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Does anybody have any information on this gunmaker, Vinzenz Urbas, of Ferlach, Austria? I have two examples of his rifles, both 7X64 caliber 98 Mausers. One holds the distinction of being the firearm that I've owned longer than any other and I've owned many since age 14.
The first was bought by my father as a gift on the occasion of my high school graduation in 1967. It was likely a WWII GI bring-back. I was told you could fire .280 Remington ammo in it. I did on occasion as it was not until much later that I could get my hands on real 7X64 ammo. It is a real tack driver. I had the bore hard chrome plated and eventually mounted an old Weaver scope on it.
Decades passed and along came the internet and gun auction sites. Here, my second V. Urbas appeared, also in 7X64. Obviously a post war example as it featured the new & improved 98 action sitting on a 1960's style stock.
These two guns are the most accurate rifles that I own. After I began shooting and reloading for both, I discovered the V.U #1 had been rechambered to .280. My resized cartridges, having been fired in gun #1, would not fit into the newer rifle, #2.
A few years ago the NRA held their convention in St. Louis. I chose to take along Urbas #1 but they told me nothing that was not stamped on the barrel. Can you help enlightening me further?
The first was bought by my father as a gift on the occasion of my high school graduation in 1967. It was likely a WWII GI bring-back. I was told you could fire .280 Remington ammo in it. I did on occasion as it was not until much later that I could get my hands on real 7X64 ammo. It is a real tack driver. I had the bore hard chrome plated and eventually mounted an old Weaver scope on it.
Decades passed and along came the internet and gun auction sites. Here, my second V. Urbas appeared, also in 7X64. Obviously a post war example as it featured the new & improved 98 action sitting on a 1960's style stock.
These two guns are the most accurate rifles that I own. After I began shooting and reloading for both, I discovered the V.U #1 had been rechambered to .280. My resized cartridges, having been fired in gun #1, would not fit into the newer rifle, #2.
A few years ago the NRA held their convention in St. Louis. I chose to take along Urbas #1 but they told me nothing that was not stamped on the barrel. Can you help enlightening me further?
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