Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats Any of you rifle looneys (like me) ever got to the point where you realy feel you have all that you

I'm not even close to where I'd like to be.

In the last year or so I've sold many of my rifles and had a custom 280 AI put together that is not even close to what I want.

I did purchase two Tikka T3s a 270 and a 223 that I basically consider to be working rifles strictly and I am planning on the 270 seeing some years of hard use packed in very steep brushy country.

However it is not every hunting trip that I find myself in T3 rifle conditions and so I have decided that it is time to add extensively to my list.

In my future I see various model 70s some custom some factory of the wooden stock variety.

I see a Remington or two added to the collection.

I see a 280 AI that I already own sent to someone and completely redone. The action is Whitworth with drop bottom metal trued and mated to a shillen stainless select #5 1/9 twist at 24" in a BellCarlson. The rifle weights 12 lbs.

I see the barrel being turned down to a "3 fluted and blued and shortened to 23" to remove the break and threads. I also see a fine wooden stock added and the Super Sniper scope removed and a leupold 6X36 or 6X42 taking its place.

I also see a few fine wood stocked rugers.

I'm quite sure I'll think of a few other fine wood stock rifles along the way.

I don't see much in the way of hard working brushy steep country get banged up rifles as the T3 270 will do all I need. I do however see the possibility of a fluted rebarrel when I shoot this barrel out and dropping it into a Manners or a McMillan stock and adding bottom metal and a metal bolt shroud in the future.

Oh, and at the top of my list....someday I hope to purchase a fine 270 rifle from Bobin if he ever decides to part with one.

Shod

I have an addiction to rifles that apparently has no cure. At a recent gun show there was a very nice B-78 in .25-06 which is a caliber I like but I have one. Now I have two. I don't know why I needed to get a duplicate but it called to me and perhaps I like to rationalize that they are just like money in the bank.

I am content with my current lot but always on the lookout for something interesting. Like a butter knife handled bolt action on a Mauser action in 7x57.