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Butch, James Flynn does a lot of work on high end guns, like H&H, Purdeys, etc. He's a master gunmaker, doing both metal and wood work. He does a great flat topped, vintage checkering job and is a master of the leather (pig skin) covered pad.

Here's a Shotgunworld link to a Superposed he restored for me. It was Major Charles Askins, Sr.'s personal gun.

http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=124719&start=200

Scroll down near the bottom of the link for a photo of James' flat top checkering. You'll also see his leather covered pad.

DF

IIRC this fantastic work on the enfield emulates the same work originally done by Tom Burgess on Enfields years back.

Only person I know who has/had one is Bill Steigers of Bitterroot bullet,who had a 458 on a blown out 404 Jeffrey case chambered in a much modified enfield that Burgess did for him.

This is great stuff and fabulous metal work.

Here is another SGW link, showing a .470 Tolley that James Flynn reworked.

http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=124719&start=440

Do a word search for James Flynn Gunmaker to see some of his other work.

DF

DF nice stuff...

Here's a .404J, Burgess Enfield.

What Butch is doing will be as close to a Burgess as humanly possible, today.

Butch you don't take this thing to Africa and its bad rifle ju-ju for you FOREVER !!!!

Seriously this build is already screaming "BLACK DEATH!!"

I always look forward to your posts. Always work of the highest caliber. I am especially pleased to see an Enfield as the basis for this work of art. I had two of them, both purchased when they were $29.95. They were too heavy for an 06 so I let them go. I can still kick myself when I see a post like this.
Thank you, sir.

Whatever happened to this rifle build?

Man I'm sorry. I thought I posted photos of the finished rifle. It was featured in color as the custom rifle on the back cover of the ACGG magazine.






Nick Hughes does the best Burgess work that I have seen. He had spent quite a bit of time with Burgess. James Anderson did the extended tangs and the barrel and quarter rib. James also did a great job on the stock.

WOW! Agree with Efw,that rifle needs to go to Africa and hunt Cape buffalo.

Breath taking,...

GTC

Amazing! Butch I kinda hate you right now.

GreggH

Beautifully done!

Mike

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Butch,

I think you know what I think of this gun... it's a work of art. However, since I split a rotator cuff I will let some one else test fire it.

Did you ever buy Josh a 944?

Move over a bit so I can hate him a little too. Amazing.

No Tikka, mind you, but amazing!

Thanks to my friends.
No Dick, the 944 was for another Grandson. His dad, my Son, gave him his 95? BMW 320 with about 300,000 miles on it.
Josh is my West Virginia football playing Grandson. He has, in my opinion, a POS 4door Jeep. Josh is my big gun test driver. I hope to only need it for 1 shot.

Construction detail Q, Butch

Is the lower tang, or it's interconnected pistol grip cap connected to the upper tang with a through bolt (?)

Thx

Greg

Super piece, Butch.

Thanks for posting.

I'd hate to scratch that work of art on African thorny bushes, etc. But, I guess it was made for just that.

DF

+1

TOTALLY!!!!