Some fool gunsmith bought the carcass of this old .404 Jeffery rifle. It took LOTS of work but with a little help from Charles Lee who put the scratching on it.....it is done!

Neat rifle Steve - glad to see it get a new lease on life. Do you have a "before" picture?

a short write up is here

http://www.bertramandco.com/WJJeffery404Mauser.html

and has a before picture.

Congratulations, I can imagine the sense of satisfaction
and pride you must feel in bringing this rifle back to life.

That is understated elegance in my opinion.
A real beauty.

Very Nice Steve!

It's always a lovely surprise to see anything you've laid hands on.

Looks Good Steve, whats the length of the forend, from the receiver ring to the tip ?
Thanks, Bob

I'm always happy to see a classic given a second chance at life. Nice work and thanks for sharing.

Very nice Work Steve! Nice you can bring a fine but miss-used rifle like that "back to life".
Dennis

I think it takes a special talent for someone to restore a firearm and have an end result that looks like a very well cared for original. Very nice! What finishes did you utilize for wood and metal?

Thank you gentlemen for the kind words.

The fore end is 8&3/4" long from tip to receiver ring.

I fired blued the screws and magazine release, rust blued all the other metal and used a hand rubbed modified oil with alkenet root in it for the finish on the stock.

Steve:

A wonderful sympathetic, restoration and I love the engraving. Did you add any stock color other than alkanet in oil? I can't tell about pore filling--did you get them filled and how?

The pores look nicely filled to my eye. I used a rotten stone slurry with the modified oil. The only color in this stock is the alkenet root. I use it on most things and it depends upon the wood as to the final color you end up with.