New .416 taylor from Burns/Valicek

30 November 2007, 04:33

Thanks go out to tip burns and john valicek for a job well done... This project started as a pawn shop rifle for $140... and ended up as a nice working rifle, suitable for anything.... also thanks to randy (norman conquest), rich (idaho sharpshooter) and forrest b for all the wedding present bullets they sent me to try out in my loads... the eddystone enfield was barreled w/shilen #5 contour, cut to 20"... has a barrel band necg front sight and a necg adjustable rear... barrel band front sling swivel, a winchester style supergrade rear swivel, winchester supergrade recoil crossbolts... 16 lines checkering..heavy checkering that a gloved hand can hang onto...patterned after a remington model 30....pachmar decelerator recoil pad on a boyds' pepper laminate stock.... tip full bedded the action and barrel... i like the look of the enfield bottom metal, so i left it alone... weaver steel 2 piece bases... tip parkerizd the whole thing...a nice oil finish on the stock....tip test fired it, and i'll get it in a couple weeks... thanks guys!!!!!!!!

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and i nearly forgot.... the gun weighs 10 lbs, 2oz....

30 November 2007, 06:12

Charles_Helm

Congratulations on the new rifle!

30 November 2007, 06:19

JABS

Nice! I know that you'll love the 416 Taylor, I sure love mine.

30 November 2007, 06:59

maddenwh

Great looking rifle and job well done.

30 November 2007, 07:52

MJines

Very nice Jim. Tip and John do great work.

30 November 2007, 07:58

Idaho Sharpshooter

that is a very serious, functional looking rifle. Well appointed, as they say, and not too pretty to take out in the brush. You have done well, and it should give you a lifetime of good memories. Stick 57gr of AA5744 behind those bullets and let me know , it should be good for about 2150fps.

Rich
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30 November 2007, 11:58

gumboot458

......Really great...,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.I like how they filled in the swimming pool ..Even tho I prefer the Ears left on ..., My 1st Taylor was an Eddystone .,.,Yours is alot nicer ...74 gr IMR 4320 350 gr bullet...Perfact load ...

30 November 2007, 12:21

Rusty

Very nice indeed! Congratulations!

Rusty
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30 November 2007, 15:10

jimatcat

neither of my rifles had the "swimming pool".... it's witness marks from machining that a previous owner left when the ears were removed...the difference in the hardness of the metal made the discoloration more obvious....this particular enfield was machined to match a remington 30, drilled and tapped... tip found steel weaver bases and parkerized them also...