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Waffenfabrik Mauser Oberndorf 1917" Owner certainly didn't want to hide that! The action was re heat treated by Blanchard's of Utah after I added the square bridge and did all the necessary mods. The completed rifle weighs 8-10 without scope and 9-5 with. Client furnished the highly figured Bastogne blank...damn hard piece of wood that makes me hope there's no more like It out there! The tasteful lettering and engraving was done by Master Engraver Jim Blair of WY. Photos tell the rest of the story.           | ||
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Wow! Another beauty. | |||
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Won't that crush the scope mounted like that? Sorry...I had to start it this time...  Har!Nice work as always. _____________________ Steve Traxson | |||
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Makes my mouth water more than a bison steak, beautiful Duane. | |||
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That's gorgeous, Duane. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Very nice Duane. Thanks for sharing. Lee | |||
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Duane, You really do some nice work. Unfortunately it's just a little outside my retirement budget these days!  Roger ___________________________ I'm a trophy hunter - until something better comes along. *we band of 45-70ers* | |||
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Beautiful rifle Duane I love seeing your perfect inletting. Proper! DRSS | |||
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Another beautiful rifle Thank for posting dave | |||
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Very good looking rifle. velocity is like a new car, always losing value. BC is like diamonds, holding value forever. | |||
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Stunning...just stunning. I am sure the owner will be overjoyed to receive that beautiful rifle. Thanks for sharing | |||
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Nice stock work. Years ago I had a blank of Bastogne and the stockmaker refused to use it, so I ended up with English Walnut. I gave the Bastogne blank to a friend to have fitted to his HighWall, but I never saw it finished- then the fellow died and I don't know what happened to the rifle. Oh well, it's nice to know there are some stockmakers that have courage and persistence to use the wood. | |||
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Gorgeous rifle in my favorite caliber. Functional art! 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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Superior workmanship. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Keeping that banner visible * really * stretches that Leupold! Curious how you did the insert on the rear sight? Another classic rifle. Excellent. | |||
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Very nice! [Insert drooling emoji here.] ------------------------------- Some Pictures from Namibia Some Pictures from Zimbabwe An Elephant Story | |||
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Baxter: I'll assume you mean the gold inlay? In the mfg. of these sights, we mill a vertical slot, but Jim Blair did the actual inlay | |||
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Thanks Duane. Very nice. | |||
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Superb...wow! | |||
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The inletting is eye-watering. That truly sets the bar. Thanks for the close up picture. I know tools don't equal ability, but could you post a picture of your most used inletting tools sometime? Dave | |||
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The best part of it is that these wonderful old Mauser actions are being resurrected and given this first class treatment and a second life. A7Dave Duane has posted many photos of his bench before. Didn't you see his tools there? As he would say, "Har"! | |||
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That inletting is spectacular! If I had one of Duane's rifle I'd be taking it apart all the time to show people. Fantastic! "Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" -- Ronald Reagan "Ignorance of The People gives strength to totalitarians." Want to make just about anything work better? Keep the government as far away from it as possible, then step back and behold the wonderment and goodness. | |||
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Another stunner. "...I advise the gun. While this gives a moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprize, and independance to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks." Thomas Jefferson | |||
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Very, very nice Duane!  Aut vincere aut mori | |||
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The rifle is a beauty but I keep going back to the photo of the inletting. Dave | |||
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