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headoftheholler
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My first Rifle Build is done
      #247422 - 14/05/14 07:09 AM

Almost 6 months to the day we are done! Just a recap, started as a Swedish carbine (16.5" barrel in 6.5x55) that I restocked in a full length Mannlicher style stock. I am an obsessive oddball gun parts hoarder and a lot of them went into this project. Not everyone will like the looks of this rifle, I am ok with that, I built it the way I see fit. Front the back end, I fit a figured walnut buttplate from a Beretta shotgun, added two nice buttplate screws that I nitre blued. The stock was stripped down to bare bones, the grain completely filled and finished with Minwax Antique oil finish that dries exceptionally hard. The stock was hand checkered by a good friend in PA that did an outstanding job. A local engraver/tattoo artist engraved the floorplate and grip cap (off an old Browning) in scrollwork. Initially the rifle was setup for a peep sight & a scope, it looked cluttered, both having their merits on their own but to me looked bad together. I filled the peep sight holes and soldered on a old steel rear sight from an early Remington 700. The front ramp is an old one from Lyman, I added a hood that I nitre blued as well. The remainder of the metal was rust blued by me. The scope is a vintage steel tube Weaver 4x with the post "german style" reticle. The rear sling post is a custom piece from NECG as is the mannlicher style front sling band. Most full length stocks will have a metal nosepiece on the end of the barrel, I removed it and hand fit an antler crown from a shed I found last year, a feature that you don't see often, if ever , but not new as many rifles were fitted with antler nose caps many years ago in Austria. The bolt handle was modified and threaded for a figured walnut ball handle that matches the stock nicely. Overall it weighs in at 6.2 pounds which is phenomenal for mountain hunting. Feel free to comment.









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lancaster
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Re: My first Rifle Build is done [Re: headoftheholler]
      #247444 - 15/05/14 03:42 AM

you did a very good work and its the first wooden bolt handle I ever see looking good. problem was probably they are ever to big.
you should ad your monogram to the rifle because its allready clear that this is your own.

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tinker
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Re: My first Rifle Build is done [Re: lancaster]
      #247445 - 15/05/14 03:54 AM

As Lancaster says - it's certainly 'All Yours'!
Looks great.
Be proud.



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Sville
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Re: My first Rifle Build is done [Re: tinker]
      #247446 - 15/05/14 04:36 AM

Good finish on that rifle, you can be proud of your work!

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Re: My first Rifle Build is done [Re: Sville]
      #247449 - 15/05/14 05:56 AM

HOTH,
certainly a unique build to say the least!
If we all like the same things, it'd be a fair old boring world then wouldn't it.
I only hope that the accuracy of this rifle is as good as the attention to your detail of build & the you finally get a nice deer for the pot after all that work!
Made to carry long distances & the antler tip, a rather nostalgic addition as we've all found out!
Keep up the good work
Cheers
93x64mm

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headoftheholler
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Re: My first Rifle Build is done [Re: Sville]
      #247450 - 15/05/14 06:03 AM

Thank you for the kind replies. I certainly didn't expect it here as the rifle was not built in the classical sense. I had refinish a few stocks over the years and with anything you get better at something the more you do it. The grain is filled 100% and just has a few razor thin coats of finish that dries exceptionally hard (My checkering guy said it continuously was dulling his cutters)

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Re: My first Rifle Build is done [Re: headoftheholler]
      #250447 - 15/07/14 05:13 AM

While very different, I do like it.

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