Beautiful rifle! What was the second one that you posted? That checkering pattern is amazing! There can't be that many stockmakers that can handle that pattern I would think. Fluer de lis doesn't do it for me but the ribbons tickle my fancy very well. First rate work all around.

I didn't realize that Ignore was working, I thought at some point we lost that function. It is great, I put that worhtless POS shootaway on ignore and it auto-refreshed cutting out the posts. Now if the moderators could just change it so that instead of "ignored post by xxxx" it said "ignored post by moron unjustly allowed to breathe air otherwise suitable for intelligent members of humankind" or something along those lines.

Red

cheer-up dago the red nosed reindeer,santa will soon be with you.Dago the red nosed reindeer,had a very shiny nose and if you ever saw it you would even say it glows.All of the other reindeer use to laugh and call him names.Then one foggy christmas eve santa came to say, Dago with your nose so bright won't you guide my sleigh tonight.Then all of the reideer loved him and let him join in on all the reindeer games!

Dago Red,

The second rifle was crafted by John Bolliger, .375 H&H.
Passionate by high-quality craftsmanship and art, I truly believe John Bolliger is a great custom gun maker and artisan, amongst the very best in the trade, if not the best in my opinion.

In fact I believe that today’s custom guns made by US custom makers are as good as it gets.

Thank you,
Roland

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Originally posted by Roland1:
In fact I believe that today’s custom guns made by US custom makers are as good as it gets.

Thank you,
Roland

Roland,
Judging from the photos you have posted and many that have been posted on other forums by members here, I truly have to agree with this statement.

We're living in the age of the finest custom gunmakers ever in history. Not only are they capitolizing on technology but they're also the finst artists I've ever seen.

I truly enjoy seeing the photos posted here....

shootaway-go away. now.

Roland1- I was unable to pull up the pictures but indeed, it sounds like a very fine aquirement! Congradulations!

Those are great looking rifles!

Yes,
Indeed. Good as it gets.

The only way it could be any better is if that Pre-64 M70 was a stainless Magnum Mauser 98 in a McMillan stock.

I have seen those Talley bases put on that way before, on a Kenny Jarrett bean field rifle.

However, I would rather have the rear Talley base overhang the ejection port a wee bit and have the strongest setup for the rear base and front base, or have Talley base modified differently than the picture shows. With 8x40 screws, of course.

Beautiful Rifles!

That quarter rib is just, well, words fail me....
Incredible.

Roland, A very happy new year to you and yours.

Oh yes the rifle, it's an absolute beaut.
To my eye it's one of the better of the several functional works of art you have posted, thank you for doing so.