Custom rifles

[RUMLUVER]

How many of you out here shoot and own a custom or semi custom rifle? If so please share as to what caliber and why you went with a custom and the caliber that you did.

[denton]

I have a few...

When you do a custom rifle, you get exactly what you want: The barrel contour you choose, the chamber length you want, etc.

If you're going to do a custom, be sure you want a project. And assume that when you get the whole thing together, you will have some work ahead of you chasing down a subtle problem or two. If you're patient, shop carefully, and do a lot of the simple work yourself, you can end up with a custom rifle that costs about the same as a commercial item. One of my projects (Yugo Mauser in 6.5x55) ended up costing me a total of $250, plus optics. And it's a darn good rifle, with a new barrel and trigger.

If you just want a nice gun, go buy one. It costs the same or maybe a lot less, and it's a LOT faster and easier.

Why did I do it? Momentary insanity. All four times.

Project 1: 30-06 Rem barrel on Turkish Mauser. Intent was a dependable, all around hunting rifle. Turned out nice.

Project 2: 6.5x55 Pac-Nor #4 contour on Sears FN action. Couldn't turn down the original 30-06 ($185, then sold the barrel for $50). Made it a 6.5 because I already had two 30-06s, and love the 6.5x55. Ideal pronghorn gun.

Project 3: 7x57 Zastava. Thought the cartridge was neat. Didn't understand how neat until I loaded it to modern pressure. Now it replaces Project 1 as my main all-around rifle.

Project 4: Scored a nice Yugo Mauser for $85. Fixed it up with a scope and such, mostly so I would have something to loan. Worked good (2 1/2" five-shot groups), but I never used it. Stumbled across a never fired 6.5x55 lightweight barrel for it, and it became my SIL's second rifle (grandkids coming up).

[Joe Boleo]

I have completed a lot of custom rifles to get both the caliber and the action I wanted. They are as follows:

-F.N. commercial Mauser that was a 6mm-.284 and I bought for $75 became a .280 Remington

-VZ-24 sporter that was a .30-06 and cost me $95 became a .257 Roberts

-VZ-24 that I bought for $10 with a ruined barrel bacame a .280 Remington

-1903 Springfield sporter bacame a .280 Remington

-1903 Springfield sporter became a .270 Winchester

-F.N. commercial Mauser .30-06 with a 20-inch barrel became a .280 Remington

Take care...
Joe

[Gil Martin]

I hear you and have done a few custom rifles for the same reasons. All the best...
Gil

[RUMLUVER]

I should share my progects also I guess.

#1. A Model 700 classic in .300 WM converted to a .264WM with a 28" fluted #5 contour Broughton 5C barrel with a Darroll Holland competition recoil lug and fiberglass stock. (stand rifle)

#2. A Model 700 classic in 6.5x55 converted to a 6.5-06AI with a 24" #5 contour Shillen SS match select barrel with same stock and recoil lug as above. (spot and stalk rifle)

#3. A model 700 CDL in .243 converted to a .260Rouge with 24" fluted #3 contour Krieger CM barrel barrel with the same stock and recoil lug.( weighs 7lbs. with scope and all it's my carry all day rifle)

[hnter]

To many to count.
If Joe comes through with the P-14, I'll have another. He11 , I'll have another anyhoo, one way or another.
:D :p ;) :cool:
Don't tell my wife ! :eek:

[jplonghunter]

RUMLUVER

Customs are the only way to get what you really want.
1910 Mexican Mauser chambered 6.5x55
98K Mauser chambered 6.5-06
1908 Brazillian Mauser chambered 7.62x57
1909 Argentine Mauser to be chambered 308 Norma Mag
Vz-24 Mauser chambered 8MM Gibbs
Arisaka chambered 6.5x55
As you can see I am partial to the Mauser action

jplonghunter

[jmarriott]

Mine are built on contender frames.

Nice custom ambidex carbine stock with high grade walnut thumbhole stock.

Bullberry 22 match and 7-30 waters in 16 inch configurations.

A VVG's 223 20 inch barrel.

And a custom 357 max 23 inch barrel just added from coyote gun work in Indiana. I have yet to shoot this barrel yet as i had to order the brass and they no longer make factory rounds for this.

[Catfish]

I like to play with wildcats so I have several unfactory guns. Smallest is the .17 AH and the largest is the .411 Hawk, with the latest being a .22-6mm, a real nice reach out and touch them coyote rifle.

[Brithunter]

Hi All,

Well I have several bespoke made rifles but none of them did I have built, silly really because one of them for what I paid for it it seems that I could have gone to the maker and ordered one to be built as I wanted .... Oh well I have a beautiful one off rifle that truely is one off as they decided it was a bit much hassle wise to get it to feed the rimmed 30-30 case so said that they will not make another like it :D :-

30-30 Medwell & Perritt bolt action

.256" Rigby Mannlicher

7x57 DWM Special sporting made for the Boer's in about 1897

And then the one in progress, a Mannlicher Model 1903 which has a new barrel in 6.5x54MS now I need a nice new figured wood stock for it ;)

I did start to have a rifle built and got all the specs worked out with teh Gunsmith when the parent firm closed the operation down :(

[RUMLUVER]

I just fell into a Remington M700 with the grey laminated wood stock. I am going to have it rebarreled from 7mm RUM to a .300 RUM. I have already adjusted the trigger pull and in the process of refinishing the stock from gloss to matte. The reciever will be pinned with a new recoil lug and then pillar bedded. It will be nice when I'm done. On A side not why don't some of you fellows post pictures of these customs they sound pretty intresting and would be nice to look at also. Myself being computer illiterate I will talk my wife into posting pictures of my rifles.

[Brithunter]

Hi Rumluver,

Ok here is the Medwell & Perrett:-

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL14/134492/1350773/5677742.jpg
Complete with Muntjac Doe, and yes it's fully grown :p

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL14/134492/1350773/15751644.jpg

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL14/134492/1350773/15752927.jpg
That's a Kepplinger single sett trigger in there.

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL14/134492/1350773/15752869.jpg

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL14/134492/1350773/15752862.jpg

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL14/134492/1350773/15751743.jpg

Hope you like it ;)

[RUMLUVER]

Looking very nice! Thanks for the pictures.

[hofts]

i have a nosler model 48. it shoots 3/4" out of the box, with any darn ammo i put in it. this is why i love them. if i had more money i would get an ed brown "damara" in 7mm-08, but i don't so i won't. i can't understand why a "kimber with match grade everything" doesn't shoot even close to as good.

gotta be the barrel i guess.!!

btw, my noser is in 270 wsm with a very light weight barrel, the whole gun weighs 6.5 lbs.

i know i know the kimbers and everything else shoot 1-1.5" on average, and cost 1000 dollars less, but still, come on.
:) :( :mad: :eek:

[Brithunter]

Whoops I forgot to post this one :( this is a three shot group using Nornady 130 Grain Spire Points and H-335 powder at 100 yards shot with the Medwell & Perrett 30-30:-

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL14/134492/1350773/36532858.jpg

Scope is a 6x42 :D

[Rapier]

I like the question but for me it has a long answer if I list the custom guns. The majority of my guns are custom and I have custom guns from 22 LR to 458 Lott. I have 3 Montana action guns and a Pro Hunter action on order. I have a few Mausers and a handfull of 700s plus a few 70s, including a classic switch barrel in 7mm Rem Mag and 338 Win Mag.

Here is a custom that I built

[gun_nut2]

I do like custom rifles. Even if they end up costing more than factory. I have them in 6.5X55; 7X57; 30-06;and 303