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Sheesh Jim62, don't get your panties in a wad. I have carried my .06 for 20 years in a scabbard, over some mighty rocky country and in some nasty country.I ain't been sitting in some tree blind all those years.Put a few goat and sheep hunts on one, and if you don't get some dings, you haven't been hunting

That rifle gives me a Boener too. Gorgeous.

All of the rifles posted above are exquisite, and I would be proud to own any and all of them.
I don't own these rifles, but feel that they represent the very highest quality of rifles I dream about owning, in my favorite chamberings.

Stephen Heilmann 250 Savage




Maurice Ottmar 7x57




Bob Owen Springfield

buckfever1;
Thanks for starting the thread as I never tire of looking at unique wood patterns and what craftsmen have been able to do with it.

With the understanding that it's pretty dry here and since we have generous seasons don't have to hunt in the rain if we don't want to, here are a few of ours or one's I've worked on for BC folks.

My saddle gun for years, a No. 1 in .300WinMag with a factory butt stock and a fore end made by yours truly as I really don't prefer the factory "B" type fore ends.

One of my "walking around rifles", a Ruger 77 in .308Norma stocked with a fairly light Richards blank. It now has a 6x42 on it, but otherwise is the same as the photo.

A 1958 Brno that has taken a pile of BC grouse over the years both in my hands and in both of our daughter's hands as well. It pretty much lives on the back seat of the pickup for 3 months every year.

A Model 70 in .300WinMag that I restocked for a fellow out of a Boyd's blank who said he has every intention of hunting it this fall.


Thanks again for the thread and thanks to all who've responded, it has made for enjoyable viewing.

Regards,
Dwayne

A Dakota 416 Rigby.









A Walther 8x57.





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A J.P. Sauer 35 Whelen.

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Don't know if any of my rifles are in the same league as the previous rifles, but here are a some of my favorites. Yes, I do hunt with them.




Pre-64 M70 264 Win Mag and a M70 SS '06

WinModel70;
Well for whatever it might be worth this fine Sunday afternoon, in my view that top rifle you posted doesn't take a back seat to many rifles when it comes to figure and depth in it's stock.

If the bolt was on the other side and we lived in the same country I might even try to talk you out of it.

Thanks for putting that photo up anyway, it is one fine looking rifle.

I hope you and yours have a good week.

Regards,
Dwayne

I was not the one with my panties in a wad. I also was not the one on this thread who claimed to "be ashamed of rifles that looked like that" -not me.

You were the one who implied just because the rifles in the pics are not in nice shape, that somehow their owners have not used them. Which is utter bullschit.

I have seen PLENTY of rifles that have been used on hard hunts that had usage marks,dings that would not have shown up in most pics.

I have also seen guns with enough dings and scrapes from storage and ignorant handling that have hardly ever been FIRED let alone hunted, to know that wear from abuse is no indicator of how "hard" a gun has been hunted with. It's mostly just an indicator of how poorly some folks take care of a rifle.

Like I said, just because someone does not beat the hell out of their equipement,does not mean they of not used it.. whether it is made from blued steel and fine walnut or stainbless teel and painted fiberglass.

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Well for whatever it might be worth this fine Sunday afternoon, in my view that top rifle you posted doesn't take a back seat to many rifles when it comes to figure and depth in it's stock.
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A BIG amen on that rifle. It is exquisite.. WOW!!

I will add a third amen to that and I do have a question about the top rifle.

Is it a factory Winchester stock? I have never seen a post 1981 Winchester featherweight stock with a cheekpeice. Is is a custom shop gun?

It is an Ultimate Classic stock from the custom shop. I got it fully inletted without the finish and checkering. I love the FW checker pattern and had a local stock maker checker and finish it for me with that pattern. He's a stock maker for Ljutic. They send him the blanks and he does the work in his basement.

Thanks for the great pictures guys, boy those are some good looking rugers,I've posted this before, but I never get tired of looking at nicely stocked rifles. Here's my 1957 .270 fwt and 1937 7x57.

Classy touch, love that forend tip. Never have seen one like it before.

I'm jealous!! VERY beautiful rifles and they make a gorgeous pair! Thanks for posting the photo!

Cheers!
-Bob F.

I guess I'm fairly simple to please but I reckon the Ruger Hawkeyes are just about the nicest looking blued/wood factory rifles on the market. The stock dimensions fit me perfectly. They are a fairly plain design, but I think that is where the class shines through. My two get carried a lot. I also like the Ruger No.1As. It's a pity they are offered in so few chamberings.

Nice rifles Dwayne!


Travis

Gentlemen, I can't thank you enough for the great wood and blue show. I would love to own any that I have seen here! They are all truely works of ART! Buckfever1

Those two rifles are exquisite, in every respect.
Kudos on owning them.

Even the Savage 110.......

My most favoritest (technical term) rifle on the 'Fire.

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