I started this project a very long time ago . It seems my own personal rifles almost never get done ..
Finally finished her up last year just in time for hunting season and shot a doe in the head on the last day of rifle season on one of the local mountains at just over 100 yards !!

Started with a VZ-24 Action , Douglas 23" barrel chambered in the good ol 7x57 .. reworked bottom metal , Dakota buttplate & 3-position safety . And fitted with Warne Premier Rings & bases .
Rust blued metal .. Chem pac finish from Brownell's .

Stock was preshape from Great American (never again) .. and I ended up reshaping the complete stock and actually bending the wrist to give er more drop . Glass bedded , mostly to fix the warping problem . But it shoots okay but I need to tweak my load .
But it's neat stick of English Walnut , checkered at 24LPI ..

This rifle is a slender , lightweight deer rifle .

Now I need to keep working on my 721 re-stock in English walnut , chambered in a 300 H&H !!
And also I'm in the middle of another 7x57 rifle what I call a Alpine Rifle .
Blind bottom metal , english walnut and a slim red recoil pad ..

Here are a few pictures my son took ..
Enjoy ...

VERY, VERY NICE

Handsome rifle and a one of my favorite calibers.

What an outstanding rifle, and a great caliber!

Well done. Crisp and refined lines as usual Allen. Did you massage the metal on this one? Ted?

Nice rifle...I like using the same back drop for rifle photos.

about the only thing I don't like about that rifle is that it isn't mine! Don't see many stock re-enforcement bolts on 7 x 57s.

Excellent. I've settled on the 7x57 for most of my hunting.

7x57 is a great round.
CB, what does "massage the metal"mean? Never heard that phrase before.

Very nice. Wish I had the ability to do work like that.

Nice rifle in a great caliber!

Classic and elegant.

Not pretty cool, very cool!

Beautiful rifle in a grand old caliber. I do love custom Mausers!

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Originally posted by mightymouse:
Beautiful rifle in a grand old caliber. I do love custom Mausers!

Absolutely.

Wow! Truly beautiful rifle.

Beautifully sleek rifle. I'd be very proud to own it, let alone have built it!

Stunning.

Spectacular rifle. Beautiful work.

Love the neat caliber lettering on the barrel. Stamped or engraved?

Very nice rifle.

I really like the contour of that stock. Looks like a very usable rifle. You could do me a great favor by finding a flaw on the rifle (make one if you have to) and taking a picture of it to make me feel a little better. Regards, Bill.

You do beautiful work. I have a stick of English walnut and a 1909 Argie waiting patiently to look like that...

Good article by Boddington in the latest issue of Safari on stalking rifles, particularly those in .275 Rigby.

You say you purchased from Great American but never again. Is that because of the warping problem that you talk about, or for some other reason.

that is really a nice stock!

Wow ... thanks for all the comments and nice things to say ...

Lindy ..
If somebody gives me a pre-shaped stock to build them a rifle on , I'll use it , and if the pattern is nice and enough wood left on the outside , no problem .
As fulltime Custom Flintlock builder , I shape all my stock from a blank .. a pre-shape stock normally saves me about 2 hours of work and gives me about 20 hours of frustration .

one of my biggest joys of gunmaking is sculpting a stock . As a ol friend of mine use to say (I don't pay anyone to make love to my wife , why should I pay someone to shape my stock !?!?)

Great American jerked me around a little at first but came through with this stock.
The problems (if my memory serves me correctly)
Not enough drop in the buttstock .. loose inletting .. then after having everything inlet and together she went crazy on me with a major warp in the fore-end . So I hollowed out the fore end and inlet a metal bar and completely glass bedded everything ... now we're good to go .

Ted Ulmer , who did the metal work has a engraving machine (not sure how it quite works) did the lettering on the barrel . So it's cut , not stamped .

Well it's leaning toward 7:00 am .... time do git crackin !!

She is an absolute beauty!!

I've reserved commenting, on your builds, because I'm prejudiced, but I do have a question:

Q. Does it come in Black?

Truly impressive piece of craftsmanship.

Pretty Kool is right. Very nicely done Allen!

A beautiful rifle Allen. The stock work looks very nice. The 7X57 is a winner in my book too.

No need to worry about GAG anymore. They are out of business.

Off shore ...

Errr no !! not on this one !!
I might be about blacked out , if you know what I mean !!

Thanks again for the kind words and compliments !!

Allen,
Very nice rifle, anyone would be proud to own that one. I love the choice of caliber and especially the checkering on it. How much does it weigh complete with mounted scope? Well Done! Bob

birdhunter bob ...

On my digital post office scales with scope , sling ... 8.5 lbs right on the button !!
Not a feather weight but a slim rifle that just a pleasure to carry .

thanks ..

Allen,
If that 721 300 H&H is the one I traded to you, I sure would like to see some pics when you are done.

That rifle is a real beauty!

Great job Allen...

I would be proud to have that beautiful rifle in my cabinet. It would fit in nice with the four 7x57's in there now .Well done!