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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin45" data-source="post: 2940207" data-attributes="member: 109862"><p>Great find for a great deal! </p><p></p><p>Always feel like a criminal when I can snag a perfectly functional AND quality built rifle for cheap just because the stock and finish look rough. </p><p></p><p>Or maybe I'm a saint? <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🥴" title="Woozy face :woozy_face:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f974.png" data-shortname=":woozy_face:" />. From the rifle's perspective no one was willing to love it and let it shine in all its glory, all because it was a little ugly, a little rough around the edges…along comes ME <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" />. I see the potential within, I'll spend the time, it just needs a little lovin! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" />. </p><p></p><p>The same is sometimes true for people and dogs <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" />. Best dogs ever are the homely rescue mongrels, none of that fancy purebred nonsense for us! </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I feel I got a pretty great deal on two of my rifles from auction. Nobody else really wanted them all that much I guess, and they are "used" - there is nothing wrong with the actions, the bores were immaculate, no rust anywhere on the things (both in Europe, Canada, and America ive come to beleive from what I've seen that the job of blueing gunmetal well was taken much more seriously from 1950-1980 than in the subsequent years)</p><p>- the husqvarna did have a chip from the butt end missing and was missing the buttplate entirely. No worries, a little wood glue and a 16 dollar slip on recoil pad later and it's a non issue. </p><p></p><p>Husqvarna M98 sporter in 8x57, snagged for 205 dollars Canadian. Heck even as a donor rifle you can't possibly beat that, a controlled round feed strong-as-hell action that is WAY smoother and faster than it has any business being - like it actually shocked me when I first cycled it - the action alone these days is a good find for that price. </p><p></p><p>BRNO ZG47 (which is a Mauser m98 "clone" for all intents and purposes and according to some the best and strongest iteration of that action ever made) rebarreled in 358 Norma magnum. Again, beat up, well used, missing rear sight…and the barrel is just weird. 28 inch long 1 inch straight contour. But it's not as unwieldy as you'd think. Snagged that one for 400 Canadian (I think) last year. Been researching it more since…the action is definitely worth it on its own, a very well built piece of hardware. Says "BRNO ZG47, Czechoslovakia, 1956" stamped on the side.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin45, post: 2940207, member: 109862"] Great find for a great deal! Always feel like a criminal when I can snag a perfectly functional AND quality built rifle for cheap just because the stock and finish look rough. Or maybe I’m a saint? 🥴. From the rifle’s perspective no one was willing to love it and let it shine in all its glory, all because it was a little ugly, a little rough around the edges…along comes ME 😁. I see the potential within, I’ll spend the time, it just needs a little lovin! 🤣. The same is sometimes true for people and dogs 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Best dogs ever are the homely rescue mongrels, none of that fancy purebred nonsense for us! Anyway, I feel I got a pretty great deal on two of my rifles from auction. Nobody else really wanted them all that much I guess, and they are “used” - there is nothing wrong with the actions, the bores were immaculate, no rust anywhere on the things (both in Europe, Canada, and America ive come to beleive from what I’ve seen that the job of blueing gunmetal well was taken much more seriously from 1950-1980 than in the subsequent years) - the husqvarna did have a chip from the butt end missing and was missing the buttplate entirely. No worries, a little wood glue and a 16 dollar slip on recoil pad later and it’s a non issue. Husqvarna M98 sporter in 8x57, snagged for 205 dollars Canadian. Heck even as a donor rifle you can’t possibly beat that, a controlled round feed strong-as-hell action that is WAY smoother and faster than it has any business being - like it actually shocked me when I first cycled it - the action alone these days is a good find for that price. BRNO ZG47 (which is a Mauser m98 “clone” for all intents and purposes and according to some the best and strongest iteration of that action ever made) rebarreled in 358 Norma magnum. Again, beat up, well used, missing rear sight…and the barrel is just weird. 28 inch long 1 inch straight contour. But it’s not as unwieldy as you’d think. Snagged that one for 400 Canadian (I think) last year. Been researching it more since…the action is definitely worth it on its own, a very well built piece of hardware. Says “BRNO ZG47, Czechoslovakia, 1956” stamped on the side. [/QUOTE]
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