Next you’ll be wearing a loden cape and a Bavarian dreispitz!
Anyone stalk with a full stock / stutzen?
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Foxyboy43
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I had one in 7x57, quite liked the rifle but the cartridge didn't tickle my pickle.
I don't view a bipod as being necessary with correct planning so it never bothered me.
Noise didn't bother me either, again just planned accordingly.
It's non-stutzen replacement also has no mod or bipod, but then I do own a dreispitz
I don't view a bipod as being necessary with correct planning so it never bothered me.
Noise didn't bother me either, again just planned accordingly.
It's non-stutzen replacement also has no mod or bipod, but then I do own a dreispitz
Pine Marten
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wildfowler.250
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Right gents, I’m sold.
Which make?
Which make?
bobthenailer
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7x57 Ruger RSI handles fantastic, it’s not my go to culling rifle but I do like to use it when stalking for pleasure.
Kind regards,
Bob.
Kind regards,
Bob.
Heym SR20
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Nope, most lightweight rifles really do not shoot well of bipods. Bipods work well on heavy barreled rifles with free floating stocks. If you want a stutzen or other lightweight rifle you will have to learn to shoot well by holding the forend properly. You can always support your hand, and with a bit of practice you can get very proficient. With my combination gun, or my Rigby, neither of which can take a bipod, I have taken longer shots using a backpack, a rolled up coat, or more usually my binoculars on their side.
Or you just sit and use your knees.
Loosing bipods and other shooting aids takes a leap of faith, and plenty of practice, or reminding yourself of childhood days with an air rifle.
bobthenailer
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Better pic that shows the Ruger a little better.
alberta boy
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alberta boy
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Once saw a Mauser Mod 77 stutzen for sale in 270…have always regretted not buying it. ‘‘Twas a thing of beauty and wonderment 
Yep! If it’s the one sold on Guntrader I left my offer a day too late.Once saw a Mauser Mod 77 stutzen for sale in 270…have always regretted not buying it. ‘‘Twas a thing of beauty and wonderment
K
Ignorant question but why is an SMLE not a Stuzen? I had a lovely CZ stuzen .22lr and sold it like an idiot. This thread’s itch is contagious… but I’ll go .308 for flexibility and likelihood of acceptance by my FEO.
the_greenman
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Glad you're enjoying it. There definitely is something about that little rifle.
wildfowler.250
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Was that the CZ 452 FS? Should have bloody ordered one when they were making them. One in .22 or .17hmr would have scratched the itch just as well to be honest and more practical to plink targets with
Heym SR20
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Most military bolt actions were full stocked but quite long. Even the SMLE - short model lee enfield is still a long and reasonably heavy rifle.
Stutzens by contrast are short and lightweight, but with full length wood stock so you can hold / support them easily.
Here is a further explanation
A Pair of New 'Stutzen' Rifles / The Explora - Premier Online Field Sports & Gun Journal
Since then, the term has come to be used in the world of sporting rifles to denote a (usually) short barreled, fully-stocked hunting rifle,
If it had been the 308 that I had an empty slot for I’d have had it…..I let my piers talk me out of .270 stutzen…I don’t think they cared about accuracy or muzzle flip but possibly just their eardrums
There is a very pretty Sauer Stutzen coming up in the March Holts Auction…
I won’t be bidding Ive joined the farce that is renewals at present…so check it out though it looks an absolute belter
I won’t be bidding Ive joined the farce that is renewals at present…so check it out though it looks an absolute belter
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