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There has always been a lot of debate  about which is the best caĺibre. 177, 20, 22 or 25. I used to like 20 but I sort of came through using an air rifle when I got through into 22 lr and then subsequently 222, 223, 243 and 270.  Do you like one more than another and why?

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An old lady from '62 (Gebruder Merkel Suhl, 16/70) used for almost anything from quail to wild boar  My favorite rifle for stalking deer/chamois - a Brno 22f from '49, 7x57 The m

A couple of pics of my Mossberg 500 8 shot on pt1 showing the safety catch slide that I made from steel when the nylon one broke across the screw hole.  I have posted this pic for the benefit of Wombl

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It's a case, primer, powder and bullet. You pull the trigger, it goes bang and the bullet is sent off to the target. I've got a load that suits my Mannlicher luxus 243 using speer 70 up that will put one hole groups through a coke bottle top at eighty yards. Ahh, perhaps the reason you dislike the round is that the 243 doesn't come as a muzzle loader. ???

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6 hours ago, Meece said:

It's a case, primer, powder and bullet. You pull the trigger, it goes bang and the bullet is sent off to the target. I've got a load that suits my Mannlicher luxus 243 using speer 70 up that will put one hole groups through a coke bottle top at eighty yards. Ahh, perhaps the reason you dislike the round is that the 243 doesn't come as a muzzle loader. ???

No no mate. I love hornet, 222, 6.5/55, 270w, 30/30, 308w and 357 but the two 243 rifles I owned soon went and they were very accurate as you described. Several deer fell to them.

I guess I just thought it not very efficient bullet to powder charge wise.

Just personal choice I guess.

 

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An old lady from '62 (Gebruder Merkel Suhl, 16/70) used for almost anything from quail to wild boar 

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My favorite rifle for stalking deer/chamois - a Brno 22f from '49, 7x57

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The most used rifle - A Voere LBW Take-Down, 9.3x62

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This combination was so effective in both driven hunts and stalking that made me to sell this beauty - a Winchester replica made by Davide Pedersoli, .45-70

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And I will buy something "new" in the next month - a Mannlicher-Schönauer mod 1903 in 6.5x54MS  :D 

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On 01/04/2018 at 22:28, DUNKS said:

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I don't know how I haven't seen this post. I have loads of guns but I've never had a double 410 like that.  Many years ago I  did see a pistol version. Exactly the same as that but with a pistol grip and short barrels. Probably 9 inch barrels.  It was made like that not a cut down. They were common back in probably the early 1900s through to maybe the 50s. The kind of thing you just bought from the ironmongers like the four candles type of ironmonger. somewhere I have an advert for these.

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21 hours ago, biriuck said:

An old lady from '62 (Gebruder Merkel Suhl, 16/70) used for almost anything from quail to wild boar 

IMG_20150815_083404.thumb.jpg.aefd9eb168f308b34f291684bbbb1bc4.jpg

My favorite rifle for stalking deer/chamois - a Brno 22f from '49, 7x57

IMG_20170624_151642.thumb.jpg.75183ce3e89e40c1ffe64beddc659cc7.jpg

The most used rifle - A Voere LBW Take-Down, 9.3x62

IMG_20170826_064518.jpg.ed45d8f0bc8f56054447827cf8e3cf5b.jpg

This combination was so effective in both driven hunts and stalking that made me to sell this beauty - a Winchester replica made by Davide Pedersoli, .45-70

 IMG_20151023_130340.jpg.b4c22cbb68f1cdec83246ad115c83179.jpg

And I will buy something "new" in the next month - a Mannlicher-Schönauer mod 1903 in 6.5x54MS  :D 

There is some really nice stuff there with a European flavor to it from the style of the hat, the sàusages hanging on the wall to the cheek piece on the shotgun and the guns themselves. I have a Mannlicher stutzen Luxus in 243 similar to your stutzen stocked rifle. I love the bearded axe there and the types of gun, they've  got a distinct look about how the way they  are presented.  Again a nice post showing nìce stuff.

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There is some really nice stuff there with a European flavor to it from the style of the hat, the sàusages hanging on the wall to the cheek piece on the shotgun and the guns themselves. I have a Mannlicher stutzen Luxus in 243 similar to your stutzen stocked rifle. I love the bearded axe there and the types of gun, they've  got a distinct look about how the way they  are presented.  Again a nice post showing nìce stuff.

Thank you for appreciation. This is the way I'm keeping the guns during the day  in the red stag rut season (~2 weeks). Sure, extra maintenance is required when is fog or the air humidity is too high.

I could not describe how eager I'm to buy the Mannlicher-Schoenauer mod. 1903 in 6.5x54MS, it is my dream rifle from a long period of time (blaming Hemingway for that). The difference between my stutzen and a Mannlicher is that mine has a Mauser action. The post WWII production from Brno tried to copy the successful model of Mannlicher (and they managed to do a decent job).  At the first general cleaning I found out that each part of this rifle has the same serial number (from the action until the last screw, including the stock and the scope mount) . 

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Since the weapon was used in harsh conditions by me, I decided to put a new stock on it and preserve the original one in a dry storage. Here is a picture of it after 2 hours of waiting at a driven hunt.

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The weapon is still more accurate than I will ever be and it was used by me and previous owner to shot all the big and medium game from Romania despite the "deprecated" calibre :D  

 

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21 hours ago, biriuck said:

 This is the way I'm keeping the guns during the day  in the red stag rut season.

 extra maintenance is required when is fog or the air humidity is too high.

I  Here is a picture of it after 2 hours of waiting at a driven hunt.

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? Naah, I don't be live that.

I'm sure that you just left it outside overnight after you had been tanking it up on the beer and eating those sausages. Staggered  off to bed and forgot the gun was still outside. ❄❄❄?

Two hours ! WaitIng in the snow. Its a wonder that you didnt get frostbite and just at the moment the action started the scope was frozen up and you couldn't see through it.   how do you handle that sort of situation. Do you rely on hand warmers or what? 

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