TargetTalk

I am considering the purchase of a used Anschutz Match 54 for prone shooting and am confused regarding the numbering system.

I have looked around the web for some time and have not come up with a good answer.

The question being how to make sense out of the model designations for Anschutz target rifles. In particular for the 14xx through 18xx rifles.

What I think I know as to stocks is that there was: (1) free rifle or Super Match, (2) UIT standard rilfe, and (3) prone.

I believe there were two barrel weights.

Finally there was the 54 and 64 actions.

What were the model designations for the various combinations of action, barrel weight and stock?

Thanks and best regards.

Jim

Try going into RimfireCentral.com there is a lot of the information you are looking for.
14 and 18, 19 are the 54 action, xx11 is a prone stock, xx13 is the free rifle/Thumb Hole.
The xx07 has the lighter profile Barrel.
20XX is the newer Action, cant help with the 64 action.

There is also the 1810(1813 BA) or 1809(1807 BA) deep belly Free Rifle stock

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/sh ... p?t=433342

That's the link to the model info over at rimfire central.

Thanks to all.

Appears the xx11 were prone rifles, had the 27.2" long by 24mm diameter barrel and weighed 11.7 lbs.

I was interested in whether the prone rifles had the standard or light barrel. 11.7 lbs is not not bad assuming the balance is OK. I had a 40-XB heavy barrel at 11.75 lbs and it was no fun in a prone 1600 - balance was too far forward.

I also get the impression that parts for the 14xx and transition models can be hard to find.

An 1811 may be the best option.

Best regards

Jim

You are correct, the the xx11 were considered the prone rifle. The barrel you describe is also commonly called the "heavy" barrel. This barrel was common to the xx13 and the occasional xx10.

Although it is prone shooting do not discount the xx13 stock for this task. You may want to update some of the older butt hook assemblies to something more modern but the xx13 also makes a fine prone stock.

There is nothing wrong with shooting prone with the lighter standard barrel, which will drop right into an xx11 or xx13 stock. (Match 54 actions can pretty much be swapped at will.) This can make it a little easier to endure long prone matches.

You are correct, parts support for the 14xx and transition models is somewhat limited now.

'Dude

These are noted that I wrote a while back on another forum (linked in The Drifter's post). NB they don't cover the Match 64 rifles.

14XX - The rifle was made between 1954 and 1980. Rifles made 1954 -1976 have the wing safety bolt, and a straight handle. Rifles made from 1977-1980 have a trigger safety, and conical bolt cap, plus a redesigned trigger and firing pin. The bolt has a slot cut lengthways that exposes the firing pin. Serial numbers end in an X. Handles were straight in '77-78, and curved in '78-'80. '77-'80 vintage rifles are often called 16xx, or Transition-models, or X-Barrels to differentiate them.

18xx - The rifle was made between 1980 and 1987. The action/bolt/trigger is very similar to the 16xx, but with enough differences that bolts/triggers are not interchangeable. 18xx bolts don't have the slot (but some have a shallow groove).

19XX - The rifle was made in 1987 or after. The action is the same as the 18xx (bar one miniscule change). The foresight mounting switched from a dovetail block to grooves cut directly into the muzzle (now a slightly larger diameter to suit). the 1907 has a slightly shorter and lighter barrel than the 1913. The 1907 can also be found as a repeater, although extremely rare

XX13 - AKA The Supermatch. This is Anschutz's top of the line Olympic Free Rifle. 14/16/18xx rifles have a walnut thumbhole stock; some 19xx have a walnut thumhole stock, some have alumnium. The butt is adjustable for LOP via a thumbscrew, and height, and offset/cant after the late '60s. Post '73 the cheekpice has been adjustable. Barrel is 69cm long and about 24mm diameter.

XX11 - The Prone rifle, Made 1954 to about 2000. This had a broad, straight fore-end. It has the same heavy 69cm barrel as the XX13. An adjustable cheekpice was fitted from 1973.

XX07 - 1954-1964- A Lightweight 9lb rifle.
1970?ish Present - The UIT Standard, an 11lb rifle in a basic 3-P stock. The barrel is 66cm/26in and lighter than the XX11/XX13. The fore-end is deeper than the XX11 or XX13. Most XX07 for-ends are flush with the triggerguard and then taper up. 14/16xx rifles had a fixed cheekpiece, 18/19xx were adjustable with spacers.

XX10 - 197? -2000ish, a cheaper version of the XX13. It has the same barrel but a different stock. The stock is beech, and the fore-end tapers like an XX07.

XX09 - 1960s - A cheaper version of the 1413, without the LOP adjustment.
1970s-2000 an XX07 barrel in an XX10 stock.

XX08 - 1965-1969ish Anschutz's first UIT standard rifle, for reasons unknown the model number was changed to 1407.
1970s- Running Target rifle.

1912 - 1997-Present, a scaled down 1913 with a 1907 barrel to meet the 6.5kg weight limit for the ISSF Ladies Sport rifle rules.

Tim

Excellent information.

I will cut, paste and save this.

Thanks

Jim

Anschutz makes it hard to decipher their #'s, Most of what is given is correct, til you take into account that an 1803 is a 64 action ??? See what I mean?

BChannel,

if you read my post carefully, you will see that it specifically does not cover Match 64s.

In some ways the Match 64 series are a lot easier. The bolt itself hasn't changed, apart from the handle (straight to curved) in the 1980s.

In my experience I haven't seen oddball 64s that have been built from at least three different guns. Mostly this is because the 64s are far less popular with adults.

It would be nice to have pictures of the different stocks to identify the models. What exact model is this one. Barrel dated 1969 match 54.

It's an Anschutz 1408 or 1407 ISU standard. The rifle was introduced as the 1408 in 1965, but around 1969/70 Anschutz changed it to 1407. The change in model number was not accompanied by any significant change to the rifle that I can tell, just that the chequering was replaced with stippling.

Thanks for that information, what about this "pre" or early 1803 model 64?

It's an 1803, not much else to say. Plain beech stock patterned on the 1807, steel 6702 rearsight, and a sinmgle stage trigger. Made in the 1980s.