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GABE93
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Loc: FNQ, AUSTRALIA

Re: Walnut blank/rifle stock advice. [Re: GG375]
#296140 - 03/03/17 10:48 AM

Hi,
Just confirming for a few blokes i know here, the bike accident has put me out of action. I don't know if i will recover well enough to get back to rifle building for a living.

I will keep all my equipment and stock blanks and keep doing physio exercises and see what happens. I still study and contemplate all aspects about fine guns.

Gryphon, i was charging a very high price. I was spending unlimited hours on the rifles and stocks, doing the work as well as possible. I am obsessive to the point of illness.

Ross Waghorn, Gorden Cusens will make a good rifle for you if you havn't yet started the project. Also check out John Clapham. He had a very nice classic style rifle on one of his website pages a year or 2 ago.

Cheers,
Gabe

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93x64mm
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Reged: 07/12/11
Posts: 4213
Loc: Nth QLD Australia

Re: Walnut blank/rifle stock advice. [Re: GABE93]
#296214 - 04/03/17 09:05 AM

Sorry to hear you're out of action mate - didn't know!
Hope it all goes well your end regardless of what you end up doing
Regards
93x64mm

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GABE93
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Reged: 01/03/17
Posts: 73
Loc: FNQ, AUSTRALIA

Re: Walnut blank/rifle stock advice. [Re: 93x64mm]
#296257 - 04/03/17 05:13 PM

Thank you 93x64. I See you are in nth qld. Have we met? Let me know by PM if you feel like it.
cheers,
Gabe

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NitroX
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Reged: 25/12/02
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Loc: Barossa Valley, South Australi...

Re: Walnut blank/rifle stock advice. [Re: 93x64mm]
#296267 - 04/03/17 10:14 PM

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Looks like a old Parker Hale M1200 exactly like mine, but mine's been rebarrelled in 308 Norma Magnum.
Really like the stock & the new bolt alteration!

93x64mm

Yes it was. A Parker Hale 1200 Delux restocked by Waghorn and a different bolt handle fitted by De Vries.

I originally liked the Monte Carlo styled stock when I purchased it back in 1982 (?). But times and fashion change. One thing about "classic" designs, they never really go out of fashion, and old folks seem to like them forever. The old Monte Carlo stock used to flash like a mirror as well.

Since having the rifle re-stocked, I probably would go now for a shorter forend, but what it is I ordered at the time. Ross Waghorn goes through all the design when commissioning the work.

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John aka NitroX

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NitroX
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Re: Walnut blank/rifle stock advice. [Re: gryphon]
#296268 - 04/03/17 10:14 PM

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Ok then here we go!

JH the pics of your rifle dont make professional enough quality ha ha

I expect a wholehearted GAGF reply too!

GAGF.

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John aka NitroX

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Govt get out of our lives NOW!
"I love the smell of cordite in the morning."
"A Sharp spear needs no polish"

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