How about seeing pictures of your favorite schnabel forend tip. I needs some ideas

Schnabel maybe?

Here is one from Morris Hollowell's site.

Here is a couple pictures of some Schnabels on Springfields just for ideas.

Here are my Schnabels.

I beg your pardon ! Nobody sees MY Schnabel!

This is the first rifle where I did all of the wood and metal work. Have hunted with it for the past 7 years on 4 continents, so it is pretty tired and battle scarred. Taken game from fox to moose at sea level to over 10,000 feet, +110°F to -50°F.

I am doing a big bore with a schnable right now and it is a little different. It is the first time I did a heavy kicker with a Teutonic styled stock and I left more meat on it to give the owner something to hold onto. I will post pics after I send it to him.

Speaking of meat on the stock, that is the biggest complaint I have with most stocks in general, and Teutonic-styled stocks in particular. The overwhelming majority had waaaaaay too much wood for my taste.

sorry I blew up the details on the tip too much on the PC. I will snap some more pics as close-ups tonight when I have more time.

You really have to hold this stock to appreciate how slim and svelt it is.

and while we are the topic of this rifle, here is the inletting:



It is bedded with all metal at full contact wood to metal. This rifle has literally flown more miles than the majority of people that I know and it is very rare for me to ever adjust the scope. It travels in a Kalispel case and the wood is good, seasoned English walnut and it just does not move.

I get very tired of reading how everything has to be pillar bedded and set up just like a benchrest gun or it will move every time it comes a heavy dew. Don't get me wrong, I do glass bed and free float almost every rifle I make, but if you have good wood, you would be surprised how stable it is. I have seen the tupperware stocks move more due to temperature changes than I have ever seen with wood stocks.

Here is the 7x64 that Duane Wiebe built for me, along with a closeup of the foreend tip.



Dave

Now, that's absolutely spectacular..... congratulations to the builder!

Here is one on a full stocked Siamese 30/40. Sorry for the picture quality.

Thanks Guys.

Marc, I like your stock pattern, nice grip lines.

I like Loudboomers Weibe too.

if you like the weibe guns, ask forest B to post a few picks of his g33/40's I bet you will cum on yourself

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Originally posted by Marc_Stokeld:

NICE!!!

Here are a couple of more pictures for your enjoyment. They are built as a complimentary pair. I am a believer in quality over quantity.

The upper rifle is my daughter's 9.3x62 with the Tule Elk she shot this year and the lower is my 7x64 with the antelope I shot two years ago.




Here is another picture of the same two rifles with the 9.3x62 on the bottom this time.

Just a Model 54:

What recoil pads is that bright red one like on Marc Stokelds rifle. Some are bright and some arent. Which are which?

It is a "period correct" pad from Galazan's. I am putting a London Guns pad on the rifle I will start in January, but I prefer the Galazan's. Color is right and they are shaped a little differently. Both have spurs, but I always grind them off. I will inlett metal spurs, but something just seems weird about inletting hard rubber/plastic spurs

Marc,

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I will post pics after I send it to him.

Quit teasing. I don't know if I will be able to take it much longer. You know I absolutely can't wait to see that rifle. Oooh the anticipation.

Patience my son, patience!

Marc, you are killing me! THAT'S vat I vant!

You owe me an email, mein freund!

BTW SD-your rifle has been ready for 3 weeks. I have just been making you sweat!!!

Lex-damn I forgot all about that! Been having some things going on and it has been a little crazy. I am very sorry and will email you tonight. This time I mean it, unlike the first 4 times I gave you that line!!!

Loudnboomer, I think that the wiebe rifle is the best execution of the schnabel that I have seen. I am not into the extreme examples with the hard lines, that one is perfect to me. the fact that inletting that tip must have been a bitch of course makes it that much more impressive.

Red

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BTW SD-your rifle has been ready for 3 weeks. I have just been making you sweat!!!

tease, tease, tease

Here's my little '59 BSA Royal Featherweight schnabel.

Here's one

Marc, that's a beautiful rifle. What are the details?


Okie John

thanks for the kind words Okie. It is the first rifle where I did all of the wood and metal-

VZ24 action
Kepplinger trigger
Lilja 9" twist barrel
Dakota safety
lever floor plate release
barrel band front sling swivel
7x57 caliber
NECG sights
Old style Warne rings and bases
Schmidt and Bender 3-12x50 scope
Galazan pad
silver stock oval
inletted rear swivel
English stock made from the blank

I have a lot of good memories made with that rifle. list of variety of game with it includes whitetails, roe, sika, moose, caribou, black bears, red fox, goats, and I am sure some other stuff.

original Oberndorf Mauser Model B Intermediate lenght action

That Wiebe rifle's schnable is reminiscent (or contemporary) of the style that Lenard Brownell used on one of his Ruger # 1s back in the very late 70s.

If you have it, see the cover photo of Rifle Number 77