Mannlicher stocks

Rodfac said:
I've had a Sako L461 Mannlicher stocked for the last 20 years or so...in .222 Magnum....it's my woodchuck rifle here on our farm. Accuracy has been very good with several loads that will do MOA for 5-shots.
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Best Regards, Rod

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I have a Remington Model 722 in 222 Remington Magnum. It is in a Bishop full length stock. A gift from my Godfather/eldest cousin. I also use it for groundhogs but took it to Nebraska to shoot prairie dogs almost 50 years ago.

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Kevin
 
Love ‘em all. I only have one, a 50’s era Steyr-Mannlicher in .257 Roberts I inherited from my grandfather. He hunted on four continents with it but it still looks pristine; I don’t know how he did that. Mine’s as accurate as I can shoot any hunting rifle with factory ammo and a 4x scope - 1.5 to 1 MOA. It’s a treasure.
 
I had a Ruger 77 in 308 that shot well enough. I like the looks of full stocked guns and can think of one that I have regretted not buying. I listed it on GB for a friend and had it to play with until it sold. It was a H&R Handi-rifle, full stocked, scoped and chambered for 30-30. I researched it and a very few of them were factory made with that stock. That is the only one that I have seen.
 
Riomouse911 said:
I only have two, a Ruger 77 RSI in .243 and a 10-22 stainless. Both shoot well enough for me, and IMHO they look great, too.

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Every time I run across one of the 10/22's in a gunshop I get the wants but considering how poorly my two regular ones performed out of the box I am afraid to take a chance on one.
 
.45Coltguy said:
I had for a time a Ruger RSI in .308 that needed just a little work on the stock/barrel pressure towards the front. Became a very accurate rifle. When my older son tried it out, he decided he wanted it! He still has it. Neat rifle. So, yes, the Mannlicher stock work fine. And look good doing it.
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.45Coltguy said:
I believe the OP was just asking a couple questions regarding Mannlicher stocks. Perhaps he doesn't have one or if he does, just curious about them.
If some have rifles with Mannlicher stocks and they are accurate; excellent. I think OP was simply curious about them.
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Don’t appreciate the post, dont read it. You put more than your 2 cents in earlier.
 
Sako full stock rifles were considered the most accurate as their stocks were actually two pieces. There is a gap under the barrel band and the forward section is attached to the barrel only.
 
CraigC said:
MOA from these two, without much effort. I've always had a thing for them but have owned plain few of the things. Fell in love with them after reading about the MS, a gorgeous little Kimber in a Ross Seyfried article of the mid 1980's and finding a wonderful Sako 6.5x55 that I couldn't afford.
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I'm glad someone else remembers Ross Seyfried. I liked his articles and always learned from them. He was a teacher and not just an entertainer with his articles.

I only have one full stock Mannlicher rifle. A Ruger 10/22 that started off in the common carbine stock. I was doing some repair work on a mobile home and the woman next door came over to see what I was doing. They had a little target range set up behind their house. I asked her if she liked to shoot and she said she and her husband both liked to shoot. I asked what rifle she shot and she said a Ruger 10/22. Then she told me she had put on a new stock and wanted to sell the old stock and did I want to buy it? I said let me see it.

Se she went to her house and came back with a green and black laminate full stock with a Ruger branded sling on it. I was trying be cool and not act too excited. I asked the price. She said $25. I had my wallet out in a blur and the stock was mine. I love it. It looks so good.

As for the accuracy I can't tell if its better or worse than the gun was in the regular stock. I can still hit the bottom of a beer can at 75 yards from a field rest and thats good enough for what this gun is for. But now I can hit the can with way more style than I did before. :thumbup:
 
Hookeye said:
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Nose cap did not bear hard on the bbl.
Gun cloverleafed factory WW .243 ammo at 75 yards.
I only zeroed it for that since the scope was just a 4X.
Fired and never saw a hit outside the black dot, got mad and walked down.....clustered in the center LOL
Bland wood, initially purchased to rebarrel to .35 rem later.
It shot so good I figured it wasn't a donor, sold it.
.243 and a 20" bbl w no real action length..........annoying blast.

A mild mannered .35 rem in that config would be hard to beat.

Alas, I got a fancier #1A in .308 win coming next week.
22" bbl, proly be somewhat annoying.
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I revisited this thread and just want to say that is one of the best looking rifles ever made. There is one like it sitting my safe in 270. The Mannlicher stocked rifles are the most attractive rifles ever made IMO but the bolt actions need to have the butter knife bolt handle to complete the picture.
 
I have 3, an original Mannlicher Schoenauer model 1905 in 9x56. It is a solid 2 moa with open sights. CZ 550 FS in 9.3x62 which is the second most accurate rifle I own. It is a solid MOA shooter. The only one I had any issues with walking, is a Ruger 77 RSI in 250-3000. The culprit turned out to be the metal nose cap making contact with the front sight band. After I relieved some metal with a file it is now a 1.5 MOA shooter. Some people like the full length stocks and others don't but I don't honestly think they shoot any better or worse than regular stocked rifles. Hope this helps.
 
I have a fiberglass, thumbhole Mannlicher-stocked M98 Mauser 7x57 with a 20" barrel.
It doesn't standout except for looks.
It wasn't hard to work up a load to get it to shoot. It'll sneak one under an MOA from time to time,
but it's best at pointing quickly at a running, big game animal at fairly short ranges.
Enjoy and have fun,
Gene
 
For starters I L O V E the classic looks of the full stocks.

I've owned three and sent them all down the road. When things heated up they all shot less than stellar. Giving up my Mdl 1952 MS with the double set trigger in 257 Roberts was especially hard, but it shot 2" five shot 100 yard groups at best.

I sure enjoyed all the eye candy in this thread, from 10/22 to MS classics. :cool::cool:
 
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