Frankenrifles...

LittleBoyLefty said:
This is mine. A M70 in 3o/o6 Springfield. Other than the Shilen barrel and S&K rings, all the parts were used and or scrounged off of various EEs. A good friend actually christened it 'Frankenstien' the first time he saw it. :)

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I know the guy who named that beast, he's crazy!

With the green stock there really was only one choice! LOL
 
Mr. Why Not?,

Just saw your post RE; criteria and realize me old 3o-o6 falls outside the all factory parts requirement. My apologies, Sir!

Cheers for a great thread tho!
 
Kevan said:
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Not exactly a Frankenrifle this is a heavily worked over 98 Mauser re-chambered to 8mm / 06.
The work that went into this is awesome, aside from the outrageous stock, the metalwork has a beautiful rich blue and virtually all lettering and numbers are polished off.
Wood to metal fit is nothing short of perfect and the rifle is very comfortable to shoot despite the shaping of the stock.
I would dearly like to know who did all the work on this piece as the seller, fellow CGNer and dear friend ( H4831 ) knew very little about it.
So if anyone out there knows of the builder please chip in...
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If and when you find out the maker Kevan, let me know.
I have a clone to that rifle in a normal fashioned stock.
I nick named it Bobbie.
Catcher's mitt cheek rest, horse shoe grip cap and dark dark blueing.
Bedding done as a professional painter would paint a wall.
Smooth, neat and tidy.
Fajen or the spelling there as was a name given to me for the stock.
Don't know the accuracy of this.
You shot this gal yet?


Hope you can read this gibberish............. :wave:
 
kamlooky said:
If and when you find out the maker Kevan, let me know.
I have a clone to that rifle in a normal fashioned stock.
I nick named it Bobbie.
Catcher's mitt cheek rest, horse shoe grip cap and dark dark blueing.
Bedding done as a professional painter would paint a wall.
Smooth, neat and tidy.
Fajen or the spelling there as was a name given to me for the stock.
Don't know the accuracy of this.
You shot this gal yet?


Hope you can read this gibberish............. :wave:
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Thanks Looky, your reply is very interesting and makes me wonder if the unknown builder is somewhere in your area or maybe the Okanagan ?
Yes, I have actually put quite a bit through it and its an amazing shooter, actually it weighs a few ounces over 8 lbs. scoped in spite of the propensity of the stock. With nearly every weight of 8mm bullet I have it will easily make groups either slightly under or just over the magic inch.
However, because of the stock shape its more easily shot offhand and so being the smart guy that I am I put the rifle into a bedded Parker Hale stock believing it to be more comfortable to shoot....... Wrong Move, it shot all over the place !
Not one to give up easily, I then mounted it in a nicely fitting fiberglass stock I had on hand.... Same thing, shotgun patterns instead of groups !
So, back into its big stock and once again a tackdriver!
Best groups are with a 200 gr. or heavier bullet and a case full either 4350 or RL22 and on the chrony its within a whisker of my buddy's 338 Win. Mag.
A nice rifle, a keeper ( haven't I said that before ? ).
 
Kevan said:
Thanks Looky, your reply is very interesting and makes me wonder if the unknown builder is somewhere in your area or maybe the Okanagan ?
Yes, I have actually put quite a bit through it and its an amazing shooter, actually it weighs a few ounces over 8 lbs. scoped in spite of the propensity of the stock. With nearly every weight of 8mm bullet I have it will easily make groups either slightly under or just over the magic inch.
However, because of the stock shape its more easily shot offhand and so being the smart guy that I am I put the rifle into a bedded Parker Hale stock believing it to be more comfortable to shoot....... Wrong Move, it shot all over the place !
Not one to give up easily, I then mounted it in a nicely fitting fiberglass stock I had on hand.... Same thing, shotgun patterns instead of groups !
So, back into its big stock and once again a tackdriver!
Best groups are with a 200 gr. or heavier bullet and a case full either 4350 or RL22 and on the chrony its within a whisker of my buddy's 338 Win. Mag.
A nice rifle, a keeper ( haven't I said that before ? ).
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I remember this rifle indeed. Gartzs me kewties all over it.
Did consider purchasing her for the prettiness of the workmanship.
Mine is awkward to hold with the trigger finger out of the loop.
Once shouldered and ready to fire, well it all comes together.

Curious as to whether the length of the fore stock and up pressure has
anything to do with it's accuracy?

Great to see the gal has a home that cares to fondle her.
 
kamlooky said:
I remember this rifle indeed. Gartzs me kewties all over it.
Did consider purchasing her for the prettiness of the workmanship.
Mine is awkward to hold with the trigger finger out of the loop.
Once shouldered and ready to fire, well it all comes together.

Curious as to whether the length of the fore stock and up pressure has
anything to do with it's accuracy?

Great to see the gal has a home that cares to fondle her.
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Thanks Looky, if you have fondled it then you know what I mean.
Every screw including the captive screws are highly polished and the blueing is to die for, deep and rich like the old Colt revolvers were.
The action slips into the stock like a beauty queen in a bikini, so like you say the stock fit probably has a huge bearing on the accuracy.
Hopefully one day providing my health holds out I can use it to put some meat in the freezer.
 
LittleBoyLefty said:
Mr. Why Not?,

Just saw your post RE; criteria and realize me old 3o-o6 falls outside the all factory parts requirement. My apologies, Sir!

Cheers for a great thread tho!
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No problem at all, LBL. All posts in this thread are valid, and give some of us new ideas for projects.


thepitchedlink said:
Somewhere around here I have a picture of a Turkish Mauser, with a SAKO barrel rechambered to 240 Page Sooper-Pooper, and inletted into a repaired Model 70 stock.

OK, buddy, this one I want to see!!!!!
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Still looking for the pictures of the 240 PSP, Jon.
Ted
 
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Heres hoping this picture makes it through.
Acquired from H4831 a few years ago, it had to be built by someone with a passion for carving wood.
The rifle itself is chambered in 8mm / 06 and is beautifully blued and polished like nothing I have ever seen, all letters, numbers, etc. polished off.
The stock configuration, totally impractical for hunting fits like a glove when shouldered... reminiscent of the old silhouette rifle stocks.
Range work shows it to be a solid 3/4 MOA with most test loads.

What should I do with it fellas ?
Re-stock it and use it ? Sell it ? Its impractical to lug around in that heavy stick of wood and yet its a tackdriver.
The suggestion door is open.
 
Post # 55 is the ultimate brain Pharrt.
I honestly forgot that I had previously posted it.
Oh well, at least it had enough exposure.
( they say the memory is the second thing to fail ! ).
 
9.3mauser said:
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.
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I was visiting relatives in Peterborough this summer and my uncle showed me a 257Roberts done by Edwin. It was a very nice rifle along the same lines as yours.
 
In the first 3/4 of the last century, the creation of what might be termed "Frankenrifles" formed a good portion of most gunsmith's custom. Utilization of various military actions and surplus barrels was commonplace. My dad's first big game rifle was built on a 93 Mauser by Wayne Vickery of Boise, Idaho. Dad gave me a copy of Vickery's book, "Advanced Gunsmithing and described this rifle on the fly leaf. It consisted of the aforementioned 93 Mauser action to which was fitted a new Remington barrel (!) in 7x57. There was also a Lyman receiver sight installed and, of course, a front sight. In addition, the bolt handle was altered. The barreled action sat in a sporterized stock. Total cost for parts and labour amounted to 25 dollars.
By the time I started gunsmithing, in the 1970's, we were approaching the end of this sort of gunsmithing and the ascendence of the "screw a new barrel on a Remington" genre. Nonetheless, I assembled various "Frankenrifles over the years. I was fortunate to have numerous friends and clients who would have me do this work and even pay me for it! So it was that I fitted Winchester barrels to Mausers, Remington barrels to Winchesters, Weatherby barrel to Enfields, and host of other mix and match combinations. The rifles were kind of fun to work with and, judging by the satisfaction shown by the owners, fun to shoot. It also seemed as if, though they had paid for my time, they had the feeling that they had gotten something for nothing which is always a good thing.
Many of my own rifles fall intoi this category as well. My 308 Norma is a Model 70 with a salvaged Sako barrel. My 6.5x55 is a Mauser fitted with a barrel which came from a Model 70 and sitting in a home made stock.My Lee Enfield sports a Sportco barrel which I set back and re-chambered to 30/40 Krag.
Along with the typical Frankenrifle builds, some customers also had me spice things up by creating their own wildcat or having me create one for them. This resulted in what might be termed "Frankencartridges". Thanks to this, I got to work with such offerings as the 270 Firefly (a 270-08 with the shoulder moved forward and sharpened to 45 degrees), the 8mm Moosemeister (an 8mm-06 treated much the same way (Really just a 8mm Gibbs but with a slightly longer neck), and the 358 Plus a Bit (a 358 Winchester chambered deep and using 6.5x55 brass as the parent). Among the more practical was the 358 Long Necked Norma which allowed the use of 300 Win mag brass without trimming.
I am still occasionally called upon to produce rifles which might be considered to be bordering on Frankenrifle status if not solidly in that category. I think a Ruger 7x57 barrel fitted to a Norwegian Krag is probably good candidate for Frankenrifle status. A Ruger 77 with a Remington trigger and barreled in 30/30 Winchester is also pretty franken-like if nothing else.
 
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