Every once in a while, a quarter awn lank is furnished that's properly laid out, well seasoned, dense AND attractive. Here is such a blank. Joy to work on!

Caliber chosen is the hard to beat 30-06. Wiebe bottom metal, buttplate, rear sight and bolt handle. Sharon Dressel furnished the classy rip cap and Roger Kehr did the embellishment.

My goodness, that's one nice firearm.

Really like that one! Classic in a classic sense of the word!

Very nice Duane. Nice collaborative effort. I haven't talked to Sharon in forever and a day, please tell her Hi.

My that's one nice looking rifle!

Good work, as usual.

Dave

Duane that is a beautiful rifle sir... I like everything about it!

Folks may say an ebony forearm tip adds a touch of class, but that rifle looks much "cleaner" without one. Thank you for continuing to post pictures of your work.

Do you still have the checkered buttplates available ?

Thanks,

One wonders about the wisdom of cutting off a piece of wood to add another...Accessory business sold to Will Nelson uncledeck21@yahoo.com

I (for one) always saw the ebony tip as a protector of the front end of the stock.
No matter. Well done all around. Big fan of the taper of the fore end. One of many similar styles that inspired my last project. Thanks.

I can live without Ebony fe tip, cheek piece, and recoil pads, I prefer straight grained wood properly cured, not much figure suits me workmanship counts..Keep it simple....but they don't sell nearly as fast as marble cake, Ebony, recoil pad, cheek pieces...

the G33-40 SRM has always been my favorite action along with the Brno mod 21, 22, the same action but a tad more refined..but only with non belted cases, the 9.3x62 being its limit for me..

Very nice gun in a best caliber..I would be proud to own it and use it...

I'm not condemning fore end ebony, horn etc...At client's request, do it a lot.

If desperate for a logical reason...Well, I guess it does a good job of sealing end grain???

Beauty Duane! Thanks for sharing.

Interesting thought (sealing end grain). Preferences vary. Lack of a tip certainly isn't a deal breaker for me at least in a pre-owned rifle. I own a couple of those, had to buy 'em. Now, a stock cut for a elevator/peep sight is a deal breaker. Like a hotty missing some front teeth in my opinion.

Looking forward to the next one.

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Originally posted by Duane Wiebe (CG&R):
I'm not condemning fore end ebony, horn etc...At client's request, do it a lot.

If desperate for a logical reason...Well, I guess it does a good job of sealing end grain???

Duane - a handsome rifle. My brother has a VZ33 in 280 Remington that was built by Steve Heilman and Gary Goudy on an equally handsome piece of walnut. A really fine piece of work also.