Inherited anschütz match mod 54 ms

[Tim Slater]

Here you go.

That's what I'd expect for a 1970s rifle. Anschutz stopped marking the specific model number around 1965.

 

[6-dasher]

Here you go.
View attachment 1176987 View attachment 1176987

That’s the same stamping on the barrel I have .

 

[Dusty Stevens]

6-dasher,
Here is a bit of history for you. My Metallic Silhouette shooting partner, Bill Ackerman from Weaver T-Model scope fame was contacted prior to the MS 54 was brought to market. Bill told Dieter Anschutz I was stationed in Germany. Dieter called and asked me to come down to the factory and lend a hand concerning the height of the cheekpiece, etc. Lones Wigger, I believe had a hand in the stock design prior to me. But I had a T-model scope with me & Ackerman had sent him bases for the action. So off to the factory Larry went with a smile on his face. We mounted the scope and proceeded to almost kill a poor German gunsmith. We would try out the fit while looking through the scope off-hand and then the poor guy had to go down several floors to his workshop and take a bit more off the stock until Dieter & I were happy with it. He made a lot of trips! So if it doesn’t fit you, blame Dieter!

I also have a 54MS I got at the factory, but it is Left/Left and Dieter put a running bore barrel on it. This has a short barrel (about 16”) and then a bloop tube with removable weights to adjust balance. I hadn’t shot it since the early ‘90s, but mounted a 15-55x NF just as the virus hit. The first & only group at 50yards with OLD match ammo was 0.262”. I’ll get back to it when my range opens again.

Love the running boar models. Mine is the only one ive seen in person

 

[Tim Slater]

That’s the same stamping on the barrel I have .

It's close, but that 1970s 1407 is marked "Anschutz-Modell Match 54", not 54 MS. In the 1970s Anschutz stamped "Modell Match 54" on pretty much all their target barrels, regardless of length and profile. By the 1980s they had changed slightly.

 

[snert]

All I can say is I shot next to guys in the 80 s who had these and I was shooting a custom shop 40x Sporter. I lusted after that stock.

I have a MCM modeled after it with a 722 action in it. Had to scratch that itch.

The 40x is in a safe