armed_partisan
04-01-2011, 10:36 PM
Greetings all. For Spring Break, I went down to see my dad in Fort Pierce, FL. I was planning on doing some Kayaking, but the weather reports all said it would be thunderstorms all three days of my visit, so in interest in saving gas, I left my Kayak behind. Since it was BRIGHT AND SUNNY the whole time, I was super bummed, so my dad took me on a tour of all the local gun stores. He doesn't really like guns, but he's a good sport.
After much searching around in some very well stocked places in Port St. Lucie and Stuart, I found an apparently sporterized rifle in a shop that I thought was absolutely exquisite. It was a bolt action rifle with a tuned down butterknife handle, a full-length Mannlicher style stock, hand cut checkering on the wrist and forend, a pistol grip that was carved and capped. Monte Carlo stock.
It had a checkered plastic butt plate, and various fine engravings in several places on the steel, including patterns around the circumference of the barrel near the receiver, and a stippled top-strap to reduce glare. It had a single notch rear sight and a high front sight. Single Trigger (as I recall). The tag said it was $700 and said it was 9mm (which I thought was odd, but it was definitely a larger than .30 bore, but it could have been an 8mm). It was cock on opening, and had a Mauser 98 style wing safety, and bolt removal was as on all 98 Mausers I've seen.
BUT the receiver had sparse markings, but one that was clearly present said "Mod.88.9." There were no caliber markings that I could detect, and other than the confusing "9mm" designation on the tag, I have no idea what caliber it was.
The barrel was marked "L. Bayerl Regensburg", SN was "#505". From the little I've been able to learn online, it's made by Ludwig Bayerl of Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. This is clearly a very fine, custom rifle, and while $700 isn't cheap, I've seen comparable rifles go for much more. The rifling looked good and the bore was bright. Does anybody know anything about this company? Was it a custom house or an individual? Any idea on what a fair price on this rifle would be?
After much searching around in some very well stocked places in Port St. Lucie and Stuart, I found an apparently sporterized rifle in a shop that I thought was absolutely exquisite. It was a bolt action rifle with a tuned down butterknife handle, a full-length Mannlicher style stock, hand cut checkering on the wrist and forend, a pistol grip that was carved and capped. Monte Carlo stock.
It had a checkered plastic butt plate, and various fine engravings in several places on the steel, including patterns around the circumference of the barrel near the receiver, and a stippled top-strap to reduce glare. It had a single notch rear sight and a high front sight. Single Trigger (as I recall). The tag said it was $700 and said it was 9mm (which I thought was odd, but it was definitely a larger than .30 bore, but it could have been an 8mm). It was cock on opening, and had a Mauser 98 style wing safety, and bolt removal was as on all 98 Mausers I've seen.
BUT the receiver had sparse markings, but one that was clearly present said "Mod.88.9." There were no caliber markings that I could detect, and other than the confusing "9mm" designation on the tag, I have no idea what caliber it was.
The barrel was marked "L. Bayerl Regensburg", SN was "#505". From the little I've been able to learn online, it's made by Ludwig Bayerl of Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. This is clearly a very fine, custom rifle, and while $700 isn't cheap, I've seen comparable rifles go for much more. The rifling looked good and the bore was bright. Does anybody know anything about this company? Was it a custom house or an individual? Any idea on what a fair price on this rifle would be?