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VerneyCarron
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L'Atelier Verney-Carron's VINTAGE SAFARI bolt action rifle
#189111 - 02/09/11 10:00 PM

Even though ALL RIFLES and SHOTGUNS from L'Atelier Verney-Carron are bespoke guns since L'Atelier Verney-Carron is the bespoke workshop (where every gun is made according to unique wishes and morphology requirements by our artisan workers) of the "production guns" manufacturer Verney-Carron, some guns are above our normal run of bespokes:

This bolt action rifle, Mauser 98 Magnum system "Vintage Safari" from L'Atelier Verney-Carron is a excellent example of the artisan work in making a bespoke firearm according to the customer wishes and its morphology for a perfect match between the hunter and his firearm both in hunting action or for his viewing pleasure ...

Those pictures can be seen in our "Custom & bespoke guns" Facebook I Gallery starting with THIS PICTURE and next ones...

But here they are also :

Enjoy !

Edited by VerneyCarron (03/09/11 12:24 AM)

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500Nitro
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Re: L'Atelier Verney-Carron's VINTAGE SAFARI bolt action rifle [Re: VerneyCarron]
#189113 - 02/09/11 10:56 PM

Superb.

Thanks for posting.

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xausa
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Re: L'Atelier Verney-Carron's VINTAGE SAFARI bolt action rifle [Re: VerneyCarron]
#189119 - 03/09/11 01:53 AM

Chacun à son goût, but I don't believe stock carving, gold inlays and fish scale checkering have their place on a serious rifle.

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Mike_Bailey
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Re: L'Atelier Verney-Carron's VINTAGE SAFARI bolt action rifle [Re: xausa]
#189123 - 03/09/11 03:04 AM

Serious work of art but agree Xausa, best, Mike

Edited by Mike_Bailey (03/09/11 03:28 AM)

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VerneyCarron
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Re: L'Atelier Verney-Carron's VINTAGE SAFARI bolt action rifle [Re: Mike_Bailey]
#189127 - 03/09/11 04:01 AM

As you said xausa, "chacun son goût".

I believe we Europeans, see hunting guns as piece of art that can be used in the field.
Even our Verney-Carron's "production guns" needs to attract the customers first with their aesthetic values before their mechanical and use values.

So when a European customer that can pay for it ask for a bespoke gun from L'Atelier Verney-Carron, he wants a piece of art that he can hunt with (and in that case he did, since as soon as the gun was ready, he went to try it in Namibia).

As I said : "(...) a perfect match between the hunter and his firearm both in hunting action or for his viewing pleasure ..."

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Re: L'Atelier Verney-Carron's VINTAGE SAFARI bolt action rifle [Re: VerneyCarron]
#189129 - 03/09/11 05:38 AM

VC

It's interesting what xausa said and the different perspectives from different countries.

Your response included "bespoke gun". I have often said when looking at oddish english guns that the British makers make whatever a customer asks for, becasue they are I the business of making guns, NOT dictating style to a customer.

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Re: L'Atelier Verney-Carron's VINTAGE SAFARI bolt action rifle [Re: 500Nitro]
#189130 - 03/09/11 06:43 AM

Thank you for posting. It is good to share fine firearms. It makes the world a smaller place.

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Re: L'Atelier Verney-Carron's VINTAGE SAFARI bolt action rifle [Re: VerneyCarron]
#189180 - 04/09/11 08:05 AM

Beautiful rendition, Jean! A true masterpiece of the gunmaker's craft!

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Re: L'Atelier Verney-Carron's VINTAGE SAFARI bolt action rif [Re: mehulkamdar]
#189203 - 04/09/11 03:41 PM

Very nice indeed!

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Re: L'Atelier Verney-Carron's VINTAGE SAFARI bolt action rif [Re: Orvar]
#189204 - 04/09/11 05:04 PM

Very well executed in a subdued Continental matter. It will sell.

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Re: L'Atelier Verney-Carron's VINTAGE SAFARI bolt action rif [Re: kamilaroi]
#189210 - 04/09/11 08:56 PM

What an interesting and beautiful rifle.

Is it built on Prechtls Magnum Mauser action?

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VerneyCarron
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Re: L'Atelier Verney-Carron's VINTAGE SAFARI bolt action rif [Re: EricD]
#189265 - 05/09/11 07:30 PM

Quote:

What an interesting and beautiful rifle.

Is it built on Prechtls Magnum Mauser action?

Yes it is !

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Re: L'Atelier Verney-Carron's VINTAGE SAFARI bolt action rif [Re: VerneyCarron]
#189421 - 08/09/11 01:07 PM

The good photography really shows the exquisite detail of the carving. Very nice. And the engraving is to the usual excellent standard. A real work of art for the wood panelled gun room to be admired and also occasionally used in the field as well.

The L'Atelier Verney-Carron Vintage Safari rifle looks like a "real" rifle too with excellent lines.

VC, thanks for posting.

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Re: L'Atelier Verney-Carron's VINTAGE SAFARI bolt action rif [Re: NitroX]
#191484 - 08/10/11 01:53 PM

Not to my taste but beautiful work all the same.

Alex

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Re: L'Atelier Verney-Carron's VINTAGE SAFARI bolt action rif [Re: Lix]
#191505 - 09/10/11 11:17 AM

much more work goes into this gun than the average prewar rigby ,,,which is what most rigbys are,,average, yet very functional ,,this is a beautiful rifle and the stock carving is tastefully done and the sights are set up for business ,,,very nice...paul

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