A Custom built 350 Rem Mag - Leonard Mews Mannlicher Stock

I recently purchased this rifle with my 2 brothers as a gift. A big "thank you" shout out to loud-n-boomer for offering such a nice Custom rifle. It appears the Douglas barrel and metal-work was done by PD Cain in Dec. 1966 as marked "Douglas Barrel by PD Cain 122966", but the stock / checkering was gone by Leonard Mews. I found Leonard's a very light stamp in the barrel channel - now enhanced with some dark stain. The seller's description tells all. A field test will follow next week.
as always, your comments are most welcome

http://www.buckstix.com/buckpics/350-rem-mag-000.jpg

Nice old 60s build; I like the 350 RM and have built several. I wonder why you didn't post more pictures though; is 19 all you had?

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Originally posted by dpcd:
Nice old 60s build; I like the 350 RM and have built several. I wonder why you didn't post more pictures though; is 19 all you had?

What additional pictures would you like to see?

I like it a lot! Now, just put some express sights on it and it will be perfect.

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Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
I like it a lot! Now, just put some express sights on it and it will be perfect.

I agree - it would look better with express sights, but my 73 year old eyes like a scope.

That last part was an attempt at a joke. I have about a .5 success rate on them, here. Lots of guys on AR have no sense of humor.

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Originally posted by dpcd:
Nice old 60s build; I like the 350 RM and have built several. I wonder why you didn't post more pictures though; is 19 all you had?

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Originally posted by buckstix:
What additional pictures would you like to see?

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Originally posted by dpcd:
That last part was an attempt at a joke. I have about a .5 success rate on them, here. Lots of guys on AR have no sense of humor.

and so was my reply .... ... gotcha ..

I keep thinking I saw a picture of that rifle in a gun digest or somewhere......

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Originally posted by theback40:
I keep thinking I saw a picture of that rifle in a gun digest or somewhere......

Wow, if you every find a picture of this rifle, please contact me.

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Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
I like it a lot! Now, just put some express sights on it and it will be perfect.

OK,sights added, but I'll never use them. I'm a scope guy.

http://www.buckstix.com/buckpi...0-rem-mag-sights.jpg

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Originally posted by Michael Robinson:

THANK YOU

We had a nice warm day today. It got up to 39 degrees - so I went to the range to test a couple loads with the 350 Rem Mag. I just might use this for Bear hunting this Fall.

Here are the 2 targets. I love my new Garmin chronograph.

http://www.buckstix.com/buckpics/350targ-1-sm.jpg



http://www.buckstix.com/buckpics/350targ-2-sm.jpg

You did get me on that one!
Ok, super groups; go with the Barnes, and as for me, I don't shoot light bullets in the 350 anyway. 200, 225, or 250.
I still have a Ruger, and a Rem 600 in 350. I had a Rem 700 with a full striped stock but I sold that one...

I really like the 600s. I have one in 350 RM, one in 6.5 RM, one in 222, one in 30-30, and one in 35 REM. I sold my 600 in rare .223 caliber because it was too valuable to keep. And I also had the Remington 700s in 6.5 mag and 350 Mag, but also sold those two because they were too valuable to keep.

I have Rem 600s in .222 Rem, .308, and 350 Rem Mag.

I have a 250 gr Partition load in the 350. Man, not a fun rifle to shoot!

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Originally posted by Austin Hunter:
I have a 250 gr Partition load in the 350. Man, not a fun rifle to shoot!

Your 600 weighs a little less than 5-1/2 pounds and generates about 43 ft/lbs of recoil with your load. My custom 350 mag weighs 8-1/2 pounds and generates about 28 ft/lbs of recoil with the same load, and is fun to shoot. Stick some lead into the stock to reduce recoil.

I only need to shoot once, so the recoil is not even noticeable.

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Originally posted by dpcd:
I only need to shoot once, so the recoil is not even noticeable.

This little puppy has mild recoil compared to my 700NE double rifle.