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I'm sorry gunner, I've been in Dallas all day today. I'll be home later tonight and will post them then. It's a damn fine looking rifle.

Terry

Posted for Gunner500. Here is his finished rifle. I'm sure he'll reply with the details. IMO, it's a very nice build.

Very nice.

I got my two actions yesterday; one had a blued bolt (black) one was in the white. I was stunned at how heavy they are, the magazine box has walls that are probably .140" thick! also, what is that red plastic rod through the middle of the trigger? Looks like something to break to me.

Feed ramps are really rough and the lug engagement is not real great. I am going to modify the dovetails to use some other rings rather than add bases that make the scope even higher.

I wonder if any of the pre-fit stocks have bottom metal inletting that works with this metal?

Very nice!

rifle looks great gunner!

HEYY!!!!, Many Thanks for posting the pics Terry I appreciate it greatly.

Thanks for the compliments from the rest of you guys too, sorry for the text pics but that's where my "I.T." tech tops out at.

I see a bit of bedding material that needs to be relieved a bit back back under the barrel at the front of the stock, also, this stock has a polyurethane finish on it, 'smith said it was hiding some very pretty walnut.

I may have to have it done later in some sort of nice hand rubbed oil finish, but considering the circumstances of car-jacking this stock from a bud, I can't bitch much about it.

Beautiful rifle gunner. Wish I had a bud with a stick like that to strong arm him for.

Looking real hard at a 416 Ruger for mine. Slobbering over a loaded Rigby round seems to have that effect on me.

LOL, I too have purchased a bunch of ammo or bullets for a rifle I didn't even own/have built yet.

Put the little 400 through her paces this morning men, she went a very easy 2255 fps with a 400 gr Woodleigh over 68 gr of CFE-223.

Fired two at 150 yards [only formed 10 rounds of brass] through the 1.5-5x leupold set at 5X, the crosshairs were actually covering the less than 1" green spray can dot and still put 'em a bit over an inch apart.

She's gonna be a chootin' sombuck, just a bit of scope adjustment with a re-check and she'll be ready for all NA game as well as African game up to Ele, what a potent little slugger she is, and all this from an '06 sized case.

According to my calculations a 400 gr Woodleigh weldcore bullet at 2255 fps yields in excess of 4500 ft lbs of muzzle energy, all this on a measly 68 gr of powder makes this an extremely efficient cartridge.

1.5" high at 100 zeros the bullet at 150 yards, it's only down 4" at 200 yards and still churning along at near 1800 fps, the Woodleigh velocity window recommends from 2200 to 1800 fps for maximum bullet performance.

The 400 [Petrov] Whelen seems to be a very serious little butt-kicker men.

Oh, and recoil and noise is very pleasant with this round, especially for what you're delivering downrange.

I did remove my ear plugs and fired one round as if in a hunting situation, as far as muzzle blast is concerned, I found this cartridge to be very pleasant.

Haha, close, but was rolling over a 375H&H, 416 Rigby, and a 470 NE in my hands! My buddy is taking the first two to Namibia next May. The 470 is one loaded round he has to drool over!

Those numbers sound great on your 400, and again, great looking rig.

LOL, 10-4 Cali, our friend TC1 will post some more pics later tonight.

That'll do!

About even, or north of, the factory Jeffery load, no? On a little bitty '06 hull to boot.

Just think what she'd do if you AI'd it! Laffin'! Not sure I could measure the shoulder angle anyway!

that's great news gunner. cain't wait to get mine up and running

Another set for Gunner500. Man, I like this rifle!

Many, many Thanks again Terry, hell, I fell like I owe ya a pound or two of powder or a box of bullets.

The two bullets were fired at a green dot about a foot higher in the pic, I only bore sighted it by removing the bolt and making the adjustments.

No problem Gunner. It's been a fun ride hearing about your rifle project and seeing the results. You have a winner.

Terry

Great looking rifle and round Gunner, how are you forming your brass, what are you starting with .35 Whelen?

Thanks,
Mike

You can go ahead and name that rifle Tennessee Pride after that brand of breakfast sausage. Hog killin' mo sheen!

It's a blast to shoot MB, very nice recoil, plus, I just found about a hunnert and fifty bullets in the classifieds here.

Gonna have to save 10 of my formed cases for the 400 gr Solid loads. lmao