.375 Kemano Makeover

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Have it fitted now, needs a bunch of final inletting, the old beagle had to know what it was about and knocked it out of the stock.

Final Inletting, final finishing, checkering to come when the rain starts here. It shoulders and points nicer than anything I’ve got, feels like a winning recipe.

Putting this up as much as anything to force myself along. Had sworn off making more stocks, but I think I have this one and a few more in me.

This is the rather pretty thorn in my three chambering plan. For those who missed my era of waxing about it, it’s a short neck .375 Whelen AI, that you fire a .30-06 in the chamber to form, then trim.

Came about as guiding I loved .375s, but wanted a lighter stalking weight rifle that wouldn’t make you hesitate to shoot it.
 

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Still a beauty... love the cartridge... well thought out... I hope the stock really catches your eye, because I'd like to see you hang onto that rifle... it is so entirely useful, and does it with flair... there are three or four decades of adventures still ahead and that rifle should ride shotgun (pun intended) on a few of them.
 
Have a 375 SH, shooting 270 speers at just over 2500 fps. It kicks pretty good at the bench. How does the Kemano compare as your rifle will be a fair bit lighter?
 
blazinbilly said:
Have a 375 SH, shooting 270 speers at just over 2500 fps. It kicks pretty good at the bench. How does the Kemano compare as your rifle will be a fair bit lighter?
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I don’t find it bad at all, feels exactly like a .300 to my shoulder. Admittedly I come from a long diet of .375 H&H to .505 Gibbs rifles over the years, so it feels like a nice little carbine in that light. In a sentence, it’s not objectionable at all, as it just doesn’t burn that much powder.

Claven2 said:
Love the wood. Military 98 action?

Leaving it an iron sight gun, or are you changing the bolt handle and putting on glass?
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Commercial Sporting Oberndorf action actually, they’re from another time.
 

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I may be mistaken, but I think many of the inter-war oberndorf actions are remanufactured gew98 receivers. It’s telling they retained the thumb cut and charger guides.

Love the octagon barrel. Is it full octagon or half round?
 
Good question. The Oberndorf Sporting production are their own breed, and made ground up. For instance the receiver ring is often .100” longer than a military action, and they often sport a different barrel shank dimension, smaller in diameter as this one does.

I’m sure many exceptions exist, but in the Type A’s, B’s, and Kurz I own they all definitely started life as purpose made Sporting receivers from the interwar period, geared towards catching the eye of the armed gentleman in the heyday of big foreign hunts. I don’t know much about non-Oberndorf commercial production, many others were in the game. They retained the clip guide and thumb notch for charging from stripper clips, military or sporting.

Barrel on this one is half octagon, full integral sight rib and sling stud. You’d pay $5000 to get one made these days by Ralf.
 
Ardent said:
Good question. The Oberndorf Sporting production are their own breed, and made ground up. For instance the receiver ring is often .100” longer than a military action, and they often sport a different barrel shank dimension, smaller in diameter as this one does.
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Sounds like the 1903 and 1909's that Mauser made for Turkey and Peru.

I've got a thing for Latinas and the Peruvian may be the most beautiful of all
 
MiG25 said:
Sounds like the 1903 and 1909's that Mauser made for Turkey and Peru.

I've got a thing for Latinas and the Peruvian may be the most beautiful of all
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I was thinking the same thing. I have a Oberndorf built "Modelo 1907" it's .980" small shank. .100" longer threaded area

But I think his rifle is purpose built commercial rifle. Based off the info I found on my receiver.

"the Oberndorf intermediate action, as they are the only ones who produced it. Commonly encountered models include:
1903 Turk
1909 Peruvian
1935 Argentine
Oberndorf Commercial

The 1903 Turk and the 1909 Peruvian also share some other qualities. They both have a very high clip bridge, and a long curved arm on the ejector box that puts pressure on a stripper clip loaded into the receiver, holding it in place. The 1935 Argentine and the Oberndorf commercial action do not have this.
This type has a longer than normal receiver ring, and a longer than normal cocking piece, with a shorter than normal bolt body, hard to figure where the weight savings come in!
The Oberndorf commercial action was also available in a small ring version, all other dimensions identical.""



This is the same receiver, I built a 43 Express on the action

https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/threads/what-type-of-mauser-receiver-is-this.1905542/
 
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