Thanks for the replies everyone.

I went to my gunshop to give this very good secondhand one a look over.
I was very impressed with the workmanship,well made and strong.
The bolt has 16 locking lugs just like a weatherby.The bolt locks up directly into the rear of the barrel.

The handle on the bolt is held on with a allen screw(under a plactic cap)removing the handle allows the bolt to be removed.

The down side is the barrel on this one was 20" which is a touch short for .270 to my liking.A rebarrel is another tough one because of the way it's cut for the bolt.

The barrel is held by two allen clamps just like a Sauer.
Th magazine was removable and held three rounds.

Well made and with a very slick bolt I liked it a lot but the lack of barrels and factory support killed the idea for me.Not to mention the 20" mountain barrel.

Regards,Shaun.

I am looking at one of these in .270,can't seem to find much info on them.

Are they the unloved bastard step child?



Do I want to own one??

pic added,someone must have some feedback???

Well, I have not shot one, but I did dry fire one quite a bit.



I found it very slow and awkward to reach the bolt handle (it is a long way forward of what I'm used to!). I will say that the workmanship was good, particularly the inletting and metal polish.



I've never seen anybody hunt with one, and the one I dry-fired in the gunstore was the only one I've had my hands on.



I think I'm not the only one who found the bolt handle placement awkward... because I don't think it was a hot seller.



Sorry I can't be of more help.



jpb

If I'm not mistaken this is the Mauser model 66 rifle, a good one at that and rather expensive. You won't go
wrong with the 6.5x55 caliber. It seems to be one of the best, accurate and low to moderate recoil. The rifle
design might seem a bit strange at first, for sure. I wouldn't mind having it in my gun cabinet. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

Shaun,

that�s definitely a Mauser 96 straight-pull.

This rifle was Mausers last (and illfated) attempt to gain any significant market share after the Mauser 98. All previous ones (Mauser 66, Mauser 77, Mauser 2000 etc.) failed, even on the european markets.

After the enormous success of the straight-pull Blaser R 93 in europe, Mauser decided to design a straight-pull on their own. Compared to the Blaser it is a no frills, basic plain-jane working rifle. Commercial success was low, Mauser went to bankruptcy and was bought by...Blaser.

As jpg has pointed out, its has some design shortcomings (position of bolt, removal of bolt for cleaning barrel etc.) but offers good markmanship for a low price, at least for an european rifle. Accuracy is on par with the Mauser standard, so most of them a good shooters.

>Do I want to own one??

Well ... you should know about this. I suppose you should get an decent price on one of these.

Regards
Roman