My last custom rifle

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

That is too spooky!! Just yesterday I was looking through some old papers and found the receipt from Central Sporting Goods Co. in Seattle dated Jan 27, 1962, when I, not yet quite 16, bought just such a rifle for $120 plus $4.80 sales tax, including the Sako Dual-Range Peep Sight that fit on the rear scope base milled integral with the receiver. Sol at Central was the Pacific Northwest distributor for Firearms International. The barrel was actually a hair over 23 5/8 inch (60 cm). I've never found a Firearms International or Sako catalog that lists the Mannlicher Rifle. They all show and list the Mannlicher carbine with nominal 20-inch, actually 19 11/16 inch (50 cm), barrel and a band with the front sling swivel.

Went back to Central on Feb 10, 1962 and got Sako scope mounts and a Weaver K8.

I think I’ve seen one or two others for sale that we’re Mannlicher 24” but all were 222 had square back bolts and removable clips . The only Vixen 222 or 22-250 Mannlicher’s ive seen were 20” . Just so happens in the last eight or so years I picked up a vixen 222 20” Mannlicher with peep sight and a Forester 22-250 20” Mannlicher also with a peep sight , got them both from the same guy . I didn’t keep either of those two very long and made a modest but tidy profit on each .