Beautiful FN Mauser 458 win mag

[NTO]

FN Action Mauser in 458 win mag. S#21077. Set in a beautiful wood stock that shows no blemishes 13 3/4" LOP the Name John Howell stamped inside. 23.5" barrel no including the Saturn break on the end. Weights 8.5 lbs. Beautiful big bore rifle that appears to have never been on a hunting trip.
$1750 shipped

 

[cash_tx]

Some gorgeous timber on that girl. GLWS!

 

[Doug Hamilton]

FN Action Mauser in 458 win mag. S#21077. Set in a beautiful wood stock that shows no blemishes 13 3/4" LOP the Name John Howell stamped inside. 23.5" barrel no including the Saturn break on the end. Weights 8.5 lbs. Beautiful big bore rifle that appears to have never been on a hunting trip.
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The swept back bolt handle with the flattened and criss hatched underside of the knob, along with the "stair-stepped" safety button says Interarms Mark X, not FN, to me. I have two of them. It also appears to be a push feed action, although that could be an optical illusion caused by the photo light, and I don't think that would be possible as the Mark X was a true Mauser 98.

If I missed something, someone can let me know.

 

[baxterb]

The swept back bolt handle with the flattened and criss hatched underside of the knob, along with the "stair-stepped" safety button says Interarms Mark X, not FN, to me. I have two of them. It also appears to be a push feed action, although that could be an optical illusion caused by the photo light, and I don't think that would be possible as the Mark X was a true Mauser 98.

If I missed something, someone can let me know.

It says FN on the left side of the action and the long extractor and collar are easily seen in the larger pics. Be sure to look through all 10 pics and you should see these details.

 

[DutchUSMC]

Beautiful rifle

 

[cajunchefray]

@NTO, the full-length barrel rib appears milled integral to the barrel, is that correct?

That's a helluva rifle, GLWS!

 

[Doug Hamilton]

It says FN on the left side of the action and the long extractor and collar are easily seen in the larger pics. Be sure to look through all 10 pics and you should see these details.

Okay, thanks. The device I'm using leaves a lot to be desired.

Doug

 

[Rafiki]

Interesting read sight, I don't think I've seen something like that before.

Is that a milled full length barrel rib?

 

[Berettaco]

Nice looking rifle - one of a kind for sure!

 

[Joker12]

The swept back bolt handle with the flattened and criss hatched underside of the knob, along with the "stair-stepped" safety button says Interarms Mark X, not FN, to me. I have two of them. It also appears to be a push feed action, although that could be an optical illusion caused by the photo light, and I don't think that would be possible as the Mark X was a true Mauser 98.

If I missed something, someone can let me know.

The FN rifles all had the bolt handle flattened on one side and grooved on that side.

 

[NTO]

I will look again but I am almost sure the rib and barrel are one piece. There is a ton of nice metal work on this rig for sure.

 

[wolfhunter]

If it shoots as good as it looks it would be a dandy .