WEEKEND ACQUISITION

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Picked this up in a trade;

Rifle started out as a Japanese?, ended up as a .300 Savage.

All costum work, Mauser action, diamond checkered and polished. custom bolt handle,

Chambered for the .300 Savage. had a scope, but took it off, (*cheap old Weaver) gonna put a good one on it.

Stock is a BISHOP, manlicher style Monte Carlo, custom fitted.

Rear sight, is open, double bladed, with fold down.

WHAT DO YA THINK????? The pics dont do it justice.






"A wise man is a man that realizes just how little he knows"

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Picked up two of these new in the boxes in a trade. One in 20 Gauge and one in 12 Gauge. Guy wanted one of my remington 1100 trap guns more than these..[:D]

218Beekeep

Cool caliber to have in a boltgun!

What show did you go to this past weekend?

I worked the Tampa show,...I take it from BR`s
thread,you two were at a smaller show.

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Hi Beekeep
We were at the gun show in Brooksville... small, but for my first one it was okay... but it seems that everyone there focused on the same guns... Every once in a while you would come across a display with a "different gun".. but most had the same guns...I was talking to 2 retired cops and they turned me onto the SeeCamp... Classic said we would take the gun show in St. Petes in... I am really looking forward to it...


Lil' Stinker's Opinion

HAIRY

Saw some bikers out on Sunday morn around 1030 going North on 19--were you among them?

It's not what you know that gets you in trouble, it's what you know that just ain't so!

Highball

That looks like a very nice piece of work,there.Sure do like those Mannlicher stocks.
What part does the 'Japanese' play in the rifle ?
The 300 Savage is a very neglected cartridge...knew a guy out west who took his elk every year with a 99 Savage .300......

God,Guts,& GunsHave we lost all 3 ??

Highball

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Edited by - highball on 08/19/2002 22:41:14

kgnovum

Nice lookin piece. Just clean it well and touch up the bluing...
(Just kidding) KG

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I wasnt at the Motorcycle ride, chose the gun show instead. Hard disiscion to make.

The receiver and bolt are of japanese decent.

And Ken, when and if it needs blue touch up you know what I will use.

"A wise man is a man that realizes just how little he knows"

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That is a sporterized Japanese Arisaka service rifle that someone put a lot of work into. The 300 Savage caliber was achieved by bringing the barrel back 1/2" or so and rechambering or a new sporter barrel was installed. An examination of the rifling style will tell you which. The service barrel was chrome lined and had Medford style rifling. In any event the caliber is appropriate for the strength of the action. I hope the customizer did something with the trigger pull because the original was pretty bad.
At one time it made sense to sporterize the Japanese Arisaka because of the shortage of strong actions but today with the third world dumping all its finely made,old Mauser service rifles on the American market there are better choices.
In spite of what you may have read about the Arisaka it is only a 42,000 psi action. It will not come apart at twice that pressure but a constant diet of 50,000 psi, US Govt 30-06 ammo will gradually increase headspace to an unsafe condion.

218Beekeep

BlackRoses,I`ve done that little show in brooksville a couple of times as a private seller,almost totally private sales there,
and for sombody like me who likes older guns,it is a good little show.It`s like a box of chocolites,you never no what yer gunna *.

Lakeland and Ft Myers are pretty good.

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Did sombody say somethin` about bees?