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what non standard custom guns do you own??
toad67
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Anyone own a custom gun that is a bit different than your standard custom ordered gun, such as a Cooper where you can pick and choose what it comes with? My only odd ball is a neat little walnut stocked 10/22 that has a model 52 target barrel cut down to fit...Boy does it shoot! And no, Joe didn't make it..[:D]
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built on a round top Sako action, originally an H&R, for my son.
Both done by C.P. Donnelly in Grants Pass Oregon.
Have a 1903 that is now a .308 Norma Mag. Actually have two of those.
Have complete history on gun and documentation. Belonged to USMA '39 Grad. Talked to Mr. Jaeger many years ago at 93 and still working before move to Tennessee. He remembered every detail of gun built in i949. Sharp as a tack.
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Left hand 1911. Made for a short time in the last century.
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Butt plate and grip cap made from 1/4" aircraft aluminum and the butt stock hollowed to hold some extra whatever's you might want. Sling swivels mounted to bottom of the 20ga barrel forward of the forearm and to the
grip cap.
Barrels regulated to shoot to the same POI at 30yds.
real ones go for 500,000.
these are a tad cheaper....but custom made to look like them.
how rare are the real ones? well...one was made for the czar.
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
Does that count?[:D]
I have a Remington 760 that someone took a hacksaw blade to and chopped off 4"
Have one of those, wore out the factory barrel and had a Hart barrel put on it, for a pump gun I?ll out that sucker up against any average bolt gun out to 400 yards. Only problem with it is it kicks like a retarded mule on PCP
Most of my guns are muzzle loading flintlocks, custom made with real pretty wood. All are one of a kind and there are no two alike.
I've seen some of your stuff Brookwood.
Very nice indeed.
Brad Steele
Don
I want to thank all of you who were on this site early on too. Auction had a really crappy out of focus picture with the description, "Mauser, 284 Win"
Seller kept relisting and dropping starting price $100 each time. Got down to $300 and I thought 'what the hell' and threw a bid on it.
Fantastic condition, and shoots MOA.
quote:Originally posted by savage170
I have a Remington 760 that someone took a hacksaw blade to and chopped off 4"
Have one of those, wore out the factory barrel and had a Hart barrel put on it, for a pump gun I?ll out that sucker up against any average bolt gun out to 400 yards. Only problem with it is it kicks like a retarded mule on PCP
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Chambering is a "Wildcat of a Wildcat" - .35 Whelen, Ackley Improved.
Oregon Walnut, Handmade, Checkered, etc., Stock.
It is Purty.
I helped make it, working in Chick's shop, where He Made the barrel on the actual Barrel Lathes originally made by P.O. Ackley.
Far More than I could ever afford, it was made for My Old Man, in hopes of taking it Elk Hunting. Sadly, OM passed before He could reach His Goal. I inherited the Rifle.
I posted pics of this one a week or two back. I am aware of four or five of the Type 2 guns. They had to be special ordered by the customer, and if I recall correctly, once Winchester received payment they purchased the action from Springfield Armory, and then built the gun around the action to customer specs. Out of all of those that I know to exist, none of them are identical to the other, although they are very similar in most features. For example, the only one that I know of that is factory correct with all like paperwork has a stock with cheek rest identical to mine as pictured, while at least two of the others have a different styled cheek rest.
quote:Originally posted by Brookwood
Most of my guns are muzzle loading flintlocks, custom made with real pretty wood. All are one of a kind and there are no two alike.
I've seen some of your stuff Brookwood.
Very nice indeed.
Thanks Ken! [:)]
I was at a gun show in Montgomery, AL back in 2001 and I wasn't looking for a rifle to buy but it was late on Sunday afternoon and the gunsmith that built the gun made me such a good deal I couldn't pass it up.
The receiver was made in 1942. He put a Douglas barrel on it with Red Field scope rings and did a little jeweling on the bolt and trigger. He did the engraving on the stock and bolt handle. The bluing job he did is about as good as any I've seen. It's the cheapest rifle in my safe but it's also the most accurate rifle I own.
I put an old Windfield scope on it that my uncle bought sometime back in the 60s or 70s that's actually not bad for an old scope.
The first is in standard 6.5 mm, with contoured barrel (original, I think), silver/nickel finish and Ramline stock. I passed one of these up at a gun show many years ago, but corrected that a couple years back (on GB of course).
I had been receiving GB emails on these for a while (& still do just for amusement) but when another one in .308 with a fluted barrel was going too cheaply, I had to buy that one too.
Anyway, these are a couple of my favorites.