My old 6mm project, circa 1980.

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15 May 2015, 18:12

Dick Wright

My old 6mm project, circa 1980.

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I made this stock around 1980 and had Ted Nicklaus checker it for me. Details to follow...

15 May 2015, 18:17

Dick Wright

This rifle now belongs to a friend who lent it to me because I want to duplicate the checkering pattern on the two CZ's that I am currently stocking.

Ed Lundberg and I laid out this pattern and Ted Nicklaus checkered it. Old Ted was never quite sure what made for an elegant rifle but, if you laid out a pattern for him, he could checker like an angel.

15 May 2015, 18:20

Dick Wright

This is the bottom of the fore end. The fleurs are about 2/3 the normal size with longer than normal necks, an idea we liked a lot.

15 May 2015, 18:30

Dick Wright

The details...

I don't remember where the Mex action or the blank came from. All metal work and rust blueing was done by Herman Waldron. Ted checkered it after I whittled out and finished the stock. It has a Canjar trigger set at 3 lbs.

I sold it to a friend, Kim, who immediately sent it to Jack Haugh for engraving. Since Kim has made it a lifetime goal to never shoot his guns, I'm quite sure that the last time this gun was fired was back in the 80's when I shot a fat, frying-pan-size whitetail for meat.

15 May 2015, 18:35

Dick Wright

This is the side of the fore end showing a little of Jack's exquisite engraving.

15 May 2015, 18:40

Dall85

A real beauty for sure!

15 May 2015, 18:47

srtrax

Nice touch on the forend checkering...I like it.

16 May 2015, 09:11

tjroberts

Nice ,
I have a Roberts on a 03 Springfield with a similar Checkering pattern...tj3006

16 May 2015, 19:34

bwanamrm

Very nice work on that rifle. No offense but the first name that came to mind when I saw the rifle was Al Biesen!

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16 May 2015, 22:14

fla3006

Does look like a Biesen. Very nice!

17 May 2015, 01:48

Dick Wright

That gun was made 35 years ago back when we wanted a gun to look like Al Biesen or Dale Goens made it.

No offense taken... I grew up admiring the rifles that Biesen made for Jack O'Conner.

17 May 2015, 02:55

Chuck Nelson

Very nice Dick!

The bolt handle work reminds me a bunch of many done by Tom Burgess.

17 May 2015, 17:42

Hawkeye Mountaineer

Pretty!

17 May 2015, 23:49

elton

well balanced rifle, Ive always admired the Goens style.
Elton

17 May 2015, 23:52

mlfguns

What a beauty.

08 September 2015, 18:07

Dick Wright

Chuck,

Herman Waldron did the bolt handle and all the metal work including the rust bluing.

08 September 2015, 18:23

eddiel4

I can attest to the elegance of this rifle, being what we all hope to achieve in our projects. The only thing wrong with it is it's not living in Colorado Springs with me...