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pictures of your full stock rifles, factory and custom. wish I had one to show. thanks in advance.

Oberndorf Mauser Type M in 7x57 with Nichols 2 1/2 scope.

Ruger M77RSI MKII, 30-06.

I’ve never owned one or cared for the looks. If you do, that’s great!

To my eye, full-stock "modern rifles" (meaning not muzzleloaders) always look best with short barrels. I have 2. Both made by me. One has an 18" and one an 18.5" barrel. In my years as a gunsmith I have probably made about 25 others. One that was a real cutie was made on a Remington 722 with a cut down(16") barrel in 222 Remington and it would shoot into 1/2" at 100 when it was done.

For barrels from 16"-19" long I prefer to use cartridges that burn their powder well in a shorter bore. The old German "standard" the 8X57 does pretty well, but others that do even better are the 338 Fed, the 358 Winchester, the 9X57 and 9.3X57. If making a 9X57 the best way to make one is to use a reamer with a pilot to fit the "American size" bore of our .358 size, instead of the "German sized" .355". Brass is super easy to make by simply running an 8X57 into the die and out comes a 9X57. Used with bullets from 180 to 225 grains the 9X57 is a very good shell for carbine barrels.

A standard 308 Winchester, especially if you use bullets on the heavy side does pretty well also.

Several years ago I made a full stock Mauser carbine for a man in 458 Winchester. We used the ammo I had for my M70, and it had a 25 inch barrel. We chronographed it from his 18" carbine. In my 25" barrel the load clocked 2112 FPS average. From his 18" barrel it was still going 1987 FPS average. So the bullet only gave up 125 FPS with a loss of 7" or barrel. He lives outside of Kenai Alaska and told me he wanted it to hunt moose and bears in the timber and that the loss of 125 FPS would not be noticed. I believe he is correct.

Not all that important, but those cartridges that people feel "should be fast" are not the best ones to make carbines with. If you like long full-stock rifles with long barrels it makes no difference but for those that think (as I do) that full stock bolt actions should have short barrels, caliber selection should be considered.

Interarms Mauser 270 Win

Full stock rifles? I am a fan!

Interarms Mark X in .270 Winchester.





Husqvarna 458 in .243 Winchester

Anschutz 1433 22Hornet. LilGun & 40gr BT’s and Berger FBV





BRNO 22F 7x57. Factory Hornady 139gr SST’s. Doesn’t like Fed factory 175’s. Looking to try handloaded 160 NP and AB’s



Waffen-lux 8x57 (Heidelberg shop that made/makes sporter conversions). Nosler factory 200gr NP. Looking to kill with it yet.

Blaser K95: 308 & 243 bbl (not shown)

Sako 591 action. Imported by Stoeger

My latest..........



17 Mach IV



20" Barrel, Unknown Maker,




Remington 600 Action,



custom bolt, shroud, trigger guard (metal not plastic) and grip cap.



Tiger Maple (??) full stock



ya!

GWB

Looks like a Remington to me. 😀
That’s mighty pretty there, G-Dub

Nice looking Remington 600.

Whoever did the work, did two of the things that I do when I build on a 600/660 action, changing out the recoil lug and the bottom metal. CVMW makes the best 600/660 bottom metal that I've seen.

You could be right about the shroud. I sold my Rem 600 in 6MM Rem, recently. For some reason it seemed to me that the shroud was different,



quien sabe?

GWB

Is it possible that when the bolt handle was changed, a bolt shroud from an early 700 series rifles installed?

You would expect a 600 Mohawk to have the later long bolt shroud since it was made in the 1970's, while an early 600 might have the earlier short bolt shroud.

thanks guys!

Bunch of nice rifles !

OSU, Chambering on the Sako ?

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22-250

6.5X55 on a 1909 Argentine Mauser action

great pictures of some beautiful gorgeous wood stocks thanks to all for posting ! myself i have a couple Ruger #1`s with full stocks they are so nice i can`t bring myself to use them. thanks again, Pete53

super nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have a cz 527 in 223 full length stock, i always get week in the knees over them