I like the style. I've seen it on very lightweight rifles, and a few not so svelte. Does anyone offer this as a semi-inlet?

Thanks. Lee

GAG , Great American did. I call it a Sauer pattern.

Here's the GAG version as a semi. Took them over 6 month to get it to me. (M96 mauser inlet)



Here's a small ring Mausers.

Common pre war (WW1) German pattern used by JP Sauer and others.
Yes, GAG did make them, but they are long out of business, which was bought out by a place called Walnut Grove which is more of a crook than GAG was, if you can believe that. A friend ordered a stock from them last year and after a few months of "can't find the one you ordered", they sent a different stock that looked like it was made from white pine. Anyway, ...
I have that pattern, and usually plane off the side panels as most guys don't like them. The drop is perfect for iron sights and still works for low mounted scopes. It is for hunting, not target shooting.
PM me if anyone wants one made for a 98 Mauser large ring. Not drop in; they require final inletting.

I think this is a dead page but it has pictures.

http://www.gunstocks.com/Stockstyles.html

Ah. I forgot you had that.

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Originally posted by dpcd:
Common pre war (WW1) German pattern used by JP Sauer and others.
I have that pattern, and usually plane off the side panels as most guys don't like them. The drop is perfect for iron sights and still works for low mounted scopes. It is for hunting, not target shooting.

Very much like the Rigby pattern is it not, Tom?

Yes very similar; the Rigby is certainly based on that old pattern; Rigby removed the cheek piece, (usually), and cut off the side panels, and rounded the pistol grip. And no schnabel, but the Rigby stock is inside the German one.
I have the Rigby pattern too.

Ramrod has that pattern too; I don't think he is back up and running yet. He will probably come in and tell us.
He is the probably best bet for the German style.

Thanks, guys. Tom- we can definitely talk. I would love to havebone of those with the side panels still on and cheekpiece on the right, since I'm left eye dominant. I think those rifles are just beautiful.

I got this from the classified section here:



An old working man's custom. Unknown Mauser action. Chambered in 8mm_'06.

Ludwig Olsen's 3rd edition describes this style as simply full oval raised panels. See early Oberndorf Mauser 8X57 Sporter on page 232. Its panel is slightly shorter than yours and has a schnable fore end. The checkering pattern at the pistol grip is like the OP rifle's.
Also see page 261 for a Sempert & Kriegoff Gibeson model for another similar panel.

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Originally posted by LongDistanceOperator:
Thanks, guys. Tom- we can definitely talk. I would love to havebone of those with the side panels still on and cheekpiece on the right, since I'm left eye dominant. I think those rifles are just beautiful.

I got this from the classified section here:



An old working man's custom. Unknown Mauser action. Chambered in 8mm_'06.

That looks like McBrides gunshop in Austin . Is it .

No. It's Mickler & Associates in Leander.

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Ramrod has that pattern too; I don't think he is back up and running yet. He will probably come in and tell us.
He is the probably best bet for the German style.

Yep I have it. But I'm months away from cutting again. Still not in my house.

FWIW, GAG was "bought" by Walnut Grove. Henry Pohl moved to Idaho to advise and mentor new owner. Henry has been by my shop 3 times in the past 3 years. He told me what I am passing on today. MO connection from my past. Henry is from Lincoln, MO. I lived there for 3 years. Yes, Henry Pohl is E.C. Bishop's grandson....of MO gunstock fame.

The original stock pattern for the blank from GAG was from E.C. Bishop Gunstock Co inventory. It was indeed patterned after the English/German style stocks of the past. There is a huge amount of German influence in the Central Missouri countryside. It did and does heavily influence how things get done there. I.E., production methods at Bishop, Fajen, Wenig's, Show ME Gunstocks, are all based on the Germanic/British formula of one person doing one job well passing on to another craftsperson until the gunstock is completed.

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GAG was "bought" by Walnut Grove

My pattern was purchased from Walnut Grove. As I understood it it came from GAG

Its called an Obendorf style stock around these parts. comes with or without side panels and with or without the Schnable..I much prefer the small Schnable..

Yes, it's called the Obendorf style. It has a little extra wood, side panel, for strength near the action. Stock dimensions are probably 1.5 drop at comb and 2.5 drop at heel. Similar to pre-sporting clays double shot guns. It will handle like a dream. Quick to point and hang on target for a jiffy.
It would be a delight to hunt with, from 7x57 to .375HH IMO.

This is my J.P. Sauer sporter, built on a transition Mauser action with a very low serial number, as refinished by Lon Paul. The barrel, the bore of which was in bad condition, has been rebored and rechambered to 9X57 from 8X57J.

I love those JP Sauer & shons sporters, had one in 30-06 and it shot like a bench gun, Sold it for $4500 to a friend of mine, never been able to buy it back..