This evening I will deliver two Mausers to my friend Cewe. He asked me to publish pictures of them on AR. He´s off to his summer residence in our home village where Internet is more like something you catch whitefish with, so he can´t see the pictures. As he said, the rifles will be deliver in the traditional finnish way - I give him the rifles, he thanks me, and then we get falling down drunk.

I have restocked tho Mausers for him using J.Bobergs preshaped classic model. Boberg is a Swedish stockmaker. I am but an amateur, but I love working on stocks. Sam Björkholm is responsible for the metalwork and mounts.

The rifles are 6,5x55 and 9,2x62, the former of unknown origin, and the latter a Husqvarna 640 model. Cewe is a big man, so the lengths of pull are considerable, and he wanted the high and straight comb for the scopes. The Irons are cosmetic, but can be used if one really tries.




And then the way rifles ought to be used:




The 9,3 on top still has the curved back bolthandle in the white. I tried to talk him into changing the handle similar to the 6,5 but no. Instead he insisted on having a terrible side safety, because his sons will be using the 6,5!! Horror. I tried telling him that the Mauser has got a safety. The man is blind.
The silvers pad on the 9,3 bas a pain to attach.
My problem is what to charge him for shaping checkering and finishing. I stole the checkering pattern from a picture of a rigby found on the internet.
Boha

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As he said, the rifles will be deliver in the traditional finnish way - I give him the rifles, he thanks me, and then we get falling down drunk.

boha

That sounds like you and cewe must have some Rhodesian blood in your veines, or more correctly alcohol ... that is EXACTLY what we Rhodeiains were know to do apart from other unmentionnables

I do remember when I was still a young man with not a care in the world and I did some travelling through EUROPE in 1970 / proberbly before you were born !!! that you people had some very (extreme drinking regulations) in place during those days in Finland and Norway, but the young people had a VERY STRONG spirits drink ( I cant remember the name) but it was good for taking the legs from under a man or woman

Thanks for the pictures and your post ///

Tell cewe those are two beautiful rifles he can be very proud of // wish his a very happy vacation to the holiday home

Oh but the way,

You are not only a very good craftsman BUT also a good photogarapher as well, those pictures are so clear and well presented

Have a happy summer to both of you and your families

Peter

Wonderful!
- mike

Two beautiful rifles. The 9.3 looks light weight. Maybe 7 lbs. (2 kg)?

GREAT WORK.

boha,
Wonderful rifles made in the Scandinavian "less is more" style!
The nicest pair i ever have seen!!

You are the Scandinavians stockmakers answer to Alvar Aalto.

Now I know who shall do the job on my .575 Miller & Greiss

husky

boha
Very nice work, Cewe should be very pleased.

Now, I know where to send my Brno's for stocking

Cheers
/ JOHAN

Very, very nice.

Thanks for posting.

thats a fine looking pair

VERY NICE!

Very nice indeed, thats my idea of how a stock should look, and the wood was picked with care and its laid out properly...It has class...

I would however, leave off the cheekpiece or use the egg shape in that style of stock, but thats just my personal taste, and has nothing to do with the wonderful stock work and design of the stockmaker....

I own many fine custom rifles by sevral of the best makers the US has to offer. I think those two rifles are supurb I like the Rigby style with solid wood for end to toe. Is the 9.3 an original Orberndorf Mauser? Totally fantastic pair. Is the 6.5 on a FN Supreme 400 action? The side safety should be the key.

Boha, very nice work , I sent you a pm about J.Boberg and his stock pattern . Looks basicly like my 640 husky pattern modified.


Ib404 that 9.3 is a Husqvarna 640 FN action and barrel. I have 2 exactly like that. The 6.5 has 2 safetys.

What's the scoop on the iorn sights on the 9.3? Is that original Husqvarna hardware or something custom made?

Nice Mausers..

Wonderful European understated elegance.

Some of the American made rifles show on this sight are truely great pieces of craftmanship, but they just do not have that little bit extra as in European style.
Sorry Guys it strikes me the same with cars, the best looking car ever made is an Aston Martin.
Hats off to the stock maker, he is a true artist.

Those are very lovely rifles, I would love that 9.3x62. However, this attitude that European rifles are somehow superior to the finest American makers is nonsense; there simply are not finer rifle builders on Earth than men like Echols, Simillion, Fisher, Goudy, Kimball, Miller-Crum, Wells and quite a few more. Good workmanship and intelligent design has buggerall to do with which continent one lives on or is born on and the USA has the wealth, largest domestic market and, quite frankly, the national "ego" to develope worldclass gunmaking....just as happened in Britain in the "glorious days of the Raj".

I have seen stockmaking from several countries that really impressed me and also seen rifles from legendary European and British makers that were mediocre. Seeing those two is a treat, keep it up!

Most excellent! I REALLY like the one with the carbine rear sight.
I couldn't find the stocks on his website

Beautiful, I prefer the one with the straight bolt handle and the military rear sight.

Stunning!

Where did you source the wood? I've been searching for that colour straight grain for ages (identical to my 6.5x55)

boha
My compliments!
I'd just decided I would not buy any new or restock any of them that I have.. Then this...
//K9

Boha,

Congratulations on your beautiful work. The rifles are beautiful by any standards anyone could apply! Please send John the pictures on e-mail.

Cewe,

Congratulations and good hunting!

Very nice, you have reason to be proud.

Regards,
Martin

Boha,
Lovely rifles !!!
What recoil pad have you put on them?

L

Very nice. By the way, I have to go to Pori for a couple of days, why can't they ever plan these trips for hunting season.

Thank you kindly, all. The stocks I shaped from Bobergs semi inletted classic stocks; the recoilpads are Silvers on the 9,3 and a considerably cheaper one on the 6,5 from England.

Boberg has no homepage. Our Swedish friends should know his adress, I believe.

The iron sight on the 9,3 is original; I have just the same sort of sight on my 94 Winchester!!

And Ray is right about the cheekpieces; they should come off, or be egg shaped. I chose the lazy way and left them the way the semi inletted blank had them.

We fired them with Cewe yesterday, and they worked fine on clay pidgeons att 100 m!! (not thrown, I might add..)

Thanks again!

Ang browningguy - you are but 100 km away in Pori!

Boha

Beautiful wood and craftmanship. It is a pleasuer to look at custom stocks that do not have a black forend tip glued on the end.

excellent!!

i need this gentleman's pattern...

any contact info? email is best

jeffe

I would like to purchase one or two of his stocks.

I hope this free norwegian translation software didn't just start a viking raid!!!

Boha,
på checkering mønster, gjorde De finner en å tegne av det mønsteret og vil De passer deler det?

jeffe



Boha,
on the checkering pattern, did you find a drawing of that pattern and would you mind sharing that?

jeffe

Hi guys!

Thanks for the compliments, I´m very pleased with how the rifles came out. My 11 yo shot the 6.5 nicely but my 14 yo said that it looks like it might have to much recoil for him...Oh well, he´ll have his day.

I´ll be sending boha some pics from the party so he can post them later. We had a beautuful midsummer evening with lovely ladies (our wives), well behaved kids ( ) and plenty to eat and drink...

I now own all the guns I need, from 6.5 to .416 Rigby, three out of four being custom jobs by Björkholm and boha. I suspect that thye 9.3 might end up becoming my favorite.

Cewe how much do his semi-inletted stock cost?
I wonder if we ( in the US ) can order them?

Howdy D Humbarger,

A rough stock will set you back between about 150$ and up depending on the quality of the wood. The 6.5 is done in the most affordable wood, the 9.3 in one a bit more expensive (cost for the rough stock 200 for the 6.5 and 450 for the 9.3).

The inletting, checkering etc was done by boha and Sam Björkholm and is better than the stock made for me by one of the Finnish master stockmakers.

Worth every penny, even my wife thinks they´re beautiful.

Those are two very beautiful rifles. I love the classic stocked rifles. You did a great job with the stocks. You can be proud of your work.
Thank you for posting the pictures of them.
Don

Exceptional, very nice work!!!!

This is report on the formal delivery of the rifles.

I give Cewe the rifles and he thanks me

Then we celebrate the Finnish Midsummer

This included a chinese kitchen called Fat Arnold or something, one very smelly curled retriever and a heated discussion on the subject of how many parts of gin a true G&T requires. Cewe´s wrong about that, however.

For dessert we had blueberry pie and rhubarb pie with whipped cream. As the well behaved guest I obviousely am, I graciously took upon myself to whip the cream. (power drill and toilet brush - used hitherto only for cleaning potatoes, I feel compelled to add)

Then Cewe said something degrading about controlled fed actions - or it might have been something good about .45-70, maybe he praised push fed actions, I am not rightly sure... but you can be sure his mouth had to be washed clean!

This treatment is very effective, and is highly recommended, as it requires a minimum of effort on the washers part.
The pictures of us falling down do not exist, I´m afraid, partly because everyone else present (loved ones, I continuously hope) refused to take our pictures, and hid the camera, I am sure of it.
After finding the camera, or maybe it was returned to him, Cewe made a final effort though to take a picture of myself and my family leaving by boat:


My son at the helm, obviousely..

With the permission of tha washee, Boha

I am not wrong on how to mix a G&T, it has to be AT LEAST 1 part gin to 1 part tonic and then a little more gin otherwise you can´t taste it.

The gin that is.

And the dogs name is Maja and she´s a curly coated retriever and yes she has a certain bouquet...

Beautiful rifles, beautiful place, and looks like you boys were having too much fun!

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
excellent!!

i need this gentleman's pattern...

any contact info? email is best

jeffe

You have a pm!

Regards,
Martin

Thanks for sharing the pics and the story...Very nice rifles..

Well you Finn's know what makes a good rifle, you have a long history of it. Some Russians know first hand on that one. I would not mind either one or both, you join the Sako's Winchesters and Brno's in my rack, I am certain that some of the most gifted gunsmiths that have ever lived are alive as I type this. Your friend should be very proud to carry those afield. Now go shoot some moose.