Lets see your mountain/sheep rifles
- Thread starter Dieselj19
- Start date
- Location
- Lower Mainland
genius idea
My stock finished weighs in at 14 oz, it has only a rubber skid plate and no recoil pad as recommended by Mark Brown. A recoil pad weighs between 4 and 8 oz extra, as I was after the lightest possible combo and still have a 24" barrel, I took Mark's advice. It has been my experience that fiberglass and Kevlar stocks tend to minimize recoil over wood stocks and I have found that I carry a sheep rifle many miles for every shot that is fired with intent to harm. Therefore I opted for the slightly less comfortable to fire option over adding another 1/4 - 1/2 lb. The reason I opted for the 300 WSM was that I still wanted a rifle very capable of deterring any grizzly that may wish to take a liking to me, at possibly close range. This is a real possibility where I have traditionally hunted sheep and goats, and was part of my criteria in building a high country ultra light rifle. Otherwise I probably would have built a 6.5 RM or 6.5 WSM or 7mm of one breed or another.
I am very happy with the end product and cartridge which shoots a 150 gn TTSX at near 3200 fps into an inch or slightly more at 100 mtrs. It has proven itself to be a very good relatively long range killer of sheep, and given this cartridge and bullet I have full confidence in it as a potential bear defensive rifle.
I am very happy with the end product and cartridge which shoots a 150 gn TTSX at near 3200 fps into an inch or slightly more at 100 mtrs. It has proven itself to be a very good relatively long range killer of sheep, and given this cartridge and bullet I have full confidence in it as a potential bear defensive rifle.
pete dobinson
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Courtenay BC.
Nice to see you still have that rifle. That one is a keeper for sure. I would be happy to do all of my hunting with that one.
Bill Leeper built .284 Win. 7.5lbs as pictured.
It's been out for a few sleep overs. But it's home again.
Mostly aftermarket wood ( avoid Boyds ) and a judicious stock maker.
Ruger wood seems to have the density of granite.
Your MPI stock is the practical alternative, I won't mess with metal on my Tang Safety , I think those were the best of the 77s.
Mine would weigh the same with a flip-flop recoil pad, rather than the Pachmayr, and the recoil reduction would be just as effective, but I only discovered flip-flops a few years ago.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/608164-Flip-Flop-recoil-pad?highlight=flip+flop
Ted
Thanks Ted, yes he certainly did and I have a bunch of his works.
He and I were about the same size so virtually any that he made fit like a glove regardless of what they are on for rifle.
He got a 358 Norma Mag on a 98 Mauser from me that some Bubba had made. It worked, but looked terrible. The next time I saw it, it was quite lovely, and he was taking it in the mountains, so guess that makes it a mountain rifle.
Ted
Ted
