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Lovely rifle SuperCub.

Lying low, staying away from the plague.

Stay safe. Us ole farts gotta be careful. That stuff can be really tough on us.

DF

Looks good, now you just need to wait the month it will take to arrive.

Wow SC sir that right there is an absolutely lovely rifle!

Chris has to shoot it a bit for an accuracy check. I'm a patient customer in these matters.

Nice looking rifle. I'm sure you will get may faithful years of service from her.

That worked out really well. All of the design elements work really well together. The tapered short forend and the angle on the tip are very traditional Rigby/British/Euro style and pair well with the oval cheekpiece. The red pad is not so traditional, but I think it works just fine.

Everytime I finish a gun I see something that I would like to try different for the next time. I wonder how this gun would have looked if you shortened/shallowed the mag box to lose one round capacity, shortened the trigger (somehow) and were able to make stock depth about .20" less than it is. When I mentally project a line from the forend back into the grip that is shallower through the action I get intrigued.

But that is for next time. This one is great.

I agree with the red pad comment. That was my fault. It came from NECG and I didn't realize that the black spacer was so thick on the thinner pad.

I don't mind it, but would rather the spacer a lot thinner or not at all.

It looks fine in my eyes.

Jesus Cub, if you put some bristles on that you could use it as a broom...it is slim.

I do that too but I can’t find any improvements. This rifle is perfect.


Okie John

Sleek.

Bet it points like a fine English bird gun...

DF

That is a sleek rifle.Looks like it will perform great in form and function.

Thanks all. I am very pleased with it as well. It should go to post in the next couple days and I'll have most of next week off after a 3 week run at work.

Talked to Chris this week. He has been getting 1.5"ish groups with 160gr Speer BT. Better with cheapo 139gr PRVI. I have some Nosler 120gr BTs and 160gr NPs here as well as some 154gr Hornadys, 140gr Sierras and 400pcs hard to find now 175gr Hornady RNs. I'm sure I can get something to work.

I'm late to the party... That is one appealing Rifle! I bet that it will be a joy to carry.

BTW SuperCub that PRVI brass is terrific for reloading so hold onto it. I'm having a 7x57 made up on a left hand Zastava and had it throated for 175s. Plan to make a load for the 160 NP. With its 25 inch barrel, 06 length magazine and throat it should be able to hit 2700 giving me.range as well as up close thump. I like the 7x57 as much as the 30 06 for general hunting. That is one nice rifle you got there! I hope it provides many years of faithful service. More pics if you got 'em!

Thanks .... That's good to know as I just bought 200pcs of that brass as well as have some other 1F fed and WW brand here that I can beat up for load testing.



That will be a nice rifle in LH. Unless you already have them on hand, I'd see if I could find some of those 175s. The RNs are not made anymore and scarce. A shorter throat may be a better route in case you have to go with a shorter bullet. I got a match chamber reamer for mine for that same reason.


I will get more pics when I get it in hand. Those were from the builder.

I'm sitting on 300 175 Hornady RNs.

Nice .... Good to have.

I'd still consider a shorter throat.

It's already been cut. If you PM me your phone.ill text the pics.or email.