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This cute little rifle started life as a vz-24 Mauser. The concept was a lightweight, quick handling woods rifle that could deliver the goods in all hunting situations. The barrel is 20 inches long and the forend length was proportioned accordingly. The wood is California-English and the forend tip is ebony. This rifle was built to be a dedicated open sight rifle and no provision was made for mounting a scope. The Lyman 48 peep sight was modified to minimize the removal of wood for its mounting. The rifle weighs in at 7 ¼ lbs and is balance perfectly for quick handling. Ken Hurst of North Carolina performed a rendition of English scroll on the action; bolt stop box, bolt shroud and the Jerry Fisher ‘round’ bottom metal. The major metal components were rust blued, the extractor and ejector box spring were nitre blued to add a touch of color; and the grip cap and bottom metal are French grayed. An interesting side benefit for this rifle is that Mauser stripper clips can be used for reloading. These great photos are by Tom Alexander of Flagstaff |
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This is a Winchester M-70 in .375 H&H Magnum. This gun features a drop box magazine and double cross bolts hidden by ebony plugs. This rifle features a custom quarter rib with sculpted details and English style express sights. Of note in the stock design is the open pistol grip curve and the slightly shorter than normal for-end length with an ebony tip. The stock is finished in teak oil and has a gold initial oval for the owners monogram. The very nice engraving and gold line work was done by Larry Peters of Washington state. Traditional rust bluing is the finish on the major metal components, and color case hardening and nitre blue on the smaller parts and scope bases and rings add splashes of color that set this rifle apart from the ordinary. |
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This rifle also shown on the home page was built with two purposes. Its primary role is very simply as a shooting rifle, for taking to the range on weekends and having fun with it. The secondary role for this rifle is as ‘deer stand’ rifle. Since in both scenarios the sitting position is used, that was what the stock was designed around. The weight of this rifle at 8 3/4lbs is on the heavy side, which adds some stability from both the bench and at the top of a ladder stand. The caliber is the good old .30-06 and the barrel length is 25”. The wood is Bulgarian (Turkish) walnut and the forend tip is ebony. Of note is that the bolt handle is just a bit longer than normal the metal finish is 100% cold rust bluing and the stock finish is a Teak oil blend that I mix myself. This rifle was built as a using gun; there are no frills on this one, just the highest quality work, done with specific porposes in mind. The photo is by Tom Alexander.
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This Blaser rifle is in caliber .243 Winchester and was stocked for a young mans first trip to Africa for plains game with his father. The wood is English walnut and the bolt handle knob is from the same blank as the rest of the stock. The cheek piece has a Teutonic flair, and the ebony tip has just a bit of a flair on the end. A matching ebony grip cap with an engraved medallion was also added. Photos by Marie-Clair. |
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