I got this itch thats killing me, I have decided I must have my newly aquired 450-400-31/4 rebored to 450-31/4" or 450 No.2..It weighs 10 lbs. and a rebore would cut it to at least 9.5Lbs....

I get these seizures from time to time, some of them pass, some of them come about...

S00000000 anyone have the contact numbers for Cliff LaBounty?????? I would appreciate them..if that doesn't work perhaps I will buy one.

Don't know Cliff's number,but last I heard was he was taking NO new projects as he was something like 2 years behind already.

What kind of 450/400 did you get?I'll take it it's a single shot if you're thinking or reboring.

Brian.

Here's a link......http://benchrest.com/sst/labounty.html

and here's the phone(360)599-2047

No its a double...I have seen a lot of doubles that he has done and they everyone shot like the dickens..He is about the only one that can rebore a double successfully.....but 2 years wow,

Cliff LaBounty Precision Reboring
7968 Silver Lake Road
Maple Falls, WA 98266
360-599-2047

Cliff has rebored double rifles for my friend John Maples.

[ 06-28-2003, 04:13: Message edited by: fla3006 ]

Ray!!!! Please get a 450 3 1/4" !!! I have one... though its not a double. Its such a classic cartridge.
By the way... did you look at that single shot 25-35 picture I sent you? Ohhhhh what a nice rifle.

WHAT??????? You want to rebore a perfectly good 450/400 3 1/4???
You ain't been sniffing some "lost" evidence from one of your old cases have you???
Call the men in the white coats!!!
Heat up the tar and pluck some chickens.
Call the Exorcist...Ray must be demon possessed.

Ray calm down, drink some cool ice tea.
relax... think pleasant thoughts .....

It would be a travesty to alter a perfectly
good British double rifle
If you want a 450 just hunt one down.
I can highly recommend the 450 No2, but I do not think a 9.5lb 450 would be comfortable to shoot, or very fast on the second shot.

Ray, you could have another set of barrels made in 450 Nitro or 450 No2. I have seen 3 sets made by J.J. at Champlins. One set was in 450 No2 for a Holland and Holland.
If they had not had his name on them I would have thought they were Original British.

Ray, I agree with 450NE#2
get JJ to make you another set of barrels. Maybe you can trade him back some of those stock blanks you've been sitting on!

I think Ray's messin' with some peoples minds

[ 06-30-2003, 03:26: Message edited by: Rooster ]

Rooster, either that or he has lost his own!!!

Ray,

Long time...

Leave the original barrels alone - especially if it's British! You might want to give Nick Makinson a call. He can make another set for you and they'll be done right. His phone is 519-471-5462. He's an English trained master and a fine gentleman too - always not easily found in the same person.

Was thinking of the stories you used to tell on this board about shooting clays with "sweet thang." I was shooting my ca. 1884 Joseph Lang hammerless 12 ga. sidelever with Damascus barrels today on a round of sporting with the club pro. He shot a 94 with his fancy K-gun and I shot an 89 with an old British game gun...made him worry a bit - was lots of fun since I was shooting 7/8 ounce 2.5" shells and he was shooting Winchesters new heavy-recoiling super sports.

Give Nick a call. If you don't know him, you'll wonder why you haven't known him all along. He can make you a double from scratch if you like.

regards - redleg

[ 06-30-2003, 06:50: Message edited by: redleg155 ]

Geez, that's a pretty serious itch.

Sounds like a job for
Preparation H&H

Elmo

I found one guy that would add a set of barrells to my blocks for $4000. thats a little stiff me thinks...I will give this Nick a call...

Ray
Krieghoff's price list shows a price of $5,995 for a set of Nitro bbls. Champlin's price list shows the price for a set of double bbls starts at $7,500, this includes regulation. I have seen J.J. work and you cannot tell it from original British.

I spoke to Cliff a couple of months ago about reboring an old Gibbs double. He quoted me something like 5-6 weeks turnaround.