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I am new to the whole "nice wood" game. After following the thread on here on tradewinds AHR rifle. I was wondering if you folks could post your pics of your Bastogne stocks This just might be the type I use for my next build. Rod -------------------------------- "A hunter should not choose the cal, cartridge, and bullet that will kill an animal when everything is right; rather, he should choose ones that will kill the most efficiently when everything goes wrong" Bob Hagel | ||
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9.3X62 1909 Argentine M98 with a Bastogne.    Terry -------------------------------------------- Well, other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? | |||
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Damn Terry, Have I missed that one? Beautiful! Butch | |||
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Nah, it's been around awhile. It comes from the time when I thought I wanted to be a stock maker. Terry -------------------------------------------- Well, other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? | |||
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Here are some pics of my Dads "twin" to my rifle. Dean Zollinger did the stock work on it.     William Berger True courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway. - John Wayne The courageous may not live forever, but the timid do not live at all. | |||
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Terry, good to hear from you, but damn it...that rifle is about to fall off the railing.  Like Butch said, dont remember seeing that one...NICE!_____________________ Steve Traxson | |||
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Lound-n-boomer can you post pics of the forend tip on that rifle some of the bottom side also. Thanks, James | |||
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Thsi is a different picture of the one down in the "couple of mine" thread. It was a Bishop second.  This one will be my 400PDK when I get around to it. Looks darn good for a $125 piece of wood.   As usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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.600 Overkill..Not mine any longer,but still Fantastic!  (Bijou Creek Custom Rifles)   "That's not a knife..THIS is a KNIFE" ! | |||
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Sako L-57  NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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Man, A bunch of beautiful stocks. Butch | |||
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Here is a "lady in waiting" of Bastogne  Bailey Bradshaw www.bradshawgunandrifle.com I'm in the gun buildin bidness, and cousin....bidness is a boomin | |||
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 - mike ********************* The rifle is a noble weapon... It entices its bearer into primeval forests, into mountains and deserts untenanted by man. - Horace Kephart | |||
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Mine aren't Bastone. Just American Black Walnut. These are the two 404 Jeffery Rifle stock made by John Valicek in Canyon Lake, Texas.   Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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many moons ago when don allen was still around i had him build me a matching pair of bastonne stocked rifles one in 375 and one in 416. it took a bit over a year to get, but the matching is phenomenal, i really don't know how in the devil he got them so identical  | |||
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Rusty......isnt it almost time to sell that ole LH 404? Rod -------------------------------- "A hunter should not choose the cal, cartridge, and bullet that will kill an animal when everything is right; rather, he should choose ones that will kill the most efficiently when everything goes wrong" Bob Hagel | |||
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This is a lefty I did for a fellow Minnesota guy, 300 Win Mag     com/albums/g83/Jkob60/Miller300win004.jpg[/IMG]Jim Kobe 10841 Oxborough Ave So Bloomington MN 55437 952.884.6031 Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild | |||
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Certainly not the quality of Jims but my .404 Jeffery on the 1999 MRC action is one of my favorites.....and yes...it's bastogne    forgive my footprint   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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Awesome rifles all, thanks for posting! Vapo....whats that finish? that is a smokin lookin rig & one to be proud of. I never really thought anything but black would look good with nice wood, but yours is the 2nd pic in a couple weeks on here with a grayish finish that makes my eyes  Jim, please stop posting pics of drop dead LH rigs.....that Minne guy is a lucky man! Rod -------------------------------- "A hunter should not choose the cal, cartridge, and bullet that will kill an animal when everything is right; rather, he should choose ones that will kill the most efficiently when everything goes wrong" Bob Hagel | |||
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tong oil /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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Nice you do darn good work for a guy in Nebraska.  As usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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OK so, now that we have seen these beautiful stocks. What does a finished product like that run? I am thinking that a blank might be around $500 and to turn it into a finished fitted stock might be another $1000. Is this about right? Peter. Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright, that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong; | |||
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Unless you are doing the work yourself then your estimate is on the low side. MY finished rifle was a second and less than $100 but 20+ years ago. The other was a $125 Blank and I think a steal. Add $100-150 to turn it. Many of those other blanks could easy go $500. Basic checkering is $150-250. Many of the examples you see could be in the $400-500 for checkering alone. If you have someone that will finish a stock to the quality of most examples above checker it for $1000 you had better jump on it. As usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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I think he meant was finish did you use on the metalwork! | |||
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Ya, thats what I meant, looking back my reply is a little sketchy I did mean what finish on the metal Rod -------------------------------- "A hunter should not choose the cal, cartridge, and bullet that will kill an animal when everything is right; rather, he should choose ones that will kill the most efficiently when everything goes wrong" Bob Hagel | |||
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Th barreled action was bead blasted prior to bluing. What you see isn't exactly the finish I wanted.....I was looking more for a matte satin finish.....but it's what I got and just didn't bother to re do it. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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Well I think it looks real good like that, you could be onto something there. Rod -------------------------------- "A hunter should not choose the cal, cartridge, and bullet that will kill an animal when everything is right; rather, he should choose ones that will kill the most efficiently when everything goes wrong" Bob Hagel | |||
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I agree I've had Toomany Tools do is satin blue (bead blast) finsih on my last two and I really like it. As usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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Vapodog Did you make and fit that quarter rib? (Damn nice rifle!) | |||
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The quarter rib is by Dakota and was made for a #5 contour barrel. The barrel is from MRC and very little fitting was necessary.....It's merely soldered on! /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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Vapo, I like the checkering. NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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