Some fool gunsmith bought the carcass of this old .404 Jeffery rifle. It took LOTS of work but with a little help from Charles Lee who put the scratching on it.....it is done!
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For some reason, I find myself wanting another 404... Really is good to see this gun brought back from the brink. And I mean that - you guys should see what he had to start with. Just goes to show what some vision, time and talent can produce. Great gun!
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It would have been nice to have saved the original action for the restoration.
Beautiful rifle!
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Originally posted by Austin Hunter: It would have been nice to have saved the original action for the restoration.
Would have been nice to HAVE the original action! I have no idea why the action was the missing component when Steve took this on (I guess somebody wanted an engraved Jeffery action pretty badly) but as he said, having the original bolt, stock and that great barrel was enough to stoke the fire.
Originally posted by skb: Duane, that is one of your boxes....4 down. Steve Button did the feed work and it feeds flawlessly. I cut your bow and added the Oberndorf bow.
Yeah....we remember it now....that action was kind of an attention-getter
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Steve, Glad to see that you got it finished. I remember making that box. It was the one that told us we could get 4 down in a standard depth. It looks great.
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When looked at with a critical eye, there is no individual feature or part that is dominant or that particularly apeals but the entire package oozes class. What a nice old classic. Great job.
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Originally posted by Duane Wiebe: I have a new monitor...one of those damn fool wide screens that distort everything.
Duane
Find a kid with nothing to do for 5 minutes and he should be able to set you're monitor straight for you.
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