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Work has begun
Work has begun
Work has begun on the new stock for my future small game drilling. Found the gun a while back and after some minor mechanical work am having it stocked so its better for walking and shooting over pointing dogs. American walnut...original stock will be stripped and reoiled and set aside.
This is what we started with
and the first photos of the work in progress
07 May 2011, 05:34
packrattusnongratusGreat photos. Keep us up to date with more pics if you would. Looks to be a fine gun. Packy
07 May 2011, 21:37
N E 450 No2Looks good. What calibre/gage is your gun?
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What calibre/gage is your gun?
Its 16/70 over 7x65R and in a light alloy action...with 65cm barrels. Should come under 7 lbs without the scope and be able to cope with any bird or hoofed game in North America.
10 May 2011, 15:12
Heym SR20Looks an interesting project. What are you doing re comb height. Are you going to make this high enough to be really comfortable for rifle shooting with scope or are you setting it primarily with shotgun in mind and thus have to raise your head up when using the scope. The reason I ask is with my combo, it has a lot of drop and I have made a lace on comb raiser / cheek piece for scope use. I may try to have the stock bent upwards to make the comb more parallel with the bore so it doesn't jump upwards so much.
The gun is being stocked to my normal SxS dimensions..I intend to use it as a pure small game drilling most of the time. I will have to raise my head with the scope, which won't be too often. Most of the time, the rifle barrel will be reserved for coyote, fox, badger and (a lot of) feral cats and will be shot over iron sights at moderate distance.
That is going to be a lovely looking piece! How does the rifle shoot?
We need more photos as the build continues!
C'mon Jon - you have an audience out here.
Rgds
Ian
Just taking my rifle for a walk!........
My smith did some minor work on the gun, took it apart, cleaned and then fired it at his in-house range. At 50 meters, it was shooting 3 shots (cold) just over 1/2 inch. I expect it will do 1.5MOA which is about average for a decent drilling and I expect that with some hand loading, I can improve that a bit.
I've had several PMs asking who is doing the work so here is his website. Young very talented and experienced at restocking combo guns which would be hard to find here in the US
http://www.sbanski.de/ Thorsten also speaks very good English.
Great work! Looking forward to see the rest of the project!
That is a lovely piece of wood - going to be a peach when it is completed.
Keep the photos coming please Jon.
Rgds
Ian
Just taking my rifle for a walk!........
09 September 2011, 06:41
JonPWe're getting close. Have to trust the "artist" as far as the final finish...photos can only tell you so much. Thorsten has a trigger guard with long tang and a proper butt plate. The fore arm will be a bit longer than normal.
10 September 2011, 07:04
BiebsGeez! It's starting to look like a Famars round-body!!!
10 September 2011, 20:27
JonPquote:
Geez! It's starting to look like a Famars round-body!!!
Whoa there Biebs....that's way over my pay grade....besides I intend to actually hunt with this gun
19 November 2011, 23:58
packrattusnongratusIs the finish on the wood yet? What a great gun.
21 November 2011, 19:16
PhatmanThats going to be a damn hansom weapon that your hiers will be fighting over.
Cheers, John
Give me COFFEE and nobody gets hurt
23 November 2011, 05:42
Bill BradyWow, that is going to be one beautiful gun.Congratulations.
Bill
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28 November 2011, 20:46
N E 450 No2Good calibres. The project looks good.
Having to raise your head to use a scope on a Drilling/combo gun is not a problem.
My wife and I both have Sauer 12x12x30/06 Drillings with scopes in claw mounts.
They handle like a good quail gun.
Click on the scope and you have a 300 yard+ 30/06.
It is my wifes favorite hunting gun. She has even taken a pig sith a slug.
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12 December 2011, 18:21
Vol717I have had several Sauer 3000 12 gauge drillings in various calibers. My current one is a 12/12/.30/06. While it is light for a drilling at 7lb, 2oz, I would not characterize its handling qualities in the same neighborhood, heck, not even in the same county as a good quail gun. My "good quail gun" is a 16 gauge weighing 6 pounds with most of its mass between the hands for low moment of inertia.
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12 December 2011, 22:04
JonP12 ga Drillings can be pretty hefty. 16 ga drillings, if the barrels aren't too long, can be under 7lbs without scope and the alloy framed guns can be approaching 6 1/2 lbs. Small game drillings are usually built on 16 ga barrels and even better is 20 gauge with a small caliber rifle under...222, 22 Savage Hi Power, up to a 7x 57R. Depending on the stock, they can be very comfortable for small game hunting. This is my favorite so far..a 20 gauge over 5.6x52R with 25" barrels...alloy frame and weighs 6lb 9oz without the scope. All you have to do is get accustomed to the side safety..
03 January 2012, 00:38
JonPWe're getting closer. Thorsten has been swamped with work but is making steady progress...a little more work on the fore end then checkering and the final finish, and we're done.
04 January 2012, 13:00
IanFRepeats to self 'I am not jealous'
Rgds
Ian
Just taking my rifle for a walk!........
07 January 2012, 06:32
Sambar 9.3Nice!
Cheers, Dave.
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08 January 2012, 03:26
luv2safariI had to go find a towel to clean up the droooooool.
31 January 2012, 20:39
JonPSlowly but surely...here the buttplate, proper for the period....final pics soon
Update on the project...last pic...checkering in progress...forearm made a touch longer because of my height and the longer barrels on this leightweight drilling
04 May 2012, 01:45
MuntjacWow! I really like the english stock on a drilling. Beautiful!
04 May 2012, 10:13
luv2safariGod I love drilling porn!
She's on the way home....bluing of the trigger guard is the only thing needed. Took longer that Thorsten had intended but I knew he was heavily booked and told him their was no rush. Will be walking the cover in ND this fall...
Lovely job of work!
Thanks for keeping us upated - the finished result is superb.
Rgds
Ian
Just taking my rifle for a walk!........
Lets us know how it shoots when you get it home to ND.
Those Greener side safety's can be a real pain to use. Especially if you have stubby thumbs like me.
I thought I might change the safety, but I have gotten accustomed to carrying a drilling upright on my hip with the safety turned towards me and under my thumb. Works well for me.
That's a nice looking drilling, i like the new stock.
As for the safety, i had a longer button made for mine, and rotated it foreward,
It's just so much easier and more natural to use now.
DM
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Originally posted by DM:
As for the safety, i had a longer button made for mine, and rotated it foreward,
It's just so much easier and more natural to use now.
I like that arrangement for the Greener type side safety. Much more user friendly. Especially for someone like me with wide palms but shortish digits. Was its complicated to adapt the original mechanism.
The one reason I sold my inherited Greener Facile Princeps was I just couldn't get one with the side safety arrangemnet on the LHS of the stock. We never thought of swapping it over and blanking off the orginal location. Oh well its long gone.