Need thoughts on new old gun ID. Please.FIXEDLINK

[joshb]

I just bought this. I've been looking for a bench gun to play around with and try. I liked the stock. I'm hopeing for some feedback on origin and approximate vintage. I found one lead on a gun, that had a slightly lower serial number made by a smith in Alabama . A.R. Pryor was his name. Another thought was that it might be made by FN. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Here's a link, for photos. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=443761382

 

[CatShooter]

Re: Need thoughts on new old gun ID. Please.

Linkie no workie...

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=443761382

It is a beautiful varmint rifle, but it ain't a benchrest rifle... vintage would be late 60's to late 70's.

 

[bheadboy]

Re: Need thoughts on new old gun ID. Please.

+1 on Catshooter response

 

[Syncrowave]

FN M98 ?

 

[jonbearman]

Basically it is probably an fn mauser action with a custom barrel and a bishop stock on it with someone's aftermarket barrel and trigger,probably a timney . Made in the 50's or early 60's. Finally saw the pics and it is definitely an FN . Nice stock for sure.

 

[joshb]

Well, I don't have it yet. Just the pictures, so far. I thought it looked like a wide, flat forend. I'm also naive to them and what is what, in "Benchrest". So it's a varmint rifle. OK. That's a start. The FN action is single shot. Not sure if it's a solid bottom or modified military. Barrel is Sako.

 

[SDWhirlwind]

FN made single shot actions but don't know how or exactly what time frame from introduction to last production though. Bought a new never fired barreled action back in the late 80's from Flaig's out of TN. Advertised in Gun List back then. Douglas 1.250 tube chambered in 22/250 @ 28". A brute to lug around. Shot fantastic 'after' I had a local smith cut the chamber about .010 more so a go guage would chamber as my dies wouldn't quite make it.

After a year or so of banging dogs with it I rebuilt it with a Douglas octagon blank in 280AI. That sucker would shoot Hornady 162's under .4 pretty regular. But stupid me sold that one too after playing with it awhile. Had it in one HS stocks that I bought from them at a Rapid City, SD gunshow shortly after they moved up here.

Action was nice, except for the typical 4" (not quite) lock time.lol I pd $250 for barreled action shipped back then. Now I think $450-500 seems to be the selling price for actions alone. Not many for sale but also not many looking to buy one except for die hard mauser fans. I know they made bolt faces for 222/223, standard and magnum. Actions actually seemed pretty rigid. I spent several hrs on mine polishing on tooling marks inside receiver and had the bottom/loading ramp smoother than a baby's bottom.lol

Edit to add...Looked at listing before I posted. It looks to have a Canjar set trigger on it, they are $150-200 nowdays it seems. If not shot out it should/could be a relatively cheap setup to get some experience on.

Better things to build on nowdays but they are and were unique. Heck even Interarms imported the old Mark X actions with a single shot model. IIRC back then they were about $125 NIB.

The 'good ole days'!

Respectfully,
Dennis

 

[joshb]

Thanks for the feedback.Guess I got a 50s-70s VARMINT gun, with a pretty fair action,(since no one said "yuck") with a nice Bishop stock. I can live with that, given the price. I'm a retired carpenter and I'm a sucker for a nice piece of wood. I don't compete. I just shoot for fun against myself or friends. I'll see how she does. If the barrel is still good, I'll shoot it . Think It could become a 6PPC? Like to try that. Thanks, again, Josh. PS I'm new here. I've lurked for a while and always liked the gentlemanly conduct on this site. Thanks for having me.

 

[civil82]

That stock looks like it would clean up nice!