and a chambering reamer. As I suspected, the rifle had insufficient headspace, which I was than able to correct with the reamer. Probably the barrel was purchased pre-chambered and threaded and whoever fitted it didn't have access to a reamer to finish the job. One advantage of the new barrel is that it has a normal .264" groove diameter, unlike the usual M-S .268" dimension, which means I can use the whole range of .264" bullets with it.

Finally, I had a ramp and front sight mounted on the barrel, purely on aesthetic grounds. I will be picking it up from the gunsmith next week, and I have great expectations for improvement in accuracy. I'm not crazy about the Fajan stock, but I may be able to correct that somewhat, by removing the Monte Carlo and white spacers and refinishing and recheckering. I can't abide skip line checkering.

At any rate, Mike, here is one example of what can be done with a Greek military action, although the finished product leaves quite a bit to be desired at the moment. I would have to term it a work in progress.

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* "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey 11/02/09 08:08 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher darwinmauser   11/02/09 09:07 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher GG375   11/02/09 10:35 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Clark   11/02/09 11:06 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   11/02/09 11:15 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Marrakai   12/02/09 01:05 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   12/02/09 01:29 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher GG375   12/02/09 07:39 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   12/02/09 08:12 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher darwinmauser   13/02/09 10:07 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   13/02/09 11:11 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher darwinmauser   14/02/09 12:19 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher dale   14/02/09 05:02 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher xausa   14/02/09 05:43 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   14/02/09 06:19 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Marrakai   14/02/09 08:01 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher darwinmauser   09/03/10 06:08 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   09/03/10 07:15 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   09/03/10 07:25 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher darwinmauser   09/03/10 09:34 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher GG375   09/03/10 10:34 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher darwinmauser   10/03/10 12:22 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher GG375   10/03/10 08:13 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher GK   10/03/10 11:03 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher darwinmauser   11/03/10 12:21 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   11/03/10 10:43 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher GG375   12/03/10 07:22 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   12/03/10 08:40 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   23/03/10 08:14 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher gryphon   23/03/10 08:40 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher GG375   24/03/10 07:18 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   15/04/10 06:18 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   18/05/10 05:09 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher FrankS   23/05/10 02:23 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   25/05/10 04:49 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher GG375   25/05/10 06:40 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   25/05/10 06:53 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Paul   26/05/10 12:17 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher tophet1   26/05/10 08:57 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   26/05/10 05:59 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher FrankS   01/06/10 05:35 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Phillip   01/06/10 07:54 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Grenadier   02/06/10 01:01 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   03/06/10 07:37 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Rule303   06/06/10 04:33 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   31/07/10 05:49 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher darwinmauser   31/07/10 06:37 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher GG375   01/08/10 07:21 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher NitroXAdministrator   03/08/10 12:49 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Mike_Bailey   27/09/10 05:01 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher Sniper   27/09/10 08:35 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher...problem, HELP Mike_Bailey   20/10/10 06:33 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher...problem, HELP URGENT ! Mike_Bailey   27/10/10 06:03 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher...problem, HELP URGENT ! GG375   27/10/10 08:07 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher...problem, HELP URGENT ! Mike_Bailey   27/10/10 10:23 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher...problem, HELP URGENT ! rglenz   27/10/10 11:13 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher...problem, HELP URGENT ! Yochanan   28/10/10 04:21 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher...problem, HELP URGENT ! Mike_Bailey   28/10/10 04:32 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher...problem, HELP URGENT ! GK   28/10/10 10:11 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher...problem, HELP URGENT ! Mike_Bailey   28/10/10 05:59 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher...problem, HELP URGENT ! GK   28/10/10 09:49 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher...problem, HELP URGENT ! kamilaroi   28/10/10 10:09 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher...problem, HELP URGENT ! FrankS   01/05/11 04:18 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher...problem, HELP URGENT ! Mike_Bailey   01/05/11 05:44 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher loads Mike_Bailey   27/05/11 08:18 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher loads GK   27/05/11 08:40 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher loads Mike_Bailey   27/05/11 09:12 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher loads Ben   27/05/11 10:19 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher loads DarylS   28/05/11 01:25 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher loads Mike_Bailey   28/05/11 04:25 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher loads DarylS   28/05/11 09:44 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher loads Mike_Bailey   28/05/11 05:14 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher finished Mike_Bailey   29/05/11 05:53 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher finished FATBOY404   29/05/11 07:02 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher finished DarylS   20/11/11 05:27 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher finished Mike_Bailey   20/11/11 05:35 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher finished DarylS   30/05/11 04:12 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher finished JDL   01/06/11 07:17 AM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher finished, now trigger Mike_Bailey   19/11/11 11:10 PM
. * * Re: "new" mannlicher...problem, HELP URGENT ! Paul   28/10/10 06:53 PM

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