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Posted: 10/9/2017 5:17:50 PM EDT
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Unless the smith that put his name on it is famous or there's a market for his works, I doubt any prospective owner is going to get mad about having a trigger updated.
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Posted: 10/9/2017 5:20:30 PM EDT
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I wouldn't feel guilty.
Those old customs built on surplus actions are all over the map on quality and level of customization, with hundreds of makers. Unless it was some famous maker with provenance, like Gibbs or PO Ackley, I wouldn't concern myself. |
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Posted: 10/10/2017 12:43:06 AM EDT
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I think Flaigs was an old school custom gun shop in Pennsylvania.
I would modify the stock. Unless there is something remarkable about the gun, it's not going to be collectible for a few more years, and by then the longer stock won't matter. |
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Posted: 10/10/2017 4:26:53 PM EDT
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Keep the old parts with it in case an eventual buyer wants them.
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Posted: 10/11/2017 11:05:56 AM EDT
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It came with an old Weaver scope in a Beuller Mount that must require scope disassembly to install the Rings. A one piece Leopold base matched the original screw holes in the receiver.
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Posted: 10/11/2017 1:08:34 PM EDT
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Finished.
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Posted: 10/11/2017 3:48:30 PM EDT
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Sooper Schnabel!
Hand a saw over here. (I like schnabel forearms, but that one went way past tasteful.) |
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Posted: 10/11/2017 6:22:03 PM EDT
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I saw one that was bigger once, looked like a Marine drew it.
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Posted: 10/13/2017 3:00:32 PM EDT
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Too much drop in the comb for a scoped rifle. That is an extreme snabel (but I've seen a penis shaped one too).
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Posted: 10/14/2017 8:48:25 PM EDT
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OP,
Decent wood stocks inletted for a 98 Mauser show up regularly on ebay, even the occasional Bishop or Faejen. Many of them are take offs, just drop in your gun, or inletted but unfinished. Have you considered just setting that stock aside and starting fresh? There are also pillar bedded Hogue composites and the like for a little over $100 if you want a solid hunting rifle. |
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Posted: 10/16/2017 2:05:21 PM EDT
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The more I think about this 'It depends on what the present value is.'
A run of the mil demil and sporter probably not much. One that is done by a name or not common? The more value it has now the more likely further modifications could reduce that value. An Ackley converted AI rifle might have some collector value. A Joe Gunsmith AI converted rifle? Probbaly pretty low. |
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Posted: 10/20/2017 6:08:52 PM EDT
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This was a commercial action and from what I've been able to dredge up, Flaig's was mostly heard of in the NE. But they didn't have the Internet in the '50s. I was able to inlet the stock minimally for the trigger and it doesn't look out of place. I've always use the standard that repairs and modifications should appear to "belong there". I shot one 5/8" group with the new trigger. Much better. And I kind of like the extreme Schnable.
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