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1956 39a

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Picked up this little gem yesterday. Seems tight and seems to put the ammo where I tended it to go.

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Vz.58
Nice. I have a 54. You now have a classic. Enjoy!
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sandog
Nice ! I have the same year. I prefer the pre-Golden Mounties so that only leaves a few years, 1954-1956.
This one was almost pristine but the wood was very dry, this is it after new Linseed oil :

And 1953 if you don't mind a Mountie with a 24 inch barrel.
The previous owner of my 1953 must have wanted shorter as he had the barrel trimmed to 19".
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Nice find!
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ObiJohnKenobe
What are you guys paying (ballpark) for these beautiful rifles? I see them occasionally in various states of repair and am trying to get a sense of their worth.
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ObiJohnKenobe said:
What are you guys paying (ballpark) for these beautiful rifles? I see them occasionally in various states of repair and am trying to get a sense of their worth.
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I saw the one I bought yesterday 3 weeks ago and refused to pay the asking price. After looking on GB I realized the asking price was below the average listing on GB. Yesterday I decided to ask what was the bottom dollar they would take for it. I did not pay the list price. Look on GB.com. Generally you can get a feel for what people are selling them for.
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The 1953 pictured above with the maple inlays in the stock functioned great, just had a lot of bluing wear.
I got it for $500, probably the lower price being due to the gunsmith work (shortened barrel and inlays and tapped for a scope base on top) but whoever did the work did a nice job of it.

I have $600 in the 1956 Mountie. A guy really wanted a Marlin 1894P I had, and when he offered the Mountie and $600 in cash for the .44 Mag, I took it. The 1956 is "almost" pristine, the only blems being some bluing worn off the lever and a thumbsize area near the muzzle that pitted from leaning against something..

The 1956 is Microgroove, and it does out-shoot the 1953 with Ballard rifling. Not by much, but enough to notice.

Nice 39A's I see at gun shows here in central/northern Arizona go for $750-$900. Occasionally you'll see a beater for less.
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jstanfield103
Love my 1955 Mountie also. I paid for it when I bought it about 10 years ago ($700). It was in and still is in excellent shape. Only change I made to her was shorten the LOP to 12.5" and about a month ago I put a sling swivel forearm cap on it ( plus added the rear sling swivel stud) to get rid of the sling swivel band on the magazine tube. Also put the original sight hood back on her after these picture was taken

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I assume you shortened the length of pull from the rear of the stock?
How did you re-shape/size the pad after shortening the stock?

jstanfield103 said:
Love my 1955 Mountie also. I paid for it when I bought it about 10 years ago ($700). It was in and still is in excellent shape. Only change I made to her was shorten the LOP to 12.5" and about a month ago I put a sling swivel forearm cap on it ( plus added the rear sling swivel stud) to get rid of the sling swivel band on the magazine tube. Also put the original sight hood back on her after these picture was taken

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Took the rear butt plate off. Cut the stock to LOP I desired, which with the Butt Plate on was 12.5"

I then reattached the butt plate using the same holes that had to be drilled deeper. Mounted the Butt plate and sanded the stock and butt plate together till all was smooth and even. I used a sand table/sand belt. then used Fed-N-Wax to match the finish which turned out pretty close. You can attach the butt plate to the stock and use painters tape around the stock and sand the butt plate even that way butt I am to impatient to do that so I do it differently.
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Slackdaddy said:
I assume you shortened the length of pull from the rear of the stock?
How did you re-shape/size the pad after shortening the stock?
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I shape and polish my buttplates(new ones are all slightly oversized, even if the stock hasn’t been modified)with sanding and polishing attachments on my Dremel tool, on low speed.
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