Custom Rifles?

[Droptine]

How many have them and what caliber?
My only custom is a stainless 700 action with a Lothar Walther fluted barrel chambered in 280AI, although I have just shot 280 rem factory ammo so far. It is pillar bedded into a McMillian stock and has a 4-16 X 50mm B&L.
Even without handloads it will shoot 5 into .75 and would probably do better with someone else in the drivers seat.
Droptine

[30CaliberMagFan]

#1. USRA (Winchester) Classic Model 70, .300 RUM, with Krieger barrel and H&S Stock. Shoots sub .5 MOA.

#2. USRA (Winchester) Classic Model 70, .300 WEA with Lilja barrel and Supergrade Stock. Shoots sub .5 MOA.

#3. USRA (Winchester) Classic Model 70, 6.5 mm WSM with Hart barrel and Featherweight Stock. Shoots great; a really cool light rifle.

Working on a .300 WSM with Lothar Walther barrel; how do you like your L-W barrel?

[1st cav sgt ret]

30mag how do you like your 6.5wsm what did you have to do to get it to feed,what cal was the action to start with

[Droptine]

Love it, absolutely no fouling and hasn't changed a bit since day one. The next rifle I have done will definately have a LW ss barrel.
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[30CaliberMagFan]

Sarge-

The 6.5 WSM used to be a .260 Remington that I had rechambered. Gunsmith opened up the rails and bolt face and feeds like a champ. This little rifle has given me a whole new level of respect for 6.5 caliber.

Droptine-

The .300 WSM I am working on has a L-W barrel and I can't wait to try it out. I have heard a lot of good things about them and I want to see if it's true.

[Droptine]

I think you will like it. I haven't heard of any bad ones coming out of Woodys place.
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[1st cav sgt ret]

hey 30mag shoot me some spec s<are you useing 300wsm or what brass,do you have the chamber reamer or is it the gunsmiths

[30CaliberMagFan]

Sarge-

I have reamer; .296 neck. I have not had a chance to shoot it over a chrony but, I hope I am getting close to .264 Winny velocities; using 61 gr. Reloader 22.

I have been using .300 WSM brass Winchester headstamp. Very consistant in weight. Must have been some of the first off of the production line. Shooting 129 grain Hornadys through a Hart #4 barrel that is 24" long 1 in 8 twist. I ordered the dies from Huntington. I tried WW 760 as my first powder and did not have great success.

Shot a White Tail spike two weekends ago; typical shoulder shot at 80 yards. Deer dropped so fast I did a double take. Neat entry wound; exit wound the size of a quarter maybe more like a nickel. Plus the rifle handles well and is fairly light.

Sometimes I feel like my .300 RUM is like hauling around an artillary piece.

[CoonDawg]

Finally getting things going on a 366DGW, CZ550 Safari mag action, Rock Creek barrel with ABS carbon wrap.

[Olevern]

Customs are nice after you have so many factory guns you can't find anything in the gun shop to buy anymore.
Reached that point some years ago.
I have recently begin reducing my collection of guns that I no longer use. Got tired of cleaning stuff that sat in the gun safes between cleanings and never saw the light of day. But my customs, particularly those that I commissioned, will stay.

1.) Custom Siamese Mauser .45-70, cut rifled barrel, throated specifically for the Lyman 462560, a 545 grain blunt nosed "sledgehammer" type bullet.

2.) Custom Hall action 6 ppc with Shilen match bbl.

3.) Custom Rem. action (accurized), single shot 6 mm A.I. in McMillin stock, heavy Shilen bbl.

4.) Custom Paul Jaeger .375 H&H mag, early Sako mauser action, swingover scope mount by Jaeger, 3 leaf express sites as well.

5.) Custom .17 rem built on a Rem. 600 action, Keiger match grade bbl., custom wood.

6.) Custom AR-15 (the old Colt) with med. heavy S.S. 22 in. bbl and all the bells and whistles.

7.) Custom Ruger flattop, .357 mag. converted into a .44 spl, custom barrel band front site, a bit heavier than factory bbl at 5 1/2 inches, Armoly finish. Action job, etc. I had this done by an Arizone smith many years ago, whose name, unfortunately escapes me at the moment, but a really fine job.

8.) Custom Ruger flattop 44 mag, done by magnaport arms for me many years ago, bbl cut to 5 1/2 inches, magnaported, trigger and hammer hi polished, with sides of the hammer engine turned, action job, etc.

[1st cav sgt ret]

these are my customs

they are from left to right a 1909 Argentine 98,35Gibbs.A VZ24 M98 30-06,A Browning FN M98 270Win not to forget the handgunners,top to bottom S&W mdl 25,45 Colt,A mdl29 44mag,A mdl57 41mag,A mdl27 357mag

[CoonDawg]

Is that a 25-2 or the rare 25-5?

[1st cav sgt ret]

Coondog 25-5 (made me have to go look)its the most spendy one,the mdl57 has the most rairty,was mfg and sold to US Army I bought it in Europe it has all the european proof marks