tangodown
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I'm casting wide net here and hopefully I will eventually get to the right information...
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Schultz & Larsen ?
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sable tireur
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Can you give us a hint as to what you might be after? History, rifle designs, cartridge designs, give us a little guidance?
tangodown
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I bid on this rifle (a M54 Model) thinking it was another model... I should have recognized the big a** rear butt hook.. oh well... I've taken a couple of pictures... it has a big heavy feed right, eject right action with a barrel chambered in 6.5x55. The barrel is approximately one inch in diameter... I'm thinking of restocking it with a more ergonomic stock... Or, if it turns out to involve more effort than I'm willing to extend, move it on to a new home...
tangodown
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Here are a couple of pictures of the bolt... and, I've never seen a configuration quite like it...
sable tireur
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I have a couple of these in the shop; one in .222 Rem. and one in 6.5x55. Both are excellent shooters although mine are barreled actions I put into a chassis system to shoot. Yours is a position rifle, I'm pretty sure.
Contact these folks to see if they can help with a stock, even with some minor refinements if necessary:
https://www.pse-composites.com/
Or
http://www.greatdanerifles.com/stocks.html
Check your PM.
Contact these folks to see if they can help with a stock, even with some minor refinements if necessary:
https://www.pse-composites.com/
Or
http://www.greatdanerifles.com/stocks.html
Check your PM.
tangodown
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PM Replied to...
So, a three position rifle is not in my swim lane... What are your thoughts around suitable repurposing? Would this involve mega bucks?
Cheers
//Peter
sable tireur
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The bolt is unique, sort of...
It's a four lug bolt which positions the lugs at the rear of the action. This is less expensive and takes less time to manufacture than the actions which have the lugs at the front of the bolt. The drawback as some will note, is the potential of bolt flexure from bolt thrust because of the lugs being so far back from the bolt face. This can contribute to reduced accuracy.
Does this look familiar?
Of special note though is the fact that the Danes competed at the very top levels of shooting competitions with this design and their results belied the idea that the flexure was a drawback.
From another source:
"Schultz & Larsen wanted to get a foothold in the US market and so they created a variant of the M54 which was called the M60. Around this time they were collaborating with American Phil Sharpe, the designer of the 7×61 Sharp & Hart cartridge. Phil Sharpe met with Neils Larsen and also worked with Swedish ammunition maker Norma to produce rifles and ammunition in his wildcat caliber. This indeed occurred and the 7×61 Sharpe & Hart enjoyed a brief season of popularity until Remington decided to create something slightly better, the 7mm Remington Magnum, and their Model 700 rifles that were significantly cheaper than the Schultz & Larsen. The result was that both the M60 and the 7×61 Sharpe & Hart fell into obscurity."
I have a Model 60 chambered for the 7x61 Sharpe and Hart in the hunting versions which is an extremely accurate rifle when fed my handloads.
The bolt is unique, sort of...
It's a four lug bolt which positions the lugs at the rear of the action. This is less expensive and takes less time to manufacture than the actions which have the lugs at the front of the bolt. The drawback as some will note, is the potential of bolt flexure from bolt thrust because of the lugs being so far back from the bolt face. This can contribute to reduced accuracy.
Does this look familiar?
Of special note though is the fact that the Danes competed at the very top levels of shooting competitions with this design and their results belied the idea that the flexure was a drawback.
From another source:
"Schultz & Larsen wanted to get a foothold in the US market and so they created a variant of the M54 which was called the M60. Around this time they were collaborating with American Phil Sharpe, the designer of the 7×61 Sharp & Hart cartridge. Phil Sharpe met with Neils Larsen and also worked with Swedish ammunition maker Norma to produce rifles and ammunition in his wildcat caliber. This indeed occurred and the 7×61 Sharpe & Hart enjoyed a brief season of popularity until Remington decided to create something slightly better, the 7mm Remington Magnum, and their Model 700 rifles that were significantly cheaper than the Schultz & Larsen. The result was that both the M60 and the 7×61 Sharpe & Hart fell into obscurity."
I have a Model 60 chambered for the 7x61 Sharpe and Hart in the hunting versions which is an extremely accurate rifle when fed my handloads.
tangodown
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sable tireur,
Thanks very much for your insights!
What are your thoughts about 1) What sort of basic profile the action has... ex: 98 Mauser? Win 70? And, 2) What sort of repurposing would be appropriate for my rifle? At one time I had entertained the thought of turning it into an F Class or bench rest rifle because of its single shot configuration...
Thanks very much for your insights!
What are your thoughts about 1) What sort of basic profile the action has... ex: 98 Mauser? Win 70? And, 2) What sort of repurposing would be appropriate for my rifle? At one time I had entertained the thought of turning it into an F Class or bench rest rifle because of its single shot configuration...
