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Offline Bigboar

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OK what did I get??
« on: September 05, 2006, 05:53:56 AM »
I just picked this up.  It seems to be a varmint gun but the name on it is BREDA 1927.  It looks like a Mannlicher Schoenauer? See the pictures.  Best thing it is a 6.5 X 55.  The scope is an 8X56 Kahles, oh my is that some clear glass.  Any help with identification will be greatly appreciated.

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Re: OK what did I get??
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2006, 05:18:07 PM »
Nice looking gun, bump for someone more knowlegable to reply.
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Re: OK what did I get??
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2006, 05:25:01 PM »
I haven't seen one in a lot of years but I'd guess your right. Those old Mannlicher Schoenauer's had butter knife handles and split bridges. They were the smoothest actions I ever saw. Beautiful rifle!
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Re: OK what did I get??
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2006, 11:58:26 PM »
Book review by someone on Amazon.com has a bit of info
"I bought this book after collecting rifles for a few years, it is in fact the ONLY contemporary book to cover the history and development of all the major manufacturers and models in such detail and with great pictures too. The chapters of the book are well planned and as I find myself exploring a new area of collecting, I read the relevant chapter again. After collecting German bolt actions for some time I got interested in Lee-Enfields and the discussion and pictures of these rifles was very helpful in getting a good coverage of the rifles and models. It can also be helpful to the more experienced collectors, some time ago I came across a rifle in a store marked as a Greek Mauser. I know what a Greek Mauser looks like and this was not one, it is marked 'Breda 1927' on the side of the receiver. After perusing Mr. Scarlata's book I came across a whole section including pictures of the rifle, it is a Mannlicher Schoenauer 1903/14 rifle. Scarlata explains how in 1926 the Greeks signed an agreement with Societa Anonima Ernesto Breda of Brescia Italy for 100,000 of these rifles which were delivered in 1929. He also mentions that there is some speculation that the rifles were in fact produced by Steyr and assembled and finished in Italy so as to bypass restrictions imposed on the Austrians by the Allies after WWI. If you are at all interested in the history and development of bolt action rifles you need this book."

The book is Collecting Classic Bolt Action Military Rifles (Hardcover) by Paul S. Scarlata. 

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Re: OK what did I get??
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2006, 06:29:03 AM »
WOW!!!  Many thanks.  It's too bad it's a custom rifle now.  Wonder what it's worth?   I will do a search to find that book ASAP.

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Re: OK what did I get??
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2006, 11:33:27 AM »
Nice rifle ,how's it shoot "? 8)

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Re: OK what did I get??
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2006, 02:57:33 AM »
I haven't had it long enough yet, but the box on Norma 153 grain group well under an inch.  I don't have my reloading dies yet when I work up some good ones I'll post pictures.

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