"Picked this one up today."

SO "Peckish"!!

Please pick my jaw up off the floor!!

 

I’m humbled by this example. It’s soooo cool that my eyes are froze wide open.

 

Wow, like double and triple wow, what a gorgeous piece of art! That is such an elegant piece, thank you for making my day!

 

I'll keep my little knockaround in 7mm...

...but I wouldn't fuss around avoiding the Pecks.

Robin, you must have shaken a few bushes to get that one!!

 

Robin, you must have shaken a few bushes to get that one!!

No, actually it was a very simple deal. A week ago today I saw the rifle newly advertised on a Canadian gun buy-and-sell website. I bought it. The owner sent it by regular parcel mail the next day. 4 days later, it arrived at my front door. Happy with it. The bore is like new.

 

 

The large banner logo is my favorite, and while one could argue it approaches gaudy, I think it is still well done.

I have a 7x57 carbine with the large logo, but it is not anywhere near as nice!

Beautiful example, thank you for sharing it!

 

Bit late to the party, but just to add my congrats concerning that ultra nice S Model Specimen! Admitting my own weakness for Intermediate actions as reflecting something of the epitome of Oberndorf Sporters in 7mm Mauser! Below one of my several such with receiver ring logo yet of style practically camouflaged compared to yours! A Model "B" of mid thirties SN. Pix below.

Again Congrats!
Best!
John

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Again congrats!
Best!
John

 

The large banner logo is my favorite, and while one could argue it approaches gaudy, I think it is still well done.

Yes, it is a little flashy (a bit like a rodeo cowboy's belt buckle.)

However, it does establish to anyone at a glance that this rifle is a genuine MAUSER.

The Mauser banner trademark is a great piece of late Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) typographic design, recalling for me the work of Peter Behrens, who designed the original AEG trademark in 1907, arguably the first logo.

Is it known who designed the original Mauser banner trademark c. 1909?

 

Wrestling champion belt...fantasy football...

 

This photo give a better idea of the wood. I haven't seen much information about the grades and various finishes of the walnut on Oberndorf Mauser sporters. I assume you could special order higher grades of wood. (I know you could with Mannlicher-Schoenauer.) However, this is apparently a limited-production rifle, so maybe they all came with good wood like this. I'm actually not a big fan of "tiger-stripe" wood, but in this case, I can learn to like it.

 

For instance, both the Mausers below are in excellent condition, with nearly 100% blue and no indication of any refinishing. Both are from the mid-1920s, yet the wood finish is different. The finish on the Model M (front) is more of a varnish finish, like the "piano finish" on old Sakos. The Model S has a traditional oil finish. Both seem original factory finishes. I only have one Mauser catalog, the 1964 Stoeger reprint of a 1920s catalog, and all it says is that "the stock is of best quality well-seasoned walnut." No other information regarding the walnut source, available wood grades, choice of finishes, etc. I don't see anything about it in the Speed books either, but I may be missing it.

 

Hi, Robin. That one is a.. "dandy". congrats on your good fortune! That item either saw, "little use", or the previous owners were very careful, in it's use. AND.. it's exactly the type and period you like the best. Again..Congrats!

 

That item either saw, "little use", or the previous owners were very careful, in it's use.

You do have to wonder about its history. It looks like it just sat in someone's closet for nearly a century! Not this year, but I plan on shooting a deer or two with it next year.

 

I just came back from the range. The Modell S 7x57 was easy on the shoulder and shot 1-inch groups at 50 yards with the open sights using discount brand PPU (Prvi Partisan) 139 gr. SP.

 

Wow that’s a real beauty, very impressive buy!

The large banner logo is my favorite, and while one could argue it approaches gaudy, I think it is still well done.

I get what you mean, but I don’t think anything coming out of the Oberndorf factory was genuinely gaudy was it?

 

...I don’t think anything coming out of the Oberndorf factory was genuinely gaudy was it?

Its all relative isn't it?

 

I remember thinking the Anschutz 54 was a bit "twee" when first I saw it...I liked my Savage Model 24S just fine.

 

Guns... Gaudy? In context of hunting rifles, simply to think "Roy Weatherby" influence arising in his early fifties era-adventures in gunstock designs. "Gaudy" is of course a term of opinion; of meanings differing according to personal tastes. Moreover personal perceptions of 'whether' and to what extent' guns are proper candidates for "petty". And even if so, "Eyes of the beholder" precept entirely.

My measure of "gaudy as of "disproportion" of complimenting such as a rifle as moved to the Christmas Tree function of a structure supporting the 'end purpose' of adornment. The Architect Frank Lloyd Wright rule calling for "balance of Form and Function". Exemplary to my tastes, of "doing more" within conventions of "classic design". The pre '64 Winchester Model 70 Supergrade to me a near perfect example! Rooted in conventional stock design as 'pointed up in manner of tasteful details'; small features of stock design. Add the personal dimension of superior figured wood "du jour", reflecting soft dimension of 'personalized touch'. "Complimenting a quality rifle in balance of not overcoming the core precept of "utility". "Beauty is, as beauty does."

Just my take!
Best!
John

 

100 per cent!!

"disproportion"

YES but...

Complement vs. compliment: What’s the difference?
Let’s clear up the complement vs. compliment confusion once and for all.

• Complement refers to something that makes something else perfect or complete, such as tomato sauce complements plain spaghetti.
• Compliment refers to saying something nice or praising, such as you look nice this evening.

Be careful because both complement and compliment can be used as either a noun or verb.

Hey, John...I'm just "tweakin' your beak"...I love your contributions, Tim.

 

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