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gordy
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Love rifles like this. Not for me at the moment though
#207868 - 30/04/12 08:00 AM

http://www.champlinarms.com/Default.aspx...&GunID=2272

My win safari express will have to do for the moment I am afraid Griffin and Howe at Champlin Arms

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Grenadier
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Re: Love rifles like this. Not for me at the moment though [Re: gordy]
#207873 - 30/04/12 09:34 AM

Very nice rifle, done in the heyday of G&H, and with very tasteful engraving. I like shooting with a peep site but I don't like receiver sights that sit next to the bolt handle. Surely I am not the only shooter who has gotten his thumb torn up by those confounded things.

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Huvius
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Re: Love rifles like this. Not for me at the moment though [Re: Grenadier]
#207878 - 30/04/12 01:41 PM

Too bad G&H had to dismantle a Jeffery to build this rifle.
There is another example of this on their site for sale too, a 300 Wby built up on a Jeffery magnum Mauser action.
No wonder we always called them "Griffin and Why"

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xausa
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Re: Love rifles like this. Not for me at the moment though [Re: Huvius]
#207880 - 30/04/12 02:15 PM

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No wonder we always called them "Griffin and Why"

Who's "we"? Granted, G&H has gone sadly down hill in recent years, but their work from the '30's is first class in my book. Certainly my five G&H rifles occupy a place of honor in my gun room.

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Mike_Bailey
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Re: Love rifles like this. Not for me at the moment though [Re: xausa]
#207884 - 30/04/12 05:26 PM

Is it me or do the drop at comb and heel look very odd on that rifle ?? Maybe the photo ? best

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mckinney
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Re: Love rifles like this. Not for me at the moment though [Re: xausa]
#207896 - 01/05/12 02:45 AM

Xausa,

I agree - the prewar Griffins are about as good as it gets in my view. The postwar stuff isn't bad either.

Incidentally, the use of a Jeffery (marked) magnum mauser action on this particular G&H doesn't bother me in the least. I think it's a great looking rifle, but might want to swap the vent pad for a Silvers.

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