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OK Elks.....here ya go... #12049623 05/23/17
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe OP Campfire Oracle
OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	We Shall call it the Model Seven CDL Mountain Rifle.... Started the germ of an idea a new build weeks ago. Ordered a couple barrels in .243 and when they came in, lo and behold, one was from a Remington Mountain Rifle. Build took off in a new direction...more of a refurb than a build per se. Ive got a Model Seven CDL in .22-250 which I was never completely satisfied with, I started thinking.....a couple more inches of barrel, and one that will shoot premiums if I want it to....Hmmmmmmm.... Redfield 2x7 seems to fit.... The Mountain Rifle Contour fit the Seven CDL exactly, and Im waiting on an English Red pad to complete my little project... URL=http://s560.photobucket.com/user/thmsbrownlee/media/IMG_2283_zps4cbitxk8.jpg.html][/URL] "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

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Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12049637 05/23/17
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 7,132 NW La. R Reloader7RM Campfire Tracker
Reloader7RM Campfire Tracker R Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 7,132 NW La.	Nice, what pills you hoping it will shoot? 80TTSX? What's up next? 260 DGR?

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12049641 05/23/17
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,587 Alberta - Wild Rose Country harv3589 Campfire Regular
harv3589 Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,587 Alberta - Wild Rose Country	Very nice, I like it a lot Rob

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... Reloader7RM #12049643 05/23/17
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe OP Campfire Oracle
OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	95 grain NBTs or 100 gr. Flat base Horned ( I have a stash...) "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12049693 05/23/17
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,928 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle
elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,928 Southern New Mexico	Originally Posted by ingwe We Shall call it the Model Seven CDL Mountain Rifle.... Started the germ of an idea a new build weeks ago. Ordered a couple barrels in .243 and when they came in, lo and behold, one was from a Remington Mountain Rifle. Build took off in a new direction...more of a refurb than a build per se. Ive got a Model Seven CDL in .22-250 which I was never completely satisfied with, I started thinking.....a couple more inches of barrel, and one that will shoot premiums if I want it to....Hmmmmmmm.... Redfield 2x7 seems to fit.... The Mountain Rifle Contour fit the Seven CDL exactly, and Im waiting on an English Red pad to complete my little project... URL=http://s560.photobucket.com/user/thmsbrownlee/media/IMG_2283_zps4cbitxk8.jpg.html][/URL] That is saaawwwwweeeeeeeeeetttttttt! Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

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Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12049795 05/23/17
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana
tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	Watch the recoil on that sumbitch. You're not used to those hard kicking rifles. Camp is where you make it.

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... tzone #12050091 05/23/17
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe OP Campfire Oracle
OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Originally Posted by tzone Watch the recoil on that sumbitch. You're not used to those hard kicking rifles. Thats why Im putting a new sissy pad on it.I expect it to be fierce! Last edited by ingwe; 05/23/17. "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12050135 05/23/17
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,365 Idaho D drover Campfire Tracker
drover Campfire Tracker D Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,365 Idaho	That won't work, everyone knows that you cannot kill an elk with a 243 unless you are a woman or a kid. I know it must be true because I read it on the internet and in an a gun magazine. drover 223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers. 24hourcampfire.com - The site where there is a problem for every solution.

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12050470 05/23/17
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OSU_Sig Campfire Ranger O Joined: May 2011 Posts: 15,859 Oklahoma	That's a good looking rifle, Ingwe but the gas pedal is on the wrong side. There are 2 rules to success: 1. Never tell everything that you know.

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12052019 05/24/17
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana
tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	Originally Posted by ingwe Originally Posted by tzone Watch the recoil on that sumbitch. You're not used to those hard kicking rifles. Thats why Im putting a new sissy pad on it.I expect it to be fierce! Good idea. Camp is where you make it.

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Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12053416 05/25/17
Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 245 Millsap, Texas J JohnChilds Campfire Member
JohnChilds Campfire Member J Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 245 Millsap, Texas	That's a sweet little rifle! You got me thinking...

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... JohnChilds #12053439 05/25/17
Joined: May 2016 Posts: 3,728 Sandy, Utah J Jim_Knight Campfire Tracker
Jim_Knight Campfire Tracker J Joined: May 2016 Posts: 3,728 Sandy, Utah	I had a Mod 7 Synthetics 260 that didn't shoot well, so put a 220 Swift Classic take-off barrel on it. I had a brake put on it ( neck surgery) and it was a killing machine. Traded it to a rancher in Texas on a Scimitar Oryx hunt. I later had another Mod 7 Syn made up into a 6mm/284 that worked fine, gave it to a friend later. Last one was a Mod 7 Syn that started out as a 22-250 AI, then barrel was replaced later in 6.5 Creedmoor. They make handy rifles, I'm sure you will enjoy yours! Oh yeah, on that Oryx hunt, I used a 6x47mm ( 223 mag necked up) with a Barnes 85gr xbt going 2900fps ( 243 specs!) it had a long barrel to get me there, but it put the hammer on an axis doe and then the bull Oryx (neck shot) Nothing wrong with a 243 pard!

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12053640 05/25/17
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,177 Clancy, Montana FishN4Eyes Campfire Regular
FishN4Eyes Campfire Regular Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,177 Clancy, Montana	Sweet rig, Grand Poobah! And I like the axis hide too.

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12053836 05/25/17
Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 4,343 Alaska FishinHank Campfire Tracker
FishinHank Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 4,343 Alaska	I'm betting you will like that one! I love my mdl 7 243 with a 24" sps take off barrel on it.

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12053950 05/25/17
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 6,867 s.tex R RIO7 Campfire Tracker
RIO7 Campfire Tracker R Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 6,867 s.tex	That should work,the last Rem-700 take off barrel I bought is a 1-9, but you wouldn't be that lucky. Rio7

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12053963 05/25/17
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,599 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana
kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,599 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	Wow! That's a really cool Axis skin!!!! Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... kaywoodie #12053964 05/25/17
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe OP Campfire Oracle
OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Bob, my wife loves those Axis skins, so we have a few laying around...... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12053978 05/25/17
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 4,842 R RevMike Campfire Tracker
RevMike Campfire Tracker R Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 4,842	You heading back up the caliber ladder? Should I pack up the Ingwe Special? "An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12054120 05/25/17
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,928 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle
elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,928 Southern New Mexico	By the way Ingwe,nice slipper too. Have you shot it yet? Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12054183 05/25/17
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 21,689 Kentucky C CrimsonTide Campfire Ranger
CrimsonTide Campfire Ranger C Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 21,689 Kentucky	Originally Posted by ingwe 95 grain NBTs or 100 gr. Flat base Horned ( I have a stash...) Either of those two bullets will stack the venison, et al. "The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them." -Master Chief Hershel Davis

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... RevMike #12054253 05/25/17
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe OP Campfire Oracle
OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Originally Posted by RevMike You heading back up the caliber ladder? Should I pack up the Ingwe Special? No...not really...I already have a .243, so this isn't exactly uncharted territory. And I feel confident enough with it that theres nothing in the lower 48 Id hesitate to use it on... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... elkhunternm #12054257 05/25/17
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe OP Campfire Oracle
OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Originally Posted by elkhunternm By the way Ingwe,nice slipper too. Have you shot it yet? Haven't shot it yet...still sitting here nursing a blown knee.....hope to have a pard haul my ass up to the range soon.... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12054271 05/25/17
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 S Steelhead Campfire Oracle
Steelhead Campfire Oracle S Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121	It ain't a Pre-64, which of course is a good thing. "Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... Steelhead #12054283 05/25/17
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe OP Campfire Oracle
OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Originally Posted by Steelhead It ain't a Pre-64, which of course is a good thing. Yeah...I won't have to build an altar and bow to it every night..... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12054302 05/25/17
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,928 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle
elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,928 Southern New Mexico	Originally Posted by ingwe Originally Posted by elkhunternm By the way Ingwe,nice slipper too. Have you shot it yet? Haven't shot it yet...still sitting here nursing a blown knee.....hope to have a pard haul my ass up to the range soon.... That stinks! Ship it down here. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12054326 05/25/17
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 22,884 D DakotaDeer Campfire Ranger
DakotaDeer Campfire Ranger D Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 22,884	Very nice. Love me some Sevens!

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12054926 05/26/17
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,918 Black Hills of Dakota CRS Campfire Tracker
CRS Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,918 Black Hills of Dakota	But, but it's a 243! You keep going up, you will end up with a 270 yet. Arcus Venator

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12054971 05/26/17
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 6,867 s.tex R RIO7 Campfire Tracker
RIO7 Campfire Tracker R Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 6,867 s.tex	After you get the red pad on your .243, send it to me in Texas, then you can come visit it, I will keep it tuned up for you. Rio7

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... RIO7 #12055413 05/26/17
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe OP Campfire Oracle
OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Originally Posted by RIO7 After you get the red pad on your .243, send it to me in Texas, then you can come visit it, I will keep it tuned up for you. Rio7 You might have a deal here..... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12056151 05/26/17
Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 3,578 Upstate NY River_Ridge Campfire Tracker
River_Ridge Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 3,578 Upstate NY	Next modification should be to AI it. Then we can start a 243 AI thread.... Wag more, bark less. The freedoms we surrender today will be the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed. The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12117087 06/28/17
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe OP Campfire Oracle
OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	OK elks...finished the build/refurb/cobble job today.... Note the red pad. Put a Leupold VX2 3x9 on it and will shoot it in the next couple days... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12117109 06/28/17
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,928 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle
elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,928 Southern New Mexico	Looks great,Ingwe! Why did you change scopes? You had a Redfield 2-7x on it earlier. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... elkhunternm #12117124 06/28/17
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe OP Campfire Oracle
OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	I changed scopes simply because: A) I like the bigger Leupy Better and B) The rifle was set up as a lightweight little carry rifle for climbing the hills. My climbing in the future will be relegated to climbing the steps into box blind. A few extra ounces wont make much difference there! "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12117131 06/28/17
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,928 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle
elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,928 Southern New Mexico	Gotcha! Maybe you need to get a golf cart for huntin'. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... elkhunternm #12117134 06/28/17
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe OP Campfire Oracle
OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Originally Posted by elkhunternm Gotcha! Maybe you need to get a golf cart for huntin'. Don't need a golf cart in Texas...they have Kawasaki Mules and Polaris's........kinda like high speed golf carts. "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12117215 06/28/17
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,928 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle
elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,928 Southern New Mexico	Originally Posted by ingwe Originally Posted by elkhunternm Gotcha! Maybe you need to get a golf cart for huntin'. Don't need a golf cart in Texas...they have Kawasaki Mules and Polaris's........kinda like high speed golf carts. Does not get any better than that! Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12117357 06/28/17
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,658 Either Texas or Idaho E EdM Campfire 'Bwana
EdM Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,658 Either Texas or Idaho	Originally Posted by ingwe Originally Posted by elkhunternm Gotcha! Maybe you need to get a golf cart for huntin'. Don't need a golf cart in Texas...they have Kawasaki Mules and Polaris's........kinda like high speed golf carts. So true. Conduct is the best proof of character.

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... EdM #12120150 06/30/17
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe OP Campfire Oracle
OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	OK...just got out and shot the gun. VERY happy with the results.95 NBTs into an inch and 100 gr. Horns into half that.... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12120727 06/30/17
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,928 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle
elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 95,928 Southern New Mexico	Great,the rifle shoots as good as it looks! Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12120761 06/30/17
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 20,193 T_Inman Campfire Ranger
T_Inman Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 20,193	Originally Posted by ingwe 95 grain NBTs or 100 gr. Flat base Horned ( I have a stash...) A porn stash? A Hitler pube stash? Handlebar pubes? 'Slave wants details.

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... ingwe #12120978 06/30/17
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,096 Texas G geedubya Campfire Outfitter
geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,096 Texas	Originally Posted by ingwe Originally Posted by elkhunternm Gotcha! Maybe you need to get a golf cart for huntin'. Don't need a golf cart in Texas...they have Kawasaki Mules and Polaris's........kinda like high speed golf carts. yup! ATV for hunting! golf cart for entertaining! ya! GWB A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

Re: OK Elks.....here ya go... geedubya #12121047 06/30/17
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe OP Campfire Oracle
OP ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	Lovin' it Geedub! Cant wait to crawl back into a mule....but it will be October before that happens! "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

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