The neatest rifle

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chuck nelson

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At the risk of being jumped on and accused of being snobby I'm going to post this anyway. Here is a picture of the neatest rifle I have ever shot and handled. What a marvel of metal work and functional thought. It belonged to a friend and I had the privilege of shooting it in front of it's builder. Has anyone else had the chance to handle a rifle they will probably never get to own yet appreciate it for what it is none the less?



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Yes. Talk about nerve racking shooting that thing in front of him! A friend just happened to have it back in his shop for professional photographing (not these pictures). I also shot a LH wood stocked .416 Remington at the same time and shot an honest 3/4 inch group with it and D'Arcy tried to apologize for it shooting that poorly! I told him that if I could manage that, in capable hands it must be phenomenal. :D
 
In the spring of 2008 I had a range session with John Bolliger shooting a rifle I had made. All was great until he asked me to shoot a heavily engraved .300 ultra he had made for a client headed to Africa! I was so nervous about having the gun jump off the bag and scratch the metal work I was shaking! I held it together in order to keep up appearances and managed a 3/4" group as well. Now it is one thing to shoot an expensive rifle when it is yours and a whole other when its not!
 
I hear ya! I had a death grip on the forend of that rifle let me tell you! D'Arcy laughed and told me of a "regular" at the range who watched him shoot those boomers on occasion who finally couldn't take it any longer. Coming over to him he proceeded to tell D'Arcy that hanging on to the forend like that was not conducive to accuracy. Echols tried to explain the recoil issues involved but this guy would have none of it and insisted on showing him this "proper technique". The rifle he was working with was a 458 Lott and D'Arcy relented thinking the mayhem to follow would outweigh any damage the rifle incurred. He said the results were immediate and the blunt force trauma from the scope so severe that it didn't bleed for quite some time. D'Arcy felt so bad he drove him to the hospital for stitches.:D
 
Sorry I couldn't get that excited over a rifle with a plastic stock, the same rifle with exhibition grade walnut stock from Luxus or some such, maybe.
 
I was also able to handle a couple of D'Arcy's wood stocked rifles. He apprenticed under Jerry Fisher and is considered by many to be the finest stock maker in the world. The ones I have handled are almost unnaturally perfect in every respect, but the jump in price will make a guy choke.:D
 
Really. Fill us in on why we should be impressed. It's a custom assembled rifle. OK.

I'm in with ben hunchack on this one.

Not feelin' the need to kick the crap outta myself at the range, either, if it's special for being a cannon.

Cheers
Trev
 
trevj said:
Really. Fill us in on why we should be impressed. It's a custom assembled rifle. OK.

I'm in with ben hunchack on this one.

Not feelin' the need to kick the crap outta myself at the range, either, if it's special for being a cannon.

Cheers
Trev
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And so it begins. Weird.
 
The name.



I have had the privilege to handle a few double rifles in a price range I would never be able to justify. And yeas you do put a "Death Grip" on a + $50,000 rifle even just holding it. Dropping it is not an option.
 
It is special because of the craftsmanship that went into it. To specs the guy ordered. Hard to see in the pics, but easy to see in person. I saw a guy at WSS Edmonton prop up a double rifle near a doorway, he then turned away knocking it to the floor. I almost cried. The look of pure horror on his face said it all.
 
trevj said:
Really. Fill us in on why we should be impressed. It's a custom assembled rifle. OK.

I'm in with ben hunchack on this one.

Not feelin' the need to kick the crap outta myself at the range, either, if it's special for being a cannon.

Cheers
Trev
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He's saying that the fit and finish of the rifle and how well it shoots and handles is what makes him envyous of shooting it. Why rain on his parade?
 
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I was nervous not only when I shot this one at the range, but when I had to take photos of it too. I couldn't get it back into it's case quick enough. I never told him this though ;) He'll chime in I'm sure if he wants to admit he is the proud owner of this beauty :D

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Who built the stock on that one Wookie316? Nice chunk of lumber, and a pretty nice looking set of lines!
No view of the other side? :)

Cheers
Trev
 
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