Hmmmmm,got me thinking?!...and use iron sights too! From a fellow shooter who can appreciate a good jab now and then!!

so are you going for a 5lb 500 jeffery???

And i thought my 9 lbs Ruger nr 1 in .450 NE 3.25 inch with loads almost like 460 Wby was light in weight.....

Naaa,just kidding...I am Very happy with it now,just will have to hit the gym a lil more to carry that scope weight! ...Now I am waiting on my 10 1/2 pd .700AHR (1000s at 2200)!

quote:

Originally posted by boom stick:
so are you going for a 5lb 500 jeffery???

you know, I just love those laminated stocks. That really matches the duracoat. Very nice. Have fun!

Nice. Very nice. Now let's see if you can kill a bear with it.

SK

Good looking, brutally powerful, easy carrying rifle. I spent some time on the Bijiou Creek Rifles site and see that Mike builds some fine guns. Would you please elaborate a bit on the takedown feature? Maybe a picture posted or emailed.

Thanks.
Matt
aloha50@bresnan.net

Oops might have to steal that look for my swamp gun...

Sure,the takedown is simple..we changed the bottom bolts to Hex heads for ease and to prevent burred heads,then he threaded the stock with inserts so when you loosedn the bolts and remove the action,the bolts stay attached to the stock so they dont get lost,thats all,simple and inexpensive and allows me to put the rig in a takedown hardcase under 30" long! Give Mike a call at Bijiou when your ready for something Custom and not have to wait a year!

quote:

Originally posted by hnts4fun:
SK

Good looking, brutally powerful, easy carrying rifle. I spent some time on the Bijiou Creek Rifles site and see that Mike builds some fine guns. Would you please elaborate a bit on the takedown feature? Maybe a picture posted or emailed.

Thanks.
Matt
aloha50@bresnan.net

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Originally posted by Moose-Hunter:
Nice. Very nice. Now let's see if you can kill a bear with it.

Well,I;ll try...dont jinx me! I got a 10'10" awhile back (29"+ skull)at 40 yds,tough act to follow!

Simple TD system, great power package! Good luck on your bear hunt.

quote:

Originally posted by Hog Killer:
"Snappy" would be an understatement about the recoil.

570gr @ 2200fps, 110gr powder, 7.5lb rifle, = 118lb recoil @ 31fps. COLOR:RED]OUCH[/COLOR]

Keith

That is a fine looking rifle SK. With stats like that though, it coulda shoulda maybe been named the "RETINAL DETACHINATOR"



Cheers,
Canuck

quote:

Originally posted by ForrestB:
I have to admit, I just don't get it.

I couldn't have said it better...

uhg!
why is it everyone is always nice over honest?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you view the rifle as purely for hunting, it has many virtues, which very well might make it beautiful to some.

To each his own.

quote:

Originally posted by Gun toter:
uhg!
why is it everyone is always nice over honest?

The quarter rib doesn't exactly strike my fancy, but other than that she is a beauty to my eyes.

Just from the perspective of the rifle (ie. excluding calibre/cartridge and potential shootability issues for 99.5% of us!), I can't think of a better set up for Alaskan Brown Bears!

Cheers,
Canuck

Honestly

It is not that i am trying to be inflammatory, just honest.

Further, by both of your reasoning’s that would make every gun in existence "beautiful" and while i will agree that guns are exciting to the soul of a true connoisseur, they are not ALL beautiful.

Please do not fall back on the stance that function over form is truly beautiful.
This gun of discussion, it is functional yes, but then again every man is built different and one mans functional tool will not suit another because of difference of build physically. So by that reasoning function alone is not beautiful, only simple, like an ox or hog.

What is beautiful is all together something different. It is the blend of function and form to become a piece of art. Something to be admired and looked up to as a superb example of what is possible when all considerations are taken into account and viewed subjectively by the builder/craftsman/artist. Only then do humans excel beyond the norm. That is when something "beautiful" is created.

To be kind to a man that shows up to a horse race with a beast of burden for the reason of being kind does him no favors.
Being honest does.

That is a functional gun, it is a gun, nothing more. And i am being honest.
Now Safari Kid should tell the maker that it is Not something great, and then the gunmaker would look at himself and his work with some critsism and try to elevate his work.

Honestly.

Well,All I can say is that I(me)specified how I want it and I got exactly that!I wanted a Light,Short(36")EZ carry backup rifle to my 50/110 BFR 5" revolver for this Falls Brown Bear Hunt(Cold Bay area)If I dont get close enough for a good shot,off the pack comes the "Ugly Duckling" and down goes Ursus Horribilus!(my spelling)..Me,I Freakin' Luv IT,but then again,I think Angela Joline is HOT too!

Gun toter,

What it appears to me that you are saying, is that if we don't think like you we are not being honest!!

What I am telling you, is that I honestly think that gun is a beauty!

I appreciate the aesthetics of a gray laminate and stainless or gray finished metal.

Its a nice looking gun. Honestly. If you don't like, good for you....exercise your free will. But don't accuse me of lying or being disingenuously complimentary just because my taste is different...and don't assume that one can only like one kind of rifle -- I also appreciate wood and blue as much as anyone. And NO, I don't think every gun has beauty just because its functional.

Canuck

Really pretty to my intact (thus far) retinas.
I just now got to see this. My DSL connection is in and out on me. Standing by for a fix:

quote:

Standing by for a fix:

Is it your modem? Mine occasionally needs a good swift re-boot.

Cheers,
Canuck

Not the modem. Replacement modem is doing the same thing. DSL line. Maybe some Kentucky squirrel has chewed a cable? Repair man will check it out tomorrow and the office manager will let him in while I slave away.

Holy shit. I love the way it looks, it but no way would I shoot it. I think I would get a flinch watching someone shoot it. Even with the break that has got to be violent. Safari kid you put some thought into that one. Rifle looks to be very well done. I like it, never in a million years would I thought a gun with a laminate stock could be that light.

nice rifle.

Is that a Holland brake?

She thump much?

No,not a Holland break,though I have will have one on my 408/338 Snipe-Tac...That break was done by my smith at Bijiou Creek Rifles.. http://www.bijoucreek.com/ check him out,fast,reasonable and a great guy and gunsmith!

OK,
If you like it that is fine with me as everyone is trying to tell me........To each his own.

But:

It is all to often people spout off (good or bad) about a gun on these boards and when you actually take the time to look at the gun from the perspective of workmanship, they are often lacking.

For instance, asymmetrical oval grips and a wood shelf that does not line up with the ejection relief. etc.

Gun Toter, not to be inflamatory or arguementitive, but how many ways are you going to call this gun ugly. You will really get a kick out of my 700 AHR being made with all gray metal and a gray kevlar stock. Some people really do think this is a good looking gun, myself included. Guns are like everything else, what one man thinks is beautiful, another man thinks is hideous.Thats why they make all different kinds.

Safarikid- Ok,ITS not a pretty gun but it sure is damn functional. At least I'm not having to look at some morons idea of a great cartridge. This is much better EYE candy and a tribute to what we are supposed to be doing here. Maybe you should re-chamber it for the new .585 short Nyati( dope smoker special)? I know your too savy for that. -rob

Thanks Fella's...I take the Grizzinator,Thor and the Mastodon to Africa next Monday for 4 more Buff!...then on the 29th,the Lil 500 Jeffery gets to go to Alaska for a Brownie (not the kind you eat,but the kind thats eats you!)...Thats when this "Frog will turn into a Prince"!

Very nice rig, but you are a better man the me Gunga Din

I liked the rifle so much that I talked Tom out of it in a trade. It shoots very well and I love the grey laminate and matching duracoat scope.

quote:

Originally posted by analog_peninsula:
So ...

Why did you have the brake installed?

lol!

I like it. I think I'd be fearful if the first time I shot it a full house load was used though.
I'd like a chance to move through a string of continually stronger loads. Sure the super short bbl.
makes air, car, etc. travel better, and field carrying better as well. The take town idea is a smart
one. What MV is produced with full house load?

With the short barrel, it get 2214 ft/sec with 570 grain bullets on my chronograph.. A hair over 6200 foot lbs. Enough power for anything I can think of.

quote:

Originally posted by bigdoggy2bore:
With the short barrel, it get 2214 ft/sec with 570 grain bullets on my chronograph..
A hair over 6200 foot lbs. Enough power for anything I can think of.

Well, I suppose that if three bull elephant were side by side, and you were at the
correct angle when you fired at the first with a side brain shot, and you were using
a quality flat tip banded solid, you could kill the three with the first shot. Hence you
obviously need a 585 HE or 600 OK.

Good one D. R.