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There is a Tesro alu stock on ebay at present: 161132678289. Might be worth a look.

Me! Me! That's just what I've been looking for.

I've heard +0.6mm for a 1.3X lens, and +1mm for a 1.5X lens

Dunc, if the only issue with the 4752 is the depth, there may be a quick and cheap fix. The stop part is clamped onto a short rod, and can be dropped down. I had to do this, but found it uncomfortable as the resulting gap pinched my hand. The solution was to buy a large puncil rubber for 50p, and cut out a wedge to fill the gap. Rubber wedge was taped into place, and worked very well for several years (until I broke the QD lever). If this won't work try an Anschutz 4751 stop, or a Freeland Anatomic. I think HPS1200 had a Freeland for sale a while back.

Yes please!

Washers under the bolts?

Centre-10 was a British bolt-action rifle made in the '90s. I think by John Sims and Graham Haworth. The rifle had a cast stainless steel receiver; the bolt was mechanically similar to Anschutz/Walther/FWB, but not identical. Trigger was an Anschutz two-stage, as used on the 1813, and 1913. Border or Shilen stainless steel barrels were fitted.

Sam, please tell me that you had nothing to do with my spare rifle last year!

Not to mention that bolts may require some fitting to ensure the headspace is correct.

Can he not use a 2700 bolt? I had thought FWB only changed the stock, and left the barrel/action alone (beyond new markings). As the bolt is pressure bearing it has to be listed on the FAC, would anyone have a spare?

That sounds about right; the newest single claw I've seen was '64 and the oldest double claw is '66. I don't think the end-cap could have been changed from round to flat, as the front receiver ring isn't dovetailed. The second claw was added after the barrel profile was changed, about the same time the front reciver ring was grooved, but before the cocking pin became separated from the firing pin.

With a flat-backed bolt and the old-style muzzle, my bet is just the one.

Greg, this is a fairly common cause of confusion. Anschutz have continually updated their stock designs, but have only changed the model numbers three times (and one of those was retrospective). So two stocks that are nominally the same but were made a few years apart, can look very different. This is true of all models to a greater or lesser degree. This is mostly confined to Anschutz rifles, partly because they are so common, but also because barrels and stocks are largely interchangeable (excepting the lightweight Match 64, and the square-actioned 20-series rifles). The differences can be used to date rifles and stocks. The original stock for your barrel looked broadly similar to the one it's in now: thumbhole grip, hookbutt. However that's as far as it goes. The original stock had a fixed cheekpiece, yours is adjustable (a feature added around 1971/72). The original stock was adjustable for butt length, and butt height, yours can also be moved sideways, and canted. The original had one-piece hook/butt, on yours the hook is separate and can be rotated (excluding the alteration). The orginal had a chequered grip, yours is stippled. I could go on further about the shape of the grip and fore-end.

I agree, stock is late '70s or possibly very early 80s.

I'd be wary of shortening an Anschutz barrel. Reputedly the muzzle end is choked, and lopping off a few inches to save weight can have a disastrous effect on accuracy (not always, but enough that you are taking a gamble). Shortening from the breech-end is a much safer way, but it means rechambering and reproofing. This is likely to be much more expensive than a simple shorten and recrown, I paid a shade over £200 last year to have my 1613 rechambered.

That was the 1403, production carried on until the mid-80s with a UIT stock. The 1402 (1960s) and 1403 up to the late 70's had a prone style stock.

I don't think that's the original rearsight. I have not seen a rearsight with the bar on the windage turret that was earlier than the 1970s, but the barrel/action is 1960s (and early 1960s at that, '63 at the latest). A 1970s barrel/action would have a slightly rounded face on the bolt end-cap, and the barrel would be parallel profile, not tapered.

Look at the bottom the first post again. I'm afraid you'll find that all items were sold over three years ago.

Does alcohol not do that anyway?

But would he do the duck walk to keep the soles flat?

Too young? It's still in the ISSF rule book for 300m. Sam, you're also not a woman, so the Standard rifle was optional.

Ah, the xx10 and xx09. These were cheaper versions of the Supermatch.

How can it be like a Free Rifle and a Standard rifle? Standard rifle rules prohibited thumbhole stocks, anatomically formed grips, butthooks, and adjustable (but not removable) cheekpieces. Do you mean a Prone rifle? If it has an adjustable cheekpiece (not one that can be packed with wedges), and a non-thumbhole grip it's a prone rifle.

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Handsome things are Jim's stocks. I have a 1611 which he worked on, slimming down the fore-end. Sadly the butt was shortened, and my home made spacers don't look so good.