You may argue that it is merely sporterized, but a ton of work went into this rifle.

My father-in-law bought this under the pretext that it was 7mm mauser. After he shot it once, the spent case came out in pieces. He took it back to the gun store and they slugged the chamber to find it is .280 remington. He loved the gun but didn't need another caliber, so he let me buy it from him.

It is a post-war FN venezuelan mauser, iron sights removed, high polish blued, scope mount installed, and put in a walnut stock with nice checkered hardware. It still has the original barrel so it must have been reamed to .280. I put in a keplinger single set trigger, smooth bolt shroud, and Nikon monarch 3-9. We shot it at 25 yds and bullets were touching. I'll have to see what it can do at longer ranges but that's not bad for a mannlicher.

It is a shame that a venezuelan mauser was sacrificed, but whoever built it did a great job.

I might reveal the cost later......but you will all hate me.

Very nice.

You are right that a lot of work went into that rifle, and it turned out good looking. One of the first things I look at in a converted rifle is the bolt handle. Usually they are messed up but the one you have looks really good.

KB

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Originally posted by Kabluewy:
You are right that a lot of work went into that rifle, and it turned out good looking. One of the first things I look at in a converted rifle is the bolt handle. Usually they are messed up but the one you have looks really good.

KB

Right, usually they just bend it over but this has been reprofiled nicely.

Yes, yes, it's a fairly nice Mauser.....but here's the bad part.....with just a little attention it could be a fabulous Mauser....

It needs a mannlicher style front sling swivel....Checkering, Iron sight befitting the style, and some stock refinishing to eradacate some of the rounded over lines.

There's a hellofalotta good there and it could be spectacular if reworked just right.....and NO....I don't do that stuff....but several artists here do!

Just being honest.....and yes....I'd be proud to have it in my gun rack as is!

Decided it was time for some checkering, just got it back on Thursday.

That looks really nice! Who did the checkering?

It was done by Aaron little out of Longview, TX. Goes by the name TDK on Texas Hunting Forum.

Now all you gotta do is blue the screws and bbl band, reprofile the military guard and rub out the stock finish.

All in good time, heck, it took me this long just to get it checkered. It's a remington 700 trigger guard by the way.

Checkering Looks Good ! Does he have a web site ?

Blind magazine w. Rem TG ?

Good Luck and enjoy.
Bob

No website, ran into his post here.

He said he'll take new jobs once he gets through his current workload.

Yes, it's a blind mag

Very nice rifle. The checkering really brought it to life.

Thank You TX357 appreciate the help.
Bob

I go by my real handle here.

Looking at the stock a bit closer I would go ahead & take the monti carlo off to turn it into a more "classic" stock profile.

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Originally posted by TX357:
It was done by Aaron little out of Longview, TX. Goes by the name TDK on Texas Hunting Forum.

Tell him gaudi said HI

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Originally posted by D Humbarger:
Looking at the stock a bit closer I would go ahead & take the monti carlo off to turn it into a more "classic" stock profile.

+1.... That would remove a lot of plain wood and keep with the ML style.

I wonder if a NECG banded rear sight could be fitted to remove the step in the barrel?

Regardless, beautiful rifle.