OK '98 rifle

[jon_norstog]

I was looking at a .25 cal Stevens 44 this seller had listed and noticed this:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=349789432

Looks OK to me at $875 and no bids yet. I love the "rare and correct" 1901 sight. But it looks like a pretty decent rifle that you could take to a shooting match, just add a sling. Assuming the bore is OK.

jn

[madsenshooter]

Looks pretty nice and ding-less to me, unlike the rifles I put together out of parts. Afraid I have more than enough of them though.

[psteinmayer]

I agree with Bob... Not a bad looking rifle at that!

[p246]

I had been watching that same gun. But daughter decided to get married in Sept. so funds not there. I think you should pull the trigger.

[jon_norstog]

I kinda put this up for youse guys. My next buy, if I can swing it, will most likely be an '84 trapdoor. The new Portland house has a fireplace which just cries out for a long-barrel rifle with a spike bayonet hanging over it. One I can take to the range.

jn

[Rick the Librarian]

Portland, OR?? My birthplace! I assume they haven't finished installing the 10-foot monument celebrating my birth there?? :D

[jon_norstog]

Actually they did put something up, I think I saw it. It's a heroic figure of a woman reaching her hand out and down to the people below ..

http://www.larson-tech.com/SALT/Winter2005/Davidson/Portlandia.htm

I'll check to see if it's **your** monument, and if it's not, I'll try to correct the misperception.

jn

[Rick the Librarian]

I could check myself, but have to make sure the statute of limitations has run out!! :D

[jon_norstog]

Rick, I think it's the statue of limitations. BTW, I thought about it and bid on the rifle. It was just too nice, even has the oiler!

jn

[Mark Daiute]

Good luck, I hope you get it.

[madsenshooter]

Good luck on it Jon, you might regret drawing attention to it here, but I hope not. I have a Mosin with spike bayo I'll sell you for over the fireplace. I know, not the same.

[Mark Daiute]

You did it and worth every penny. good for you! Post LOTS of pictures.

[madsenshooter]

See ya a Camp Perry Jon, not much time to make travel arrangements! I'll bet the wood is orange underneath! One thing I also noted is the little cut below the windage locking lever on the handguard.

[p246]

good for you cant wait for in hand reports

[psteinmayer]

I'll be looking for ya at Camp Perry too... (I'll be hanging with Madsenshooter) :-)

[jon_norstog]

Thanks for the encouragement and peer review, guys!

Well, I did get the bid! It's the most I've ever paid for a gun, except for the custom Krag I had Roy Bedeaux make up. I got Doc's gun Barn lined up to receive the shipment. The seller has a money-back, no questions asked guarantee, which seems pretty decent to me. But I don't see sending it back if it's the same rifle as in the pictures. Now for a bayonet and (new) sling.

Yeah, maybe I can get into match shooting in OR - never tried that, but my wife is after me to give up the bike racing. And I guess the trapdoor will have to wait a while.

jn

[Dick Hosmer]

Very nice rifle, Jon!

Enjoy!

[jon_norstog]

Thanks, Dick. Coming from you that means something.

jn

[madsenshooter]

I think that the shoe-shine guy has been buffing that bolt handle.

Give it a good hard look once in hand, last time I saw a bolt that shiney it was a brand new one from Poppert's gun parts. In fact it was so shiney, didn't go well with a fellows 98. We had to do a little home aging.