Luft rifles

[jsh]

Any one here familiar with Luft rifles? I have poked around a bit and info is hard to find as far as history. they were based out of around spokan washington. I did get a lead on a collector in Colorado but have not heard from him. I also called Biesens and spoke with a real nice lady there but she didn't know much other than the gent in Colorado.
The one I have is a commercial Mauser action. Was originally chamber in 30 Luft magnum pretty much a 30-338. This was built prior to the 300 win mag. It was then rechambered in 71 to 300 win mag by the Lufts.
Only kicker is it has a case of metal termites. It has been drilled and tapped different than the original. Bases do cover all but part of one hole. I knew this going in but the darn thing deserved better than I thought it would get so I packed it home.
Jeff

[curmudgeon]

I have heard of the Luft, but after racking the old noggin, can't come up with when or where. Looked in Sharpes' "The Rifle in America", to no avail, have not done a search on Bing or Google. I thought that BIESON was just a stock maker I know I have heard the name and read something bur sorry no help.

[curmudgeon]

P.S. to above, The Luft Bros as you know were out of Spokane, WA. They built their short Mag 30 calibers around what brass was available to them at the time. Same as others of their day. Built many around the Borchardt action. Probably started with the 98's after WW2. Probably the 300 Win Mag was an improvement over their wildcat version. You have probably already Bing'ed it by this time. FWIW dept.