Operation: Brno single-shot STOCK Rescue !!
- Thread starter The Kurgan
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Sorry, had a few PMs, just wanted to give a status update.
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Just getting back into a more normal groove. I had major throat surgery to remove a golf ball sized lesion. It was a long and painful recovery. I feel very grateful at a second chance at life! I am posting photos of Wayne Doucette's master work. Jim Chambers oil finish on the wood. Grip cap and buttplate CCH by Osker Kob.
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Beautiful!
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Anyway, this is how it looked when I bought it. You can see the dramatic transformation from a sliver forend and a 2x4 stock to a meatier forend and slimmer profile stock. The overall weight is about the same, as the metal buttplate and grip cap balance off with the wood that was removed.
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Nice work. I picked up a po-boy cousin to it this spring, Savage 219. Really sure that the back stock on mine has been replaced with a hand built one. They did a good job of reproducing it...but the colors don't match and it has a horrible shiny finish as well. I struggle with wood though...there is that
Mine got drilled and tapped...right into the chamber. That would be embarrassing
Mine got drilled and tapped...right into the chamber. That would be embarrassing
BigUglyMan
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Not sure how I missed this thread over the years! I have to say, that is some amazing craftsmanship and I really dig the buttstock and the open pistol grip.
I'm not entirely sold on the forend. That's no surprise from just looking at pictures as, similar to the proof of the pudding, the proof of the forend is in the handling. Esthetically I'm not sure if I like how it sits proud of the metal. I'd probably have to spend some time with the rifle and feeling how it handles to decide if it's just me and my eye that isn't sold on it, or perhaps it really does handle that much better (which I suspect is the case) and I would be. Regardless, it is incredibly well executed and In know the pleasure that a well-built rifle brings. Looking forward to seeing it in the field!
I'm not entirely sold on the forend. That's no surprise from just looking at pictures as, similar to the proof of the pudding, the proof of the forend is in the handling. Esthetically I'm not sure if I like how it sits proud of the metal. I'd probably have to spend some time with the rifle and feeling how it handles to decide if it's just me and my eye that isn't sold on it, or perhaps it really does handle that much better (which I suspect is the case) and I would be. Regardless, it is incredibly well executed and In know the pleasure that a well-built rifle brings. Looking forward to seeing it in the field!
