This one is located where I live in the winter, the better one is where I live in the summer and I have one with a friend on Adak Island for reindeer hunting.
I really am surprised it went for that much. I just scored a nice Lowe '93 without bolt for 80 bucks with a commercial 7mm barrel and unfinished stock. johnĭutchman, I missed that one on GunBroker. Buying just the 69.95 rifles was an amazing lack of forsight on my part. I ended up buying 8 fully matched (except rr) and unthreaded muzzle 96's at shows and shops over several months But i missed the real treasures. I also unwisely passed on a few with a unit marking plate instead of a range/bore plate (and i belive had pointed instead of square sights). Now of course I know i made a huge mistake. I bought it and was glad i passed on the 1898. I thought to myself, what luck! And proceeded to go thru them until i found a nice odd one with IKO on the top of the buttplate. I was on the verge of getting out my wallet when i glanced over and not 30 steps away on the same asle was a vendor with multiple tables full of m96's, each in a cardboard box for 69.95 each. It was a near complete match and the price was 140 bucks. I remember in the late 80's when these were widely imported, I almost bought a 1898 at a large gunshow with a 3 digit s/n.
