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James, that is probably the best quarter rib I have ever seen. Very minimalist compared to most. It always kills me to see someone start with a light weight receiver and then hang a heavy barrel festooned with huge quarter ribs and huge front sights on it.
As always, very nicely done sir!
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Thanks guys The sights on a 21 can be lower than a large ring Mauser with a set of detachable bases. I also spent a bunch of time on the mill whittling the 21 receiver dovetails fore and aft to better match the rings I made. When it comes to checkering and quarter ribs I'm of the belief that less is more. They still have to be functional and pleasing to the eye with placement on the project.
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I met Maurice at the 1992 NRA show when TSJC sent me with a few from the gunsmithing dept.. He was at a little booth showing off a group ACGG project Kurz Springfield 22RF auction rifle. Great guy. Always a big fan of his work.
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About the time I convince myself I don’t need any fancy custom made rifle, along comes JRG....posting pics.
I’m a groupie. It’s official.
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Years ago I bought a 98 built into a sporter in .280 off of Gunbroker. It came in a Fajen synthetic with a military trigger guard, and an A&B barrel all finished in matte Duracoat. One nice feature it had was a Bold trigger (cheap for sure, but still not bad at all). It had the funkiest looking bolt handle you ever saw, but it turned out to be a pretty good shooter. I put a 2-position M70 style safety on it, scoped it, and started using it. At the time I had only disdain for synthetic stocks and shopped around for walnut stocks, but never got around to restocking it. Some time later I acquired another rifle similar to it in .35 Whelen. It was when I was using this rifle that I realized a synthetic stock could be handy for beating your way through thick brush---something I would have probably not considered with a walnut-stocked rifle. I ended up putting B&C Medalists on quite a few rifles, including the Whelen. The Whelen also received a Timney trigger, commercial trigger guard with hinged floorplate, and a Gentry 3-position safety. The .280 languished as I had acquired a Model 70 Super Grade in .280 (which also is living in a Medalist while the walnut stock is safely stored away). In the meantime I had fitted an Interarms Mark X bolt to it so I could ditch that hideous bolt that had come with it. About five months ago I decided to bring the .280 back on line so the Model 70 can live an easy life in the back of the safe for now. For this rifle I acquired and fitted a Dakota 3-position safety and another Medalist stock, and commercial bottom metal with hinged floorplate. Once the safety was fitted, I blasted it and coated it with Moly Resin in flat black and treated the new trigger guard and safety shroud the same way and assembled it. I'm still ironing out some fit issues with the stock and trigger guard, but it's coming along and seems to want to shoot like it had. It ain't beautiful like most of the other rifles shown in this thread, but it's meant to be a pure working rifle. In that vein it's kinda handsome, I guess. After this photo was shot I blasted the bolt (except for the handle, it's Moly Resined), the cocking piece, and the extractor to a satin finish and coated it well with Hoppe's grease...no signs of corrosion. Yet!
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Nice.
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My one and only custom Mauser. It's an FN Imperial grade that my father in law bought in 1961. At some point someone had talked him into punching it out to 300 Win mag. He had Chet Brown re barrel back to 30-06 back in the 70's. Don't know when it was restocked but it didn't fit me. [/URL][/img] I took it back to Brown Precision and had Mark restock it and coat the metal for me. A much better fit. [/URL][/img] [/URL][/img]
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I LIKE that one.
How does it shoot?
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OK...I better throw this into this Rifle Porn Thread 7x57 1909 Argentine built by Dennis Erhardt
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A nice bull kudu with a classy rifle,Ingwe.
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Ingwe, I do like that pic! And yes, I am a little lustful.
Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. "there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser" "the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"
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Geez Louise,,there is some mighty nice wood on this forum. If I could ever figure out how to post pictures on this thing, I would post a couple of mine. Kinda sorta Mausers anyway. They are Mark X Interarms rifles in 9.3x62 and 7x57.. In custom wood of course..Kind of a nice pair to take care of most things. Les You have a message.
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Ingwe, I do like that pic! And yes, I am a little lustful. THAT.....was in interesting morning!
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Last edited by ingwe; 07/14/19.
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I have another or 2. This is a Mexican in 7X57 by David Christman David credits Maurice Ottmar as his inspiration and mentor.
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Those are fuh-reekin gorgeous, Butch. Wow!
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Both smiths are guild members. Have used them on barrel jobs. Like’em both.
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I have another or 2. This is a Mexican in 7X57 by David Christman David credits Maurice Ottmar as his inspiration and mentor. WOW!
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