Classic caliber with a twist

[Ronin]

Finished article wouldn't be my cup of tea but compliments on the craftsmanship. Very fine job and attention to detail.

Keep posting, your threads are some of the nost enjoyable on the site.

Thank you for the compliment, much appreciated

 

[Selous]

Excellent work as always

 

[Selous]

Many a fine tune played by a pretty young thing on an old whistle ….

 

[kripton]

Don’t recall ever being in a boy band,,,

It’s Ronin,,,


Purely aesthetic on all counts

Pretty is good

Thanks Ronin with apologies for the boy band attribution.

 

[tim@tcs]

It’s a chambering yes - quite old - served the Boers well in Afrika

Not forgetting the Spanish in Cuba (both Mauser users lost but impressed the victors sufficiently to cause a change in doctrine for one and calibre for the other), indeed Paul Mauser employed good engineers!

 

[Spix]

Many a fine tune played by a pretty young thing on an old whistle ….

That explains shag pile rug then.

Nice looking rifle, Andy, must have taken a while to conjure up!

 

[Ronin]

That explains shag pile rug then.

Nice looking rifle, Andy, must have taken a while to conjure up!

Yes there’s more work than meets the eye in putting something like this together and getting it right

 

[finnbear270]

I have and did

Old meets young

Many a fine tune played by a pretty young thing on an old whistle ….

Andy, Be careful now,........... Lots of old whistles here you know

 

[tim@tcs]

I do love a 7x57, I have three but used to have more

 

[DLH_]

I have a soft spot for the older cartridges in a cutting edge platform. I’d like to see what Herr Masuer thought of his cartridge now in a fast twist, long throated barrel with modern propellants and ultra high BC bullets, for which the 7’s are now famed for. Fantastic and a lovely rifle!

 

[spannulman]

I really like it. I’m sure the edwardians would have used whatever light material was available back when this calibre was new. But wood was the only option so rifles were wood and blued steel, and climbing into a high seat would be easy with the folding stock.

Brave of the customer to specify something fairly unorthodox but it works for me and I am at the poncy, aesthete end of the scale.

It doesn’t look too military like many chassis rifles. I wonder what a folding stock carbon stutzen would look like…

 

[tim@tcs]

It doesn’t look too military like many chassis rifles. I wonder what a folding stock carbon stutzen would look like…

Maybe the stock coloured to look like walnut?

 

[spannulman]

Maybe the stock coloured to look like walnut?

Aye, a dark brown carbon fibre with a detachable Schnabel fore-end like some blasers. Then you could choose between moderated or pleasing to the eye; dependant on how you feel. I use a plastic stocked job with a kiui camo wrap and mod and an old wooden stutzen and appreciate both

 

[sauer]

That is stunning !

But I’m seeing circa £1600 -£1800 ish for the chassis !

Ooooft !

Paul

 

[BLUEROLL]

The Timberline is a long action

Is it classed as a Rem clone and if so does the MDT HTN 26 stock need any sort of bedding or is a straight drop in on a bedding block please ?

 

[Ronin]

That is stunning !

But I’m seeing circa £1600 -£1800 ish for the chassis !

Ooooft !

Paul

Yup it was spendy

 

[Ronin]

Is it classed as a Rem clone and if so does the MDT HTN 26 stock need any sort of bedding or is a straight drop in on a bedding block please ?

It was a straight drop in

Though better for proper interface to be bedded - the chassis type stocks are all a compromise - pretty rigid, but only where they touch and can in some cases still cause movement on the action when torqued down

 

[HonestJohn]

How does it shoot?

 

[Brno2e]

I would guess the owner says its 'top of the pops'.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

I have a Contender with a 6.5JDJ and I fitted a folding Choate stock a few months ago, it shot all over the place till I found that the pivot bolt had some play in the hole so at ignition the thing jumped around a bit.