Thank you all. I'm very excited to be able to take it home in about a week and give everyone the full rundown.
Cumbrian wrote:Lovely but just one question: your rifle does not appear to have the double swivel joint in the middle of the butt that that the early models had/have. Yours appears to have only one swivel joint or is that a trick of the photo and a mistaken impression on my part?
Cumbrian - Its just the angle of the photo. It indeed has the same parallelogram joint in the rear of the stock.
Jordan1s wrote:That gun is absolutely beautiful! You have no idea how jealous I am :)
Jordan1s - You wouldn't believe how many offers I've had to take it from my cold dead hands. ;-)
patriot wrote:Very nice. After you take possession, I'd be interested in knowing the barrel length and diameter.
Thanks,
Mark
Mark - I have the blued 690mm barrel. Not sure of my barrel diameter, I will measure it when i get it back home. There are four options available. Blued 690mm. Blued 650mm. Blued 650mm light. Stainless fluted 690mm.
Marc Orvin wrote:I'm sure you will love it. Two of my favorite people involved in this deal, Jober and Mr McKenna.
Hope to see you at nationals this summer with it.
Marc
Mr. Orvin - That's the plan. I'll be using these few months to set it up and get used to it and hopefully put in a good show in Fort Benning.
imac wrote:I've had mine since end of January. Stunning bit of kit that shoots AWESOME. Couple of great features are the ease of loading in prone and kneeling. I also shoot with the bolt in the opposite hand operation in standing which I really like. I load with my support hand in standing so having bolt on body side of rifle makes it easier and more efficient. Accuracy wise.....so far I've shot rws lapua and eley it shoots all of them very well. I haven't done any testing as such just from the shoulder. I would imagine with a little time brand testing then lot test then torque testing I'll find some more improvement. My last outdoor shoot I shot a very tidy 200.20 on the NRA A23 TARGET the worst group was outside measurement of 8.9mm (we shoot a23 at 50 meters not 50 yards ) HAPPY DAYS
Anyway enjoy your new rifle, I think Walther have smashed this new bit of kit out of the park! I'll be interested to hear your views.
Imac
Imac - As i recall you have number 60 in New Zealand. I have number 166. :-)
pfiori wrote:Mark,
What is the diameter of the 54.30 barrel?
Thanks,
Pete
Pete - When I spoke to Uwe Anschutz last year he indicated to me that the 54.30 has the exact same barrel dimensions of the 1907. 660mm and whatever the 1907 barrel diameter is. I asked because i was interested in the rifle and wanted to use an existing sight extension tube that I have for a 1907. But not having an actual 54.30 I can't say if that is the case.