New YouTube video. Brian Gallup Hunts Cape Buffalo with a .577 NE Single Shot.

Thanks for posting the video Brian, it's always nice to see not only great hunting but even better when I know who the star is :)
 
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fastcutcnc said:
1899 Good point. It also gives it a 3/8 inch cast off. The butt bad is a Limbsaver Nitro that is very wide. That helps.
The stock and comb is high and straight which reduces the muzzle lift. (Also makes it a bit slower handling). You will note how high the scope is.
The big hook cut out in the front of the comb is so that my thumb does not hit my nose. I am a stock crawler.
The stock is sawn in half vertically, before finishing, the groove for the stock bolt is routered out and then the two halves are epoxy/fibergassed back together for strength.
The brass spacer is epoxied to the wood to prevent cracking. The forearm is weighted with epoxy/lead shot. I will change that making it lighter and thinner.
( It is actually a bit of a pig to handle. It feels more like a heavy varmint rifle. Slow to get into but nice and tame off the sticks. It is not quick handling like an African express rifle.)
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I'm curious why split the stock over drilling a hole thru it? Does it actually increase strength?
 
Brybenn, Good question.
1. I couldn't figure out how to drill the hole and get it come out exactly where I wanted it to. I experimented with a ships auger and wasn't satisfied with the results. So after some head scratching I went to plan B.
2. After I sawed the stock blank in two, length wise and vertically, I realized that I could epoxy and fiberglass (laminate) the two surfaces back together, greatly increasing the resistance to splitting.
Fancy Walnut from the Oregon/California coast is not very dense. (Epoxy fibreglass over wood is extremely strong/tough. I built a jet boat with it. )

I am a hobby/experimenter not a gunsmith.
 
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Here is nifty trick for getting a low-tech finish on the metal of your rifle:

Pre heat the barrel or receiver in the oven to about 170 or what ever. Then spray it with Krylon Dual Superbond rattle can mat paint. It's popular for lawn furniture. Comes in different colours. Please don't laugh. It makes a pretty good finish. Easy to spray over to touch up or change the colour.
 
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LOL at the Krylon rattle can paint....this has to be the most well put together Bubba ever! Good work - it must have been extra satisfying to use it on your hunt.
 
"Bubba" is right! All it's missing is some duct tape.It all started out with a $200 shotgun. The fancy walnut stock and ebony forend cap is a bit out of place, but the new McGowan barrel and Weaver Superslam scope are plain embarrasing. (chuckle.) I have a $100.00, 444 Marlin "switch barrel" for Wildebeests and Zebras. I think I'll paint it green.
I know, I know, "A fool and his money...".

The PH's eyes were as big as saucers when I pulled it out of the case. I told them "Nothins' too good for a cowboy."

The skinners had a lot of fun checking it and the cartridge out when they came to the bush to load the first buffalo on the bakkie. They laughed and talked. Some guys would stick their finger in the big hole in the cows shoulder then look at the cartridge again and roll their eyes.

The PH, Louis, the thin guy, was chuckling. "They have named your rifle." he said. "From now on it will always be know here as Vati Kaki." He paused for a moment, taking a drag off his smoke. "It means roughly, "Doesn't Take Sh#t." We had some good laughs on that hunt.

( The whole story will be published in a 2017 issue of The African Hunting Gazette. The story of my first cape buffalo hunt went in the Spring 2015 issue of The African Hunting gazette. It's called Abraham's Grin. It has a chuckle in it too. )
 
1899. It was one of the best African hunts I have had. With the servere drought in Africa, cape buffalo are not always as expensive as people think.

Shop for deals. Cows are wonderful and challenging to hunt. The bulls are often more curious and may hang around to get another look at you, while the cows will often take off at the first hint of trouble. Also cows are dangerous! As Kipling said, "The female of the species is more deadly that the male".
If you are real conservation minded you will only hunt old worn out bulls and cows that are past their prime. ( Say 10+ years old) They are sometimes cheaper than breading age animals as they still eat the grass but don't reproduce.
 
fastcutcnc said:
Brybenn, Good question.
1. I couldn't figure out how to drill the hole and get it come out exactly where I wanted it to. I experimented with a ships auger and wasn't satisfied with the results. So after some head scratching I went to plan B.
2. After I sawed the stock blank in two, length wise and vertically, I realized that I could epoxy and fiberglass (laminate) the two surfaces back together, greatly increasing the resistance to splitting.
Fancy Walnut from the Oregon/California coast is not very dense. (Epoxy fibreglass over wood is extremely strong/tough. I built a jet boat with it. )

I am a hobby/experimenter not a gunsmith.
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I had the same problem trying to make a stock for my Ithaca 37 pump. Thought about cutting and routering but wasn't sure it would hold up
 
Yes, I cut it and glued it back together when it was still an oversized blank. Let the epoxy ooze out everwhere but not back into the channel for the bolt. Push a stick with a patch in it down through the bolt hole, while the two pieces are clamped together, to make sure that the epoxy is not setting in the bolt hole. You will have similar strength to a "laminated" stock.

PS. Now there's a gun that kicks! The Ithica 37. Shoot a slug through an old model 37 with a tight full choke and you will see God for an instant.
 
Well I don't believe in god but a 1-3/8 oz load of bb caused me to see alo of blood once. I was 12 years old went to shoot a crow straight up. But slipped as I pulled the trigger. Broke my own nose with my thumb. Stock was cut down for me back then. I've grown 10" taller since and need a new stock. I'd love to have a straight English stock for it. So far I've ruined several blocks of wood.
 
brybenn said:
Well I don't believe in god but a 1-3/8 oz load of bb caused me to see alo of blood once. I was 12 years old went to shoot a crow straight up. But slipped as I pulled the trigger. Broke my own nose with my thumb. Stock was cut down for me back then. I've grown 10" taller since and need a new stock. I'd love to have a straight English stock for it. So far I've ruined several blocks of wood.
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I have a number of walnut straight stocks left... fabricated, drilled, and rough sanded... PM if interested.

Edit... oops, I see you were referring to an Ithica, I thought you were still on Handi rifles... these are Handi stocks...
 
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brybenn, Hello again, I was thinking. It would not be too hard for you to make a perfect English butt stock for you 37. I could talk you through it. It would be the same thing as the one I made except that it would be a more conventional shape. What power tools do you Have? Brian
 
I called Boyds and their measurements don't match my gun. There's a 1/8" difference in height at the reciever so I didn't order one. The for ends were different lengths as well. Mine is a Featherweight they stated their house gun was a field gun. I always thought they were the same for the Ithaca. However I have 2 and the stocks are not interchangeable. Either are the barrels. I don't currently have any walnut blanks to play with. I've watched Larry potterfield's video of converting a pistol grip to a straight about 50 times.


Hoyt if I had an h&r or two I'd take you up on your offer but with the current asking prices for them I doubt I'll buy one. Would like one in 35 Whelen and 405 Winchester
 
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