How nice is this

Beautiful...what’s the buttplate look like?

Looks like a black Pachmayer, sorry but it's a 338 win mag

Grip cap is about as perfect as they come.

Are those hexkey trigger guard screws? for shame, for shame

Terry

At least my hex heads line up.

Who did the engraving?

I'm not sure whom James contracted yet. It will be blued some time next week

Whos stock pattern is that?

purrfection.

James cuts his stocks from the blank. I have some 35mm of the progression.

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Originally posted by WORLDHUNTER1:

That's nice. A rifle to be proud of. Never heard of James Tucker, He does fantastic work.

Sorry about the hexscrew comment.

Terry

I didn't take it personaly, but I have some other custom rifles with slotted screw and depending on the season they will line up differently, which drives me nuts.So I went with the lesser of two evils.

For those who have never heard of James Tucker, you can read about him in Steven Dodd Hughes book entitled Custom Rifles in Black and White.

he was out on his own for quite some time, and then I believe he went to work as head stockmaker for one of the London Firms that moved to Los Angeles of all places. Now I believe that he is out on his own again.

He is known to make purely classic stocks with simplicity, grace, and beauty. And it surely shows in the photos. that stock is exquisite!!!!

WORLDHUNTER1,

Thats a fantastic looking rifle and the grip cap is amazing....Congratulations!

If you have more photos of this beauty please post them!

Regards,
Dave

Jim lived in California and was in his own shop there for some time. He then moved to the Northeast, I believe it was Vermont. It did not work so well moving there so he took a job as the head stockmaker/shop foreman for Rigby in Los Angeles. After a few years he migrated north to Oregon. He is a top of the line stockmaker and a hell of a nice guy. He also has a try gun and does stockfitting for folks. He usually has his try gun at the guild show and is quite busy with it.

Top quality rifle.James Tucker great custom maker and artist in the custom gun trade
Congratulations,

Roland

This is all I have for now.
It must be said that my good friend Mr Penrod did the metal work.

looks like a Blackburn Guard as well. Is the metal going to be blued?

Yes

This is exquisite, WORLDHUNTER1-

One of the things I admire most is that riflesmithing, done well, spans the spectrum from brute force to delicacy beyond conception.

A watchmaker would envy this work.

I particularly like the way the streaking in the walnut shows.

It's often said that man attempts to bring order to the universe. James Tucker has brought perfect order to this small part of the universe.

flaco

Damn that is nice!
how much money have you got in it?

Really, really nice.

...and certainly worth another look with all of this discussion of the value of custom rifles.
SDH

Beautiful!!!!!!