Frankenrifles...

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Think it fair to say that there are not too many flies on the 2.5" cartridge family. I have used the 308 Norma Mag as well as the 358 Norma Mag, and a 375 and a 416 on the 338 Win Mag case. They are all fine hunting rounds.

One of the most interesting I have is the 308 Norma Mag Frankenrifle. :popCorn:

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Put together using parts from three different guns, it is one of the most consistent rifles I have ever owned. The barrel is 24 inches long, and came off a Voere that was rebarreled to 358 Norma Mag. The action is a commercial Mauser that had seen better days, and has a Parker-Hale trigger installed.

Bill Leeper installed the barrel, and is no doubt part of the reason it shoots so well. Have never had to adjust the old Redfield 4X on this rifle as long as I have had it! Check it with two shots every Spring before taking it along as a backup rifle on bear hunts, and same again in the Fall.


I bedded it with Marine-Tex into a beater Parker Hale stock that has lots of dings and scratches. Bubba had worked on it somewhere along in its travels. :runaway:

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It looks a bit better, after being filled with Acraglass. :dancingbanana:


Some things just work, and this is one works especially well!

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Anyone else done up a Frankenrfile?
Ted
 
My 9.3x62 is a Frankenrifle. It started life a basic Husqvarna 1951 vintage mauser that I picked up at an auction. I would have lived with the ugly-ish beechwood stock, but it had a major split through the grip. I eventually found a stock for it on ebay in texas, made by a fellow name of Henry Milliron. This was just before they changed the rules on exporting stocks down there.

The trigger guard is a Blackburn. I was having feeding problems with the old one; the rounds would start piling up at the shoulder by the time the last one went in the magazine. The Blackburn is a little wider at the shoulder and solved this problem.

The G&H scope mount was a gun show find. The guy wanted $150 for it, and said people had been complaining about the price all morning. I didn't even quibble.

Final touch was to replace the trigger with a Timney. Then take the box of parts to Ed Von Atzigen in Peterborough to get everything put together.

End result:

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9.3mauser said:
My 9.3x62 is a Frankenrifle. It started life a basic Husqvarna 1951 vintage mauser that I picked up at an auction. I would have lived with the ugly-ish beechwood stock, but it had a major split through the grip. I eventually found a stock for it on ebay in texas, made by a fellow name of Henry Milliron. This was just before they changed the rules on exporting stocks down there.

The trigger guard is a Blackburn. I was having feeding problems with the old one; the rounds would start piling up at the shoulder by the time the last one went in the magazine. The Blackburn is a little wider at the shoulder and solved this problem.

The G&H scope mount was a gun show find. The guy wanted $150 for it, and said people had been complaining about the price all morning. I didn't even quibble.

Final touch was to replace the trigger with a Timney. Then take the box of parts to Ed Von Atzigen in Peterborough to get everything put together.

End result:

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Very nice rifle ....... I've had a couple specialized shotgun jobs done by Edwin. Nice (old school) guy. Great work! He was recommended to me by an uncle from Peterborough.
 
Here is my contribution. 30-06 RCBS improved using a old pre 1940 win model 70 barrel on a 1960 Savage 110 with a late 70s savage beech stock. Nice shooter too.

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Here's my current and most Frankenstein rifle. M78 Sportsman action which was Rem's cheap M700 rifle before the SPS series. BBl is stainless factory SPS. Stock is a Brown Precision that came off a 358Norma that I owned and sold to a friend. He sold the stock back to me. Scope is a current FXII 4x. Weight as shown is 7lb. I was going to refinish the stock but found some yellow paint under the top coat black and decided to leave it as-is. Kind of a rat gun theme ala rat rod. It's actually a nice little pkg as shown.

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Too bad that wasn't wood. I get a kick when someone decided to strip the black bbq paint off of what must have been a hideously ugly piece of lumber only to find gorgeously figured walnut hiding under there.
 
SC...........I like your "Rat Rod/Rifle".............I hunted for years with a kinda "rat rod/rifle" it was a Sako that I pulled the barrel off and made an 8RM on and when that didn't work I just sanded the barrel down that was on it originally (300 WM) and added the Brown Precision stock, which bug dope took the paint off the first time I used it. It is not a stainless barrel just semi polished in the lathe before reinstalling it.



PH said he would much rather have a guy show up in camp with a rifle like that than a brand new shiny Weatherby/Sako/Sauer...........
 
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For 30 years I always had a few Franken rifles kicking around, but in downsizing they were all sold off... the only ones left are fully (close to it anyway) original.
 
Great looking rifles guys, and to what C-FBMI said about the guides comment on the rifle, I guess he knew if you were carrying one of those you were more than likely into the art and would be able to use it properly when the opportunity was presented.

Nice to see a few fixed 4 power scopes still kicking around. I always considered it to be the most effective and efficient power for any big game encounter from 20 yards out to where your cartridge has run out of steam.

Guess there still are other's that don't feel they need celestial telescopes to effectively hit Big game at longer ranges(300+).:p

Remember when the 2.5X was bush, the 4X was the "does it all" and the 6X was the go to scope for very Long Range on medium game??
 
I have a 6.5x55 built on a German K98 action, with a Czech bolt, and a Danish barrel.....it's a target rifle though, not a hunter lol
 
The young guy who was painting my house bought a gun but couldn't figure out what ammo to purchase. I did a chamber cast that looked like a Norma Mag however the barrel was a 303. He had 303 ammo that someone told him to shoot to fire form the case. We pulled the bullets and set the cases aside. We fire formed some 7mm Rem cases with some Unique and corn meal. We loaded the cases with a starting load for 7mm Rem Mag and slipped in the 303 bullets. We used a 308 crimping die on the bullets by slipping them into the die from above. The cartridges worked well. I suggested he get a die made but he could not afford it. I reloaded the cases again and I haven't heard from the guy since.
 
9.3mauser said:
My 9.3x62 is a Frankenrifle. It started life a basic Husqvarna 1951 vintage mauser that I picked up at an auction. I would have lived with the ugly-ish beechwood stock, but it had a major split through the grip. I eventually found a stock for it on ebay in texas, made by a fellow name of Henry Milliron. This was just before they changed the rules on exporting stocks down there.

The trigger guard is a Blackburn. I was having feeding problems with the old one; the rounds would start piling up at the shoulder by the time the last one went in the magazine. The Blackburn is a little wider at the shoulder and solved this problem.

The G&H scope mount was a gun show find. The guy wanted $150 for it, and said people had been complaining about the price all morning. I didn't even quibble.

Final touch was to replace the trigger with a Timney. Then take the box of parts to Ed Von Atzigen in Peterborough to get everything put together.

End result:

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It wasn't Earl Milliron was it?
 
c-fbmi said:
SC...........I like your "Rat Rod/Rifle".............I hunted for years with a kinda "rat rod/rifle" it was a Sako that I pulled the barrel off and made an 8RM on and when that didn't work I just sanded the barrel down that was on it originally (300 WM) and added the Brown Precision stock, which bug dope took the paint off the first time I used it. It is not a stainless barrel just semi polished in the lathe before reinstalling it.
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I like those Brown stocks. I was glad to get this one back after selling the rifle it was on to a fellow from work.
 
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It wasn't Earl Milliron was it?
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No, his name was Henry. Possibly it was a relation. If so, stockmaking must run in the family. The story I was told is that Henry was a gunsmith, but specialized in benchrest rifles. He made this stock for himself, but wound up using the action for another project. It was sitting around on the bench for 30-40 years, and he finally decided it needed a new home.

It's a beautifully made stock. The wood is very dense and heavy, and I really lucked out because it didn't look that good in the photos. It's a little thick through the grip, and I've never been a fan of Pachmayr swivels, but I really don't have anything to complain about.
 
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