Interesting Firearm

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Its been many years since I owned a center fire larger than my pair of .223 but I was in the market for a rifle I could some red deer with .One evening I was surfing the net carefull checking all the for sale wed pages in my part of the world(NZ) when I spotted a older 7x 57.This rifle was  what is termed here, as a "buy back" from the Bor war in South Africa 1896,that makes this rifle 130 years old .To be fair there's not much of the original rifle left ,at some point in the 1960s it belonged to an hunting book author who re-barreled the firearm with a Douglas barrel ,replaced the trigger assembly with a adjustable timmley unit ,then to finish he imported a carved stock and sling from Europe.This rifle shoots 3/4 MOA.I'm really pleased I managed to find a 7x57 as they are getting harder to  find ,and this one is a beauty! I cant remember how to post a few pictures,anyone Help?

Edited November 30 by toolebox