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<blockquote data-quote="T.R." data-source="post: 1064635" data-attributes="member: 3788"><p>The OP doesn't actually own the rifle. He saw it at a gun show, but someone beat him to it. Also, the reason(s) these rifles were so popular for sporterizing were, (1) price....they could be purchased for a song in the '50s & '60s, and (2) the action is long enough to take the Weatherby magnum rounds with only minor modifications to make them feed properly. The drawback was the huge amount of work required to make them look like anything other than a sporterized 1917. The 1903 Springfield was much easier, but wasn't long enough for the Weatherby rounds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="T.R., post: 1064635, member: 3788"] The OP doesn't actually own the rifle. He saw it at a gun show, but someone beat him to it. Also, the reason(s) these rifles were so popular for sporterizing were, (1) price....they could be purchased for a song in the '50s & '60s, and (2) the action is long enough to take the Weatherby magnum rounds with only minor modifications to make them feed properly. The drawback was the huge amount of work required to make them look like anything other than a sporterized 1917. The 1903 Springfield was much easier, but wasn't long enough for the Weatherby rounds. [/QUOTE]
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