Custom rifle of yesteryear

[Hank08]

M88 rifle in 8mm by Shilling in Germany.  Light engraving, ribbed barrel,double set triggers, butterknife bolt handle, 2 leaf rear sight, well used but not abused.
bore good, shoots good with Lyman 321297 FPGC and 24 grs. 2400 and almost forgot a great piece of wood.
H08

[Skunk]

Wow Hank, that is one nice looking old stick right there. Check out that wood. Very nice indeed.

[Don Fischer]

Nice looking rifle but boy does it have some drop in the heel! What's it like to shoot? Hope ya don't mind if I horn in with one of my own.



It's an 03 Springfield built by Paul Jaeger in 1945. a very good friend had it made when he got out of the Army and when he died he gave it to me. You would have to see the workmanship inside to believe it. It does have the original military two stage trigger but it is great to shoot. What ever Paul did to it, it is one of my favorite trigger's. That front sling swivel screws into a band around the barrel and the nut on the band is inleted into the stock. Checkered steel butt plate. the barrel is pitted from to much old corrosive primers but the thing will still put five shots under an inch all day. The scope is an old 2 3/4x Redfield Widefield I bought new about 1971 and it sits in Redfield vertically split rings, popular in 1945.

[Hank08]

Thanks, it's great to shoot.  Made to shoot with iron sights that drop puts your eye right in line with them.
Nice gun that Jaeger.  Paul used to turn out some beautiful guns.  I imagine he's gone now, haven't heard of him in a while.
I have an 03A4 that's equally well done into a sporter but unsigned so don't know who did the work. As beautiful as it is I wish they'd left it original.
H08

[mauser98us]

Most excellent. Don't modify or fool with it. Those pieces are getting real rare and valuable. I one picked up a prewar sauer sporter some fool drilled and tapped and removed the double set triggr  Shame

[Foggy]

I had the great fortune to shoot a Jaeger in 375H&H what a honey.  I put 10 rounds down range. I must admit it was love. 

[mauser98us]

You forgot the coolest part that matted ribbed barrel! I assume your bore is .318?

[Hank08]

It slugs .320 and I size Lyman 321297 fpgc bullets to .321 for it or Speer .321 jsp made for the .32 win. spl.  I've also shot .323 bullets, there's no problem doing that any more than shooting .311 (7.62 x 39) from a .308 barrel.  They shoot fine but mostly I only shoot it with
cast bullets.
H08

[Boxhead]

I have something simlar though on a 98. Made by JP Sauer and rebored to 35 Whelen.

[Hank08]

Boxhead, I like that.  It is similar, does it have a makers name on it?  Wondering if it's also a Schilling.  .35 Whelen makes it a heck of an iron sighted hunting rifle.
H08

[Boxhead]

Yes. The maker is J.P. Sauer and Sohn.

[Hank08]

Sorry Boxhead, I see now that you posted that in your original post.  Beautiful rifle.
H08