6.5x55 Sporter - Mystery Clackamas Build

Nice smooth bolt. Trigger not bad. Good clean bore. Lightweight. Cool cartridge. I have high hopes for deer season as a bang around gun to climb trees with.

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It looks like there is some kind of adapter screwed into the action and the barrel is screwed into that. There is an extra shoulder there. I would have given $250 for that. Did it come with the scope and mounts? I have a Kimber 96 Sporter in 6.5 Swede and it is a good gun but I could not get a Boyd trigger to work on it. It would not catch the cocking piece.
 
$250? Win! Nice rifle.
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Could be nice, but it could be a pile of parts. It all depends on how it shoots. I had a Kimber sporter M96 6.5X55 and best it could hold was around 4 MOA. That was after I bedded the stock, replaced the trigger, and converted to cock-on-open. Before that it was about a 6 MOA rifle with factory or hand loaded fodder. I wound up giving the rifle away rather than mess with it anymore.

For $250 it is definitely worth taking a risk on a rifle, but don't be heart broken if it doesn't shoot well. If it doesn't shoot well send it off and have a new barrel put on it in 6.5X55, replace the trigger and properly bed it. My guess is you'll have a tack driver.
 
Green top Sporting Goods just north of Richmond, VA used to merchandise these in large barrels sitting on the sales room floor. They ranged from $179 to $199. There was more than one caliber.
 
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