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Sean...couldn't afford it...but I slobbered on it enough to ruin it for other people...!
Besides, it was in a .350....had it been a 7x57 I would have sold my soul to the devil....
Ingwe

Have a Ruger No. 1 RSI. It has knockout wood on both sides of the buttstock. Put a 6X Leupold on it, but have yet to shoot it. I have loaded up some 139 and 154gr. Interlocks for it so am hoping it likes one of them. My best friend is into 7X57's more than I and am surprised he hasn't talked me out of this one yet.

JFSAG, what do luscious things like that go for?

I would love to have those 3 actions!

I'm not sure you could get a 22F or 21H for under a grand anymore? I would buy everyone I could for under a grand!

Thanks for the pics,

ddj

Savage-nice actions there, are those yours?

Thx
Dober

The 7X57 is my all time favorite hunting cartridge. It's built to feed as well as kill.

I have 2 1/2

1. BRNO 21H carbine 7X57. It has a ZG-47 safety and Oberndorf style handle, otherwise stock. Well used and very accurate.


2. BRNO 21H 7X57 stocked by Paul Dressel. It's purdy.


3. Almost finished but not quite. 1910 Mexican M98 smallring. Metal was done by Mark Stratton and the stock is being built by Chic Worthing.


Terry

Wowsa Terry is all I can say!

I love my G33 but it ain no show perro with it's handle of African Walnut...grin

Start to finish Terry what do you feel needs to be done to an Mauser these days to get it where you want it?

Thx for sharing, that Chic does some work does he not!

Dober

My one and only 7x57 is a Ruger 77R purchased new in 1984 for $275. The gunshop owner had 3 on the shelf collecting dust so I picked the one with the best wood. Shoots 1/2" groups with 139 grain Hornady spire points and IMR 4350. Shoots 3/4" groups with 140 grain ballistic tips and RL-19. Even though I'm a lefty, this is my favorite rifle.

Ron

Can't handle anymore....I'm outta here!



Very entertaining thread and thanks to all for the fabulous pics!

Mark, these are just my likes and apply to a scoped build, here goes.

1. New bolt handle. Halfmoon Rifle shop Orbendorf style is my favorite.
2. 3-position safety
3. Surface grind the action for looks, square up and lap for function. Nothing major though, I don't obsess over accuracy. With a good barrel it'll be accurate enough.
4. Heat treat
5. Barrel up, tune and time.

There are some other things but they're more cosmetic.
1. New bottom metal
2. Custom bases
3. A pretty stick of wood
4. Rust blue

Terry, thx for the list, for the first 5 items and the new bottom metal what do you figure on average it would cost a person these days? (tough Q I know)

I'd add a new trigger to the list as well

Thx
Dober

Here's my ole gal. Nuthin fancy, but lithe and handy. She now wears a 1-4x32.

Heres one I thought you fellas might enjoy.

http://www.hillcountryrifles.com/news/news_detail.aspx?Id=34

You're right, a new trigger should have been on there.
Labor for 1-5 would probably run about $750 (Heat treating included.) Parts are:
1. Bolt handle $7-$30
2. 3-position safety $150-$250
3. Barrel $100-$2000
4. Trigger $50-$200

The barreled action in the bottom picture cost me roughly $2200 parts and labor about 4 years ago. The labor was about $1200 That includes Custom bases and a Shilen 1/2 round 1/2 octagon barrel turned by Mark Stratton.

It was done in phases when the money became avalible. First I collected the parts. When the money bacame avalible they were sent to Mark for building. In the mean time Sharon Dressel let me put the wood in layaway. It took about a year of making payments to get it out of hock. About the time it was paid off Mark finished the metal and it was all sent off to Chic. While there I scrimped and saved enough to pay off Chic when finished.

Rifles like that are expensive but the cost has been spread out over 4 years so it didn't hurt as bad as picking one out of the fine gun room at Cabelas.

Terry

I have just three now because I traded old #3 for the new #3, which would have been #4 (does that make sense?). Anyway, I traded my Ruger #1A for a very clean and accurate Rem 700 MR. Now I'm not particularly fond of Remington rifles, but this one operates perfectly and shoots like a house afire.

Number two is a Ruger M77 MkII. It is one of the best rifles overall that I have ever owned. Every round I put in it feeds like greasy sausage, and the trigger is to die for (my tune-up).

Number one is a pre-warning Ruger M77. The stock was "lightened" by a previous owner, and the action glass bedded. It is just one of those few dead reliable rifles that a guy seldom runs into.

In retrospect (uh-huh) I should have kept the #1. But that is a current-production rifle and can be replaced any time. The MRs are no longer being made and are few and far between. Plus I got a good deal.

7x57s ROCK!

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Mark X action
Timney trigger
Douglas featherweight barrel, 22 in.
barrel mounted swivel
classic stock with Neidner buttplate and gripcap
Leup 2.5 x 8 in Leup mounts
all work by Champlin Arms

this rifle was made for my Dad thirty years ago and now belongs to my son, but I get to use it, since it lives in my gun safe:

When this thread first started, I was hoping you'd post photos of that rifle Steve.

Thanks a lot guys for posting so many photos. As if the descriptions weren't enough, the photos are just killing me! The logical, practical side of me says I've got the ballistic middle ground so well covered already that I couldn't possibly need another rifle. But apparently romantic, traditional, and sentimental side packs a lot stronger punch!!

I guess I'd better start gathering a pile of parts and a Mauser action. Of course if a beautiful little #1A crossed my path I could start shooting immediately--------which would help give me patience during the Mauser build.

Sean, sorry it took so long to answer...had to go out creek fishing with Ingwedog...
That Rigby .350 fetched 10K...a .275 would be more...
Ingwe

Steve...Dats a beautiful rifle...hope its getting some use...
Ingwe

I know this is a subjective thing but IMO the lines of that stock are about as good as it gets. They could have used a lesser grade of walnut and it would still look good.