BigUglyMan
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- New Scotland
What do you think of this one? Too big?
Yup. 50mm objective?
Vanguard 9.3x62 on the way EDIT: Arrived!
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Yup. 50mm objective?
Nothing wrong with a 50mm objective..... BUT..... Put one on and you no longer have a carry rifle IMOP...... I have yet to be able to find an application where a 50 didn't make the rifle top heavy.....
And J really don't like the "looks" of a 50, but that is just me......
And J really don't like the "looks" of a 50, but that is just me......
That scope was actually me giving medvedqc the gears. When that 50mm scope comes back from warranty, it's going on the EE.
I never thought to check, but the body tube is super short, so it won't fit on any rifle I own, and give proper eye relief.
Well, it would fit on one of my tikkas, but only in "high" rings, and right now they all wear Leupold Vx-3s in extra low rings, and I'm not changing that!
The 9.3 has another VX-3 on it.
dgradinaru
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- British Columbia
How much did it cost you to get that built?
Too much! I'm trying not to think about it.
Bob provided excellent value for the money, but it was a lot of money
Yes sir! The front blade is deliberately long. I'll be doing a 50 yard zero. No need for me to venture a 100 yard shot with irons, unless I'm barn hunting, and get a broadside shot.
express style sights right? So they will be set to only one load with that blade afaik, cool stuff for a backup.
You can always take the ferry to whichever Gulf Island currently has the most deer and try out the sights. I think Texada is good iirc.
edit: gabriola is the one everyone went to if they couldn't cut their tag on the island I think, southern ones are mostly park and land.
You can always take the ferry to whichever Gulf Island currently has the most deer and try out the sights. I think Texada is good iirc.
edit: gabriola is the one everyone went to if they couldn't cut their tag on the island I think, southern ones are mostly park and land.
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I forgot in my earlier post: 24"
They are garden variety notch and post sights. That's what I'm most used to from my IPSC days (that felt odd to type!).
The sights are more to give me a feeling of it being a complete thing. Done. I always take a second rifle with me anyhow.
- Location
- Steel Town and The Peg
That's a very nice looking build!! That is no "ugly duckling".
My recent build which included a small-ring FN 98 commercial action, Pac-Nor #4 contour barrel, Timney trigger, Boyd's "featherweight" laminate thumbole stock, Redfield steel bases, Leupold low steel rings and a VX-2 1-4x20 scope tipped the scale at 9.26 pounds. My "goal weight" is no more than 9 pounds, so the stock is getting replaced with a slimmer Boyd's Classic walnut stock. I love the Leupold standard steel rings but I might opt for an aluminum variant. That will bring me down to the high 8's I hope.
My recent build which included a small-ring FN 98 commercial action, Pac-Nor #4 contour barrel, Timney trigger, Boyd's "featherweight" laminate thumbole stock, Redfield steel bases, Leupold low steel rings and a VX-2 1-4x20 scope tipped the scale at 9.26 pounds. My "goal weight"
is no more than 9 pounds, so the stock is getting replaced with a slimmer Boyd's Classic walnut stock. I love the Leupold standard steel rings but I might opt for an aluminum variant. That will bring me down to the high 8's I hope.
BigUglyMan
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- Location
- New Scotland
Well, you reeled another sucker in too!
I think I need to elaborate:
All I really needed was to have the barrel made, and have the barrel installed. That would probably run $700-$900. The barrel was just north of $400, made in Canada by Bob Jury. It was threaded, installed and chambered by Robert Galloway of Custom Gunworx.
I also chose to have the following done:
Inlet the stock
Bed the barreled action
install grind-to-fit recoil pad
install sights
Cerakote
All of those are either unnecessary or I could have done them. They pushed the price up in a big way. At every step Custom Gunworx did these things for a great price, but there were a lot of things done.
I was afraid I'd accidentally given a bad review of Bob at Custom Gunworx by saying the price was high. The price was high because I got a lot for my money. I am a big fan of Bob (Jury and Galloway), and will use him/them again.
Another quick update:
On a whim I ordered the Weatherby-branded DBM kit for Weatherby Vanguards.
Dropped it in to the stock, and lo and behold, it doesn't work. Not with big blobby round nose PRVI, and not with svelte spitzer handloads.
So I modified the barrel channel inlet on the original tupperware stock, and guess what? That worked!. The spitzers worked perfectly, but the big blobby round noses would hang up on the last round. On the blobs, as the last cartridge was "turning the corner", the rear would dive under the bolt face and jam it up.
I investigated, and the floor plate is 0.105" farther from the action when installed in my Boyd's stock. So I carved out the bedding I'd done around the trigger guard/floor plate years ago, discovering a 0.070" difference native to Boyds. I tried it again, and the first two spitzers worked fine, the third hung up, and none of the blobs worked. Another Boyd's inlet problem, I sighed to myself.
Rather than change the inlet much more, I compared a Tikka T3 magazine and the Weatherby one... one is a blatant copy of the other, and I suspect the Tikka is the original.
For the same intended round, the Weatherby feed lips are a full half inch longer.
15 seconds with a dremel, and this rifle now feeds *anything* perfectly, and the old floor plate system is the same. So now I've got a bit more versatility, even.
Not a huge change, but if anyone was interested, I figured I'd post about it.
On a whim I ordered the Weatherby-branded DBM kit for Weatherby Vanguards.
Dropped it in to the stock, and lo and behold, it doesn't work. Not with big blobby round nose PRVI, and not with svelte spitzer handloads.
So I modified the barrel channel inlet on the original tupperware stock, and guess what? That worked!. The spitzers worked perfectly, but the big blobby round noses would hang up on the last round. On the blobs, as the last cartridge was "turning the corner", the rear would dive under the bolt face and jam it up.
I investigated, and the floor plate is 0.105" farther from the action when installed in my Boyd's stock. So I carved out the bedding I'd done around the trigger guard/floor plate years ago, discovering a 0.070" difference native to Boyds. I tried it again, and the first two spitzers worked fine, the third hung up, and none of the blobs worked. Another Boyd's inlet problem, I sighed to myself.
Rather than change the inlet much more, I compared a Tikka T3 magazine and the Weatherby one... one is a blatant copy of the other, and I suspect the Tikka is the original.
For the same intended round, the Weatherby feed lips are a full half inch longer.
15 seconds with a dremel, and this rifle now feeds *anything* perfectly, and the old floor plate system is the same. So now I've got a bit more versatility, even.
Not a huge change, but if anyone was interested, I figured I'd post about it.
Nice, but I would have gone with one of those phlame camo stocks on it instead.
Yes! And a flight flop recoil pad to boot.....
Nice, but I would have gone with one of those phlame camo stocks on it instead.
If somebody can lay hands on one for me, I'll fit it and use it!
Personally, I believe 9.3x62 is the all-around cartridge in North America. Anything bigger is a waste. As "Mule Deer" in 24campfire says, it is easy to reload (like a .308), and it is powerful.
Too bad, you put it on PF!
just kidding, I am just jealous.
Too bad, you put it on PF!
just kidding, I am just jealous.
