I bought this last year and posted pics of it. When I finally organized my Photobucket.com account all the links to photos I posted here were gone. I recently sent it off to Charley Santoni of CS Sports. He typically finishes rifles; cerakoting, painting stocks, inletting and bedding, etc. If you've ever been to his sight http://www.riflestockpainting.com/ you might have noticed the beautiful photography he does with his customers rifles. While he had my rifle, I asked if he'd take a few pics, for posterity.

All I can say is

WOW!!!!



Silly me! I left my drop chart attached to my scope!


Alan

Absolutely beautiful.

Nice
Did you have anything redone?

Brad,

Thankfully no, nothing redone. Just had Charley touch up the trigger, take out the over travel and check the bedding to see if anything needed tweaking. He shot it with some of his special loads, with my permission of course, and is sending the load data he used that shot MOA.

Alan

Gssp--Everyone knows that a 25-06 goes so many circles around a Bob that deer just laugh at a person carrying one. A Bob just wont work. Send that to me to avoid all the embarrassment.

gorgeous, who was the original builder? the stock looks fabulous.

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Originally posted by Dago Red:
gorgeous, who was the original builder? the stock looks fabulous.

Alan

Beautiful. It definitely does have that South Dakota look to it!

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Originally posted by 22WRF:
Beautiful. It definitely does have that South Dakota look to it!

Glen has stocked off and on for Dakota Arms and Searcy doubles for quite a few years.

Alan

Absolute Rifle PORN!!

Gorgeous rifle!

Thanks for sharing!

It arrives tomorrow from Charley's shop in Calif. He shot it while he had it, with my permission. He found a couple of loads it liked. Hope to take it out Tuesday and let it breath the cold Utah air.

Alan

I don't think I like you anymore. In fact, I'm sure of it. You have too many nice toys...

regards,

Rich
on a serious note, that is just beautiful

Rich,

What can I say. My mom's inheritance arrived last spring and besides paying off all my debts I know my mom would have wanted me to do a few things for myself. This rifle was something I never thought I could have owned, nor the others I bought this past year.

On another note, the accuracy is something I'm much happier with. Charely passed along a load of 42 gr of IMR 4831 and the 115 Nosler BT. He also liked 44 gr, same powder and the 110 Nosler Accubond.

I'm not done playing with either but I'm seeing numerous sub MOA groups with both.

Alan

LOVE that type of engraving... real classic

Beautiful rifle Alan! You did good

Terry

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Originally posted by BaxterB:
LOVE that type of engraving... real classic

BaxterB,

It's my rifle and I can't figure out what engraving you're talking about.

Alan

Sorry...The lettering on the barrel.

It's got that old school Rigby look to it. Much better that the script straight-off-the-pantograph stuff so common today.

It's a beaut!

Even as stunning as the rifle is, it's real beauty is in the way it handles. What can't be seen from the pictures is the nearly perfect balance, the great proportions, and the shape of the fore and and grip that make the rifle just about perfect IMO. I hated to box that rifle and send it off.

Nice rifle.I also checked the rifles on charley's website and think they are all nice.I really like the wood on the top of the three wooden rifles.

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Originally posted by shootaway:
Nice rifle.I also checked the rifles on charley's website and think they are all nice.I really like the wood on the top of the three wooden rifles.

The sixth rifle down on the left, the 9.3x62 is my other rifle Charley has worked on.

http://www.riflestockpainting.com/Photo_Album.html

Alan

Alan,
Could you tell me more about the 9.3x62? Especially what stock is it. I like the looks of the design. I'm shopping stocks for two of my Model 70's. And I sure like your choice of caliber and wood in this rifle. Wouldn't change a thing for myself. Now you need a 7X57 to go with it.

George

George

It's a 1952'ish Pre 64 M70 with a Pacnor #3 SS 24" barrel. M70 bottom metal, internals and trigger. Lee Christianson of Baldwin, WI, otherwise known at Redneck over on the campfire did the metal work and initial inletting into the D'Arcy Echols Legend stock. Once Lee did his part, he sent off to Charley Santoni of CS Sports. Charley finished the metal in Midnight Purple Cerakote. It gives a blued effect with a bit more shine than matte Cerakote. He painted the Legend stock and attached the pad along with finishing the inletting and bedding it with pillars and glass. He mounted the Leupold QR bases/rings and VXIII 1.75-6 scope. I'm extremely pleased with both their work and timeliness to get the work done. Using Lapua brass, WLR primers and Varget/250 Accubonds and Big Game/286 Partitions, it's proven to be a sub MOA and many sub 1/2 MOA shooters with very fast velocities. Weight is 8lb 3 oz.

Alan

Alan,
Thanks for all the info. A really fine looking rifle. Hope it shoots as well as it looks. Exactly what I have in mind for my 06. I found more info you posted several weeks back but the pictures were unavaliable. Does that stock have a cheek piece? The only pictures on Echols's site does. But the McMillen Hunter Edge stock does not. I want one with no cheek piece.They don't fit me right. The plans for my other rifle is for a 35 Whelen so will be bult with similiar goals as you have for your 9.3.
George



George A Walls
MSGT, USMC Retired

George,

First off thanks for your service!

When I organized all my pics on my photobucket.com account all the links were lost. Yes the stock has a fine-line cheek piece as does my McMillan Rem Sporter. The difference, to me, with the Legend stock is that it has cast off at the heel and toe. Makes a world of difference to me.

D'Arcy's link.

http://echolsrifles.com/

Here are a few pics now that I got them organized.


The broom stick layed down in the barrel channel shows how the butt has the cast off.



As it came from Echols shop.






Alan