Forums.NitroExpress.com

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact NitroExpress.com: WHAT is a Stalking rifle?

*** Enjoy NitroExpress.com? Participate and join in. ***

You are not logged in. [Login]

Main Index · Search · Active Topics
New user · Who's Online · FAQ · Calendar

Double Rifles, Single Shots & Combinations >> Single Shots & Combination Guns

Pages: 1 | 2 | (show all)

lancaster
.470 member

Reged: 06/05/08
Posts: 8725
Loc: There's a lighthouse in the mi...

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: yumastepside]
#343697 - 27/07/20 02:34 AM

Quote:

This is a " stalking rifle " I've been working on

Portuguese Vergueiro with take-off barrel in 7.65 Argentine in a modified BRNO stock.

Roger

love the verqueiro
when all is done one day my last project will be a verqueiro for the 10,75x61 haenel

--------------------
Norwegian hunter misses moose, shoots man on toilet
.
bringing civilisation to the barbarians

Post Extras:

Rolland
.333 member

Reged: 31/12/06
Posts: 281
Loc: Camp Verde, AZ

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: DoubleD]
#343709 - 27/07/20 09:34 AM

Quote:

Quote:

This is my idea of a stalking rifle

Rolland where did you get the sling? I need a couple of those for my Greener and Hollis Martini's.

/www.jeffsoutfitters.com The swivels are from a vendor in Australia

Post Extras:

vykkagur
.300 member

Reged: 28/11/19
Posts: 223
Loc: Canada

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: yumastepside]
#343717 - 27/07/20 01:30 PM

Quote:

This is a " stalking rifle " I've been working on

Portuguese Vergueiro with take-off barrel in 7.65 Argentine in a modified BRNO stock.

Roger

Beautiful rifle Roger, but that scope mount still gives me the heebie-jeebies!

Post Extras:

yumastepside
.333 member

Reged: 25/10/15
Posts: 464
Loc: Tasmania Australia

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: vykkagur]
#343728 - 27/07/20 05:40 PM

OK! OK! OK! I've taken it off, happy now?.....seriously though it was only a bit of mucking about to see what would work, I don't particularly like side-mounts, so I'll have to work out something that doesn't offend your delicate sensibilities "joking"

Roger

--------------------
If you live for a thousand years, you still only have one life, don't waste it.

Post Extras:

Rothhammer1
.400 member

Reged: 06/01/17
Posts: 1809
Loc: The Redwoods of California

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: yumastepside]
#343730 - 27/07/20 07:47 PM

Quote:

OK! OK! OK! I've taken it off, happy now?.....seriously though it was only a bit of mucking about to see what would work, I don't particularly like side-mounts, so I'll have to work out something that doesn't offend your delicate sensibilities "joking"

Roger

Side mounts were used in the 'classic period', as well, but I don't think I'd prefer one to a 'Vienna Snapper' or a claw mount.

Stoeger, 1939:

From a 'postwar (1954) Stoeger:

Fortunately, My M1910 had a claw mounted Gerard 'B' when Grand Dad bought it in Ceylon ca. 1931.
If it were bare, I'd probably leave it alone.

--------------------
Citizen of the Cherokee Nation

Post Extras:

EDELWEISS
.375 member

Reged: 22/11/05
Posts: 604
Loc: Gettysburg

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: Rothhammer1]
#343734 - 27/07/20 10:24 PM

I guess I can see the lines of a top mount are "cleaner" but I like nice side mounts. Yeah I suppose they are the step children but they are classic too

--------------------
If it's not custom, it's just borrowed

Post Extras:

vykkagur
.300 member

Reged: 28/11/19
Posts: 223
Loc: Canada

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: yumastepside]
#343757 - 28/07/20 08:14 PM

Quote:

OK! OK! OK! I've taken it off, happy now?.....seriously though it was only a bit of mucking about to see what would work, I don't particularly like side-mounts, so I'll have to work out something that doesn't offend your delicate sensibilities "joking"

Roger

My engineering OCD thanks you!

Post Extras:

vykkagur
.300 member

Reged: 28/11/19
Posts: 223
Loc: Canada

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: Rothhammer1]
#343758 - 28/07/20 08:20 PM

Quote:

From a 'postwar (1954) Stoeger:

Ahhhhh, Pachmayr - now THAT'S a mount!

Post Extras:

vykkagur
.300 member

Reged: 28/11/19
Posts: 223
Loc: Canada

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: Rothhammer1]
#343759 - 28/07/20 08:28 PM

Quote:

Holy offset, Batman, look at the angle on that scope!!!! I've heard of leading your target, but what's he aiming at - a MIG-25 ????

Post Extras:

yumastepside
.333 member

Reged: 25/10/15
Posts: 464
Loc: Tasmania Australia

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: vykkagur]
#343762 - 28/07/20 10:31 PM

We are getting off topic here, but I do like that Leupold top mount....I suppose I'll have to make one!

Roger

Post Extras:

Rothhammer1
.400 member

Reged: 06/01/17
Posts: 1809
Loc: The Redwoods of California

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: yumastepside]
#343819 - 30/07/20 12:38 AM

Quote:

We are getting off topic here, but I do like that Leupold top mount....I suppose I'll have to make one!

Roger

There's a nice variety of (pricey) options on Ebay right now. The 'Vienna Snapper' set up with its fitted Kahles scope is seldom offered:

Kahles h/4 X 60 on Vienna Snapper mounts: Ebay Snapper

Griffin & Howe: Ebay G&H

Williams with o/s rings: Ebay Williams

Redfield with peep: Ebay Red Peep

Redfield w/o peep: Ebay no peep

--------------------
Citizen of the Cherokee Nation

Post Extras:

vykkagur
.300 member

Reged: 28/11/19
Posts: 223
Loc: Canada

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: yumastepside]
#343861 - 30/07/20 09:37 PM

Quote:

We are getting off topic here, but I do like that Leupold top mount....I suppose I'll have to make one!

Roger

Bit of a hybrid. Should be called "top/side mount". But the workmanship in these old mounts is fantastic. It's looking at things like this that sent me to technical school lo, those many years ago.

Post Extras:

Tom_H
.333 member

Reged: 13/04/05
Posts: 334
Loc: Southeast, NY

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: vykkagur]
#343870 - 30/07/20 11:48 PM

I replaced a Pachmayr with a....Tasco.

The Pachmayr had to be flipped up for each shot. Did put the scope nice and low though.
Tasco had built in rings and actually worked out fairly well.

Tom

--------------------
Carbonation without fermentation is tyranny

Post Extras:

vykkagur
.300 member

Reged: 28/11/19
Posts: 223
Loc: Canada

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: Tom_H]
#343894 - 31/07/20 03:38 PM

Quote:

I replaced a Pachmayr with a....Tasco.

The Pachmayr had to be flipped up for each shot. Did put the scope nice and low though.
Tasco had built in rings and actually worked out fairly well.

Tom

Must be something to do with the geometry of the bolt handle? I've never had to do that with any of the Pachmayr's; I only flip to load. I never knew Tasco made swing mounts. The only other ones I've used are Weavers, but they're top mounts.

Post Extras:

Nojden
.275 member

Reged: 07/01/15
Posts: 77
Loc: Sweden

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: vykkagur]
#345214 - 20/09/20 05:07 PM

A stalking rifle for me is a single shot, not necessarily a break action - but preferably.

I use two different rifles for stalking; a merkel kipplauf 7x65 Rimmed and a merkel 210E combination gun (BBF) 6.5x55/12-70. Both with detachable scopes.
The former is very lightweight, about 5.6 lbs without scope and depending on scope the total weight is about 6.6-7 lbs. This rifle is ideal for stalking everything from roe to moose and boar in dusk and dawn. I also use it to hunt frome hides.

The combination rifle is more suited for stalking during daylight with the opportunity to take birds and small game with the shotgun barrel. I've also used it several times for small game driven hunts, but traditionally it's a stalking rifle. This rifle is heavier, about 7.9 lbs with the scope (a small leupold 1-4 in claw mount), but its nice balanced and a joy to shoot.

Here's a picture of the kipplauf and the last buck, taken during a stalk in a dense forest in august

Post Extras:

crshelton
.333 member

Reged: 10/11/15
Posts: 379
Loc: Republic of Texas

Re: WHAT is a Stalking rifle? [Re: Nojden]
#345224 - 21/09/20 03:17 AM

I just looked up the term "stalking rifle" and found a variety of definitions, many being lightweight, medium caliber, bolt action rifles. Or, as in the modern American vernacular, a deer rifle!

Here is my deer rifle- pre 64 M70 Featherweight in .308 caliber.

Good for most big game, but not ideal for big dangerous game.

--------------------
CRS,NRA Benefactor Member, TSRA, DRSS, DWWC, Whittington Center
Android Ballistics App at http://www.xplat.net/

Post Extras:

Pages: 1 | 2 | (show all)

Extra information

1 registered and 31 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator: Huvius

Print Topic

Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      UBBCode is enabled

Rating:
Topic views: 8184

Jump to

NitroExpress.com

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact