Guys, I need some pics of big bore stocks. My rifle is at the stock stage (its been awhile ) and I have lost the pics I had of stock styles I like. Google image's gives me nothing I like. Could you big bore guru's please post some pics of your stocks?

500 ar, but kinda rough, on an enfield


first 458 ar - jajen junk plastick, awesome vz24 (thanks forrest)


550 express (left) and a to be reworked 500 jeffe


a 500 jeffe i did on an enfield


peyton's 458 ar ruger+ab


470 AR - ruger stock stock


first 416 ar, ruger roundtop


pair of matching 458 ars, i made for neal and I


550 in a vz!


a couple sticks from a buba shoot


I think i shot evryone of these that day, as we share

Nice rifles Jeffe..
Dies arrived 2day

By the way - I have a rifle on hand, an old BRNO ZKK 600 ( see http://www.fritidvildmarksliv....rno_zkk600_9102.html and click on the small photos to get an impression of the aperture sight solution) , one of the first ones with an aperture sight builded in the rear bridge as a "pop up" solution.. A genious solution in my thinking.. Anyone out there who have experience with these early ZKK`s???

Thanks Jeff. Just what I'm after

That 500 ar is a classic working stock layout.

Good recoil relief with a wide butt and proper comb.It should handle recoil real well.

JD

Bakes, here's a pic of some of my guns. The top 2 are big bores, (a .450 Rigby and a 9.3x64), the third one from above a 8x68, and the stock design on all three ,makes the recoil very tolareble.

Im saving a few of those photos...I will need a stock cut for my AR build eventually, got a piece of Luxus just begging to be mated for life with my first big bore!

Here ya go, Bakes.

This is a factory Winchester Model 70 African (not mine):



This is my AHR CZ 550 Magnum in .500 A2:



This is a great old Hoffman Arms .375 H&H Mag. (not mine):



Here's my Winchester Model 70 in .416 Rem. Mag.:



And here's my AHR CZ 550 Magnum in .458 Lott:

I found one on the web .. perhaps someone cal tell us about it

Thanks Gents, much appreciated.

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Originally posted by Karl S:
Bakes, here's a pic of some of my guns. The top 2 are big bores, (a .450 Rigby and a 9.3x64), the third one from above a 8x68, and the stock design on all three ,makes the recoil very tolareble.

you can't go off and not tell us about the second from the bottom.

Here are mine.



The top is a 500 AHR (Improved Jeffery) the middle is a 500 A2 and the bottom is a 416 Taylor. The picture isn't too good, but I believe it still get the point across.

CZ550 375 H&H - metal work by Wayne at AHR and stock work by me.

Bakes, Go to ''Lefties'' and have a look at my big bores that Ross Waghorn in Melbourne stocked for me, See my .505 Gibbs and the .375 Dakota, they are made as a matching pair,then google Ross Waghorn rifle stocks and have a look at his website .Hope you like them Regards from the Left hand side of Oz.Dhufish Perth.

Scott,
Gorgeous taylor

My 416 Rigby.

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Originally posted by Dago Red:

you can't go off and not tell us about the second from the bottom.

Dago Red, its a 7x64, on a reworked military action M98.

What about the one on the bottom. Is that a PM? PMII?

My 460







My 378









Some nice figure on the 460, but simple straight grain throuh the wrist area on them all.

I quite like the cheek piece on yours Sevens.

Jeff,

Thank you. All three rifles look much better than the picture suggests, although both of the 500s are showing their age (dings, scratches, etc).

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Originally posted by Bakes:
I quite like the cheek piece on yours Sevens.

Thank you Bakes!

Ryan, yes thats a PM11

I took some "better" pics at the range today.

500 A2


500 AHR


I see the load data is provided for my 600gr Woodleigh PSP in that pic. Use it at your own risk. It is 2480 fps in my rifle and I consider it MAX (although I have gone higher).

Was out verifying zero this afternoon and got some better pics. The wood is far from exhibition, but it WILL hold up day in / day out to 500 recoil! To me that is what matters in a field rifle. These are FIELD RIFLES!

been posted before but this is my 404 Jeffery. 1950's FN 98 I stocked myself in NZ walnut





Von Gruff.

(Drool)
How long is the barrel?

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Originally posted by Von Gruff:
been posted before but this is my 404 Jeffery. 1950's FN 98 I stocked myself in NZ walnut





Von Gruff.

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Originally posted by boom stick:
(Drool)
How long is the barrel?

25 in Australian MAB

Von Gruff

Thanks Dhufish, just checked them out

Bakes, if you told us what you are building it might help.

But thanks heaps, I am gratuitously enjoying all this big bore porn!

Cheers, Chris

Von Gruff, I have to talk to you about building me one of them! Love the 404J. But I want one checkered.

Cheers, Chris

Rockdoc, its a 416 Rigby on an Eddystone action. Its been at the smiths a loooong bloody time (to long). All the metal work is completed, just have the wood work to finish.

It won't be set up for a scope, just open sights. Along the lines of an express type rifle.

My Lott, sorry about the picture quality.

Some incredible rifles here. Fun stuff. This is my .416 Rigby.







Cast on the stock is shown in this one.

Top: Steyr Model S in 458 Winchester Mag
Bottom: Winchester Model 70 in 375 H&H

Whats the thing in the butt NE?

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Originally posted by Bakes:
Whats the thing in the butt NE?

On a flintlock it would be called a patch box.
I have been thinking about installing a patch box in the butt of an MPI fiberglass stock.
This would be for storage of peep sites and such, that are too big to fit in a grip trap.
Figured I ought to test it on the only MPI I own before moving on to other stocks.
Could be a smashing idea!

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Originally posted by Bakes:
Whats the thing in the butt NE?

It's is a spare magazine.

No, RIP, I'm afraid you are mistaken.

As Paolo9,5x73 correctly states, it's a spare magazine.

The Steyr Model S came with an optional spare magazine in the stock. I put solids in mine.

The magazine in the action was loaded with 2 Woodleigh Weldcore softs followed by 3 solids. I figured if that didn't do the trick I'd be needing solids to stop a charge.

I also carried 2 more extra magazines in my hunting vest.

My son shot his Cape buffalo with the Steyr. One soft in the heart/lungs dropped the buff--he then used 2 solids as insurance--see below.

Craig Boddington admired the Steyr in his book "Safari Rifles" but couldn't understand what a magazine rifle was doing in Africa.

His observation notwithstanding, the Steyr is a great rifle.

BTT Just because this is a cool thread.

This is my 458 Lott, put together by Roger Ferrell & stocked (and other little do-dads) by Wayne @ AHR.
I've never shot another Lott for comparison, but the recoil on this one isnt too bad at all.