Long Barrel, Titanic Era Rifle

[dromia]

You mean like this one for the Orange Free State?



I must admit that it does shoot rather well, 7x57 is one of my favourite cartridges and used to be a popular round for the beasts here in the Highlands.









Here you can see one of the OVS marks on the stock under the knox form.

[dromia]

BTW don't whinge on to me about the size of the photographs as these were taken by Joe, I won't post my own photographs, this is how he sent them to me.

[idge]

Gotta love those 7mm mausers,what bullet weight would they have originally used and what velocities would have been normal from military ammo ?

[jjvc]

BTW don't whinge on to me about the size of the photographs as these were taken by Joe, I won't post my own photographs, this is how he sent them to me.

But I thought you liked big foties Mr S.

An OVS 7mm is also a very good choice as Droomie says.....

[ovenpaa]

JJVC, any point in me telling you it is a crap rifle and time to get rid? :lol: Even Christel marvelled at it tongueout

[jjvc]

Unfortunately it's not my rifle opa, but I do get the privilige of shooting it every now and again when
Droomie takes it on a range day. tongueout

Joe

[ovenpaa]

Oh for FFS, I just know he will not believe me... No matter, from now on when you get a chance to shoot with it aim off and generally scatter rounds across the target and tell him there is something wrong. Then make an effort openin the bolt, pull a face and tell him it does it quite often, aiming at a different target, pulling the trigger and they yelling 'Woah that wasn't me' might be pushing it a bit far.

As long as he doesn't know we could be onto a winner here

[MartinS]

Hi Christel

The Gew 98 barrel is a little over 29" long I think.

I know the rules about showing new rifles on here so when I get mine back from the Gunsmith I'll post plenty of pics, which I think you might like.!

It might sway you a bit!!

[EagerNoSkill]

Gotta love those 7mm mausers,what bullet weight would they have originally used and what velocities would have been normal from military ammo ?

as Dromnia said "I must admit that it does shoot rather well, 7x57 is one of my favourite cartridges and used to be a popular round for the beasts here in the Highlands."

The 7 x 57 they are awesome all round caliber/ round for all middle weight game

and if stories are to believe John Pondoro dropped more than 1 elephant with it!

http://www.huntinglegends.com/2009/12/7 ... ng-rifles/
... for a great read

Another : http://www.robertruark.org/thegunsofruark.html

On Ruark's last Safari there were two interesting guns that he bought, a 275 Rigby Mauser and a Westley Richards 450/400 Nitro Express double rifle. Upon the purchase he and Selby found that both rifles belonged to the famous elephant hunter W.D.M. “Karomojo” Bell. It was the 275 Rigby that Bell took down most of the 1,011 elephants he accounted for. This is more familiar as the 7x57 or 7mm Mauser cartridge, a mild cartridge in sporting term not even matching a 30-06. Never the less the 175 fmj bullets laid low hundreds of elephants, the last being taken by Selby's daughter.
The 450/400 is the light elephant gun and chosen by Ruark for his horseback Safari into the Kalahari. It fires a 400 grain bullet at 2150 fps, weighing about a pound less than most African double rifles, and being reportedly just as effective. Ruark being the godfather to Selby's son, gave him the rifles. Once again Ruark showed us that even though he had no children of his own he could in fact..Pass it on.

[dromia]

Hunting success is down to bullet placement.