What is the price? on a Mannlicher Schoenaur mod 1952 in cal 30-06. The rifle is in very good condition.

Unfortunately, there is not a big demand for the .30-06 or the .270 Win. There are lot of them priced around $1000 that aren't selling.

If you can get it for under $800 I'd buy it! The Mannlicher Shoenauer rifles are as good as it gets. If those rifles were made today the machining alone would cost twice what you will pay for the whole rifle in perfect shape. the action is CRF, and has a very percision rotery magazine. As a rule they shoot all out of perportion to their cost. I have never owned a MS rifle that wasn't a tack driver! The reason they don't sell for what they are worth is, most people reporting on them have never owned one, and they look a little funny to American shooters! I have a Mod 1961 MCA 243 Win rifle, that has a minimum of 5000 rounds of hot hand loads fired through it, and it will still place 5 shots in the same ragged hole at 100 yds every time today!

One of these days I'm going to get me a 1903 Manlicher in 6.5x53...I've often lusted over these little jewells.

Ray,

A friend of mine has one and I have been after it. It's one of the old ones and a very light rifle. I think his has a tang sight or a cocking piece peep.

I am going to try again but he shot some game with it years ago and it has sentimental value. In "The Wilderness of Denali" Charles Sheldon used one. That's a great book.

Ray,
I've got a minty 1950 Carbine in .257 Roberts that is looking for good home.

i have heard that it is very hard to get a original mount to Schoenaur. Is it true? What else can i use to put my sight in?

The original Steyr swing-away mount was offered starting with the model 1952. They are more collectable than practical. Side mounts by Griffin & Howe, Jaeger and Pachmayr are still available. Later models were drilled and tapped for less expensive Redfield mounts, but these do not allow use of the iron sights.

is there anyone who knows anything about the shoenauer mod. NO? and how much is it worth?

The NO is a post-war rifle with pre-war design features. It does not have a low bolt for scope use, and the stock will have a straight low comb for iron sight use. Here is an engraved NO in 9.3x62 with high claw mounts.

The NO model is my personal favorite, but folks who like low scopes are not fond of them. The value depends on style (rifle or carbine), cartridge, condition and modifications. If you give me specifics, I'll try to help you.

[ 03-27-2003, 02:49: Message edited by: KurtC ]

Ray, I happen to have one of those 1903's in 6.5x 54 MS. I just shoot stuff with it. Its somthing else, when you consider the amount of work that went into making them. One of my Gunsmith buddies told me that it would cost well over 5000 dollars to make that rifle today. Its not forsale, but I will think about willing it to you at the time of my death. You could arrange it on some hunt some place. You know those hunting type accidents of years gone by. Just kidding.

it�s a carbin in 30-06 and it�s i new condition. All parts is orginal and there is no scopemounts.

In the US the rifle would have some interest among collectors. The model NO is rare in the US, but there are so many Mannlicher-Schoenauers in .30-06 that it would not attract as much interest as a metric caliber would.
The value would be in the $1000-2000 range. I know this is vague, but the value of Mannlichers depends greatly on how badly the buyer "wants" it. A die hard collector who needs an NO to complete his collection would spend the higher amount, but it could take years to find such a buyer. Most folks would not spend more than about $1200 for an M-S in .30-06 caliber.

I assume you are in a Nordic country, and I cannot give you a first hand estimate of the local value. The NO is probably more common there, but I do not know how popular the .30-06 is.

[ 03-27-2003, 19:11: Message edited by: KurtC ]

Roolig,

I don't know anything about prices in the US etc but if you really find a good mannlicher at a reasonable price, buy it and hunt with it. There are a number of these rifles still available in India in both long and short full stocked form and hardly any ever come up for sale. That's how much the owners like them!

Again, I know little about telescopic sights but the open sights worked very well in the glorious days of Indian hunting and I guess they would still make for good shooting with a capable "nut behind the butt."

Good shooting!

An archaic, inefficient action design, but the BEST QUALITY FACTORY-MADE BOLT-ACTION HUNTING RIFLE EVER!!!

[ 04-05-2003, 20:05: Message edited by: eldeguello ]

I have redfield scope bases, and rings on mine, holding an old 6x Redfield scope! It hasn't been re-zeroed in twenty years, and it still shoots perfectly!

Mac, I had a MS carbine in .270 that I zeroed initially in 1964, and it kept the same zero for 30 years, before I put a new scope on it!!

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