Thread: Walnut and blued steel,

Here is another Mannlicher Shoenauer model 1910 takedown in .375 Rimless Nitro Express (9.5 M-S) - where do I keep finding them...this one is a very old stock but it is not factory original, it was replaced years ago when it was broken in Ceylon. I checkered this one myself.

Once I finished all this work I thought I better go and shoot it. So I loaded 235 grain Speers with some Benchmark for 2300 fps, and she shot to point of aim perfectly at 100 metres with the factory sights, making a 2.5 inch group. I didnt have to touch anything. This doesnt sound a very impressive group nowadays, but in 1924 when this was made this was considered first class accuracy. Anything under three inches would have been considered perfectly adequate for any big game hunting. Even today with the limits of the old iron sights and my 54 year old eyes, this will do anything I need a .375 for.

I know where there is a big stag. Maybe the biggest I have met yet. I hope he's still there next roar.