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Steve,
Very nice and graceful stock profile that is fitting for a long barrel. Horn fore end, yes?
Dennis

Ebony on this one Dennis. I'm just putting the finishing touches on a Webley single shot I restocked and the fore end tip on that rifle is horn.

Thank you all for the kind comments. I'll see if I can did up some pictures the other '03 I building for myself. It is much farther behind and an entirely different kind of rifle.
Steve

Now both of those interest me. I do want to see what you do with your own '03. The Webley single shot too of course.

Jerry Liles

Jerry,
lots more to do on my gun but this will give you and idea. I converted the bolt stop to a mauser style like on the other rifle. The square bridge on this rifle is the standard height on a Springfield just reshaped some. The rear tang is extended up over the comb, shotgun style trigger guard, lever style hinged floorplate which still needs the lever built, manlichher hinged steel buttplate. I will also built a trap grip cap for it. The front sight is sleeved on in Rigby style and will have a folding hood added. A custom base will be made for the long slide Lyman and the sight will be modified by shorting the screw so the stock will not need to be inlet for the base yet the base will remain the pre-war size. I have a very nice piece of turkish sitting aside for this rifle. lots to do before I think about stocking it. Chambered for 6.5/06 and throated for 160 grain bullets.

That's going to be a very nice rifle. Really like the shotgun trigger guard. Still don't care for the Mauser bolt stop but you do make it look like it belongs. I will be interested in seeing how you do the sight base.

Thanks for sharing.

Jerry Liles

Thanks for showing the projects, and the compare and contrast. I like the proportions overall of your 6.5 project pattern stock. You'll come up with a great package, here's hoping you may tweak the cheek piece a bit. I appreciate the interesting metal work and fine finish.

Steve,
I finished a .404 Jeffery bolt gun last year that mixed features in the overall stock design. This after a short hesitation to stick to the traditional. It has a Henry horn fore end tip, rounded pistol grip and a more classic American look than German or English. In the end I liked the experimentation and since it is a personal gun I am really the only person that needs to be pleased. I do hope, however, that others like it also

Anyway, experiment away. Our custom guns have become a bit stodgy.
Dennis

Jerry,
the sight base design will be based on a 2nd generation base using a coil spring on the plunger rather than the leaf spring used in the 1st generation base. I will then contour the base to fit the stock design and shorten the threaded staff on the rear of the slide. the idea was stolen from the Howe book and further adapted to suite my needs.

Craig,
thanks for the kind words. I have a ton of work to do on the stock before it is ready as a pattern, including some work on the cheek piece whose design I lifted directly from my Alex. Henry rifle. Your just seeing the basic design at this point as I often change gears mid-project. I could take a clue from SDH and spend a bit more time drawing out my projects but I tend to built in a very fluid manner. The first 03 for a client I posted had been originally been planned to have its scope base cut into the square bridge. At the last minute I contacted the client and asked him how he felt about the G&H mount and we decided to go that route.


Dennis,
this one is a bit of a conglomeration of styles. Mostly British influence in the stock and some in the metal as well. Rigby rifles influenced both the short fore arm and the sleeved sight. As mentioned above, AH influence on the cheek piece. Lots to do on this one. I hope to have the metal ready by next summer.

Thanks. I'll have to dig out my copy and read up on it.

I like Springfields and Mausers and I like the classic rifles from the 20's and 30's so much so that I've had Steve Durren build me Springfield in many respects like yours. It has a Lyman 48 and a Jaeger sidemount and is stocked much like a G&H. I intend to use the irons till I have to use the scope. Knowing all the choices that go into such a rifle makes me appreciate the work you have done and are doing on your two old soldiers.

Keep us posted. I really want to see how the sight turns out.

Jerry Liles