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I recently finished up a barreled action for a customer. He supplied all the parts, except for my M70 type safety, and the front sight bead The right hand side of the barreled action, a Douglas # 3 contour barrel was used, trimmed to 22 inch length A 1909 Arg trigger guard, a Recknagel trigger and a McLaughlin peep, one of my M70 type safeties  Top left side of the action, showing the redone bolt stop pad, the new M70 type safety  Top view of the action, showing the redone bolt stop pad, the new M70 type safety, and part of the cocking piece peep sight  Rear view of the McLaughlin cocking piece sight  View of the NECG band ramp and perhaps the last Green Fiber front sight in the USA  Bottom view showing the reworked 1909 Arg trigger guard, a new straddle floor plate and latch, reshaped bow  A two panel checkered bolt handle rounds out the work  It was a pleasure to work with this customer, as he had thought out all of what he wanted, and supplied all most all of the parts. And the Whelen has a fond place in my memories, as I packed a Mauser rifle in 35 Whelen from 1978 to 1993 Enjoy. James Wisner | ||
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That has all the details for a mighty fine rifle. Who do you plan on doing the stock ? Anyone who claims the 30-06 is ineffective has either not tried one, or is unwittingly commenting on their own marksmanship Phil Shoemaker Alaska Master guide FAA Master pilot NRA Benefactor www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.com | |||
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Amazing piece. | |||
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Very nice ! | |||
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Very nice! I like the cocking piece peep. It does need a barrel band front swivel base. | |||
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Phil. The customer will be making the stock from what I understand Have you seen the recent YouTube video where I make a Quarter Rib, you will get good laugh as the rifle getting the 1/4 rib belongs to our old friend Paul Broyles Tom This is the way the customer wanted it and it came out nicely James Wisner | |||
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I hadn’t seen it, nor heard from Paul in eons . But thanks Anyone who claims the 30-06 is ineffective has either not tried one, or is unwittingly commenting on their own marksmanship Phil Shoemaker Alaska Master guide FAA Master pilot NRA Benefactor www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.com | |||
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Jim. Thank you again for agreeing to perform this job for me , and this post.a little history for the viewers, I purchased the almost completed action from Clayton Nelson while taking a class at Trinidad state,( Clayton was forthcoming that he didn’t perform the action work) I sent the bolt & action to pac met for heat treatment right before they stopped that work. John McLaughlin told me this sight was the first one he offered for sale and if you’re familiar with them, they’re beautiful.straightforward order from Douglas on the barrel, which makes me ask why are so many barrelmakers backlogged a year ( and we’re waiting on them, myself included) while Douglas has delivered mine in maybe a month ? The rest of the excellent work is all Jim. He was likewise great to work with. Thank you again Jim | |||
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One small forgotten thing , on the ACGG you tube site is a post ofJim installing his safety on this BA. | |||
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I'll tell you why Douglas can deliver barrels way faster than anyone else, and a history lesson for all you new guys. Douglas was the first custom barrel maker in the US, after WW2. The button rifling method was developed by Remington, and Douglas uses that method, although they did cut rifle thousands of muzzle loading barrels until about 30 years ago. I saw the room with about 20 Pratt and Whitney machines in it. Douglas developed a method of double reaming the drilled bores, and uses gear driven rifling buttons. Other makers use helical driven buttons; those don't work. And knows how to stress relieve before, and after, rifling. Many other makers do not know how, and do not do this, properly. Any time you get a barrel that shoots one hole, then 3 outside of that, it wasn't properly stress relieved. How can they respond so quickly? They keep 1000 rifled blanks in stock, and make more daily. When an order comes in, they CNC profile it on a CNC lathe about as big as a small house. They air gauge each barrel (I have done it there), and visually inspect each barrel. Long story short, they do it by institutional knowledge, experience, and efficiency of scale. I refuse to use any other maker, and really, none of them offer anything new, or better, than Douglas. Guys ask me to fit barrel brand X they just bought; I tell them, no. Fit it yourself. Guys just like new names, but in this case, they are wasting time and money; and we need to support an old established firm. Not the new comers to the market. And I can't understand why anyone would wait a year for something they can get in a month, and it will be a better, or certainly as good, a product. Only for calibers which Douglas does not make and that is not any I know of. Add to that, they are the nicest and easiest to deal with; they have my custom patterns and make barrels for those too. No other maker is as responsive, and yes, I have used them all in the past, with stories for each that you don't want to hear. | |||
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Very nice Jim. Very nice.  Aut vincere aut mori | |||
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Did you have to anneal the cocking piece to mill the dovetail? Jim Kobe 10841 Oxborough Ave So Bloomington MN 55437 952.884.6031 Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild | |||
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Jim. No I did not have to anneal, as I use so many Carbide cutters anymore. J Wisner | |||
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Tom, I sure miss Stan. | |||
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