You can pay up to $1000 just for a fine piece of burl walnut. Then watch most of it hit the floor in sawdust.
Sako Safari .375 H&H.......Now Restocked........Photos Up
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You can pay up to $1000 just for a fine piece of burl walnut. Then watch most of it hit the floor in sawdust.
Or more..................
Gorgeous wood. I don't mind the tip however I like the style of the Cooper classic ebony tip better. I don't know how to describe why maybe it's just a different shape and style of rifle. Love the quarter rib
The only thing I question is how it handles and how many rounds it holds.? It appears very deep in the action area almost as deep as the butt of the stock. Still beautiful rifle with great figure. Love the metal skeleton grip cap
The only thing I question is how it handles and how many rounds it holds.? It appears very deep in the action area almost as deep as the butt of the stock. Still beautiful rifle with great figure. Love the metal skeleton grip cap
Lots more!!
If we are talking about the grip cap I disagree - as it is not effected by recoil; If we are talking about the magazine floor plate - I disagree - - but I believe that the floorplate gap may be a result of it not being held tight against the trigger guard and bottom metal as it should be.
FWIW I have a Sako .375H&H fullstock carbine where the floorplate does not have a gap as pronounced from the side and I have not had any problem with recoil. I understand that the stock should have some clearance and in fact I think that the clearance behind the tang is insufficient unless the stock is heavily reinforced and glass bedded - as I can see that the normal cross bolts have not been re-installed although perhaps they have been replaced with internal re-inforcement against recoil.
daddylonglegs
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Beautiful rifle, Doug. I used to own 2 Sako Safari's - one in .338 Win & the other in .375 H&H. Sold both of them because for some reason Sako produced the Safari Grades with only a 13" length of pull. Way too short for my long arms! Recoil used to knock my glasses up on my face every shot. I found I preferred the regular Sako AV rifles stocked @ 14". Wish I still had the Safari Grades for investment purposes, but used the funds to fuel my Schultz & Larsen addiction!
now you are talking Douglas especially if left handed action can be an option ....
despite my bait that you feed on lol.
this is a piece of artwork.
Absolutely fantastic, without a single qualification of any sort. I don't know what else to add than that you have a stunning piece of functional art in that rifle. Is there a spring bear waiting for it?
It is funny you say this because I was watching Dark and Dangerous the other night and some big-wig was hunting Cape Buffalo and Lion with...wait for it...a Remington 700. I was hardly able to watch because I was certain he would perish for making such a foolish decision. Believe it or not, he filled his bag and survived! I immediately thought that I should post this on CGN, and you've given me the perfect segue.
It is funny you say this because I was watching Dark and Dangerous the other night and some big-wig was hunting Cape Buffalo and Lion with...wait for it...a Remington 700. I was hardly able to watch because I was certain he would perish for making such a foolish decision. Believe it or not, he filled his bag and survived! I immediately thought that I should post this on CGN, and you've given me the perfect segue.
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When ordering your custom stock, what did he do other than measure for length of pull to fit the stock to you, if anything?
I've seen it many times here, that the big guns are comfortable to shoot if they fit you. I'm just not sure how they make it fit other than perhaps trial and error. In your case, it sounds like there has been LOTS of trial
I've seen it many times here, that the big guns are comfortable to shoot if they fit you. I'm just not sure how they make it fit other than perhaps trial and error. In your case, it sounds like there has been LOTS of trial
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Absolutely stunning, this is the fellow in Taylor? Love the style. I like how you have a straighter comb than standard English, but all the right lines. My only real misgiving with true English style is the drop.
B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. PERIOD
Please give me a "ballpark" figure just so I can begin the comprehension process................Looks like the wood would cost $800-1000...............that is just for the blank. I cannot imagine how much the labor cost..........artistry is hard to peg a price on eh!! I bet it was harder for the stock maker to come up with a price than it was for you to come up with the money.
Again, thanks sooooo much for sharing your stuff with us. I can only hope to buy you a beer if you ever make it up here to Yellowknife.
Please give me a "ballpark" figure just so I can begin the comprehension process................Looks like the wood would cost $800-1000...............that is just for the blank. I cannot imagine how much the labor cost..........artistry is hard to peg a price on eh!! I bet it was harder for the stock maker to come up with a price than it was for you to come up with the money.
Again, thanks sooooo much for sharing your stuff with us. I can only hope to buy you a beer if you ever make it up here to Yellowknife.
As a lover of Blued metal and fine, highly figured walnut stocks, I really appreciate your beautiful rifle, Doug.
Maybe, if we get to meet, you would allow me to caress that marvellous creation??
Just gorgeous...I would not change a thing. Dave.
Maybe, if we get to meet, you would allow me to caress that marvellous creation??
Just gorgeous...I would not change a thing. Dave.
Sgt.rock...........the blank was over a grand, and the rest of the work was several times that.
N J......... There was no measuring or fitting with this restock at all, sorry. I instructed him to make it identical in every way to the factory stock, which fits me like a fine leather glove. In either stock I can throw the rifle to my shoulder and the sights are absolutely perfectly aligned. I feel I could shoot in the pitch dark or even possibly a round of trap with this rifle, it fits so well.
AP.......the gap between the floor plate and mag well is a mechanical flaw that I will fix, he was not contracted to do any metal work at all, even though he did reblue it. The rifle has 2 hefty internal cross bolts to control recoil and stock damage, I requested they be internal as I don't care for the big ugly bolt heads on the outside of my stock. I just went and took a real close look at the grip cap and you are correct, there is a small gap at the forward curve inside the skeleton metal. Thanks ever so much for pointing that out and completely ruining the whole job for me now........every time I look at it, all I will see is that .010" gap inside the skeleton cap.
N J......... There was no measuring or fitting with this restock at all, sorry. I instructed him to make it identical in every way to the factory stock, which fits me like a fine leather glove. In either stock I can throw the rifle to my shoulder and the sights are absolutely perfectly aligned. I feel I could shoot in the pitch dark or even possibly a round of trap with this rifle, it fits so well.
AP.......the gap between the floor plate and mag well is a mechanical flaw that I will fix, he was not contracted to do any metal work at all, even though he did reblue it. The rifle has 2 hefty internal cross bolts to control recoil and stock damage, I requested they be internal as I don't care for the big ugly bolt heads on the outside of my stock. I just went and took a real close look at the grip cap and you are correct, there is a small gap at the forward curve inside the skeleton metal. Thanks ever so much for pointing that out and completely ruining the whole job for me now........every time I look at it, all I will see is that .010" gap inside the skeleton cap.
