The .405 Win Griffin-Fraser is done. Full pics to come later.

I'm glad to be the first to say congratulations! That's my new favorite .405 and what I aspire to own in the future. Well done, all around!

Congratulations! A beautiful rifle!

very nice

Beyond a dream...That is beautiful!

WOW!

Very very nice !

Thanks. One more pic

Outstanding!!!

Your persistence is beautifully rewarded. Congratulations, and well done!

Wayne E.

I always wanted a Fraser.

450/400 -
Come to the March 9th shoot in Houston and Meet the fella that builds them

Very nice work. Who did the engraving?

Very beautiful rifle

Forrest

John Adams in Vermont.

Rich

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Originally posted by ForrestB:
Very nice work. Who did the engraving?

Rich,
Congrats!!!

And it's by a local smith within the city limits. Wonderful! Mr. B is prolly the last of the post-Ambercrombie Griffin & Howe smiths still in the game. Really really nice.

Mr B?
That's kind of confusing.. The action is a griffin fraser, made in Houston, Tx. The engraving in vermont, and I don't know who blued or stocked it, but is that who Mr B is?

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Originally posted by richj:

Ooops. How much play is in the lever? Nice looking rifle otherwise.

Very nice. The .405 was a nice choice too.

Terry

Malm
ZERO .. stock dent would be from thumb nail .. "opps" indeed

Jeffeosso, what are the details? I would like that.

When I got my most recent--and ambitious--project back from being blued--shame on me for not doing it myself--I was so twitterpated while assembling the rifle I inflicted a small blem on the stock.

Yes, that same stock that represents countless hours of work.

"Don't worry about it, flaco," my boss said. "It's a hunting rifle now."

Don't worry about it, richj.

It's a hunting rifle now.

A very, very beautiful hunting rifle.

flaco

I would hope to heck it is a hunting rifle!

Very very nice! I do hope that it sees some quality time in the field.

Tom made the action and barreled it with a Kreiger.
John Adams engraved it.
George B. did the stock, sights, rib, bluing, etc..

There's no play in the lever.

Rich

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
Mr B?
That's kind of confusing.. The action is a griffin fraser, made in Houston, Tx. The engraving in vermont, and I don't know who blued or stocked it, but is that who Mr B is?

There's a reason they call them "character marks."

Where did the quarter rib come from, and what make are the scope rings?? Really nice work! I'm in the middle of checkering a Mannlicher style stock, now, and the neck pains should go away in about a month. Cold tea bags over the eyes help, too.

Quarter rib may have been done from scratch. The rings are Talley.

Beitzinger is known around NYC as a top workman, put some scope blocks on a .22 for me once, but I have some caveats about this rifle. First, the express sight is way too far back. It should be several inches forward, for instance, just above the tip of the forend. Compare original Brit SS big game rifles. This is expecially the case because customers who can foot the bill for high class custom rifles like this one are usually going to be middle aged or older, and getting far sighted. Second, the scope mounts should properly be quick detachable, lever release. The separate screwdriver needed to take off the Talleys will never be available when the hunter needs it.