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Looks like a good one to me - classic hunting rifle with no glitz, bells or whistles, although the low comb wouldn't work for me since I've simply got to have a scope any more to be able to shoot.

Thanks for the pic of a classic. -Wsj
 
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BobT:

Looks like a good one to me - classic hunting rifle with no glitz, bells or whistles, although the low comb wouldn't work for me since I've simply got to have a scope any more to be able to shoot.

Thanks for the pic of a classic. -Wsj


I've never had a problem scoping and shooting those 640's I have that are drilled & tapped. Seems quite natural to me.




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I've never had a problem scoping and shooting those 640's I have that are drilled & tapped. Seems quite natural to me.


Good to know. I have to admit I have never shot one of them and don't speak from personal knowledge, only that the stock looked set up more for open sights than for a scope (at least from the traditional American stock styles).

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I've never had a problem scoping and shooting those 640's I have that are drilled & tapped. Seems quite natural to me.


Good to know. I have to admit I have never shot one of them and don't speak from personal knowledge, only that the stock looked set up more for open sights than for a scope (at least from the traditional American stock styles).

-WSJ


Your observation is correct but the assumption may not be. The drop seems to nicely accomodate both irons and scopes. A stock setup in what you call American style usually makes it very difficult if not impossible to acquire irons with.

In my experience anyway.




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Looks like a good one to me - classic hunting rifle with no glitz, bells or whistles, although the low comb wouldn't work for me since I've simply got to have a scope any more to be able to shoot.

Thanks for the pic of a classic. -Wsj


Actually, I had a scope on this one for a while and had no problems at all with it. The stock is a little short for me though and I usually stick one of those slip on recoil pads on it when I get serious.

Thanks for the complements, it looks better in the picture than it is, the stock is really pretty rough. I sure do enjoy carrying it on my walks though. Aside from a new stock I would like to upgrade the sights, they are really pretty basic and have gotten really fuzzy.


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I would like to upgrade the sights, they are really pretty basic and have gotten really fuzzy.


Yeah! I noticed the same problem with every one of my iron sighted rifles a few years ago. My days of iron sights are done and I now have scopes on just about everything except a 30-30 (receiver peep) and a 38-55 and a 35 Rem with tang mounted peeps. I can still do OK with them in decent light.

That said, nice sights, aperture or conventional, do make a rifle LOOK better even if it's got a scope.
 
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Having Lon Paul build one on an Argentine 1909 mauser action. Look on his web site www.lonpaulcustomguns.com He has both a Mauser build and a GMA build on his web site.
 
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Here is what I put together.

9.3x62
VZ-24 reciever
Lothar Walther heavy contour barrel
NECG front sight and receiver sight
Leupold 1.5x20

I love it. Very comfortable to shoot.



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In case you decide to go the M70 route. Mines a 1950 Pre 64.

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Here's mine and a group shot with it. It is a GMA made rifle. The group was with Hornady factory ammo.



 
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That is one stunning rifle Tom!

Terry


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Here is mine on an old Brno ZV action...




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I'll add my $.02 to the 9.3x62 thread.

I decided that I wanted one a few years ago so I picked up a Husqvarna 98 from TradeExCanada for a song. Then I bought some parts to replace the old tired stock and added an NECG banded sight, swapped out the two-stage trigger and then crossbolted and pinned the stock and added a hardwood grip cap to spice it up a bit. I kept the flag safety as I didn't intend to ever scope the rifle and built a rear sight to replace the stock one.

I obtained some 286 Norma RNs of an unknown vintage (but they are certainly "vintage") from a friend and loaded them up with some RL15.

4 years later I finally shot something with it. Sorry the rifle doesn't feature more prominently in the photo. I didn't think of doing a "rifle and trophy" pic.



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Fred who made the stock?



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