Gun Porn Wednesday

[Ben Lamb]

Cheap and easy.

Rem 870 Express Magnum w/ a Remington 21 inch fully rifled barrel. 26 inch barrel w/ remchoke sitting & waiting for a day to get wet & dirty.

 

[noharleyyet]

Careful posting those Bill Murray specials;



...you'll get your Huffpo newsletter cancelled.

 

[Ben Lamb]

I am a man without a country, so to speak.

Doubles:

 

[noharleyyet]

...having severe trigger/barrel break housing envy.

 

[idnative1948]

Damn, but those are pretty. Guessing you cannot buy those at Walmart?

 

[tarheel]

Not a gun, but I bought a nice stock today off another forum. Hope the pics load.

Nope, wouldn't load, but it is a nicely figured European walnut beauty of European design, schnabel fore end, aluminum pillars, bedded, swivel posts, commercial style FN tg and floorplate, checkered steel cap and checkered and inletted Neidner style butt plate. Not bad for $170 shipped. Best I could do was take a pic of my screen.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Tarheel,

That's just about the stock I'm thinking of for a 98 Mauser build I want to do for next year in 8mm-06. Gorgeous.

Native - if only.

 

[tarheel]

Tarheel,

That's just about the stock I'm thinking of for a 98 Mauser build I want to do for next year in 8mm-06. Gorgeous.

The pics he sent me via e-mail show it to be in really decent shape and even they don't do the figure in the wood real justice. I'll probably do a little Dremel work on the bedding and then do a skim bed to better fit my action. There was a VZ-24 in the stock before, so I'll just have to see how my FN fits up.
I started a .280 build on my old Bystrica 98 (DOU 45) which is an 8mm-06, but since it had always been my black timber gun with ghost ring sight, I decided it needed to have a scope mounted just to see how accurate it was before taking off a possible good shooting barrel. Mounted glass on it and it's shooting sub MOA with 170gr reloads and I don't have the heart to change it out, so now I'm looking for a suitable action for the .280.
Once I get the new stock and FN action fitted up and tuned up it will be waiting in the wings to be given to a grandson.

 

[Ben Lamb]

The pics he sent me via e-mail show it to be in really decent shape and even they don't do the figure in the wood real justice. I'll probably do a little Dremel work on the bedding and then do a skim bed to better fit my action. There was a VZ-24 in the stock before, so I'll just have to see how my FN fits up.
I started a .280 build on my old Bystrica 98 (DOU 45) which is an 8mm-06, but since it had always been my black timber gun with ghost ring sight, I decided it needed to have a scope mounted just to see how accurate it was before taking off a possible good shooting barrel. Mounted glass on it and it's shooting sub MOA with 170gr reloads and I don't have the heart to change it out, so now I'm looking for a suitable action for the .280.
Once I get the new stock and FN action fitted up and tuned up it will be waiting in the wings to be given to a grandson.

Nice. Although I've long thought that the only acceptable bullet weight for an 8mm-06 or 8mm Mauser was in the heavier weights. 196 - 200 grain to be precise. Now if I can find some S&B 196 grain .318's, I'll be set for my 88 Haenel & Guild Sauer Drilling.

 

[tarheel]

Nice. Although I've long thought that the only acceptable bullet weight for an 8mm-06 or 8mm Mauser was in the heavier weights. 196 - 200 grain to be precise. Now if I can find some S&B 196 grain .318's, I'll be set for my 88 Haenel & Guild Sauer Drilling.

Agree with the heavier bullet weights, I have some 220's which I keep around for hunting, but have to work up some loads for the ~200gr weights. I've been too busy loading a large cache of .223 and 9mm to play around with long guns. I did get the FN fitted to the Oberndorf stock with the exception of skim bedding the action into the existing bedding material and stripping the stock for a BLO finish. It has a full coat of poly on it and is just too slick and shiny, and a traditional finish will bring out the wood detail better.
I have a couple of contacts in the UK whom I can alert to be looking for some .318's if you have no joy here.

 

[Southwind]

A Factory spruce up. I found a used Remington 700 sps Cabela's exclusive which just means it had a fluted barrel for the price of a action only in 7mm rem mag. I was going to use it as a donor until I shot it and it shot so well I thought I would just spruce it up a little. A guy has got to tinker.

I had Kampfield custom flute the bolt like a Ti and put one of his "hunter" sized bolt knobs on it, I bought a B&C Alaskan II stock and bedded, free floated it, I coated it with graphite black cerakote, I put a Pacific tool and gauge alum bolt shroud on, I topped it with a Vortex viper LR4x16x50 with talley bases and rings. I replaced the trigger spring group "mark X" and was able to adjust to 3 lbs which is where I normally put my hunting rifles.

I worked up a load with RL22 and Barnes LRX 145 grain bullets ( based off another members load) and it shoots little tiny bug holes.

On to another project.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Agree with the heavier bullet weights, I have some 220's which I keep around for hunting, but have to work up some loads for the ~200gr weights. I've been too busy loading a large cache of .223 and 9mm to play around with long guns. I did get the FN fitted to the Oberndorf stock with the exception of skim bedding the action into the existing bedding material and stripping the stock for a BLO finish. It has a full coat of poly on it and is just too slick and shiny, and a traditional finish will bring out the wood detail better.
I have a couple of contacts in the UK whom I can alert to be looking for some .318's if you have no joy here.

Nicely done, looks fantastic! I bet the BLO finish will really make that pop. Midway & Buffalo arms both have .318's, but not the S&B 196 grn RN. I like the Woodliegh's, but they're fairly expensive and the Buffalo Arms .318's are spitzers in 200. Just wouldn't look right in a Drilling. If your connections in the UK can get the S&B's, I'm in.

 

[WV Hunter]

How bout some Colt .45 auto love.......series 70 Gov model

 

[putm2sleep]

Nice piece WV

 

[tarheel]

Nicely done, looks fantastic! I bet the BLO finish will really make that pop. Midway & Buffalo arms both have .318's, but not the S&B 196 grn RN. I like the Woodliegh's, but they're fairly expensive and the Buffalo Arms .318's are spitzers in 200. Just wouldn't look right in a Drilling. If your connections in the UK can get the S&B's, I'm in.

Haven't made contact with UK yet, but put a notice out on the Mauser Central forum and got this in return. Not S&B's but since I recall you're on that forum you might shoot him a PM and see what he has for sure. They're $.60 each vs the Woodleighs at $.71; either way I'll keep looking. RT

http://mausercentral.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=45837

 

[MKotur325]

Might also check with Westley Richards down in Bozeman. I sent a friend in there for some last minute ammo for a 16Ga 8x57 drilling last year. They had both .318" 8mm 196Gr ammo and 2.5" 16ga. Prices were reasonable for the product.

See link below for US contact info.
http://www.westleyrichards.com/contact

 

[Southwind]

how about a little Browning Highpower action this week

 

[noharleyyet]

How bout some Colt .45 auto love.......series 70 Gov model

...liking the ACP's. Nice John M HIpower too.

 

[WV Hunter]

It's a Model 26 kind of carry day......

 

[noharleyyet]

"Is that your gun, or are you glad to see me/" Mae West