Shiloh Sharps 45-110. A retirement gift from Evil Twin to me..
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
GW; Good morning to you sir, I hope that this first Monday in August finds you and your fine family well and keeping cool enough.
It's been much too long since I've said hello to you and I apologize for that. I do want to say thanks to you and to the OP and rest of the good folks here who have joined in for the visual feast. It reminds this semi-old guy of the 'Fire of yore and why I joined back in the day.
The second apology is that I've no new photos of arms to share, but perhaps some of the newer members haven't seen some of these or I suppose the older members have already forgot?
In no particular order then - my old saddle rifle an '82 vintage No. 1 in .300 Win Mag. I installed a Moyers trigger, a barrel band from a chap in I believe Wyoming who isn't with us anymore and finally a fore end I cobbled together one winter.
This was an interesting project in that it was for the Watch Sargent of a buddy of mine and I never, ever met the chap in person. So I had to guess and extrapolate a few fitting issues and when it came to what he liked in checkering he said "Surprise me?"
Other side - I forget now where he'd got the blank from, but so help me GW it was as nice a chunk of wood as I've seen in quite a while.
Ruger 10/22 I did up for a rimfire match I used to participate in. Everyone needs a "money pit" gun, no?
1958 Brno No 5 which was a birthday gift from my good wife years back. They were sold as training rifles for Middle Eastern armies and the original stock looked exactly like that, so one winter it got new pajamas.
Last one for now GW - Ruger 77 Liberty Model, rebarreled to .308 Norma with a Parker Hale barrel, rust blued by your's truly, this is the 3rd stock made up from a Richard's Microfit blank
Thanks all for looking and all the best to you all for the remainder of the summer.
I love the full stock rifles. here is my latest, a Husqvarna 7x57 made in or around 58 with a lyman perma center 6x
Wow! The perfect rifle! It has it all....Husqvarna action, gorgeous fiddleback stock that goes all the way to the end, 7mm Mauser. Grail gun!
This is as close as I have been able to come. It is in 243 Winchester which is ok but not what I would choose given a choice. The stock is in fiddleback walnut but the coverage is only about 90%. It does go all the way to the end though. I'm happy with it, or I was until I saw the one you have. I might need to re barrel it.
here is the rest of the full stock heard. the first one is another Husqvarna 30-06 with a 3x9 ted Williams (weaver) in vintage redfield rings and mount. the middle one is a ruger RS in 243 it has a 1.75X5 vintage USA steel Burris, it was born 1984 the one on the far end is a not to often seen H&R ultra rifle model 301 made in the early 70s it has a 2X7 vintage Leupold. it is in 243 as well,,,,,
I have never harvested a animal but I have killed quite a few,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I love the full stock rifles. here is my latest, a Husqvarna 7x57 made in or around 58 with a lyman perma center 6x
Wow! The perfect rifle! It has it all....Husqvarna action, gorgeous fiddleback stock that goes all the way to the end, 7mm Mauser. Grail gun!
This is as close as I have been able to come. It is in 243 Winchester which is ok but not what I would choose given a choice. The stock is in fiddleback walnut but the coverage is only about 90%. It does go all the way to the end though. I'm happy with it, or I was until I saw the one you have. I might need to re barrel it.
Harry that is a nice rifle you have and there is no need to re-barrel it! if you are deer hunting with it, it will do every bit as good a job as a 7X57 I have killed a lot of deer with a 243 and 6mm rem. they are one of my favorite calibers. what's not to love? they are super accurate with low recoil and kill deer dead,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I have never harvested a animal but I have killed quite a few,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Harry that is a nice rifle you have and there is no need to re-barrel it! if you are deer hunting with it, it will do every bit as good a job as a 7X57 I have killed a lot of deer with a 243 and 6mm rem. they are one of my favorite calibers. what's not to love? they are super accurate with low recoil and kill deer dead,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Olskool, I'll leave it like it is. It is in too good a shape to go messing with. I've just had a couple of bad experiences with the 243 on whitetail deer in the past that I think some premium bullets should solve.