Got my single-shot collection whittled down to just 4 rifles.

Top to Bottom:

1987 Ruger No.1 RSI in 7x57 sporting a Leupold VX-II 1-4x20mm
Boddington Leopard Serial no. 15 of 250.
Ruger No. 1 .45-70 Govt. 50th year anniversary
Merkel K1 Jagd Stutzen Stalking rifle in .308 Win. with a Swarovski 3-10x42mm

Really nice stuff! That Merkel looks awsome.

Thanks, It is as light as a feather. Haven't shot it as work has been unrelentless as of late.

You can tell the Germans know how to make a rifle.

Very nice collection!

A Swiss friend of mine has an identical Merkel. Caliber, scope, and all! He hunts Chamois and other critters in the Alps with his.

Thanks for sharing!

Ed

This is the first rifle I thought I was going to have to wrestle my FFL guy for.

He kept saying, "It is made like a German car." He was also impressed with the scope mounting system.

Thanks to the tutelage from "geedubya", I got the correct mounting system and he even put me on to this particular rifle.

A thousand thanks to you sir.

This is why I like to hang out on this site......

I'm expecting to see some strange, not just mine!

there's a couple missing from this photo, but it's a start...



top L to R:

Liberty 1B .30-06; 1V .22-250; .45-70; Liberty .300 Win mag, foreground Liberty 1B .270.

The .30-40 and a new to me .375 H&H are not shown

That Varmint has an exceptional stick of wood.

Do you seek out the Liberty's? How did you end up with so many Liberty's with nice lumber? (You must be a pretty wood whore like me.)

Is your .30-40 Krag a custom?

Very nice.

Yes, I am a wood slut. But none of them are safe queens, all go hunting.

Dad collected a few of them in the 1970's. The .30-06 and .300 were originally bought by him. He gave the .300 to a friend of my grandad's. He was in his '80's by then, but did shoot it a fair amount. It was given back to Dad when that gentleman passed, and then it came to me. It has a very long throat, and will run 180's well over 3100 fps. With its preferred loads, the accuracy can be quite good, too.

The '06 I inherited after Dad passed. It does not have great wood, but is quite accurate, and MD's load of 58gr Big Game will run Nosler 150 AB's at 3125 fps The .270 Liberty I bought a year or so ago.

This is a better picture of the .22-250, with three consecutive 5 shot 100 yard groups:



It shoots 53 gr TSX reasonably well, so I will probably try it on deer this year.

The .30-40 is a Cabelas limited Edition. It has a nice stick of Circassian, though I have not shot it much, yet. Working up loads with 150's and Big Game.

All I can say on both are WOW!!

I have seen a few of the Cabella's .30-40's and none were nearly as nice as yours.

The satin sheets are a nice touch also......

My Hyper Single in 257 Roberts

Butch,

I'm pretty sure I saw a flattened diamond on that wrist. You should immediately pack it up and I'll be by this weekend to pick it up. I'll nurse it back to health and have it back to you in, oh, twenty years or so...

Beautiful rifle!

Ed

Yeah I know. Maybe you can time the screws for me while you have it.

Beautiful #1s.

That's pretty Yummy Who did the work on it?

Thanks - yes I had been wanting a .30-40 for a few years, mostly to see what the cartridge will do in a strong action. That one came up a few months ago and I decided to bite the bullet. It cost me the list price for it, but I think it should hold it's value - as long as a pig don't eat it, or something.

The .45-70 above seems to be an excellent shooter with stout charges of H4198 behind a 300TTSX. So far they are running about 2250 fps. Hopefully I can nudge it up to 2350-2400 fps.

There's a prewarning .375 on the way to me, with some nice wood, too, which is not common on .375's.

Bernie Harrell in Ohio did the stock work and Kathy Forster did the checkering.

Butch,

The stockwork is beautiful. The satin finish over the Circassian Walnut I think? The checkered steel skeleton butt-pad is striking. Nice pictures also. Looks like a keeper. Definitely eye candy. Absolutely a classic look. The No.1 is very suited to that type of improvements. Bravo.

I haven't had a #1 in years, but like my Hyper Single.

Kathy is a sweety-heart, for sure.

God Bless,

Steve

My apologies, I'm afraid I opened my mouth and showed everybody my ignorance.

Tell me about your Hyper Single.

I saw some small things that didn't look like a No.1 like around the falling block lever. But I am ignorant of a Hyper Single.

A couple of nice Ballards
This one is mine


This one got away... I think it has the prettiest buttstock of any rifle I have ever seen.

The Hyper Single was built by Sam Lair in Jenks,Okla. They are listed in the Bluebook of Gun Values. Sam passed away a few years ago. My rifle is serial#002. Sam built it for his friend,Charlie Williams. Charlie was the designer and builder of the Benchmaster receivers used in the early 1970s on Benchrest rifles. Charlie also designed and made the predecessor to what is now the Shilen trigger.

That certainly is a nice looking and crafted single shot on the Hyper. Has been a long time since I heard that name.

I did not know the maker towards Tulsa way, but do remember stories about Charlie Williams. I remember the Benchmasters with some fondness. I suspect that both of those guys knew how. Every now and then, those names would come up in a conversation with Bunch.

I think that rifle might be a keeper.

John Bunch was responsible for all my gun habits, God rest his soul. John was a friend of both and Red Cornelison was the other. They have all gone to the shooting and gunsmithing Heaven.

I'll play.. kinda messed up my picture entering in the calibers, but I guess it's all the same in the end :-)

That's impressive! Cool...

Here's a slightly better view of the .270 Liberty

and a couple of big bores:

Boomstick,

I take it you like RSI's?
Very impressive wrack.

Tex,

Tell me about the top Big Bore?

Boomstick. Dude. You got it something' fierce. And I dig it.

Brent,

This is the exact reason I have a tendency to buy first, think later. ( A fool and his money...)
Every gun I have passed on or sold that I think about later, becomes a regret.

Very unusual decorative cheek piece. What would the age of this rifle be? caliber?

That would be a Field's patent falling block, which is a fairly rare action. It was in .500-450 #1 Blackpowder Express (gotta love British cartridge names).

It had a fairly rough bore. I did eventually get it shooting to the fixed sights, with 300 gr bullets at 1900 fps, but it lead fouled the bore after about three shots. That might partly have been my paper patching technique, which was crude at the time

It was sold by Rodda, and said on the barrel, "#6 & #8 Dalhousie Square, Calcutta It was clearly someone's favorite hunting rifle, and was surprisingly light, for having such a massive action and 28" barrel. The receiver was fully engraved with game scenes, but the engraving was almost totally worn away, from being carried so much.

Ah the stories it could have told...no I wasn't smart enough to keep it.

I think someone else here has a Field's, and theirs is in nice shape. I'd love to have one again. Maybe someday that one will turn up for sale

*****
edit to add:

Here's some better photos of a Field's though not identical to mine. It was made by Holland & Holland...

http://www.gunsinternational.com/Holland-Holland-303-Field-patent-falling-block.cfm?gun_id=100280110

Haven't bought any for a while, but here are my three favourites



Cat

Cat,

Tell me about your Schutzen's? Caliber etc.?

Well, the top one is a Haenal Aydt match rifle in 8.15X46.
It is missing the orginal rear sight however, but the one that is on it works well.
Shoots well, but the last owner ( a memeber here) doesn't have time for it and does not shoot targets much anyway, so he gave it to me.
I have the dies and brass fro it , of course, and a bunch of proper sized cast bullets.

The second is an original Highwall in 38/55 that I bought from a another member of Canadian Gun Nutz.

I have a lot of providence on the rifle, when it was made and shipped (1907), when the stock was chamged, etc.
You see, it was shipped with its original #4 taper barrel and single set trigger that is on it, but with a shotgun style stock.
it was re-stockeed in the mid-50's by an Ontario gunsmith , and my CGN friend shot it when he was a member of the Canadian single shot rifle Association.
I have several molds for it, the original, and another that was owned by Jack Secord, a well know single shot shooter back in the day.
I have shot it with both BP and with light smokeless loads at 100 and 200 , and it shoots very well.
The scope is a Unertl, but the sight is a receiver redfield that is glued on - not screwed, so one day I shall take it off , and install a proper tang sight for it.
Both rifles are fantastic examples of their type and I feel very fortunate to be able to have and shoot them.:>)
Cat

My new Ruger #1S 338 Win

Fotis,

Nice grain both sides of butt stock.

Is a .338 considered your "light" game gun? squirrels? rabbits?

Freedumb1,
Why you don't be havin' a model 1885 BrownChester?

I have several Ruger No. 1's with better than average wood, but not in the same league as most I'm seeing here. How about a couple of blackpowder single shots?

Shiloh Sharps - bought off the rack in Big Timber as a No. 3 Sporter in 45-90 with 32" heavy barrel and standard wood. After shooting it for a couple of years, had it re-stocked in extra fancy, AA finish, accent line cheek piece, bedded forend w/ ebony tip, ebony pistol grip, bone & charcoal pack color case hardening, and shortened the barrel to 28". I guess now it's a Saddle Rifle:



Ballard #4 Perfection in 45-70 manufactured in Cody, WY with upgraded wood (was told French walnut), and 28" standard weight barrel:

Mighty fine rifles JGray!!!

I've only got one right now, this Low Wall in .260...





I hunt with it too...



John

JGray,

Those are beautiful!!

Very nice.

Hondo64,

Nice hog. I had a Browning 1885 .45-70 Govt. I'll have to post a picture.

Love them both but the Ballard is on my short list

Repeater on top; single-shot on the bottom -

This time the repeater is on the bottom -

Anyone willing to post a pict of my tiger maple 1B in 9.3 x62 please send me your email address.

1B

You have a PM.

A Non-suffix .30-06 AB I sold and I wish I hadn't.

Quite the beauty. Maple gives a stock some real character.

The No.1 is a perfect platform for a custom rifle.

Some lovely rifles on this thread...

Keep 'em comming

That 45/70 is beautiful too. Shoulda kept that one!

John

Yeah, but I traded it for this Single-shot .223 Cooper

I have posted this before, but I have not had much to post about lately and maybe somebody didn't see it before. 30/40 Krag.

Gotta be a Cabela's Circassian? What I see, I likey!!

yep. That is also a nice one Mine will go deer hunting this year. I'm giving stout charges of Big Game a run...

I like them with American influence. Some of the German Schuetzen stuff is so complicated with the humped stocks and extra pieces of steel hanging off in different places, I just can't find the beauty I do in a good old Sharps or Browning 78.

I have a couple original buffalo rifles sent to Montana in the 1870's, and a few others from Shiloh and an original carbine in 50-70.



This one was worked over in A. D. McAusland in Miles City Montana in the 1880's...







This one was customized by Walter Cooper in Bozeman in the late 1870's...

Re: my 30/40, yes it was a Cabela's special. The fore end pretty much matches the rear stock.

A Winchester Low Wall in 243



A 1AH in 25-06


That's all I have pics of at the moment

Nice iron Shrapnel. Wish they could talk.

Nice rifles Shrapnel!

Shrapnel,

In the top pic with the four rifles, I REALLY like the second from the top!

Would you mind sharing the specifics of that beauty?

Ed

That is one great group of rifles Shrapnel. Friggin wonderful to see those.

Is that an Angus laying there?

Hers mine 338 AX (Lapua Mag Imp)

I'm just in awe!!! Out-freaking-standing!!

Pedersoli .40-65

Seven Heaven,

That AH is a beauty! Love the no sights with Alexander-Henry set up.

Some shots of my RSI 7x57.

Now that is a beautiful piece of wood on that No.1!!

I thought I'd add one of my beauties. I think I must qualify as one of Mule Deer's "rifle loonies".

This is a #1 re-barreled by Todd Lockburner (gunsmith in Monument Colorado). It's a half octagon, half round chambered in 40-82 WCF and is a .406 bore. Todd modified the Ruger scope rib since the half octagon would not use the standard rib and blued the barrel and scope rib. He did an outstanding job. I mounted a Nikon scope.

I use Starline 45-90 brass reformed by Redding form/trim die and Redding 40-82 dies. The slugs are either Hawk 270 or 300 gr, or DKT 260 gr. and Federal 210 primers. I won't give the powder load but with the #1 action strength, it isn't the black powder load velocity. It measures around 2400 fps. This elk was shot with the DKT's and they make a 5 shot ragged hole at 100 yds. The elk was shot at 176 yds by range finder measure. Apologize for the blood. The backstraps had been taken out when the camera was available. She was quartered out as the only altenative was to get out the knife and fork.

The shot was taken from bi-pod rest across a small cut where she was quartering away to my left. The shot entered back of her left (away) ribs and exited at the right chest in the crease of the right foreleg. The heart and lungs were liquified with the entry a nice round 40 caliber and the exit hole was between a quarter and half dollar in size. She dropped at the shot and never moved.







btw, since it was "unusual" I bought the chamber cutter and it is available for any other loonie to "rent". It has been used but once.

Thanks for all the nice photos guys. It's a lot of fun looking at so many beautiful rifles so easily.

Damn near skinned her!!

This one is at my LGS and a very unique rifle by Bailey Bradshaw,a break action in 7x57R. He did ALL the work!

Very nice rifle. But if it was mine, it would either lose that scope or at least get something that is more in tune with that sort of rifle.

Amazing that one person has that many artistic talents at that level. Quite the piece!

One more...

Rifle,

Quite the rifle. Love the caliber. I won't ask what it cost to have made for fear your wife might see the post.

In a more bountiful time......


Some more nice butts, taken on my F-150 blanket.

Forearm on a red pad Tropical.

Nice rifles!!!

Mr Bradshw built this as his first single shot and did everything,including engraving. He's out of Texas and seems to really have a talent.This one is foe sale at my LGS for 11K...
I think at one time it had a German scope,however the current owner had some eye problems and wanted the 6x42 that's mounted. I have handled it a couple of times,very well done

Time for a couple of more nice butts.

First a Lion.



Then a nice 7x57 red pad "A"

And a black pad 7x57 with outstanding wood.

You just won't find a black pad No.1 with wood much better than this 7x57!

The one on the bottom left is almost as nice. My photograph just doesn't show it.

.475Linebaugh, and a .475 victim:



.405win...


both are 7x57's:


45/70..


25-06:


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Fyrepowrx,
I sure like the looks of those straight tube leupolds. Have you ever heard of or suffered any ill effects of putting the front scope rings so close to the lens? I seem to think it is located just behind the "golden ring". For eye relief purposes your scope placement is ideal. Nice collection oh by the way!

Fyrepowrx,

That .25-06 is something else!

Great photography also. Quite the collection.

Thanks for the compliments, have been fortunate enough to come across a few that have wood with some character to it....that 25/06 is a '77 vintage if i recall that came to me new in the box; seller had posted it at auction with some really dark pix that made it look pretty bland, and i was pleasantly surprised.

never had any issues with the 1.5-5x's or the 1-4x's in regards to positioning the front ring near the tube area of the leupold objective lens.

Here is my 1A that I picked up in Germany a few years back. It has a custom Claw scope mount and an ugly butt pad... Some trigger work has been done to it as well, it has a trigger shoe. The scope is a Kahles Fixed 6 I don't get to shoot much here in Hawaii but I recently had it out at Koko Head Range and wow... It hits the bull from 50 yards to 100 yards w/MOA and I managed to "ring the gong" on the steel target out at 250yards. The wood is amazing.

Time to get this ball rollin' again.

Here is a non-suffix AB in 7mm Mag I sold when I needed the scratch. Very low four digit, Ser. No. 10XX

On Freedumb1's lead - since we're bringing up ex'es, here's a former (with a tear rolling down my face) Ruger #1 RSI in 7x57. It belongs to someone else from the Campfire now. How's the old girl doing? You taking good care of her?

25-06 1B

I wouldn't have let that one go!

WOW !

Here's one I just picked up yesterday for a wood junkie fix.

yummy TCR

1885 in .357mag...


TC 45/70...


a 6.8SPC carbine..

What rifle is that may I ask?

As tex n cal noted above, it's a Thompson Center TCR 87. This model pre-dates the much uglier Encore, but a fire at TC destroyed all the TCR production/parts. The rest is history.

I just scoped this plain Ruger .35 Whelen this Saturday. It's got a 1-4x20 Leupold on Ruger low rings. I sighted it in at 30y and verified 200y POI

Nice package!

Also, that is my favorite coffee! I love a nice Lavazza Expresso to start the day!

John

It's not real coffee unless it gives you the shakes... eh?

Nice wooden counters you have there.

My .30-40 (left) and .45-70 (right), guarding an original Hepburn (not mine) in the center:



The .45-70, left, and the .22-250 in my avatar, right:



The .45-70 has really good figure, on both sides. It also seems to shoot well, though I have to admit you better hold on with maximum loads

Guess I'm both a single-shot slut and a wood slut.

Found some old pictures of a few of them that have lived with me.

1
Had a bunch of Browning 78�s and 1885�s.
Browning 1885 High Wall 22-250/Leupold 6-18X40 Target Dot Vari-X II
Browning 1885 Low Wall 22 Hornet/Weaver 4-16X42 Target Fine CH Dot MDT
Remington 700VS 223Rem Target Trigger & BR Follower/Leupold 6.5-20X50 LR/T Target Dot Vari-X III

2
TC Contender-Bullberry 17HMR/Weaver KT 15 Target
TC Contender 6X47/Leupold ?
Sako A1-V 22PPC

3
Cooper 38 17 Ackley Hornet/Nikon Monarch UCC Long Range 5.5-16.5X44 Target
Cooper 21 Varmint Extreme 17Rem

4
Sako-Barnes A1 6TC/U/Burris 3-9X32
TC Contender-Bullberry 22LR Match/Leupold 4X28

5
Remington XP-100 223Rem/Burris 10X Target
Remington XP-100 221 Fireball/TPC 6X Silhouette CPC Dot
Remington XP-100 7BR/Lyman

6
A couple from the black side.
TC Hawken 36/Navy Arms 4X
CVA Siber 45

7
Just a small sampling of the truck load of TC Contender handguns I�ve owned since �68.

WOW..lot's of good stuff there!! You may win the prize!

Some rimfires around the campfire...

~Stevens Model 43~


~Winchester Model 1904~


~Little Ace~

Love the ruger no.1's!!!

That bottom Cooper is amazing.

I like looking at the pretty ones, but mine don't stay that way long!



In civilized surroundings:



270 WBY, bone stock except for an aftermarket set trigger. My 'smith can usually get a good trigger adjustment on a No.1, but this one wouldn't yield.

The barrel quality makes up for it though.

Model 1885 Browning in 260 Remington. NIB with striking walnut. I'll have pictures soon.

Yes that is!

My go to rifle Custom Ruger # 1

Shiloh Shaps Saddle Rifle .45-70

10pointer,
That is some pretty creative checkering. I've never seen anything like it. Who did it? I think I could really get to like something like that.

The Stevens 43 is way too cool. I would love to have one of those.

!0-pointer, I'd also like to know who did your Ruger custom rifle, and what caliber it is. Engraver? Barrel? Don't just tease us, man!

Lee's 25-06 ruined me. Wish he'd post it. Me thinks I'm the only fan of the #3. (.358 Win)



DMc

DMc,
Sorry about "ruining" you. Here is link for any that may have missed this rifle a few years ago.

http://www.classicsportingarms.com/?p=656

Just got another two piece stock blank from my cousin and contemplating one last custom rifle. Chambering may be a 7x65R or .280 Ross. I like the "cool factor" of the Ross, but not sure I want to deal with the bullet availability in the .288 diameter.

I did not get to pick up the gun until a couple of weeks ago but the pics really do not do it justice. The rifle was shipped in 1996 with semi fancy wood and AA finish, 26 inch standard octagon barrel in .45 2 1/10. It handles superbly and balances right behind the rear barrel sight. This is going to be my primary hunting rifle.
Here are a few more pics:












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DMC,

I have two custom #3s -- a Swede and a 7mm BR. (The latter is currently being redone as a 7mm-08.) I do not have a factory original #3 however; largeley because they make such great doors for light kicking, handy, stalking rifles.

1B

Hello 1B
I don't have an original #3 anymore either. I guess if we did, it outta be a 44 Mag. Here's another "Custom" 45-Thumper-70:





Good Morning Lee.
Your rooster crows mighty early kind sir! I'm thinking you must have a milk cow!
Here's a picture of Lee's 25-06. I was fortunate enough to have had the pleasure of seeing it in person. After fondling it for a few minutes, no other #1 since has had quite the luster. So as they say, "if ya can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!"
I haven't even looked at another #1 since seeing Lee's. This "porch sitter" believes Ruger needs to stick "El Numero Uno" on their R&D team!



DMc

The work was done out of Llano Texas by the late Lornard Storey. Its chambered in 30-06 and is by far the most accurate gun I own, If I do my part can place them inside each other. Interesting legend to this gun is it was being built for Slim Pickens but was not completed before his death.

Thanks, it's an early Cooper with exceptional wood. It now lives in TN doing coyote duty. The other Cooper on Kodiak Island doing fox duty. Both are owned by past forum friends who had to put up with just pictures of them posted on-line for years.

Something simple, a Mossberg model 25 single shot, from the 30's. Classic squirrel gun.

Very nice DMc, though you aren't the only #3 fan

I'm kind of partial to this 22 K-Hornet:





It loves Lil Gun and 40 gr. V-max/Bergers - 10 shot 100 yd. group on left and 5 shot group on right:

my wife said i couldnt look ar porn on the net.. fooled her thanks

Where are all the Handi rifles at? Haha

Here are a few i've owned/ do own...

35 Remington Handi rifle. Hard at work.


Daughter's 30-30. H&R Topper. Has taken two deer with two shots. Simple, yet effective.


Daughter's 22 Kimber she was gonna use in matches and hasnt. Lol


Crappy picture. Savage 112 in 223 with 6-18 (i think) old Redfield.


358 win Encore with 16" Ported ear drum buster.


And a H&R Classic carbine in 45 colt i picked up yesterday. Love these guns. Actually hoping to buy a 30-30 Handi for myself next week...


Not overly spectacular wood but i like it for what it is.
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i was talking to a friend and he said he had a set of sights he would send me off an old Buffalo Classic in 45/70. they arrived today and i got em put on the ol 45LC. i think i am gonna like them! if not i will buy a low power, compact scope and install. this should be a fun little gun with the right loads!

Those are both cool guns.

Thanks!

Here is my NIB AH 25-06.

I bought it while I was stationed in Spain back in 2008. 5 years later I finally have it.

That's a beauty!

DMc

Here ae a few of mine

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Wow that's a nice lineup you've got there. I'm looking to add a center fire 22 to my collection.

A little something to add to the dirty pics.

Nice looking rifles. What kind of scope is on your AH?

Leupold m-8 6x

Sweet! A new Winnie!
What's she chambered for and how do you like the new style mounts?

I would like to see a modified Ruger No. 1 quarter rib to mount a scope on a new Winchester High Wall

Picked up this 30-30 Handi rifle today. Had a Buffalo Classic stock set waiting on it, so i swapped out the crappy wood stock these come with in favor of the nicer stock. Then i took a walk.

Here she is with anniversary present from my wife, a Ruger Vaquero in 45acp.





And with old cartridge. And old Winchester silver tip.
Probably shouldnt be shooting these. Ha


I have a Leupold vxII 2-7x32 waiting for me to get a rail and its gonna go on it.

Love the little compact scope/ rifle combos.

9.3x74R

Case coloring by Turnbull.

Beautiful! What was the Turn around time for that work? I am thinking about sending my AH to Turnbull.

Beautiful 9.3mm !!

Nice choice on glass also.

This was done a while ago, so I don't know what his turn around time is now. Whatever it is, it's worth it. His color case hardening looks great on single actions too.

Wow! That's gorgeous.

My 7.62x39 Assault Single-Shots....












Bob

7.62x39 sure sounds asaulty to me! I'll never forget the night some kid got a hold of a C02 gun and took a shot in the general direction of his little broher. Terrible thing for sure, but the local media on our NBC station, who to this day couldn't tell the different between an assault rifle (whatever that is) and a point stick just would not let go of the fact that is was CO2, which in their minds was 10x worse than just a BB gun. As a kid I hated CO2s. Your first 10 shots were ok then things just got weaker from then on out and I had to buy more canisters. You better be careful about stating you own a 7.62! Or just call it a .308 stumpy and everything my be ok for a while.

BrentD,

In my browsing of this older thread I ran across your photo of the one that got away. It looked very familiar. I bought the Ballard, #10, Junior from Gene Kramer from Iowa at the Tulsa show several years back. I haven't seen another stock like it. The stock is numbered to the Ballard and all numbers match on it. If the stock wasn't original to the gun, it certainly was a period replacement and the lettering stamps are the same.

As soon as I figure out how to post a photo on this forum, I will post one of the rifle. Richard

Richard, Thanks a bunch for your post. I'd really like to see your photos.

The guy at the Tulsa show from Iowa, was it maybe Gene Farmer rather than Kramer? Gene Farmer was a notable gun collector, shooter and historian who went to Tulsa frequently and specialized in Ballards. He often shot at the range where my photo was taken. In fact, he basically built that range and the Pine Ridge club with the owner of the rifle, Roy Watson and a group of others. We still shoot there twice a month.

Ah well, I got to rambling, but I do look forward to your pictures.

BrentD,

You are correct. I went back to my notes and it was Gene Farmer. He was selling it for Roy Watson. Gene was a really nice guy and I visited at lenght with him. I had bought a Schoyen Ballard from Gene the year before at the Tulsa show.I read on the ASSRA forum that Gene passed away a year or so ago.
When Gene was at the Tulsa show with the #10 Ballard, I stopped by his table several times trying to buy the rifle, he came down a little and I came up alot, but I did finally come away with it. He was a very enjoyable guy to deal with and I certainly have no regrets about buying the rifle.

Buy the way, near what city is the Pine Ridge range? I live in eastern Kansas, so Iowa isn't that far away.

I like your longhorn photo-- raised registered longhorns for twenty years and still have one!

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Yes, that was Roy's rifle. He was using it to beat me that day that I took the picture. And yes, Gene drives a hard bargain. Never saw anyone get the better of him in a deal but he was pretty reasonable most of the time.

Can't make your picture work though. Not sure what the problem is.

Brent

I don't remember exactly where, but I saw a 7.62x39 K1A with nice wood, and almost bought it, but missed out. Nothing traditional about them, but it's a appealing combo, and a bit off the beaten path. Looks like yours is a really good shooter. What bullets do they prefer?

Brent,
Edited my earlier post and added photobucket photos. Should work now.

I mistakenly used the name Gene Kramer, as that was a rancher from Nebraska that I knew for years.

I never had the good fortune to meet Roy Watson, who was the actual owner of the Ballard # 10. Did he ever mention anything about the unusal stock?

Thanks-- Richard

Richard,
Roy and I talked about the stock and where it might have come from. He had no information from the prior owner and we never saw or heard of another like it. She is beautiful though. You now have what I consider the single most beautiful Ballard of all time. Looks like you are a bit of a Ballard fan there.

I don't know much about longhorns, but perhaps you have heard of Dave Hillis - he raises longhorns on his Double Helix Ranch in Texas and I believe he is fairly well known for it. http://doublehelixranch.com/

Brent,

Thanks for the information about Roy and the compliment on the rifle. I really like it too. To bad about the lack of history on the rifle, so much has been lost over time on these great old guns.I do like the Ballards best, but still have a few High Walls and Hepburns too.Dave Crosno has one now that I can't wait to shoot this summer. It has an unfired Stevens-Pope barrel (#1179)and Dave is mating it to a Ken Hurst engraved receiver along with some of Daves XXX wood. I picked up the barrel about a year ago and when Dave bore scoped it, he didn't think it had ever been fired, perfect bore. The chamber cast I did shows it to be a 33-40 or 47.

Afraid I don't know Dave Hillis. I know alot of TLBAA breeders though, I was the National President during the late 80s and on the board over 20 years. I do know alot of Texans as over half of our membership are from Texas.

Richard

This is my little night stalker ... Just too efficient ...

I like the finish on the metal. What is it? Did it come from Ruger like that or is that custom?

Custom but I don't know the right word in English for it. Bead blasting ?

Is that one of the Bodington Models?

No, it was not a new gun, 300 Winnie. I'm it's third owner and ordered some modifications. Oil finish wood, matte finish steel, set trigger and compression point under barrel for consistency. My only complaint is that I can't find a Qd swivel ring which properly fits the front swivel stud. The factory stud on the barrel is too thick,

600 Nitro Express

What kind of action is that ?

Farquaharson(sp?)

Savage model 219 in 30-30 Ackley Improved.

Sherwood

Nice rifle Sherwood. Never seen one of those before.

How does it shoot and what's going on with that trigger?

That's a Daniel Fraser action.

It's not even close to a Farky. The farky was operated with an underlever sort of similar to a Ruger #1.

This is a Farquarson. See any differences?

Time for a pop quiz..


What kind of action is this one?

Question #2 for the pop quiz,,

What's this one?

Second one is an Alex Henry.

First one has some westley richards aspects but probably too basic for that.

Bingo! Bring an apple to bribe the teacher and you'll get 100% on the test!
The first one is a WR 500/450 #1 Carbine.
It's a tiny little 458 cal. that is pretty close to the 45-75 but shorter.

The second one is very similar to mine but I was too lazy to drag it out of the safe tonight. This one is many times nicer than mine. I recently read that the 'stalking safety' shown behind the hammer is very rare when it's in the rear like this. Most are in front of the hammer.

Brent:

The trigger has a small shoe attached that reduces effort. When I do my part, this older rifle shoots 1.5 to 2.5 inch groups at 100 yards with Sierra 125 grain spitzer bullets. Very fast in this 26 inch barrel.

Sherwood

Thanks for the answer. I thought it might be a trigger stop perhaps. Sounds like a nice rifle. I have never seen one before.

Thought that was a Fraser. I shared a magazine with a friend many years back that had an article on these. That's all it took. Next thing I knew he was building one. Ended up going with the 30/40 Krag. Nice piece!

Did your friend wind up building two of them?

Nope...just the one. Between wood, barrel, action and finish, and least three different pros had their hands on the piece before it was all put together. Then my friend went out and first thing he did was accidently run it into a barbed wire fence (slightly). But, that's the kind of guy he is - he got over it. It put it together to hunt with style, and a hunting with it he went.

That's my kind of guy! Keep them as nice as you can but at the end of the day it's a tool meant to be used.

This one was built by Classic Rifle Company. I don't know much about him/them. But from what I was told the man that did this one has/had the big C. The company may have folded afterwards. He built 2 of these and mine is 1 of the 2. I was told he kept the other for himself.

Here's my Stevens 44 1/2 in .22 LR. It will be headed to CPA in the near future for a new barrel and breech block fitting so that I can use a centerfire to hunt deer with great-grandpa's rifle.

A Martini Cadet in .223 with Bob Snap's rimless extractor, bushed firing pin, and a new scope mount setup (the old one fell off when he test fired the rifle) The wood was reshaped with nice lines by Jim Katzung (it had looked like a 60's Weatherby with a 2x4 for a forearm). One before , three after photos.
Fun little carbine.

Looked for a good while for the K1 in 7mm-08. Couldn't find a Stutzen so I added a K1 in 9.3 x 74R in the stalking rifle.




Consolation, it's a shooter.


Best

GWB

Wow, that 9.3 is beautiful a great shooter to? Any shots on game?

Not yet. Hope to bloody it the next time I go to my lease(1 to 2 weeks). Hill country hoglets make the perfect test medium for rifles and bullets. Not only that, they make excellent table fare.

Best

GWB

Good Luck with it then, let us know how it works.

Some very nice firearms shown above!

Here's my single shots. Ruger #1 on right, .280 Rem, purchased used. (On left is my M77 in 7mm RM.)


This one is an Ithaca Model 49 in .22LR I picked up used a year or so ago. Replaces the one I had as a kid and let get away.

As much as you guys love your single shots, I had to kick the Luxus out of bed

you need a fence post.

This is my #1 270.... also purchased from Leonard Storey, the same person 10 pointer bought his from (see page 12), in Llano, TX. It was his personal rifle, he was terminal and selling some of his guns when I came across it in his shop. Had wanted one for over 20 years !!! Have been looking for other owners of this man's work for a long time, now. An old gentleman from Burnet actually did the stockwork out on his backporch. Freehanded. Quite the artist. He was a WWII vet. Anybody else have one ??? Most are on Mausers.

The caliber just seems made "to shoot"...

As far as what "bullet" it likes...don't know. I bought several cases of Lapua 123 grain loads and never plan on shooting anything else in it. Every time I pull the trigger I actually make money as the once fired brass sells for more than I paid for the loaded rounds.

Bob

Don't know if it is "porn" but here is my K95 in 7x57R. I haven't figured out how to post the actual pic yet. Second, octagon barrel is a 30/06.

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George;
That's indeed a fine looking rifle and I'll bet it's a dream to carry as well.

Drop me a PM sometime and we'll see if a couple of older canines can't figure out how to get a photo posted for you.

Meantime:



All the best to you and yours this week George.

Dwayne

Thanks very much Dwayne; PB changed their format some time ago and short of chants, incantations, and spreading ashes of charred bat guano over the key board under a full moon, I've tried everything I can think of.

I'll probably PM you tomorrow night.

At least I am not the only one having this problem. What was a simple one click move now takes 4 steps, just to make things easier.

I use Photobucket also. For awhile you could select using the old style. Maybe you still can?

Yes, it is porn.........

This may or may not qualify as single-shot porn and I may have posted this pic elsewhere, but here's my Ruger #1 in .405 Winchester. Best training rifle ever produced in my opinion- it is AMAZING how quickly it taught me how to properly place the buttstock against my shoulder. I just LOVE this rifle.

If you think it qualifies, it qualifies. Looks like a pretty serious hunting rifle. I'm not a big Ruger # fan but that looks like a nice one set up well for hunting on ones feet. I like it!