Another ugly one: Dutch Mannlicher 303 Conversion

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I've been pesting Mike for several years for this and he finally decided to part with it. I don't know much about these as not a whole lot out there on them. Converted by Indonesia in the early 50's so they could continue to use them with available ammunition as the Dutch ammo ended production. Conversion involved shortening the barrels, reboring them to 303 British and installing a flash suppressor/bayonet lug on the end. I have no idea what bayonet it takes. I had thought the British bayonets would work but they do not. No idea on sling either.

I cleaned it up a bit today and fixed the cracks but that's about all I'm going to do with it. Some bad pitting under the wood but I expect it's still safe to shoot. Bore is pretty nice.

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