|
|
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,344
Campfire Outfitter
|
OP
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,344 |
My new one was built by Nick Hughes and James Anderson doing the metal work, Jim Kobe doing the stock, and the late Tommy Kaye. It is on a 1917 Enfield. It has extended tangs, Wiebe bottom metal, Shilen barrel, unknown 3 pos safety and trigger. I think the guys did a wonderful job. ![[Linked Image]](http://i59.tinypic.com/2zz48xx.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i59.tinypic.com/ifrj9j.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i62.tinypic.com/23k7kac.jpg)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 95,929
Campfire Oracle
|
|
Campfire Oracle
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 95,929 |
Life Member SCI
Life Member DSC
Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association
Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell
Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
Ken
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,243
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,243 |
WOW!!!!! Wish Butch would adopt us Elk, we could keep those barrels warm then clean em all back up! 
Trump Won!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 95,929
Campfire Oracle
|
|
Campfire Oracle
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 95,929 |
Or put us in his will. 
Life Member SCI
Life Member DSC
Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association
Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell
Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
Ken
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,344
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
OP
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,344 |
Ken are you close to Las Cruces?
gunner500, you can hunt Elk in Okla.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 22,272
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 22,272 |
That looks wonderful.  I have a nice Bastogne blank here. Keep thinking about having a big gun built for it. A .416 or .375 keeps coming to mind.
"...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,551
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,551 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 95,929
Campfire Oracle
|
|
Campfire Oracle
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 95,929 |
Ken are you close to Las Cruces?
gunner500, you can hunt Elk in Okla. Yes,about 10-12 miles South of Las Cruces.
Life Member SCI
Life Member DSC
Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association
Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell
Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
Ken
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,344
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
OP
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,344 |
Ken, my best friend of 58yrs is retired and in Las Cruces.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 95,929
Campfire Oracle
|
|
Campfire Oracle
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 95,929 |
Smart man for choosing Las Cruces.
Life Member SCI
Life Member DSC
Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association
Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell
Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
Ken
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,344
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
OP
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,344 |
Ken, his Sister&BIL were there, so I guess that was the reason.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 95,929
Campfire Oracle
|
|
Campfire Oracle
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 95,929 |
Gotcha,Butch.
Life Member SCI
Life Member DSC
Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association
Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell
Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
Ken
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,243
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,243 |
Ken are you close to Las Cruces?
gunner500, you can hunt Elk in Okla. 10-4, Thanks Butch.
Trump Won!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 585
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 585 |
Without a doubt the nicest 1917 Enfield I've ever seen. Can't even recognize it.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,344
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
OP
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,344 |
Without a doubt the nicest 1917 Enfield I've ever seen. Can't even recognize it. Thank you.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 153
Campfire Member
|
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 153 |
You just have to quit posting pictures of that rifle all over the Internet! It is about the nicest Enfield I've seen in all respects.
After reading retiring I'm trying really hard to stay away from things that cost a lot of money and you seem to have a very nice collection of rifles that Put evil thoughts in my head and I do have a clean Remington made 1917 that the wants to be made into something.
Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.
Will Rogers
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,344
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
OP
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,344 |
You just have to quit posting pictures of that rifle all over the Internet! It is about the nicest Enfield I've seen in all respects.
After reading retiring I'm trying really hard to stay away from things that cost a lot of money and you seem to have a very nice collection of rifles that Put evil thoughts in my head and I do have a clean Remington made 1917 that the wants to be made into something. Save your nice Remington and find a donor Nick Hughes and James Anderson are great craftsman.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 37,035
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 37,035 |
Without a doubt the nicest 1917 Enfield I've ever seen. Can't even recognize it. Yep, it would fit right in with this .404J Burgess Enfield. This isn't my gun, just a photo I've had in Photobucket for some years, dating back to my .404J M-70 build. DF ![[Linked Image]](http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f35/rush2830/burgessenfield2-1.jpg)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 37,035
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 37,035 |
You just have to quit posting pictures of that rifle all over the Internet! It is about the nicest Enfield I've seen in all respects.
After reading retiring I'm trying really hard to stay away from things that cost a lot of money and you seem to have a very nice collection of rifles that Put evil thoughts in my head and I do have a clean Remington made 1917 that the wants to be made into something. Nick Hughes and James Anderson are great craftsman. Agree. Those guns are getting scarce. Now, if it's been "bubba" smithed, ears ground off, etc., then a donor. If not and in good shape, ditto Butch's advice. You can spend a LOT of money doing a full house job like that. Just for the bucks, get a .416 Rigby CZ, if not fancy enough, get AHR to fix it up. I think that would be less expensive than what Butch did. Maybe not as pretty, but nice. Butch, that gun is almost too pretty to take hunting... DF
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 15,297
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 15,297 |
Beautiful rifle! Looks like a serious rifle for hunting.
Are you going to scope it?
Semper Fi
|
|
|
|
|
631 members (1234, 19rabbit52, 007FJ, 12344mag, 01Foreman400, 1936M71, 68 invisible),
2,610
guests, and
1,237
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,190,689
Posts18,456,528
Members73,909
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
![[Linked Image]](http://s44.photobucket.com/user/rush2830/media/burgessenfield2-1.jpg.html)