The rifle came with a small Japanese-made Waldläufer 4x20 scope :

 

Neat little rifle. :bthumb:

 

Very nice!

 

I love this gun, enjoy!

 

Congrats on a very nice find.:bthumb:

 

I would say that someone brought that one back from Europe-probably a serviceman.An unknown scope here,and that German #1 reticle is very European.

I've always been sort of a 54 action snob,but I've always liked these little mannlichers,and have come close to buying one several times.I've also thought that the 64 action sporters of the 1960s,were pretty sweet.I wish that I knew about the single shot version as a "ute",as that would have been totally up my alley back then.and nice upgrade to the rusty Stevens single shot bolt action that I started with.

ps:Though the scope is period, the gun is deserving of something better.Optics have come a long way in 46 years.

 

ps:Though the scope is period, the gun is deserving of something better.Optics have come a long way in 46 years.

I totally agree with you there

 

You are not entirely wrong, as this one came directly from Germany - I live at the German border in France (a German-speaking area in the north-east of France). The scope was made in Japan for the West German company Max Lisenfeld GmbH (1962-2003).

 

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A beautiful and classy rifle! Thanks for taking the time with all the pictures, I sure enjoyed them.

 

A lovely rifle! Just lovely!

 

Thank you for your comments - I also love eyeing other people's rifles, especially beautiful ones, so it's only fair that I should post a few pictures of mine in return

 

Beautiful rifle. I too love those Mannlicher stocks and you sure have a nice one. Thanks for all the photos.

 

That is a great looking rifle!!

 

Yes optics have come a long way in 46 years but IMHO leave the scope and rifle as is. Not every rifle needs to be sub 1/2". I recently acquired a Styer Zephyr from 1954 and initially thought I would replace the "old" scope with some modern optics, but as I researched the Lyman Alaskan that came on the rifle I found out both the rifle and the scope were from 1954. I figured who am I to separate the two if this package had been together for 63 years. I will leave this one alone. There have been and will be others to drive myself crazy over scope/ring combos.

Beautiful rifle! It would fit nicely in my .22 Mannlicher collection.

 

I love looking at beautiful rifles! Thank you for sharing such a nice piece with us, it's right up my alley for sure. Nice quality of photos makes it that much better.

 

Thank you for your interest in my post !

I have a small Williams aperture sight that fits snugly onto the 11 mm scope rail - I think I will use it as an alternative to the Waldläufer rifle scope. What you wrote about separating the rifle from its scope is exactly what the gundealer told me upon selling them to me : that it would be a shame to part the two of them.

 

I've always thought that Mannlicher-style stocks were classy, and yours exudes class! Beautiful, and I'm betting sweet to handle. Congratulations!

Doug

 

Here's how this Anschütz shoots :

Five shots at 50 metres - CCI Standard - using a shooting bag as a front rest.​

I didn't have time to zero in the Waldläufer scope, but I think this photo gives an idea of the accuracy the rifle is capable of, given the fact that I am a poor shooter indeed ! :hide: