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Post by pacecars on Dec 6, 2020 20:23:09 GMT -5
I decided not to rebore the 8x57mm Brno after all. I have been looking for a Steyr Model M Professional in 9.3x62mm ever since I spent many a winter night of my youth thumbing through the Steyr catalog. I found someone who has one a few years ago and finally talked him into selling it to me. I can’t wait to get my hands on it. It has a Steyr-Mannlicher branded 1.5x5 scope on it. It does not have iron sights so to make it perfect I will probably get NECG to add an H&H style front sight and an island rear unless I can find Steyr OEM sights. I could take the ones off my .30-06 and put them on it.
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Post by Encore64 on Dec 6, 2020 20:36:43 GMT -5
Excellent choice...
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Post by pacecars on Dec 6, 2020 20:52:53 GMT -5
Just gotta slow down on knocking out the bucket list.
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Post by bigbrowndog on Dec 6, 2020 21:32:31 GMT -5
Let me know if you can’t find brass,.....I got rid of my 9.3x62 in favor of a 9.3x64.
Trapr
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Post by cas on Dec 6, 2020 21:51:26 GMT -5
Must have been all the 1980's magazine adds, because I really love those things. I look at them now and then but the calibers I've run across have been enough to keep me from doing something stupid.
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Post by pacecars on Dec 7, 2020 2:43:14 GMT -5
Must have been all the 1980's magazine adds, because I really love those things. I look at them now and then but the calibers I've run across have been enough to keep me from doing something stupid. I have owned 5 or 6 of them in plus a few of the Mk 2 versions in .270, .30-06 and .25-06 and everyone would put at least one factory load under 1/2 inch and usually it was the cheap Walmart ammo. I have not found any other rifle that fits me as well or is more comfortable to shoot off hand with than these guns. The 9.3 has been the one I have wanted since about 1973 (I was 7 but knew what I wanted). The other one I wanted was a wood stocked S in 8x68S but that is another story |
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Post by pacecars on Jan 10, 2021 21:54:41 GMT -5
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Post by nolongcolt on Jan 10, 2021 22:00:17 GMT -5
That's one of my Grail guns!! Never have seen one and the only mention I ever saw of one was an article by Finn Aagaard in a magazine years ago. Owned a few Pro models in 06 and 7x64 but never the 9.3. Would also love to find one in 7.5 Swiss but that is also made of pixie dust.
I just happen to have a magazine in that cal that would fit that rifle.
PM me if you are interested in it.
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Post by pacecars on Jan 11, 2021 20:37:09 GMT -5
The .30-06 version worked well Friday  |
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