talked with tip this afternoon... he's got a lot done on my 1917 eddystone enfield... this has a shilen #5 contour, 20".. necg front and rear sight, timney trigger... i'll leave the safety as the original, leave the bolt handle alone and keep the original bottom metal... its going to the parkerizing vat tomorrow...i'm using a jrs sporter pepper laminate stock from boyd's.. thanks tip for the pictures...

That looks very businesslike. Are those sights from NECG? How long is the barrel?

You might want a thicker recoil pad!

Jim
coming right along!! we'll shoot 'er soon!

I'm guessing all you Texan's are living in the general vicinity of one another by the interelational thread ya'll got goin' on 'round huyanh! Any word on that stuff from your Dutch pal?

Nice work Senor Burns.

If I remember correctly Tip Burns did the work on Rustys 404 Jeffery. [Rusty correct me if I am wrong].

That 404 wasput together very well, I shot it, and for a rifle with only one barrel, it was nice.

It was very plesant to shoot.

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Originally posted by N E 450 No2:
If I remember correctly Tip Burns did the work on Rustys 404 Jeffery. [Rusty correct me if I am wrong].

You are correct -- he did both of them (except I think Mr. Valicek did the stock work).

thanks guys....this gun is intended for a south texas truck/brush gun... so barrel length is 20"... i forgot to mention the allen headed action screws... tip made those too!!!...i like the necg barrel band type sights...i wavered back and forth between folding express sights and adjustable rear, and chose the adjustable.... i bought the donor rifle from an austin tx pawn shop in january on the way home after being iced in (or out) of the january DRSS shoot...it was already drilled and tapped to a remington 30 contour... i may not scope this rifle, and i don't anticipate a shot longer than 125 yds, so the irons will work for me... for now anyway...

Jim, I like the way you are having this rifle set up. I agree with Charles, about fitting a better recoil pad. Tim Burns is truely a gifted smith. Any idea when it will be finished?

Keith

Thanks for the details. It will be a compact and very effective rifle when complete.

I was just looking at the NECG sights yesterday and though those looked familiar.

it was going to the parkeriving vat today... i'm planning to go to tips weekend after next to see what it looks like and pay tip.... then make arrangements to get the stock to mr. valicek for stippling instead of checkering, some kind of finish, i want a non-glossy oil finish, and the rear sling swivel... as far as the recoil pad, thats what came on the stock from boyd's...i'll look at a decelerator or limbsaver then...

Congrats on the new rifle! Yes, Tip Burns does good work! And he's one heck of a nice guy too. His whole family are a great bunch of folks!

His work on my 404 Jeffery projects was awesome! I'm proud to have his and John's names on my rifle!

Gosh, that's a really nice looking rig. I am enjoying seeing his work. How expensive is he?

Rich
DRSS

Jim, That is looking good. If it shoots as nice
as the one Tip did for Rusty,and it will, your
going to love it.
Gene

Way cool! That'll balance nicely!!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Macifej:
I'm guessing all you Texan's are living in the general vicinity of one another by the interelational thread ya'll got goin' on

I guess you could say that. I am about 200 miles south of Dallas and a little over 200 north of Victoria.

Jim-

Congrats on your .416 Taylor. It is a really good looking rig!!!

Rusty and others are absolutely correct, you are not going to find an finer guy and family as Tip and his family!!

Jim, you didn't happen to see a certain Eddystone in .338 Winchester Mag while you were there did you ?

mark-- i think 1 of your rifles were there when i left mine in march of this year...i saw 1 of mjines' rifles and a 1909 argentine that he was working on.... tip does great work...im pleased that this 1 is turing out like it is... the lminate stock was drop shipped from boyd's straight to tip... it looks good from the pics... i'll get to see all in person in a couple weeks...

Very nice.... a true working rifle!

Looks like a nice thumber. I sure like my 416 taylor.

dirk--i suggest you contact tip direct at 830.935.3338.. to discuss price... i don't remember what his exact prices are...i figure that i'll have close to $2k in it...