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Gunsmith Kevin Weaver in Peyton, Colorado, finished a new 7 Mashburn just in time for elk season! I took delivery 28 August 19. Kevin actually went a bit out of his way and dropped it off locally on his way through Cheyenne. Because he's pretty awesome like that. Rifle details: Wood from Roger Vardy in Australia Stock and metal work done by Kevin (I think he sent the bolt out for bolt checkering) Borden Timberline Magnum action (SS steel) #2 Krieger, 8-twist (CM steel) Dakota bottom metal Nitride coating by H&M (Kevin sent it out for coating) Talley Signature bases and Screw Lock rings Leupold 6x42 LRD In Wyoming: In Idaho: In Utah: Shoots well, this is a 5-shot group. This is about as well as I ever shoot, the rifle is probably capable of better but I'm not! And looks like I air mailed a flyer at the top. Group was still less than 1 inch for 5 shots, plenty good for me. It's 160-grain Accubonds. Load data: Velocity around 3135 fps. No pressure signs. I could push it more but good accuracy, good velocity, I'm not going to mess with that. The nitride is pretty terrific. I really like that the two different steels look identical. This is likely not the last rifle I have nitrided by H&M. And Kevin is about to work on fitting an Echols Shrike on my Remington 7 Mashburn, then I'll have a wood and synthetic Mashburn pair.
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Beautiful rifle!
One of my 280AI is a CM receiver with a Bartlein SS barrel, nitrided by H&M and you cannot tell the difference. I really like looks of the nitride finish, and there is nothing that is more durable.
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That nitride looks fantastic. I’m not a big fan of the two tone look so that is very nice to see. Great rifle and pics!
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Only accurate rifles are interesting.
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Beautiful rifle!
Is that a 26" barrel?
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Beautiful rifle!
Is that a 26" barrel? Thanks! 25 inch barrel.
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What a wonderful project you put together, enjoy!
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Beautiful rifle!
Is that a 26" barrel? Thanks! 25 inch barrel.
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Looks awesome Joel. Great pictures buddy. That rifle is a treasure for sure. I was a little jealous seeing it in person. It is a looker.
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do you know if that is a big knob upgrade or a shortie big knob upgrade on the bolt handle in order to have it engraved
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Looks awesome Joel. Great pictures buddy. That rifle is a treasure for sure. I was a little jealous seeing it in person. It is a looker. Thanks Scotty! Now all I need to do is figure out how to kill elk every trip!
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do you know if that is a big knob upgrade or a shortie big knob upgrade on the bolt handle in order to have it engraved It’s the regular Big Knob upgrade. I don’t know if you could have the regular bolt knob engraved or no. I didn’t know about the shorty big knob until you mentioned it. That’s interesting. I wonder how much shorter the “short” version is. I don’t have any problem with the regular one, they are probably both fine.
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Looks awesome Joel. Great pictures buddy. That rifle is a treasure for sure. I was a little jealous seeing it in person. It is a looker. Thanks Scotty! Now all I need to do is figure out how to kill elk every trip! I hear you buddy. We take the bad with the good. Next year we will be back in our old country. With bull tags.
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Beautiful rifle, our old buddy BobinNH would have highly approved. I miss his posts
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Man that’s a handsome rifle
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Lovely rifle! Any elk would be very proud to be shot with that.
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Nice looking rifle, really nice! I can’t see changing much of anything in that build. Enjoy it and go forth and slay elk.
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Joel, Haven’t you been working on that project for quite some time?
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