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I had a buddy of mine who owed me a custom .30-06. He's been unable to complete it due to multiple BS factors in his life. In any case he offered to make our deal whole about a month ago with a substitute rifle. And pretty uncommon one at that.
He had an almost NIB Hannibal rifle in .338 A Square. I jumped at the idea because I've never owned an A2 rifle and they are a neat little piece of American wild cat rifle history,.
First off this rifle is in 100% condition it doesn't have the first scratch on it. Second it's built like a brick scat house. The thing is built around a big Enfield action and barreled with a stainless medium contour barrel then the whole thing is Teflon coated. It is stocked in a fully bedded, cross bolted and somewhat infamous "coil check" stock. It is one serious piece of wood. My estimation is that a man with small hands would find it uncomfortable to grip at the pistol due to the thickness of it.
It is equipped with a Timney trigger which is set to break at about 2.5 crisp lbs. The round it self is basically a .338/378 with a modified shoulder. It pushes a 250 gr SGK @ 3125 FPS. So it is actually a stouter round than a .338 Lapua. I haven't shot it yet as I need a telescope for it.
Oh it came with 200 loaded factory rounds and a set of reloading dies. Range report to follow. Don't you just love getting a new rifle in the house?
He had an almost NIB Hannibal rifle in .338 A Square. I jumped at the idea because I've never owned an A2 rifle and they are a neat little piece of American wild cat rifle history,.
First off this rifle is in 100% condition it doesn't have the first scratch on it. Second it's built like a brick scat house. The thing is built around a big Enfield action and barreled with a stainless medium contour barrel then the whole thing is Teflon coated. It is stocked in a fully bedded, cross bolted and somewhat infamous "coil check" stock. It is one serious piece of wood. My estimation is that a man with small hands would find it uncomfortable to grip at the pistol due to the thickness of it.
It is equipped with a Timney trigger which is set to break at about 2.5 crisp lbs. The round it self is basically a .338/378 with a modified shoulder. It pushes a 250 gr SGK @ 3125 FPS. So it is actually a stouter round than a .338 Lapua. I haven't shot it yet as I need a telescope for it.
Oh it came with 200 loaded factory rounds and a set of reloading dies. Range report to follow. Don't you just love getting a new rifle in the house?
