even I can find a deal at a gunshow. Boise had theirs today, and tomorrow. Bought a CZ 550 in 416 Rigby, 97 Norma cases, a box of federals with 8 empty cases in it, and a Leupold scope for $675!! Oh yeah, dies too. The guy also had a genuine pre-war double squarte bridge Magnum Mauser action and ugly monte carlo stock (no barrel) asked $750. Yeah, I got it too...now I am completely broke...but what I nice day I had at the show!!!!!

I have to run over again tomorrow, there was a very clean Remington M30 Express that somebody had at a good starting price. It would make a very nice 30 Holland Super and had a bright, shiny, pit free bore.

What a weekend!

Rich

You did good! Pics of the magnum Mauser?

Rich, if you want to get "un-broke" in a hurry, shoot me a PM about the Mauser action.

I.S.
Nothing like finding good deals at a gun show, spending all your $$$, and then remembering you need to go back the next day. Then you have to go scrounge up more $$ that really should be spent on something else. When you get home the second day you have to figure out how to convince your wife that the third gun you bought really is needed more than next months house payment. Gosh, I thought I was the only guy like that!!

You love torturing us don't you.

Rich,
You stole those guys blind. Way to go! I could not possibly have passed up deals like that either.

hey RIP,
I let the guy make HIS! price on both rifles.

ForrestB; I appreciate your generous offer to bail me out...but I figure if I overspend a little, then I just need to suffer for my impetuousness!! Maybe I'll learn my lesson one of these years!

Now for the tough question: what to build on the Mauser DSB action. The stock is a clunker monte carlo stock that will only be used to testfire whatever I do build.

Rich

thanks for the jealousy rich

at least they will be in good hands...

if you get tired of the rigby let me know...but i wont hold my breath

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Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:

ForrestB; I appreciate your generous offer to bail me out...but I figure if I overspend a little, then I just need to suffer for my impetuousness!! Maybe I'll learn my lesson one of these years!
Rich

You haven't heard my offer yet. Don't make me call your wife with my offer.

quote:

Don't make me call your wife

forrest has got you there...that will teach you for bragging

Let use know how you do with the Remington 30 Express.

Hog Killer

HA!!!!! I blow my nose at you both!!!

It just so happens that my wife is in Chicago for a family reunion for another week. So there!!

Besides: don't the two of you know that N-O-body likes a snitch?

Rich

Done good! So your graduation project is?

.366Torque,

I am not to that point yet. I spent part of yesterday milling the quarter-rib, now we wait on Brownells for the 3-leaf NECG sight. Got the Wisner box fit; man there's something special about a onepiece milled magazine box, trigger guard and floor plate. Eye candy indeed. Made a brake, as soon as JeffP Emials me those pics I will send them to Jeffe to post. It is coming along nicely, mostly graduation is cutting a stock out and inlettting it, etc. The toughest part of the metalwork left is the barrel lug and some final action tweaking. The extracator is binding just a touch. I hope to just work the bolt a couple thousand times and fix that.

Rich

Sounds good! Can't wait to see photos!!!

How did you arrange for the gun show to take place when your wife was out of town?

Wink, and the group,

reference the post header "...every now and then..." The rest of that quote is "...even a blind hog finds an acorn...". I think it had something to do with the lunar phase and planet alignment.

Rich