Hello Gents, I am new to the forum from the great state of Arkansas. I love all things that go boom. and I like scotch whisky and Gin and Tonics so this seems like the place to be.

I just read Murray J's Lee Enfield Gentleman's rifle post so I figured I would chime in with my own continuing saga with my Swedish M38. My very first rifle project which began almost 20 years ago when I traded a Winchester 30-30 for said M38. It was sooooo exotic firing Norma ammunition and a real bolt gun to boot! of course being a car and gun nut I could not leave it alone and soon it was wearing a fiberglass stock and was drilled and tapped for a scope(hey, at least it was a 1.5x3 Weaver and not some 20x abomination.) Anyway, having some Scot blood in me (Fraser clan) I guess it was a natural pull towards the un American style guns....Unfortunately the first stock for this rifle was one I found in shotgun news for I think $60? it was labeled as an "Oberndorf" or something, looked cool at the time. I ordered it and a new in the white barrel and had a local smith install the barrel. I ordered a red english butt pad from Midway or Brownells, don't remember which and finished the stock. The smithy cut the new military barrel to 20" and left the original contour(I was more poorer)No iron sights though and I finished the stock with a matte finish.

Lets talk about the stock for a moment. At the time it seemed unique(it was for Arkansas for sure) and interesting. My wife called it the "Penis Rifle" because it had a schnabel the size of a tennis ball, not sure if that was wishful thinking on her part or based on her previous experience! who knows, I certainly don't want to! Anyway, the rifle stock was also equipped with enormous side plates on the sides of the action making it feel like carrying a 2x4 through the woods when hunting.

After finishing the stock, the action and barrel were matte blued, the gun looked ok but it just was not what I wanted. Years passed and I began to search the interwebs and saw these Rigbys, H&H's etc. I realized what I was looking for was not what I had put together. So this is where I am now. the continuing saga of the M38 swede/Scottish gentlemans rifle......who knows what another 20 years will bring