I would like a double rifle in 257 Roberts.

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Originally posted by ForrestB:
What rifle chambering would you want to own if it weren't so dang tough to justify?

Began work on mine this summer:



It's a Vz-24 Mauser. Had a 24" Shillen barrel (0.700" muzzle) in 9,3x62 installed this summer. Also had the bolt replaced and the rear of the receiver machined smooth so could drill 2 holes for the rear scope mount. Drilled the front receiver holes, reblued, added Weaver bases plus their quad rings, did the stock work and the bedding.

Put an old Weaver K2.5 scope on it but it broke under recoil, so just put a Bushell 4X on it to have something to shoot. I'm still working up my reloads. Currently got a 286 NPT going 2,430 fps across my chrono using IMR-4320. Will be my carry around hog rifle this fall but hope to get to Africa next year.


PS: JUSTIFY! - "Hey honey its just a hobby - You got yours!"

264 WinMag
375 RUM
458/375 RUM
6mm BR Rem.
25 SAUM
240 WBY
338/300 RUM
416/375 RUM
222 Rem Mag
7mm Dakota
7-30 Waters
375 Windwalker
35 Winchester
270-08
338-06
243 Catbird

I have a hard time not making my next rifle another .270.

Forrest:

There are so many, but here is a start.

.22 LR in a 1922 Springfield
.22 Magnum in a martini cadet
.218 Mashburn Bee in a martini cadet
.223 in a BLR
.250-3000 in a 1970's Savage 99A
6.5 Grendl in a mini-Mauser
6.5x250-3000 in a Kurtz Mauser
.270 WCF or a .280 Remington on a Hagen action
.300 H&H in a magnum-length Mauser
8x57IR in a double rifle
.348 in a Winchester Model 71
.357 Maximum in a martini cadet
.350 Rigby in a Mauser
.358 STA in a Stainless Model 70 with laminated stock
.450-400 double rifle
.416 Remington on a pre-64 model 70
.50-70 Sharps cavalry carbine
.50-95 in a Winchester '76
.500 Jeffery in a Mauser
.577 BPE double rifle

8x68S Magnum for general Alaskan game
6.5x55 Mauser for sheep

Both are in the works for me!

Forrest

A Ruger # 3 in 30.40 Krag is my next must have. That has got to be the sweetest little deer rig ever invented.

I would love to own

Double Rifles in

8x75Rs
9.3x74R
.470 NE

Mausers in:

7x57 Mauser
8x64 S
8x68 S
9.3x62 Mauser
9.3x64 Mauser
.404 Jeffrey
.416 Rigby

This are all the guns I wish for.

quote:

Originally posted by crowrifle:
A Ruger # 3 in 30.40 Krag is my next must have. That has got to be the sweetest little deer rig ever invented.

Have one. Also have a confirmed order for a No. 1 in .30-40 Krag. Only problem is the No.1 order was confirmed in 1971 and I still haven't gotten the gun!! Ol' Bill Ruger hisself promised me in person in 1983 (when I collar-buttoned him at the NRA Annual Meeting) that he'd see to it that I got it within 90 days. I'm still waiting, and ol' Bill's gone....and the fella who was chief legal counsel at the time and is now Ruger's President has told the local Ruger reps to tell me to forget it, I'm never gonna get it. This after they held my checks for 26 years.

Part that irks the most is that they DID make a few. Lynn Lidice had at least two of them in his collection. And I don't wanta collect it, I wanta hunt with it, which ol' Bill could appreciate even if the modern management can't.!!

It seems a lot of Americans wants european/English calibers.....me over here..

A 1886 Winchester 50-110WCF Take down, pistol Grib..

A Model 71 deluxe .348 WCF pre-war long tang

A 1899 savage in 38-55 oct barrel

a Winchester Model 43 bolt action 25-20wcf

A pre-64 deluxe .300 Holland & Holland straight stock...
...and a fine sixgun in 44special, a colt new Frontier...oh..it did turn up here the other day...

404 Jeffery - A cool classic round.

22-3000 G&H
250-3000
I have factory brass, dies, and bullets. I have not found 2 Kurz receivers yet.
Butch

Here's my list:

5.6x61 Vom Hofe
6x70R Norma (in a double)
280 Jeffrey
9.5x66 Vom Hofe
369 Purdey (in a double)
11.2x72 Schuler

30-378 Weatherby in a stainless steel Savage action.

quote:

Originally posted by 390ish:
I would like a double rifle in 257 Roberts.

you could use 6.5x57R (rimed) cases and neck them down to a .257x57R

that wold be awesome

quote:

Originally posted by 390ish:
I would like a double rifle in 257 Roberts.

Using a Rimmed x57mm case would make that project much more practical.

that would be an awesome gun.

Great to see this thought provoking old thread surface.
Just to keep it current I will add my "would like to haves".

A 6.5 Grendel in a tube rifle
An origional Mauser (Africa) in 9.3x62
A genuine Lee Speed 303

Von Gruff.

220 Swift
404 Jeffery

A custom bolt rifle in .224 Clark
A custom Martini in 22 Jet

22-6mm AI
280 Newton
9.3x64 Brenneke

Holland & Holland Royal in 500NE......I would be scared to put it on a plane.

Not much that I can't do with my 7x57 and 9.3x62 but I would like to have these to play with.

6mm Remington bolt action for coyotes
6.5 Grendel on an AR for hogs
8x60S bolt action
9.3x64 bolt action
.404 Jeffrey bolt action
450/400 3" in a double rifle

Oh, I almost forgot a .275 Rigby built on a 1885 Low Wall

Great old thread.

I would have to say a 450/400 in a double rifle.

4 bore cartridge single shot rifle

338RUM in a tube gun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v..._I1k&feature=related



I prefer Mounted within the Aircraft it was designed for , but won't nitpick about details , now Who's supplying the Ammo ???.

I too am rather enamored with the 8X68s. Id also love to have a 405 Winchester and a 45/90 sharps..

This thread started back in 2007. Since then I've acquired most of the chamberings I have wanted.

Just had one done on a FN in 7.65x53.

There is the 6.5 Grendel on a mini-Mauser, which is in progress now.

I suppose there are three left. 6.5x284, 8x60S, and a 323 Hollis.

KB

quote:

50 BMG !

Other than that,
35 Newton
30 Newton

Cartridges well ahead of there time.

My choices exactly
Maybe even a 350 Griffin & Howe to boot.


Cal30

Second choice! 8mm in a FG/42!