Stevens 416 US

sakorick · June 25, 2010, 01:07:11 PM

I got around to mounting my Unertl scope on my 416 and shot some 5 shot groups. The rifle is a Military 416 and it has the wrong size windage screw which allows the peep to have a "rocking" play. In other words, it's unserviceable until I find the proper screw.....hence the scope. After this range session, I may just leave things the way they are......sure take the pressure off of finding the screw! The wind got me on the 100 yard target.....ammo was the Aguilla super extras. Regards, Rick.

gitano · July 10, 2010, 05:34:07 PM

That's one butt-ugly rifle, Rick. I expect it hurts you to have it next to all those other pretty gun you have. Why don't you send it up to me where it will be less embarrassed next to all my 'dogs'. :D

Fine rifle and fine shootin'. But then I'm the one that remembers you used to shoot competitively...

Have you seen pictures of my 416?

Paul

sakorick · July 10, 2010, 06:30:21 PM

No, I haven't....you always hide the good stuff! Regards, Rick.

JaDub · July 13, 2010, 07:34:12 AM

Hi Rick,

Just happened to notice one of your posts on one of the Mauser forums. It looked to be a year or two old....... you gotta a Mauser too??

sakorick · July 13, 2010, 08:00:55 AM

Yep, I have a few. which ones are you interested in? Regards, Rick.

recoil junky · July 13, 2010, 08:11:10 AM

The 21st from left looks pretty cool as does the 19th from the right.

RJ

JaDub · July 13, 2010, 08:26:58 AM

" I have a few of them"

LMAO !!

Holy Smo buddy.........when the stuff hits the fan I`m moving in with YOU!

Wow, now that`s a pretty impressive wall full. Now I suppose if the lens had a wider angle the picture would show the adjacent wall full of Mosin-Nagants?? 8-)

Me ......I`m just a rookie with a growing small collection. Check out my post on the collectors thread. The auction I just went to advertised many Mausers and I was hoping to find a 98 to start off with....... of which they had one but it was junk . Some of the others that were marked Mausers turned out to be Carcanos which I was happy to snap up. I was looking thru a bunch of Mauser sites trying to I.D. the 88/05s when I came across your post. Sounded as though you got a bit of a brush-off with your question. :undecided: Just makes me appreciate the `upper class` of our posters. I`m deep in the learning stage on the Mausers. Any ones in particular that I should keep an eye out for??

Jeff

sakorick · July 13, 2010, 06:34:18 PM

Hello JaDub. All the South Americans are generally nice.....matching numbers command a big premium. I like the Brazilians, Argentinos and Chilenos. WWI matching Oberndorf GEW's are always in vogue. WWII matching K98's are the highest....and most are forged. Swedes need to be in every collection and are still affordable. Russian capture K98's are still cheap and at least not forged......watch out for good clean bores they are hard to come by. Perhaps the best sleepers are the M24/47 Yugos. Very nice workmanship, like new bores and some rare codes. Oh, occasionally a Chinese M98 pops up.....usually the bores are shot out but interesting pieces.

I like the 7 and 8MM Mauser as you can see. There is a lot of junk there but some good stuff too! Happy collecting and regards, Rick.

Jamie.270 · July 13, 2010, 06:40:06 PM

Holy cats Rick!

That's crazy!
But then again, I'm just jealous.

branxhunter · July 14, 2010, 02:51:10 AM

Quote from: JaDub;106794Hi Rick,

Just happened to notice one of your posts on one of the Mauser forums. It looked to be a year or two old....... you gotta a Mauser too??

Which mauser forum JaDub??

Marcus

JaDub · July 14, 2010, 08:03:55 AM

Marcus, I`ll bet I looked at a dozen sites the other day and to be honest with you I don`t remember which site it was.

JaDub · July 14, 2010, 08:22:25 AM

Rick, thanks for the heads-up on the Mausers.

Was I right about the `other wall` covered with MNs?? 8-)

Off to Alaska for a couple of weeks.......

sakorick · July 14, 2010, 06:01:49 PM

Quote from: JaDub;106821Rick, thanks for the heads-up on the Mausers.

Was I right about the `other wall` covered with MNs?? 8-)

Off to Alaska for a couple of weeks.......

Have fun in AK. I'll post my MN's sometime. Regards, Rick.

JaDub · July 16, 2010, 01:08:52 AM

Just got off the Kenai at 10:30 pm.... lots of Sockeye, my arms are aching and my back is worn out........ but I just had to check in on you guys. Eat sleep fish, eat sleep fish..........

gitano · July 16, 2010, 08:50:42 AM

Glad to hear you are faring well on the Kenai. Too bad about the chinook closure.

Paul

JaDub · July 18, 2010, 12:42:45 AM

No closures on Chinook in the Kenai that I know of. We`re sockeye guys and with a river full of them I`m in hog heaven. I think the river sonar count was about 45,000 yesterday and I`m sure it was even higher today. We`ve limited out everyday , catch and release till I can`t hold onto the rod any longer. Oh, the horror..........the horror............the horror. My arms are aching and my legs feel like rubber. No trouble sleeeeeeeeping........... (snore).

gitano · July 19, 2010, 01:15:10 PM

Here are some pictures of my 416:

Paul

sakorick · July 30, 2010, 04:56:17 PM

If I read that SN right......number 212? They made less than 10,000 I believe....wow what a rifle! Regards, Rick.

gitano · July 30, 2010, 04:58:11 PM

It is indeed 200212. If they started at 200000, it's surely an early one.

Paul