Just took delivery on my latest addition to my rifles, another .270 Win. I started with a nice G33-40 action which Danny Pedersen barreled with one of his cut-rifled barrels. I used Blackburn bottom metal, and a stick of lightweight New Zealand grown walnut I talked Bill Dowtin out of several years ago. It is not a fancy blank, but the layout is great and the color very nice. Leupold glass in Talley mounts finished it up. Bruce Farman did the metal finishing and rust blue, and, of course, Gary did the stock. Though you might enjoy seeing it.

TT

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Excellent culmination of talent. I'm especially fond of the nicely pointed shadow line cheek piece and the merge with the grip checkering. Thanks for posting this fine rifle.

I like the low sheen finish!

Very nice! And in one of my favorite calibers.

So that is Swift's small Oberndorf style bottom metal?
Interesting choices for the bolt knob and safety.

No, not Swift.I got the bottom metal from Ted several years ago when he was still producing them. The bolt and safety were already on the action when I bought it, and it worked just fine. I saw no reason to change it. It is a two-position safety rather than a three-position one, but works great.

TT

now-that is a rifle

Nice rifle...Thanks for posting.

Enjoy!

Lovely rifle Tom.

Congratulations.

I like the look of the safety when it retains the original shape of the Mauser shroud.

Best wishes,

Chris

Well done, that is a beautiful rifle. Very impressive indeed.

Cheers.

And you know what else Tom, it is even a real custom!!!!

Beautiful

Very tasteful American styling, great action choice for an all-time great caliber.

Elegance in form and function.

Stunning rifle Tom.

dam nice job the guys did for you there

very dam nice

Another very nice custom for your collection!

Tsquare2 Would you please post a closer picture of the cheek piece point and the grip area when you have few minutes? Thanks in advance if you can find the time.

Does this photo provide what you want?

TT

Goudy had an exhibition checkering job at one time wherein the checkering tapered from 22 or 24 LPI too 32 LPI or something like that, can't remember the exact LPI taper but it was absolutely beautiful and the workmanship was awesome..

I had a custom stocked Goudy Mauser mod. 66 in .375 at one time that I traded for and it was an awesome rifle and gave me new respect for the mod. 66 Mauser..Different but totally functional and well designed action, short through and slicker n snot, very accurate rifle.
Only downside was stock design due to the bulk of metal on the tang making it more or less a Mossberg or A-Square looking affair! but I even got used to that and the Goudy stock made it 110% better than the factory plank...

Custombolt,
Perhaps this is better.

TT

Ray,

I'm pretty sure that Gary's stock on a 66 Mauser was as good as it could be (I've never seen it). However, I think it is probably impossible to make a elegant, good-looking rifle out of a Mauser 66. Talk about lipstick on a pig!!!! However, to each his own.

TT

TT-Yes, that is better. There we go. A busy intersection of detail like that speaks volumes of the talent of the maker. Thanks for the enlargement. Tastefully done.

Thought some of you guys might like to see the blank from which the stock was crafted. The short blank is one that Butch Lambert got from me than now is on his Hyper single shot rifle.

TT

TT, it sure made a beautiful stock for my single shot.

Sure did Butch, I've seen the photos.

Guys, In response to a question from azshooter on 24hourcampfire, I finally weighed the rifle. With scope and mounts, but no ammo or sling, it weighs 8.2 pounds.

Also, I made it to the range yesterday for a quick session and attached are two representative groups from the rifle. One, using factory Winchester Supreme ammo with 130 grain bullet was fired by my son Jeff. The other was using my favorite .270 handload that I've used for at least forty years, consisting of 59.5 grains of H4831, Federal 210 primer, and any good 130 grain bullet. It came from a box that I loaded at least twenty years ago. I've been a bit lax in my reloading chores lately! Anyway, I shot the group and it is about as good as I am capable of anymore with any rifle. My days of shooting teeny-weeny groups are over I fear. At 76, my nerves aren't what they used to be.

Anyway, the rifle shoots as good as it looks and I'm most pleased with it.

Tight and gorgeous! Just what a rifle should be...

T-Square

I think its damn admirable that a guy is still having custom rifles built at age 76.

Do you still have many of your earlier rifles that you stocked and checkered yourself.

lindy2 -- Heck, I have two more in the works, a pre-64 Model 70 in .300 Win Mag, and a 1909 Argentine in 9.3x64 Brenneke. Hope they'll be finished by the time I'm 80!

I don't think I have a single rifle or shotgun left that I finished the stocks and checkered. They've all been traded or at least upgraded with a new stock.

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and a 1909 Argentine in 9.3x64 Brenneke

PLEASE do post pictures when this one is finished!

Will do.

Beautiful!

Checkering is very remindful of the art he did on the Ottmar rifle. Simply exquisite ...