Thanks to Captain Curmudgeon posting the link on the Dan Fraser single shots (AKA Rich).



Might be interesting if it could be built for $7500 out the door.

Going to dig, and see what I find.

Oh my.....marvelous!!!

BWW, that $7,500 would probably cover the sales tax on that one :-)

That looks like Morris Hallowell's photography?

You get serious, I know where a blank about that nice could be had for about a grand.

I have plans for it myself, but I would let somebody who wants to build something very like this move around me to buy it.

Action for $2500 takes you to $3500.

A barrel like the one McGowan did for my .450-400, $500; takes you to $4000.

Steve Earle can put you in touch with a man who can carve that stock 95% for about $500. Checker for about another $500.

You are now at $5000.

Someone really good like Messrs. Kobe or Wiebe could fit and chamber it for about $500 or so.

One of Duane's wowser butt plates, $225 shipped.

All you need to finish up is your choice of sights and choice of finishes.

Easy; color case hardening and rust blued steel.

At $500 down and that much a month, you'd have the Fraser paid for by time it was ready to be shipped. In a year it could be on your lap...

Rich

@ Biebs,

$7500 in tax is probably right.

Yep, Morris

@ Rich,

Yes, going to try and get this going post move. I emailed him to find out how small of rimmed cartridge it would take. I hope they are not all for 600 NE.

So the real question is what rimmed caliber do I want it in?

Something 7mm to 400 ish.

7x65R
10.3x60R
8x57R
450/400
375 Flanged
405 WCF
6.5x65R
6.5x68R
30 Blaser
300 Flanged
350 Rigby #2

OOOOOH 303 or 30-40 Krag would be awesome!

Steve said anything from 22 Hornet to 450 NE.

6.5x57R, 7mm Mauser Rimmed? How about 303 British?

A .303 using a .300"/.308" barrel would be just the cat's azz...

I am prejudiced, I like the .450-400 NE 3 1/4". :>!

That is a beautiful rifle. Impecable craftsmanship in the wood and metal and the action is superb. What I don't like about the Fraser action though is the location of the spring hanger in the forearm that requires a rather thick or deep forearm instead of the slender forearms of other British single shot actions. I wish someone would remake the Dealy and Edge side lever action.

Jerry,

agreed, to a certain point. The Shields in the forearm wood where it meets the action really cleans it up. And, it is very traditional British styling. If I had the money, I could enjoy owning one.

It is a tall action, but so is the Ruger #1.

I don't mind the size of the forend. I am not so hung up on British design.

The only modern single shots that don't have fat forends are the Krieghoff, Merkel and Blaser.

Of course they use a different system.

The project is below a couple others, but hopefully 18-30 months.

I NEED a competition rifle for Tactical Rifle matches and another for F-Class.

That trigger is pretty nice...the rest of the rifle is okay too.

We need somebody here with more $$$ than I have to commission one of these with Aaron.

He does nice work...

Here is the real deal in what looks to be a very restore-able rifle

http://www.gunbroker.com/Aucti....aspx?Item=490450753

it would be well worth it at that price, if Steve's parts would interchange...

Not very likely seeing how these guns were built by hand and are pretty much all one offs. That certainly does not mean the gun is not a good buy or very fixable. It most likely requires attention to the sear and possibly the hammer bent. Some American guns of this vintage have interchangeable parts but very very few British guns. If I was in the market I would take a chance on this rifle as it has tons of potential.

Steve (Earle) called me a few minutes ago. I was curious as to the possibility of building one in 470 or 500 NE. He thinks, although pressure-wise it would be okay; the base (.570-.580") might leave a thinner barrel at the chamber than he would like.

Drat!! I bought a couple boxes of Hornady 470 NE, dies, and some brass at the last Boise gun show.

So now, time to rethink on a cartridge.

And, the thought occurs to me. Sometimes we have a minor goof, but down the road aways it turns out positive.

I had been misled on the 8mm chambering in my Gundermann O/U. It was not, as advertised, the 8mmx 72R Sauer (as shown on page 512 of the Handloaders Guide to Cartridge Conversions) which I found out after paying right at $200 to RCBS for dies, shell holder, and one box of the parent case the 9,3x72R. Rather, the 8x57R-360, which is based on the 360 NE British cartridge.

I prefer those long slender cartridges in single shots, and this 8mm x 72R Sauer would be perfect.

Steve has agreed to take a serial number out of sequence, and build me another action 100 numbers higher than my two-digit original in four months.