I've owned about a dozen of these over the years, but still get warm and fuzzy over them.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/content/community/gun_inventory/inventory/dundee/fine_rifle/386045_cz757_dun.jsp

I got my first in 1965, a short barrel flattop, but it was badly DTed by a moron, so, I parted with it. I currently have a minty short barrel FT in 7x57, a long barrel roundbolt in .280 Rem. (re-chambered), a FT action I salvaged and, yesterday, I found a nice long barrel FT in 7x57, which may be mine soon.

I share your enthusiam for these and they are about the only bolt rifle that I will buy anymore as I have quite a few now. I think that the price for that one is pretty steep, as it is re-finished, but, there ain't many of them around and it's only money!

The price is a bit steep. I don't mind reblue if it is done to protect the rifle, as is common in Europe.

Finding an unmolested round top 7x57 is getting rare.

Yup, I know a guy who has a nice 8mm RT halfstock and I might buy this rifle after Xmas. What do you think of a good claw mt. on these, I detest side mts.?

I only like claw mounts if the front is done with a soldered on saddle, or with a ring on the barrel.

I thing the biggest problem with any top mount is that the rings and bases are often so bulky that you lose the svelteness of having a small ring action.

My favorite (the only 22f I still have) is a 23.5" full stock 7x64, made in 1947. It has a low jaeger side mount that is a breeze to use, and it doesn't interfere with the stripper slot or ruin the beautiful logo.

They are cute old guns. I listened to some here on how great they are and now I have two of them.

I don't rate these Brnos all that special. There are and were better rifles but they are good art.

I made some comments on them in another thread and nobody replied or rebutted them.

https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tp.../727108133#727108133

I rate the Brno's as special because they were hand built for a breed of shooters that were fading into history.

Iron sights, low pad, set trigger. They weren't made for the slob shooters that need a 9x scope to hit a deer 50m away. Like the Mannlicher-Schoenauers, they were fair chase rifles intended for professional shooters.

I'm half-way thru my second glass of Wild Turkey, so bear with me.

Nobody replied because there wasn't much merit to the post.


Terry

Good morning.

Those Brnos are cute as I said. A friend borrowed one for some climbing and said he liked it. They do have an appeal. The one he borrowed has a cut bolt, aftermarket single trigger and a pad with a LOP of 13.6" The comb is kind of low on it still but that's the way it's staying as it's not a go to gun. There is no way to keep the bolt closed except to hunt with an empty chamber and the firing pin down. I have tried sizing cases so that they are long to the shoulder. That holds the bolt closed a little but is not reliable.

I was bird dogging the net for more of them but now I have a 21h and a 22f or whatever. That's enough Brnos.

The Brnos really are slick, when you can find a clean one, which is becoming more and more of a challenge. Think I will stick to Mannlicher-
Schoenauers.

LLS
Mannlicher-Collector

I remember that post, but, didn't reply because it was pointless to do so. Your subjective opinions on the Brnos are as valid for you as mine are for me or those of other AR participants, you know, guys like Ray Atkinson and so forth. If, you don't care for your Brnos, why just sell them, the demand is high and the prices in the USA are astounding.

I used to shoot with an ornery old guy, now deceased, his sole rifle was a 21H LB in 7x57. He was retired from the Canadian Geological Survey and had bought this rifle in 1949. He then went into northern B.C., the Yukon and the NorthWest Territories and would spend three month periods working, often alone, in tent camps moved about by floatplanes and dog teams; he did this until the late '60s.

He would shoot about 15 Moose per year for grub for the crews and killed dozens of Grizzlies, Sheep and scores of Caribou to feed his Indian packers. He liked this rifle and detested the P-64 Mod. 70s because they are so heavy. I went into this same area to work alone in the bush, starting in 1966 and would spend months alone on isolated fire lookouts and I agree with him concerning rifles, based on actual bushh experience.

"Handsome is as handsome does" and these Brnos have been extremely popular here in B.C. among men who are serious, professional bushmen, excellent shots and handloaders. I cannot think of any rifle that I prefer although I love P-64s, FN sporters, Mannlichers and Husqvarnas as well. The various items you addressed in your initial post on these can be changed out and I do agree on that fuggen safety, but, overall, I really like these and mine shoot extremely well.

Yours are already modified, so, I would change the triggers and safeties and even re-stock them to suit your preferences and then see what you think..........

the cabelas has one just like that in 8x60 price was around $1600, I just don't like full stocked rifles

Kute,

From way back you have been consistant that you would modify a 21/22 as you liked. I suppose it's Ray who said that they are the finest factory sporters and that was my argument.

My version of a "custom" is a nice factory rifle that someone else put a pad on to fit me!

So be it. I got them only recently for fun. As to full stocked rifles I had a MS carbine long ago and it's one of the few I should have kept. Now I got a 22f for that reason and I prefer it to the MS.