March 28, 2017, 11:55 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: March 27, 2017
Posts: 11
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Originally Posted by rockinrev
I am new here, this is my first post. Check out this neat sporter I snagged at my LGS. It is a Mauser 98 build using a Turkish action, Swedish 6.5x55 modded barrel (perhaps a 96?), with B marked bolt, Dayton Mark II safety, in a plastic Butler Creek stock. Its an Ankara marked receiver, with B marked bolt. Says "Sporting Arms, Clackamas, OR Mauser 98" and "6.5x55" on barrel. Receiver markings also include NAC RID NJ.
I assume it was a Kinder sporterization, insofaras Warne's first company was called Sporting Arms, they did work in Clackamas (and nearby Colton), and later had operations in Ridgefield, NJ.
Nice gun. Looking foward to hunting with it.
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Kimber not Kinder
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