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This is a rifle that we donated to White Pine Friends of NRA :
Large ring Mauser receiver by Zastava from Yugoslavian Model 24/47 rifle in new condition. Bottom metal originally from same rifle. This custom rifle was originally designed for coyote hunting and is chambered in .243 Winchester caliber. The receiver and bolt face have been trued to the center of the bore. The bolt body has been fitted to the receiver bridge. The chamber has been match reamed and the muzzle given a recessed crown. The stock for this rifle is considered Grade “A” American walnut, but has significant mineral deposits in the wood cells that give the finish a tiger stripe look, especially in full sunlight. The stock has a hand rubbed oil finish using the Pilkington method. The stock is slightly cast off to the left for a left handed shooter with a wide face. All metal parts except the bolt handle are glass bead blasted and hot tank blued.
Our client was handed this Sako AV rifle in .275 H&H as a gift (some folks have all the luck), but it came without a stock. It showed up on our doorstep packed in a case for a fishing rod. He wanted it re-chambered to a more modern cartridge suitable for long range elk and stocked with a laminate. After some discussion we settled on 7mm Remington Ultra Mag for the re-chambering , a 90% inlet laminate stock from Wenig Gun Stocks, ebony for a forend tip from Brownell's, a Shrewd brand muzzle brake turned to match the barrel taper to help tame the Ultra Mag, a one inch Kick-eez pad, inlet European style sling mounts, and a custom steel grip cap in the white to match the trigger and sling mounts. The unfinished stock was formed by us with a substantial wrist and grip radius and with as straight a grip face as possible. The cheekpiece was sculpted with a shadow line and the forend turned round in cross section. The stock was filled and finished with the Pilkington oil process. Very little fill was required as Wenig produces a very tight and tough laminate. The rifle was pillar bedded and the receiver set in AcraGlass. The barrel is free floating.
Custom 1911 in .45ACP for Sylvia H. New-old-stock Remington Rand slide on stainless steel Caspian frame. Wilson Combat barrel and bushing. Balance of parts from Ed Brown. Novak combat sights with tritium inserts.
Roughing out custom barrel vise blocks for Marc W. Final interior contours turned with boring bars.
“Mountain rifle” in .300 Winchester Magnum, built for Hunter P. on 1950’s commercial Mauser ’98 action with barrel turned from McGowen blank with Shrewd brand muzzle brake installed and turned to match barrel taper. Bedded into carbon fiber stock blank from Andrew Fortin with 1” Kickeez pad, Ching sling, and Redfield scope on Leupold mounts.
Browning BLR rifle stripped down for trigger and action job. BLR’s occasionally have truly awful triggers on what is otherwise a fine rifle.
Browning BLR trigger system jigged up to examine and correct sear and trigger lever contact angles if necessary.
Custom ironwood grips for Mike K. Mike is a retired shop teacher who had a twenty year old chunk of ironwood lying around that he had used to torment his woodshop students. He brought it to us and asked that we make grips that fit his Rohm .38 special revolver and his rather large hands. Ironwood is also known as “bodock” in Texas and can be cut with a chainsaw if green. Otherwise it pretty much has to be machined. Apparently it makes wonderful fence posts . We tried to talk him into mounting them on a nicer revolver, but the Rohm had a long and storied family history, some of which may have been true.
There is just something about being able to scratch that itch. If you have an itch for a custom firearm or a cherished firearm that needs repairs tell us about it at the following link:
FIREARM REPAIRS – ACCURIZING – CUSTOMIZATION – 07/SOT – NFA REBILDS/REPAIRS |
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