You define it. Can be old, new, syn...whatever. Prettiest is subjective. Mine is this 1914 Savage 1899 Deluxe TD in 250-3000. This rifle just pukes class and quality. If it is being sold, you know I am dead.
What is yours?
"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.
It was all I could do to not throw up the Bumblebee, but I guess that would fall under favorite. Don't own any pretty rifles but this is one svelte, sexy sumbitch.
A very good friend of mine has one of those MS. It has the slickest bolt I have ever cycled on a rifle. That one is wow..
"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.
Here is one of my favorites a Winchester high wall by the late Floyd Butler. Its a 219 Improved Zipper now. Someone opened it up from the R2 Lovell that Butler chambered.
Mostly hunters at my place rather than shooters, but I'm happy with these.
1959 Savage 99F in 308 with some beautiful case coloring added at some later time:
Bottom one here is a 1906 Savage 1899B in 303, receiver is gray but the wood is beautiful.
First year Savage 1899B, "restored" into a 250-3000 with pad and scope. Actually has special order wood, checkering and engraving by Tue. The wood is prettier than shown here.
Here are a few I like to shoot. The rifles are custom made by Dennis Olson in Plains, Montana. They are: 6mm Remington, 220 Swift, .223 Remington, and a .222 Remington.
These were made to shoot prairie dogs, and that is where I had them photographed. This was a great place to shoot, but now that the plague has killed them all off, I have to go with Mule Deer somewhere else to shoot.
The shotgun is a Westley Richards 10 gauge with 32 inch barrels. It is an old Damascus with Stanton sidelocks. At 12 pounds, it is a bit much to carry all day.
Here are 2 Colt's, both in 38-40, both with custom made buffalo bone grips. One is a first generation with a rare barrel length of 7 1/2 inches.
This colt is another first generation with custom made 1 piece rosewood grips in 45 Colt.
Here is one of my favorites a Winchester high wall by the late Floyd Butler. Its a 219 Improved Zipper now. Someone opened it up from the R2 Lovell that Butler chambered.
Im not sure why it struck me so strongly but this photo makes me long for summer. It just looks so warm.
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I don't have a pic to post here, but for all the money I've spent on a couple of my rifles...
I've got a Marlin 336, 30.30 with a Leupold FX-II 6x33 on a Leupold one-piece base, and leather cobra sling that's, to my eye, still the coolest looking of the lot. Go figure, eh?
Gotta say, there's some might fine shootin' irons showing on this thread. Nothing like a fine rifle, is there!
Mr. RAS; Thank you for the interesting thread and thanks to all who have responded.
This is my candidate, an old No. 1 that I made up a different fore end for and added a Gentry barrel band and a Moyers trigger as well. Even though it's a bit heavy, sometimes it goes for walks with me and has put bullets into a couple of my biggest mule deer.
M70 Classic Custom Shop in .264WM.. Bought from 'Predator' here and he also gets credit for the pix.. NIB, never fired, it's just too pretty to use.. I've got a few otherM70s that are close to this, but IMHO this is tops..
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This rifle is not in the same league as the rifles posted, but this is the prettiest rifle I own. It's a Winchester Model 70 in 300 WSM. It has been bloody too.
This isn't really a typical hunting rifle but I have shot a few deer with it. I used it for about 10 years in the schuetzen matches but havn't shot it much lately. Rifle was built by AO Zischang in the 1890's and has not been messed with other than scope blocks and that was done in the 1920's. Caliber is 32-40 and will still put 5 shots in the .200's at 100 yards.
This isn't really a typical hunting rifle but I have shot a few deer with it. I used it for about 10 years in the schuetzen matches but havn't shot it much lately. Rifle was built by AO Zischang in the 1890's and has not been messed with other than scope blocks and that was done in the 1920's. Caliber is 32-40 and will still put 5 shots in the .200's at 100 yards.
65X54,
Its so good to see that magnificent rifle. Other rifles posted here are outstanding as well. What a great thread!
While I am a schuetzen rifle enthusiast I am not that familar with the work of Zischang. What action is that rifle built on?
I have not shot in schuetzen matches for a while now but I have scheuetzen rifles by Butler (high wall), Aydt and a heavy barreled 38-55 Hepburn 'sporter' that I have used also.
I guess this one is my "prettiest", although the pic isn't the best. It's chambered for the 444 Marlin.
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Thanks 99! Sounds like you have some nice single shots. I used to use my 45-70 Hepburn quite a bit hunting whitetails around here. The stock design on it doesn't lend it's self to comfortable recoil management though. Zischang imigrated here from germany. He worked for the Sharps Rifle company for a while but decided that their work wasn't quite up to his standards. He did like the Borchardt action quite well and this is what he used for his target rifles mostly. In his words though, he needed to clean them up a bit to make them servicable. BTW, I do have the bullet starter and bullet mold that was originally furnished with this rifle also.
Savage99, that's a really nice Aydt. Normally the sights are missing, good to see them on the rifle. Have you shot it any? I have shot a few of them and they really hold nice....
I am reminded of a story from a coworker, WWII vet, that was motorcycle MP through Europe. He was among the last to come home from Germany. He talked about starving Germans trading beautiful handcarved shotguns and rifles, that they couldn't legally own, for food. He had a seabag full of them, and military pistols and rifles. After being gone from home for five years, as the ship pulled into NY harbor, they announced that the soldiers would be checked and anyone caught with contraband could be held for up to six months. He said the rail was full of soldiers throwing bags overboard in the harbor, including him. The soldiers were not even checked. Cruel joke.
I am reminded of a story from a coworker, WWII vet, that was motorcycle MP through Europe. He was among the last to come home from Germany. He talked about starving Germans trading beautiful handcarved shotguns and rifles, that they couldn't legally own, for food. He had a seabag full of them, and military pistols and rifles. After being gone from home for five years, as the ship pulled into NY harbor, they announced that the soldiers would be checked and anyone caught with contraband could be held for up to six months. He said the rail was full of soldiers throwing bags overboard in the harbor, including him. The soldiers were not even checked. Cruel joke.
While I have shot the Aydt I got it towards the end of my competition in schuetzen matches. Its very accurate and the bore is perfect. I have a mold for it and I load the cartridges with bullets seated in the cases.
I am quite familar with other bullet seating methods but I prefer the loaded cartridge for offhand matches.
I did most of my shooting with the Hepburn and yes they kick however they let me wear my leather shooting coat which really soaks up the recoil.
Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
Since the facelift? I absolutely do hunt it, it just doesn't get scraped against a backpack anymore! I haven't shot anything with it since Greydog did the work so no hero pics. Saw stuff, just nothing I wanted to shoot.
It's really not that much, just a nice old fwt barrelled action with the sights taken off, a plug filling the rear dovetail and reblued. The bolt was showing some tarnish so Greydog jeweled it. The stock is a really dense piece of English in a Jerry Fisher featherweight design that I got from Heritage Walnut. Blackburn bottom metal and I believe a Fisher grip cap. Simple really. But it was done by someone who knows how and as importantly cared about the work he was doing. It perfectly fits "my" idea of what a custom walnut stocked rifle should look like. And it cost less than a lot of the stainless and fiberglass rifles we see on here!
Next time you're in western Canada you should shoot your animal with it.
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Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
Definitly not the prettiest out there, but all my rifles are working guns. I really like this 30-06. I like the lighter stocks and its accuracy is pretty dang good also. Its my meat in the pot rifle. The one I always grab.
Well, two more since some are cheatin.., and puting more than one.
1941 Savage 99 EG in 300 Sav with stiths and Lyman Alaskan. 1960 Model 70 Westerner in 264 WM
"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.
Don't have any nice pics, and am not home to snap better ones. Here it is though.
It's a .54 Cal Flintlock that one of my dad's friends made for him when he and my mom got married in '86. I believe the stock is Tiger Maple/Curly Maple.
I notice you 99 guys always have to throw in that old "beauty is in the eye of the beholder thing". Is it because you love ugly guns, or because ugly gun are loveable?
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That Patriot is one cool rig. Not that I don't love the Bob.
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I'm surprised at the "form follows function, and an accurate, reliable rifle is as pretty as it gets"
That old M70 I posted? It's as reliable as a rifle gets, and it will cloverleaf 150TSX's on the 100 yard target at 3000fps.
Stainless and fiberglass can be reliable and accurate, but so can walnut and blued. Just because you don't want to beat it around doesn't mean it won't take it.
Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
When people face the possibility of freezing or starving there is little chance they are going to listen to unfounded claims of climate doomsday from a bunch of ultra-rich yacht sailing private jet-setting carbon-spewing hypocrite elites
very nice weaponry spread amongst the brethren. here's an old one, 1914 Watson Bros. .450/.400.....one of the last to go out the door before production stopped for the Great War:
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I have seen the top of the mountain, and it is good...
"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.
Had Pachmayr build it for me in 1978, when I lived in Los Angeles.
Shoots 3/4" groups consistently with my handloads.
Works for me.
L.W.
That would work for me as well. Wow, nice rifle!
Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
What do you think about the Black and White? After re-reading Steven Dodd Hughes "Custom Rifles in Black and White", I thought I'd try a couple shots. Obviously I'm not to his levels but it was fun trying...............................DJ
Remember this is all supposed to be for fun.......................
One more to keep this thread at the top. Husqvarna 1640 in .270Win. You guy's have seen it before but it still makes me smile when I pull it out of the safe
Seams like the majority of the scopes have a gold ring on them. hmmmm....
Here's a pretty one that ain't got stink'n gold ring
BRNO ZG-47 in 8X64. 52 years old and still has it in spades. It's been hunted. This is one of the rifles I think about when I hear somebody say you gotta have stainless and plastic/form follows function/pretty is as pretty does and all the other buzz phases.
Thanks for the comment MagMarc. That was my "go to" rifle this year and it didn't disappoint.
RD, the 7 Rem Mag, 338 Win Mag and 9,3x62 were my projects 3,4 and 5 in that order. I have a 7x57 twin to the 9,3 started but haven't had the time to work on it for quite a while. I need to get back on it..............................DJ
Remember this is all supposed to be for fun.......................
I've got a bunch of pretty rifles (Dakota 76, pre-war Winchester 70, pre-war Winchester 94, pre-64 Winchester Super Grade, early 1960s Sako-action Browning Safari), but I kind of like the classic looks of this particular rifle ... and, besides, I just happen to have this one on file ready to post, so what the heck.
It's a Mauser 98 sporter that was built in the heyday of master smiths making Mausers into sporters the right way. It's .30-06. All the best components from the old days, and in nearly 100% condition. Shoots great, too.
Thanks TC & Hawkeye, I do enjoy the rifles... You both have some outstanding rifles posted here. I love the old mousers, got a few of them here. Not quite as nice as the ones you both have though.
TC, the halfstock is the rifle version of the 1903. Caliber is the 6.5X54. I like to use this one as it has a pretty decent set of lyman sights on it. Loaded up with some IMR 4831 and the hornady 160 round nose it knocks the snot of a whitetail. The middle rifle is a 1905 cal 9X56, it also does a good job on the whitetails around here. I use some IMR 4320 and a swaged down hornady 250 gr roundnose in it. The top one though is one of my favotites, built in 1958 cal 9.3X62. It was built for the european market. I think it would work very well for about anything one would want to hunt on this continent..
Good lord what a great bunch of rifles. Here's my homemade 50 cal flintlock, my only custom build in 375 and one of my favorite rifle for almost 40 years, Savage 99A in 250.
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Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
Thanks RickF, It was built by Bob West and he was well into his eighty's when he did it. Doc
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson, 1776
Pics not quite as good but oh well......................DJ
Wow. To me and my tastes, that is one of the nicest rifles I've ever seen. I'm having a hard time trying to think on how you could improve on that rifle.
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Here are a couple of .22lr truck guns, one a Kimber of Oregon and the other a T-Bolt. I restocked both, but Pat Taylor, Canby OR did the checkering on the Kimber. Sorry the pictures are not better.
Steve, I always, absolutely, love those rifles when you show them...
Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
Not sure everyone would call what I own pretty but I do think some aren't to bad looking.
Here is a couple favorites.
Larry *********** "Speed is fine but accuracy is final" - Bill Jordan "We do not exaggerate when we state positively that the remodelled Springfield is the best and most suitable "all 'round" rifle".......Seymour Griffin, GRIFFIN & HOWE, Inc.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
There's no excuse for that. No one person should be allowed to have so many nice old Savage 99s all to himself. Our new president needs to spread your wealth in Savage 99s around a little. One for each Campfire member seems equitable to me. Shall we put that proposal up for a Campfire vote? All in favor, say aye.
It's a Mauser 98 sporter that was built in the heyday of master smiths making Mausers into sporters the right way. It's .30-06. All the best components from the old days, and in nearly 100% condition. Shoots great, too.
Could you elaborate a bit more on that Mauser. Such a classic needs more said about it. More pictures would be a plus also.
Many thanks
Larry *********** "Speed is fine but accuracy is final" - Bill Jordan "We do not exaggerate when we state positively that the remodelled Springfield is the best and most suitable "all 'round" rifle".......Seymour Griffin, GRIFFIN & HOWE, Inc.
It's a Mauser 98 sporter that was built in the heyday of master smiths making Mausers into sporters the right way. It's .30-06. All the best components from the old days, and in nearly 100% condition. Shoots great, too.
Could you elaborate a bit more on that Mauser. Such a classic needs more said about it. More pictures would be a plus also.
Many thanks
I'm not much of a photographer, but I took these two shots outside just now for you. The barrel is by Johnson Automatics. The front and rear sights are both by Lyman. Probably put together, I'm guessing, in the middle to late 1940s. Perhaps from a German Mauser captured in the war. I understand this was a common practice. The fact it has no provision for scope mounting, and the stock design, tell me it was made before scoping sporting rifles was common. It originally had a polished blued steel butt plate. I had a recoil pad installed. It's surprisingly lightweight, and handles like a fine side-by-side double barrel shotgun. With the sling, just as you see it, it tips the scales at a svelte 7.6 lbs, and that's with a 25" barrel.
It's a Mauser 98 sporter that was built in the heyday of master smiths making Mausers into sporters the right way. It's .30-06. All the best components from the old days, and in nearly 100% condition. Shoots great, too.
Could you elaborate a bit more on that Mauser. Such a classic needs more said about it. More pictures would be a plus also.
Many thanks
I'm not much of a photographer, but I took these two shots outside just now for you.
Many thanks for the info. That rifle shows a lot of Euoreon influence and I would guess someone in the U.S. added the barrel to an original Europeon sporter. It is a gteat rifle, one that I would be happy to own. Enjoy it as it is something special for sure.
Larry *********** "Speed is fine but accuracy is final" - Bill Jordan "We do not exaggerate when we state positively that the remodelled Springfield is the best and most suitable "all 'round" rifle".......Seymour Griffin, GRIFFIN & HOWE, Inc.
Many thanks for the info. That rifle shows a lot of Euoreon influence and I would guess someone in the U.S. added the barrel to an original Europeon sporter. It is a gteat rifle, one that I would be happy to own. Enjoy it as it is something special for sure.
Thanks much, Idared. I feel I did very well for $400.00. Heck, the Lyman aperture sight alone is worth about half that price.
PS The bore is bright, the rifling sharp, and it shoots well, but I'm often tempted to have it rebored or re-barreled to 9.3 mm Mauser.
Elmer, beautiful rifle(s). Your photos somehow got reversed cuz they show the bolts on the wrong side, but otherwise perfect!
Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
Right now, my prettiest would have to be this Win 70 Super Grade which was rebarreled to 6.5 WSM.
You've inspired me. I have a pre-64 Super Grade 70 in mint condition. Wood's beautiful. Not as beautiful as yours, but still damned nice. You've inspired me to stop considering it a safe queen, and to scope and shoot it. This is the only shot of it I have in my hard drive.
I just picked up this Anschutz 1516 22 Mag with pretty nice wood. It's a bit dinged up and could use a refinish but it looks pretty good as it is.
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A 1980’s vintage Winchester Model 70 Featherweight in .223 Remington. A close second would be my early ‘80’s vintage Winchester Model 70 .375 H&H. Both are mostly retired.....I have no real use for pretty rifles. I see them as a tool and are used accordingly! memtb
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Mine is this 1914 Savage 1899 Deluxe TD in 250-3000. This rifle just pukes class and quality. If it is being sold, you know I am dead.![[Linked Image]](http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e242/sierpienja/1899250-3000005.jpg)
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