Beautiful rifle
- Thread starter chuck nelson
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The details I know.
extensively reworked and re-heat treated Mauser
custom magazine box and follower
custom Echols bottom metal
custom Echols scope mounts
custom Echols stock
custom Echols bolt handle
custom Echols grip cap
custom bolt shroud
.270 Win.
extensively reworked and re-heat treated Mauser
custom magazine box and follower
custom Echols bottom metal
custom Echols scope mounts
custom Echols stock
custom Echols bolt handle
custom Echols grip cap
custom bolt shroud
.270 Win.
IMHO the word custom is so overused in gun marketing, pretty much everything made is custom, as steel doesn't come out of the ground like a complete rifle unless it was buried as one to begin with.
I'd define custom as non-mass produced, made specifically for one customer in particular. However in gun marketing it seems custom is defined as "something ever so slightly different than what the other guys make"
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
I think anytime you deviate from an off the shelf product you are entering the realm of custom, the degree of custom, semi-custom, or baba'ed is related to the extent of the deviation and the quality of the work you've undertaken. I have 3 rifles that I consider custom, yet all 3 are built around actions that are found on off the rack rifles, but there the similarity stops. I have two others that are just tweaked, in that they have the factory barrels and stocks as well as the factory action.
The Echols rifle is a fine looking, nicely executed piece, with gorgeous wood. But it does not look like the rifle I would choose if I was to have a classic wood stocked rifle built. I would have irons on the rifle, and the drop at the comb would be more appropriate to their use. I do like the sweep of the pistol grip, which should prevent bumped knuckles against the trigger guard. I am sure the client who commissioned the rifle will be very happy with the results, and that is the point of custom. Custom means that you can build a rifle that suits your needs better than anything built to appeal to the greatest number of people. With the exception of rifle art, this probably means that the rifle you build is worth much less to someone else than it is to you. Often this is discovered when someone attempts to flog a used custom rifle for $6K.
The Echols rifle is a fine looking, nicely executed piece, with gorgeous wood. But it does not look like the rifle I would choose if I was to have a classic wood stocked rifle built. I would have irons on the rifle, and the drop at the comb would be more appropriate to their use. I do like the sweep of the pistol grip, which should prevent bumped knuckles against the trigger guard. I am sure the client who commissioned the rifle will be very happy with the results, and that is the point of custom. Custom means that you can build a rifle that suits your needs better than anything built to appeal to the greatest number of people. With the exception of rifle art, this probably means that the rifle you build is worth much less to someone else than it is to you. Often this is discovered when someone attempts to flog a used custom rifle for $6K.
I would have a hard time spending 12k on a worked over Model 70, but I suppose it is a custom that the working man could actually afford.
I want that perfectly shaped McMillan! I asked, but no way can do!
I suppose the price is fair given that a Holland and Holland bolt gun starts at about $50,000.00!
I want that perfectly shaped McMillan! I asked, but no way can do!
I suppose the price is fair given that a Holland and Holland bolt gun starts at about $50,000.00!
- Location
- Dah Soo,ON
Chuck you really gotta just buy yourself one of these and get it over with
No I'm sure it isn't. The one I saw was a pre64 (I assume) and 12k got you a McMillan.
Which is the closest rendition McMillan sells?
I imagine a nicely worked wood stock would cost significantly more!
$16-17,000.00 is my guess??
The one in the picture uses what Mauser action?
