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Thanks Butch. Nicely contoured Peruvian. Looks great in bare bones. Can hardly wait to see the final product. And that Mexican.....ooooof! Are those flip down rings? Pic is a little dark. Something is other than conventional there. I need to go look at more Christman's work.

Those are Talley quick disconnect rings.
Butch

Ah....should have guessed. Took a look at David's website. One of these days I'll bump into a similar David Christman custom with a few hunts on it and scoop it up. You've made me a fan.

Here are a few.


21 Czech Brno .280 Rem.
Metal work done by Tom Burgess, Burgess QD mounts, pop up peep.
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G33-40 7X57 Metal work and stocked by Jerry Fisher.





















































































G33-40 .270 Win. Metal work by Tom Burgess.
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All very impressive. 21 Czech Brno is a new one on me. I'm a lifelong fan of small ring 98's now for sure. The left action cut on the Fisher stock rekindled my inspiration to add that feature to my Erfurt. Can't say I'm 100% on it yet though since the raised flair about the bolt release would be lost. George Hoenig as in Hoenig pantograph? I can hardly wait to get started. Thanks.

Ah, one of my favourite rifles, the sweet Brno 21/22 series. I have six of these and am just dealing on another very nice one. I also love the large ring ZG-47 later issue rifles and bought a sixth one last night,this in 9.3x62, I prefer these to any other rifle I have ever owned.

That Burgess-Hoenig .280 just makes me quiver, I would consider that I "had died and done to heaven"if I were to buy and hunt with it.

WB, you show superb taste in rifles, I also love the very simple, yet, elegant Fisher 7x57, genuine masterwork!

Made in Germany August of 1924. Originally proofed for blackpowder, and reproofed for nitro loads with 245 grain bullets at 2250 fps. My original Kynoch and DWM 9x57mm are pushing 90 years old but chrono at 2145 fps average.

A fine example of the Mauser Sporter. If a gun could talk............Thanks 'kid. CB.

I know it isn't "custom", but it sure is nice. Really light, and kicks with much more authority than I thought it would.

Thanks!

Desirable to say the least. Any lettering present on the action ring or left side?

Very nice, reminds me of an Oschatz custom DWM-9.3x62. of the same vintage, 1927, with claw mounted 34mm scope and fabulous wood that I had for a couple of years. I sold it to a "friend" who really wanted it and then "flipped" it a year later for a $1000.00 profit.....

But, I still have my later Type B in 9.3x62 and it is NOT going anywhere until I go under.

Nobody makes rifles like this anymore and those of us who appreciate and own them are a lucky bunch.

Did you buy the Burgess 270 G33/40 at Cabelas?

Chet

Here's a right side and left side of my G33/40 stocked by Gary Goudy. It has a Danny Pedersen barrel chambered for the 25-06 cartridge.

TT

TSquare, you,sir,have some outstanding rifles and show fine taste in your choices. I would love to have this little gem sitting in one of my safes and would use it for Muleys in the few dry days we get in hunting season here in BC.

I think that I might well have a 25-06 built on one of my Brno 21 actions, probably a 23" tube and maybe a MPI handle for a change. What are you loading in this lovely rifle?

Here's a little better photo of the rifle The G33/40 is the bottom rifle. The top rifle is a 1909 Argentine barreled and chambered for the 416 Ruger. Gay Goudy stocked that rifle as well.

TT

Kutenay,

I haven't settled on a load as yet. I was at the range with it on Saturday, shooting a load of 50.0 grains of H-100V, 117 grain Sierra Game King bullets and Federal 219M primers. This load shows promise, giving me groups just under MOA (last group was 0.863"), but there is still work to do on it. I wouldn't hesitate to go hunting with it as is, but I'm satisfied it will do better.

TT

Tom,
I'm about 2 weeks or so from getting my Hyper Single back from David Christman. After I had the stock carved from the wood you furnished, I had David install a quarter rib and rust blue it. Kathy Forster did the checkering and Bernie Harrell carved the stock. I think you will appreciate your wood.

I'm probably as anxious to see it as you are. Well, perhaps not quite, but almost. Please post when you get it.

Many thanks,

Tom

Here's my G33/40, not quite a pretty rifle by some ways of thinking but it is to me.
It has a fine piece of African Walnut via Brown wrapped around it. I have a great stick of Tessier for it but just can't bring myself to mess with the balance of the rig.

Started life as an 06, I wore it out and took a lot of game wiht it. Next up it had a Dougy 25/06 barrel on it that went up in smoke at less than 1K rounds. But, it killed well while it was living. Then I had a Lilja #2 in .270 on it, wore it out and took some nice game with it. It's also worn a Chanlynn 338/06 tube off and on. That's another round I like and it's very capable and easy to set to 500 yds with dotz. Also had a lilja #1 in .270 on it, easily the bitchiest barrel I've ever seen. Try like heck to get it to perk it wouldn't, so it became a tomato stake. Now finally it has a Brux #2 cut to 23" in .270 on it and it's a shooting machine. The Brux broke in really nice and continues to shoot well and clean up nice.

This lil rig has a lot of luck to it.

Lifes short, hunt hard!

Dober

Mark,
You have some nice equipment!