Here it is in the white.


And here it is after coating.







The stock is from MPI. I paid extra for the pop-sicle stick reinforcement.


Here are three 160gr partitions at 350-yds.

Super nice metal work.

It's a beautiful rifle for sure.

It's truly a pleasure seeing Satterlee making fine rifles again!

Wow is that a real beauty. Can you give us some specifics on the componets like the 3 pos safety and bottom metal. What type of finish is that and who did it?

Does anyone else like em when they're in the white? I'm not a stainless fan but for some reason in the white rifles are really appealing to me. It gives you a good sense for how good it really is.

Stock looks a little green to me. Personally I would have picked a blank with just a little more figure.




Nice rifle
Terry

Chris-

That is a beauty!!!!

Congratulations!!!

Very nice Chris. Nice look all the way around.

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Originally posted by Prewar70:
Wow is that a real beauty. Can you give us some specifics on the componets like the 3 pos safety and bottom metal. What type of finish is that and who did it?

The action is Satterlee's, and is basically a double-square bridge Mexican Mauser made of Titanium, as are the safety, bolt, bottom metal, etc... The only steel parts I've found in it are the action screws and the magazine spring (the Blackburn trigger is obviously steel.) The barrel was made by HEYM in Germany. Satterlee installed the barrel and did the feeding work. MPI installed the stock, and Satterlee had all the metal coated with some super-hard Tungsten carbide coating.

As it sits, it weighs 7 pounds on the nose.

is that one of Stuarts titanium actions&WCC coating?bought one of his Ti actions off the classifieds here with tight twist 7X57 bbl&he recommended WCC coating.going to use one of the auction blanks from ForestB for a lightweight Rigby style sporter.

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Originally posted by KimR:
is that one of Stuarts titanium actions&WCC coating?bought one of his Ti actions off the classifieds here with tight twist 7X57 bbl&he recommended WCC coating.going to use one of the auction blanks from ForestB for a lightweight Rigby style sporter.

Yes, same coating. It's night and day compared to the other coatings I've used. The ceramic and teflon remind me of paint, but this does not. It is supposed to be 2-microns thick (I've not actually measured it yet ), and it is a dark gray in color.

OOPS,sorry i missed your previous post.mine should be close to yours.

Nice rifle Chris! Perfect sheep gun in my eyes.

Who does the WCC coating?

Super rifle Chris. I was going to have Hill Country Rifles build a similar gun for me in 7x57 using a M70 action with sights, barrel band, etc on a McMillan stock. However, I bought a 1951 Belgium FN from Forrest that was perfect for a 7x57 and prodded Sterling Davenport to build a classic wooden stock rifle for me instead.

After looking at your rifle though, I must admit to a slight pang of regret!

Very nice work.

I wish I knew how to take close-in pictures like that. How do you do it? I use a Canon S-3 IS, if you were to ask...

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Originally posted by homebrewer:
I wish I knew how to take close-in pictures like that. How do you do it? I use a Canon S-3 IS, if you were to ask...

A tripod is a must, but you've got plenty of camera to do it with.

Set your camera to aperature value (that's the "Av" on the little wheel on top of your camera.) You've probably got it on the green box now - That's auto mode. Auto will not work well for these types of shots b/c it usually wants to use the flash.

Set your aperature in the F11 range (I'm not sure where that adjustment is on your camera, but I know your camera has the ability for the user to set the F-Stop... look in your manual), and use the timer/delay to snap the photo.

It will probably be a 10-20 second exposure (depending on how bright the room is). That's why you need the tripod.

Practice with it, and you'll get the hang of it. Avoid using the flash on your camera.

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Originally posted by new_guy:





The stock is from MPI. I paid extra for the pop-sicle stick reinforcement.

Other than that uneven gap on the right hand side of the barrel, Sweet!

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Originally posted by Westpac:

Other than that uneven gap on the right hand side of the barrel, Sweet!

That's the camera angle. The barrel flats towards the bottom of the photo are obscuring your view of the gap underneath. That makes it look like the gaps on each side are different.

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Originally posted by new_guy:

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Originally posted by Westpac:

Other than that uneven gap on the right hand side of the barrel, Sweet!

That's the camera angle. The barrel flats towards the bottom of the photo are obscuring your view of the gap underneath. That makes it look like the gaps on each side are different.

Good 'cause I like the folks over at MPI.

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A tripod is a must, but you've got plenty of camera to do it with.

Set your camera to aperature value (that's the "Av" on the little wheel on top of your camera.) You've probably got it on the green box now - That's auto mode. Auto will not work well for these types of shots b/c it usually wants to use the flash.

Set your aperature in the F11 range (I'm not sure where that adjustment is on your camera, but I know your camera has the ability for the user to set the F-Stop... look in your manual), and use the timer/delay to snap the photo.

It will probably be a 10-20 second exposure (depending on how bright the room is). That's why you need the tripod.

Practice with it, and you'll get the hang of it. Avoid using the flash on your camera.

Thanks. I'll try a few tonight once the sunlight goes down. I assume a long exposure under incandescent light is good?

Very very nice!

More pictures please.

very nice rifle chris....

I may have to rethink my stand on silver and plastic...Really Nice!

Enjoy

"Super rifle Chris. I was going to have Hill Country Rifles build a similar gun for me in 7x57 using a M70 action with sights, barrel band, etc on a McMillan stock. However, I bought a 1951 Belgium FN from Forrest that was perfect for a 7x57 and prodded Sterling Davenport to build a classic wooden stock rifle for me instead."


Lets see a photo of it!!

glad to see someone spending money on a worthwhile caliber. nice ride.

I'm usually a walnut/rust-blue guy but that thing is gorgeous. Congratulations.

GG

Nice rifle New Guy!

Shane Thompson

That rifle sure does look pretty. Is it on one of the old Ti actions? Is that a stainless barrel? My monitor is fried and I have toruble seeing true colors these days

i would want something better than a 10" group at 350, but that is just me. As long as you are happy with it everything is cool I guees!

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Originally posted by Marc_Stokeld:
i would want something better than a 10" group at 350, but that is just me.

That is funny!

Thanks again for the compliments everyone.

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Originally posted by homebrewer:
Thanks. I'll try a few tonight once the sunlight goes down. I assume a long exposure under incandescent light is good?

The type of light is not so important, as long as your camera knows which type of light you're shooting in. Check your camera settings, and select the appropriate mode.

I like soft sunlight. Outside, that's early and late (the overhead sun is too strong.) Using the soft outside light from a window works well too. Be careful outside though, as you can get lots of blue reflecting from the sky. This typically is very strong on things that are white or silver, i.e.: gun in the white.

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Originally posted by Marc_Stokeld:
That rifle sure does look pretty. Is it on one of the old Ti actions? Is that a stainless barrel? My monitor is fried and I have toruble seeing true colors these days

i would want something better than a 10" group at 350, but that is just me. As long as you are happy with it everything is cool I guees!

Yes, it is a Ti action. The bbl is chromoly.

Those three at 350 are under 3" (you do need a new monitor.)



Here are the groups from my load development at 100.



I've got some groups here at 200 as well, but I'll have to find them.

Here are the groups at 200 yds.





The bottom metal.



It has a set of regular slot screws too.

Action: Assembled from New Old Stock. Formerly
Taconic Firearms LTD. As we all know Taconic is no more. Taconics legacy lives on at Satterlee Arms. This is one of 40 titanium actions ever produced in M-98.
Designed and manufactured with all of the M-98 features present,no short cuts taken.

The handling of these rifles is simply amazeing.
Weight distirbution is slightly more in the barrel, this makes the rifle "hang" very nicely
when shooting offhand. This weight distribultion also helps when shooting from rested positions.

In an all steel actioned light rifle,light barrels are used.

Take that same light barrel off your steel action and put it on a lighter titanium action and you've created a whole new handling dynamic.

We all talk about rifles that handle and point like a fine shotgun. Where is the weight distribution on those fine shotguns? In the barrel set.

Get the picture?

We did not really get the chance to play with these much at Taconic. It was over before we knew what happened.

Luckily I was given the chance to pick these up.

I spent time working with bolt tolerances and closeing cam depths and feeding techniques.
How to make a good extractor and collar was big question back at taconic some 10 years ago.

I never gave up. failure is not an option to me.

I now have answers for these questions, some 10 years later and can duplicate the desired functionality and reliabilty necessary from all my works.

My thanks goes to Chris and all the others who own one of these for having the Balls to do one of these. They each have a DNA as individual as their owners tastes. Thats the "custom" in it.

TIMAN

Chris,
I think I liked the rifle better when before it was finished. Now it is too pretty...

Honestly folks this little rifle is awesome! If the bolt was not on the wrong side I would have sneaked out of camp with it while chris was playing with his Heym!

I echo what Stewart said about the balance. I anyone wants to build a gun to be carried and hunted with, this is the way to go. I know they are expensive however I doubt you will ever want to use any other gun once you have one like this. It hard to explain but when you pick it up, it simply feels like an extension of your body.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by new_guy:
Those three at 350 are under 3" (you do need a new monitor.)


It was a joke. Bent got it, but it obviously went over your head

that is soem really nice work Stu!

I tried to send you a PM last week, did it go through? if not, could you please drop me a line?

Ok, even the screws are way cool. Tell me about those too. And the bottom metal, you mentioned it was from Timan but is that custom made too in his shop? The more I look at this rifle the more I like. I'd like to do the same thing but in a short action and chambered in 250-3000. I need to settle down but that just looks too darn good.

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Lets see a photo of it!!

Will do when she's finished... Sterling told me it would take about a year. Not too bad. Just picked up a .404 Jeff from Hill Country and that project took 10 months with a synthetic stock.

Here is a .375 H&H Sterling did for me awhile back that will be the model for my 7x57...

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Originally posted by Prewar70:
Ok, even the screws are way cool. Tell me about those too. And the bottom metal, you mentioned it was from Timan but is that custom made too in his shop? The more I look at this rifle the more I like. I'd like to do the same thing but in a short action and chambered in 250-3000. I need to settle down but that just looks too darn good.

The screws are torx head. I had to have them, but we couldn't find any blanks. Ultimately, they had to be made from larger bolts. They are pretty big (T-45 IIRC), but they are functional.

I believe the bottom metal was made at the same time the actions were. Satterlee would have to shed light on that.

Very nice Chris. Grey and silver do look very nice. I will bet some kind of critter is going to die from that beauty sometime soon.

Keith

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Originally posted by Hog Killer:
I will bet some kind of critter is going to die from that beauty sometime soon.

I used it last year in the white. So its already been "blooded."

1x Hog
2x Bushbuck
3x Impala
1x Steinbok
1x Hyena
1x Aoudad