I can understand drilling a receiver top for scope mounts.
by Hoot 
, Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 05:41 (3549 days ago)
I can understand drilling a receiver side for scope mounts.
I can understand drilling a receiver side for a receiver sight.
But did you have to do all three? Sheesh.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=468091673
Although, I suppose, once the rifle was rechambered, it was somewhat 'ruined' anyway. It was a beautiful rifle.
I can understand drilling a receiver top for scope mounts.
It kind of looks to me like the rifle was probably brought to the US by a soldier, returning home from WWII. After the war, lots of Mausers were "converted" to 8mm/06 because 8mm ammo and cases were practically nonexistent in this country. I wonder which bore diameter this one has, "J" or "S". This rifle appears to have been "bubba'd" by the addition of what appears to be a Redfield mount. It sticks out like plastic mudflaps on a Duesenberg. I wonder what happened to the original side mount. The extra holes do serve the purpose of lightening a normally heavy rifle. I couldn't get all the gentlemans pictures to load, but I saw enough. It was a grand rifle in its day!
My take exactly.
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 10:55 (3549 days ago) @ anachronism
Pretty sure Otto Bock would have gone to the 8x60 had he wanted that level of performance. I would further assume the rechamber was done by "Norton"...the stamping is entirely different from the rest of the rifle.
You'll also notice... No bids
by Miles 
, CIVITATES AMERICAE, Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 16:21 (3549 days ago) @ Hoot
neat old rifle, but one that's been worked and then reworked on again several times.
And the seller's remarks are the usual hype.
If it had been in original condition, it'd be a neat rifle to play around with, but from the late 40s on, guns were....guns. Multiple Springfields, Mausers, Arisakas were all simply base stock for sporterizing and any bring backs were not considered in much higher esteem. No one had any idea about 'collector value' in the 21st century.