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At the Tulsa Arms Show over the weekend I was able to pick up Hoffman Arms 10.75x68 from a friend. I looked at this rifle when I was at his house last year and fell in love with it then. So when I was helping him set up his table on Friday I pulled this rifle out of the case, and when i realized which one it was I just had to take it home with me. It is one of the rifles built in their later years when they were located in Amarillo Texas. My friend that I got it from said that he had bought it from Ray Atkinson several years back. When I was back up at the show yesterday, I was able to find a couple of old boxes of Kynoch ammo for it, and a Rigby hard leather case that it fits nicely in. Hope you all enjoy. | ||
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Wow! Really Nice! Thanks for posting the photos. | |||
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Beautiful rifle! Thanks for sharing. What force or guile could not subdue, Thro' many warlike ages, Is wrought now by a coward few, For hireling traitor's wages. | |||
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Thanks! I'll take some pictures of the shroud and safety in just a little bit. It's a pretty neat safety design that I hadn't seen before. | |||
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Beautiful! The bolt shroud and safety look like the ones on the model 21 & 22 Brno rifles, which in turn look like a '95 Mannlicher straight pull. One of my favorite styles of safety, although one could argue they are too easily pushed off inadvertently. | |||
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Beautiful and welcome to the Hoffman family. I'll be interested in a range report. Cheers Jim ______________________ DRSS ______________________ Hunt Reports 2015 His & Her Leopards with Derek Littleton of Luwire Safaris - http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/2971090112 2015 Trophy Bull Elephant with CMS http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/1651069012 DIY Brooks Range Sheep Hunt 2013 - http://forums.accuratereloadin...901038191#9901038191 Zambia June/July 2012 with Andrew Baldry - Royal Kafue http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7971064771 Zambia Sept 2010- Muchinga Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4211096141 Namibia Sept 2010 - ARUB Safaris http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6781076141 | |||
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I did own that rifle for quite some time, the person you purchased it from used to be a regular on AR...I shot 3 or 4 Buffalo with that gun..At the time is was hell to load for, no brass or load data, but Im sure you got the load data with it and the seller had a ton of brass for it also RCBS custom dies..Hornaber makes brass..I have often lamented on selling that gun, its a good'un..You done good!! BTW, it killed buffalo as well as any other caliber Ive used on the black bulls. The advent of the later monolithic and Woodleighs changed the bad rap it got some many years ago. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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Thanks! Ray, I am getting load data and some components from him in the next couple of weeks when I get the chance to run down to his house. I'm really looking forward to playing with this rifle some and seeing how it will do. I ran out to the range with it yesterday evening and shot a couple of the old Kynoch shells through it, just to cure an itchy trigger finger. | |||
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Here's some better pictures of the shroud and safety that were asked for. The safety being located on the left side seems to be in the perfect spot when you've gotta flip it off in a hurry. With the safety in the up position it is on safe, but the bolt does not lock and flipped down is fire. It is very crisp and does not seem like it could be fipped off unintentionally very easily. | |||
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I have bought similar BRNO safety to my both Mausers. I like it very much. | |||
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A very very classy and beautiful rifle. | |||
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thanks for the photos....as another hoffman owner..i really like to see anything "hoffman"..also lookking for a hoffman barrel..i have a squarebridge magnum with ..harry snyder's signature in gold on the floorplate....but..over the years someone switched out the barrel.....best regards...john | |||
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Any chance of photos of the inletting. Like to see how it was done in the day. | |||
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I'll try to get it out of the stock again, and get some pictures of it. It's SUPER tight in the stock. | |||
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That is a classic. Thank you for sharing. Lee | |||
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Very nice - true classic! | |||
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Spectacular! Thanks for sharing! Matt FISH!! Heed the words of Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984: "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." | |||
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The 10.75x68 can be loaded with stripper-clips. I wonder why it was decided to flatten out the rear bridge? Matt FISH!! Heed the words of Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984: "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." | |||
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Loaded up some shells the other day with 400 grain Woodleighs and varget and went and shot the rifle a little bit. The group pictured was at 50 yards and was the first group shot with the rifle. I'm gonna load up some more shells with 350 grain Woodleighs tonight and hopefully go shoot it again this weekend. | |||
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Bummer it doesn’t shoot...maybe the 350s will... ;-) | |||
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I know! Maybe it would help if I just mill a dovetail on the quarter rib to mount a red dot on it like some of the double rifles now a days have. | |||
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What’s the length of the inside of the magazine? What force or guile could not subdue, Thro' many warlike ages, Is wrought now by a coward few, For hireling traitor's wages. | |||
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I'll have to measure it later. I think it's right around 3.375. Standard OAL of the 10.75x68 is 3.189 and I've got my bullets seated out 3.310 so that the edge of the case mouth meets up at the cannelure and it still has a little room left in the magazine. | |||
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Thanks! What force or guile could not subdue, Thro' many warlike ages, Is wrought now by a coward few, For hireling traitor's wages. | |||
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Looks like 3.415 | |||
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Nice open grip there... NOT. Beautiful rifle | |||
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What's the barrel length? | |||
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Darn, too bad Biebs doesn't own this rifle or we would get a shot at it in a month or two... Seriously, quality piece. I really like that rifle! On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Thanks! The barrel is 24 inches. | |||
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If you get a chance, could you measure the magazine width front and rear? I am in the process of gathering components for a 10.75x68 build. Original Oberndorf magazines are rather short. Sounds like yours may have an Oberndorf 30-06 magazine, which is good, as it allow enough length for mono’s. Matt FISH!! Heed the words of Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984: "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." | |||
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As Shirley Temple said, "Oh my goodness" folks in those days knew how to make a rifle! It's so sad today that such a large number of "custom shop" rifles are just plastic stocks screwed to CNC machined metal and then only hand work is to program the computer. Congratulations on the purchase if such a fine rifle. Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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farting around. I like the stock. | |||
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I,m almost certain I had the late Tony Barnes of Twin Falls installe that Brno safety on that gun. Why I ever parted with it I'll always wonder, but again I am forever a gun whore and after shooting several buffalo I got bored and sold it to LB-404 or AR fame who also shot some buffalo with it as I recall..Its a great gun. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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Thanks everybody! I went out and shot the rifle again yesterday with some 350 grain Woodleighs using IMR 4198. It shot them very accurately, but pressures were getting a little high and it was flattening primers pretty bad and the velocity was quite a bit lower than I was expecting, so I'm gonna go back and try another powder. ColoradoMatt, the magazine is .905 at the rear and .705 at the front. Keep us updated on the progress of the build when you get is started. I'd love to see what your rifle turns out like. | |||
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Great shooting! I can't get groups this tight if I tape the target to the muzzle. Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Hahahaha thanks Cal! | |||
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Sounds like Oberndorf ‘06 bottle metal. I’m planning on using a Blackburn 9.3x64 bottom metal. I have an Oberndorf ‘06 action but it’s been drilled. If I can get the holes filled and cleaned up, I may use it, but I don’t know yet. Matt FISH!! Heed the words of Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984: "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." | |||
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I shot 350s in it with a fast ball powder and it was very accurate and fast at 2350 FPS as I recall..I think it was 335 but wouldn't swear to it, but LB has that load in the data I sent him..My favorite load was the 400 gr. Woodleigh softs and solids Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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