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I just received this one last week from Chic Worthing. It's a beautiful Mexican M98 mauser in 7X57. Mark Stratton did the metal work which includes a nice 1/2 round 1/2 octagon Shilen barrel chambered in 7X57. He also did a surface grind on the action, made a really nice set of custom bases, installed a 3-position safety with a 1936 cocking piece, installed a different trigger and matted a Blackburn triggerguard. The stock blank came from Dressels and is one of the most beautiful pieces of English walnut I've ever seen. It was all sent to Chic Worthing and had this beautiful stock built for it. Mike McCabe and James Anderson also helped with the project. I'm very happy with the results. ![[Linked Image]](http://photos.imageevent.com/lucky/strattonmauser/large/IMG_9756.JPG) ![[Linked Image]](http://photos.imageevent.com/lucky/strattonmauser/large/IMG_9744.JPG) ![[Linked Image]](http://photos.imageevent.com/lucky/strattonmauser/large/IMG_9748.JPG) ![[Linked Image]](http://photos.imageevent.com/lucky/strattonmauser/large/IMG_9761.JPG) ![[Linked Image]](http://photos.imageevent.com/lucky/strattonmauser/large/IMG_9767.JPG) ![[Linked Image]](http://photos.imageevent.com/lucky/strattonmauser/large/IMG_9768.JPG) [img] http://photos.imageevent.com/lucky/strattonmauser/large/IMG_9754.JPG[/img] [img] http://photos.imageevent.com/lucky/strattonmauser/large/IMG_9766.JPG[/img] Terry
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Stunning! Congrats on a fine rifle in an exceptional chambering.
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holy smokes........That peace of walnut is outstanding! Very nice.
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Terry,
That rifle is spectacular. In particular I like the conservative checking pattern eschewing the fleur-de-lis.
The perfect, to my eye, amount of 'round' over the chamber is better than the octagon barreled rifle that I aquired.
Great art, congratulations.
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That is one of the most beautiful rifles I've seen. Gorgeous wood, conservative design, everyhting flowing together as it should. And, of course, a very classic chambering. Congratulations!
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Speechless......Congrats Terry!
That one would get an entire side of a safe....
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Congrats on a nice example of craftsmanship!! That's what a rifle should look like!! I have a table at my house for it to sit on....
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All I can say is Wowsa....and if was in a .270 it'd be a double Wowsa....  Please don't allow Ingwe to see this one! Dober (also Bob you checking this one out?)
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A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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A lifetime rifle to be sure! Congratulations and best of luck on your first hunt with it.
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Nah, it'll have blood on it before the end of the year. One of the beautiful things about a wood stock is it can be refinished and the dents steamed out. Terry
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To me....that's like saying that a women is too beautiful to, well you get the gist of it. Dober
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Terry,
When I saw the bits and pieces, I knew the rifle would be spectacular. Seeing it all together and finished up really confirms that initial assessment. It's magnificent. It must be custom rifle week as you, Forrest and I all received finished jobs. Amazing. Chic and Mark did a tremendous job.
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Terry, outstanding job by all involved. The wood is breathtaking. Could be some of the last work by Mark as I heard he was closing his shop.
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Terry,
Who did the rust blue? Fantastic job! I think this might be your new "lucky" rifle.
ddj
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Terry,
Congradulations on such a beautiful rifle. That stock is amazing!!!! I am having some serious envy!!!
William Berger
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I hate ya', Terry ya' bastid! Absolutely green with envy here! That is gun porn of the highest calibre (sorry about the pun). Not only is that stock pretty, the grain flow is perfect! Go ahead and take that sucker hunting -- unless a horse rolls on it, it will be fine! John
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That project sets the bar pretty high, in all respects. Extremely well executed.
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what I like best about it is the furniture and the quality of the entire job. One doesn't see a whole lot of rifles that get the nice metal buttplate treatment with the matching grip cap along with the raised swivel studs and of course I am very fond of the Blackburn bottom metal.
Just beautiful!!!!
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Absolutly stunning.
Nice job all around.
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