I got a little carried away recently and picked up some old classics. I've been curious about the 10.75x57 for a long time, I suppose because it's similar in some respects to my 400 Whelen. I managed to talk Cabelas down a lot on the price and figured I'd never get into a nicer one for less money.

The Husqvarna 46 has been on the list for some time but found this one with claw mounts and am carefully fitting a Nickel scope to it.

I've posted pictures of the 256 Mannlicher on the 400 Whelen thread but have wanted one for years, ever since I read Ross Seyfried's article on the rifle.

Thanks for looking.

Can't beat the old ones!

That is a sweet rifle. What is the chambering?

The Husky a 9.3X57?

That is a really nice looking rifle!

Gorgeous rifles!

Hook, sorry about that. Yes, the Husky is a 9.3x57.

Esskay, thanks. They all have some character marks but that just adds to their charm in my opinion.

Mart, I have also recently picked up a number of interesting rifles along the same lines as yours and we are going to have to get together and have our own gunshow

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Can't beat the old ones!

They can be nice but you can beat them

Love that 10.75 Mart!!

Phil,

That works for me. I'll be on the slope for the next one though. Doggone jobs get in the way of a lot of fun.

I fire formed 130 10.75 rounds today with some resized 300 grain cast 44 magnum bullets. Well they are supposed to be 300 grains but these dropped from the mold at 286 grains. The 10.75 did not like them at all. 6-8" grouping at 50 yards. I just got a couple boxes of Hawk 10.75 350 grain bullets to test. I'm hoping they shoot better.

The 9.3x57 did well with the 270 grain Speers. It seemed to prefer AA 2495 and RL15 to 3031 and H335. I just got a couple hundred 296 grain Hornady seconds and some Norma 285 Oryx. I also have some of the old Norma 286 9.3 round nose. I think I'll do the 286 grain load development with the Hornady's and save the Norma's for after I settle on a load.

Playing with the 256 Mannlicher has been interesting. I tried H4831, Vitavourhi N160 and 4320 today with the Hornady 160 round noses. They produced the velocity I expected, about 2250-2300 but nowhere near the accuracy of my earlier loads with RL15 at 2150 or the lighter loads of N160 at 2170.

These old and unusual rifles are fun and challenging. I'm afraid I'm cursed with very odd and eclectic tastes though and cannot find any enthusiasm for new firearms. Guys at the range just look lost when I try to explain rounds like the 10.75x57, 256 Mannlicher and 400 Whelen. There were several guys today at the 100 meter range and I think I was the only one with wood stocked and open sighted rifles.

Here is an old Brno 21 H that I was advised was one of the fine rifles made in our pre-64 era!

It's a 7x57 with a 20.5" barrel and it weighs only 7 1/2 # with it's factory scope mount and a Leupold 3-9 Compact.


The rifle is a work of art with it's butter knife bolt handle and a Dakota safety.

Mart, you have impeccable taste, sir.

Thanks Bill.

Gorgeous rifles. Thanks for sharing

Now were talking real guns! I love that 10.75 and would be very tempted to chamber it out to a 10.75x68 and you could do that with a fingernail file! That's one of my favorite calibers, and it works well on Buffalo with the same ballistics that made the original .404 famous, 400 gr. bullet at 2100 FPS...

I love the old Brno mod 21 and the mod. 22, and those old JP Sauers make me break out in a cold sweatd. Sold my last JP Sauer to Jack Belk, and been regretting that, it shot one inch groups at 100 with irons..Been trying to get it back but he has stood strong agin it!

Mart,

Those bolts are on the wrong side for you .... send them to me, and I'll ensure that they never bother you again.

After the BS - they are lovely - hope they shoot like they mean it.

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Originally posted by Bren7X64:
Mart,

Those bolts are on the wrong side for you .... send them to me, and I'll ensure that they never bother you again.

Not to worry. I'm going to weld a length of rebar to the bolt handles and bend it around underneath the gun so I can work the bolts from the left side. It shouldn't hurt the collector's value............much.

Nice find!!! What luck to find a 10.75x57 in that good condition at Cabela's. Way to go.