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    Posted: 12 June 2003 at 13:47

since trading my new howa m1500 .223 for our current family car (), my mind has been occupied with my next rifle. i would like to "build" it, collecting the main components (action, barrel and stock) as i can afford them. i would have a gunsmith do all of the technical stuff (kingpin, you out there? LOL)

it will be:

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a 6.5x55mm with a mauser-type action, walnut/blue with a 24-inch barrel.

the primary use will be hunting, but this rifle will also spend a lot of time at the range driving tacks!

i REALLY like those zastava actions from yugoslavia, and i got a great quote from lilja on a barrel (140$). even if this is a typo and he actually meant 240$, it sounds to me like a pretty good price?

as for the stock, my preference is toward the french/turkish walnut; if i remember right it is called bastogne walnut??

i would like to load 120, 140 and 160-grain pills, which would necessitate (if i remember correctly) a 1/8 twist.

any comments or suggestions are appreciated.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 June 2003 at 14:20

Don't mean to rain on your parade, but if you want to go from here:

to here:

By the time you are done, you probably could've just ordered a factory rifle in 6.5 x 55mm to begin with. Been there, done that. That's why I have a stock M38 Swede, all original as in the first picture, and a couple of factory sporter rifles, like the Remington 700 Classic, as above, in 6.5 x 55mm. Just my .02

Regards, Marcus.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 June 2003 at 15:55

yeah, i know~~

but i can't settle on a manufacturer. if chas daly made them and if they made them w/24" barrels, i would get that; but alas....



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 June 2003 at 17:20

Ron

 French, Turkish, English and many others are all Juglans Regia. What seperates the characteristics of the wood is the growing region. True French is hard to come by. Turkish is out there and expensive. Bastogne is a cross pollination between a thin shelled and a thick shelled walnut, most often between California English and Black or Claro. IMO the best bang for the buck is Black. Claro is pretty but usually rated poor in workability as compared to others. I say go with a quality commercial mauser style action, by a blank and have it duplicated and the action barreled. For what you have in mind and your looking to build on a budget I get a Douglas barrel. Or maybe just buy a barreled action from Montana rifleman. You can also get deals on stocks from Richards if your really looking to save $. Just be sure to get a old classic. There is nothing wrong with a new factory rifle, but it just isn't the same.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 June 2003 at 17:30

hi, rob!

was hoping that this post would draw you out!

you are definitely correct, i am on a budget and looking for the best bang for the buck. if i had to choose between bang and buck, i would choose bang, but would still like to keep it as "affordable" as possible.....

i checked out richards a while ago, and liked what i saw. thanks for the clarification on the types of walnut! i MEANT juglans regia when i was SAYING bastogne! i remembered talking with ya about it, but couldn't remember the details. as you mentioned re: claro, workability and durability are VERY important, and considering the rareness of the french, etc., i'll be doing some serious looking at black walnut!

re: montana rifleman, i REALLY liked what i saw, but i seem to remember that they were pretty expensive. perhaps i should do a bit more research and see what i am getting for the money. could be that it might be a better value even if it is a little more expensive!

don't know much about douglas barrels, except that my herters is "supposed" to have one. i am not sure of this, and considering its age, i have no way to check. it certainly is a good hunting barrel though.

thanks for the comments, and welcome back!

ron

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 June 2003 at 18:08

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 I haven't been hiding out, with my work schedule being what it is, my free time is less and I spend it a little more wisely and don't have a lot of time to sit in front of the computer.

 Mt. Rifleman actions are actually a real bargain considering what you get. But I understand the budget. To give a price guidline consider a Old Classic AA Black with recoil pad for $200, the cost of a Charles Daly action?, A rebarrel using a douglas barrel around $400 to quess, add in a steel grip cap and odds and ends $100. It won't be a high end custom, but it will be something you'll treasure. Take your time piecing it together and in the end you'll be glad you did.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 June 2003 at 19:17

i don't know exactly where this rifle project is headed, but judging from the description in original post, this is going to be one very heavy rifle, especially if the decision to use bastogne stands (although i feel that bastogne is best looking...).

guess i would reccomend starting off w/ a lighter action, getting a weight budget in order, and working from there (i am in the process of putting a rifle together, and have been thru the frustrations...).

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 June 2003 at 02:18

Here are a couple of pics of my Swede.  As a did all the work myself, it was not too expensive.  Cost would have been prohibitive, however, had I not done it myself.  My goal was a short, light carbine for easy use in cramped deerstands.  I achieved one of those -short, but it weighs more than I wanted.  Started with a Swede barrelled action, with a good bore.  (The rifle, lonnnng barrel version!) Basic work was: chopped the barrel to 18".  Turned the "thumb hold" off the cocking piece. Replaced the shroud with a commercial (FN) style. Replaced the bolt handle (made from a section of wrench-it looks odd in the pictures, but it looks right on the rifle)  Replaced the issue rear sight, new front sight. Installed a lever-type release on the magazine floor plate. (Mainly just because I wanted to install one, never having done it before)  Timney trigger w/safety.  Did a bit of "pretty work", jeweled bolt, etc. Stocked Mannilcher style, a palm swell, classic design.  I think I bought the stock from Great Western.  Leopold one piece base, Burris 2x7 scope.

It shoots like most swedes, about an inch/100yds.  I've taken 2 deer with it, both 1 shot kills, using 140gr Hornadys.  Range was modest in both cases, under 100yds. In both cases, the bullets completely penetrated, not recovered.  I plan to try the Hornady 160gr roundnose. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 June 2003 at 03:57
There is a Model 70 Winchester in 6.5X55 on Auction Arms at the time.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 June 2003 at 05:05

Originally posted by waksupi waksupi wrote:

There is a Model 70 Winchester in 6.5X55 on Auction Arms at the time.

The Model 70 F/W 6.5 x 55mm is on my "personal want list" of rifles. First time I shot the 6.5x55mm was on a friend's Winchester Featherweight. Immediate love affair with the cartridge. Still don't have a Win F/W [just waiting for the right one to come along] but I have done the "sporterize the Model 96 Swede Mauser" route once [eventually sold it and bought a real factory sporter, then later bought an all stock M38 Swede and keeping it that was!] and now have three factory sporters in 6.5x55mm [Tikka 695 All-Weather; Remington 700 Classic; and Ruger 77 MkII].

Anyone who owns a rifle in 6.5x55mm knows what I'm talking about!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 June 2003 at 17:22
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 June 2003 at 17:25

North Logan is right, Ya gotta love them old Swedes.

Only problem is his original looks better than mine

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 June 2003 at 11:40

North logan, I can't agree with you more! I also have a M-38 Husquvarna 1942. No way will It ever be converted! Hell it shoots 1 1/4 " all day long with mil-surp ammo. does even better with Selior & Beloit hunting loads. <1" ! 

I am in the middle of a conversion on a 1908 Brazilian Mauser in 7X57. I should have left well enough alone. by the time it's all said and done I will have nearly $500.00 into it and it's not fancy by any means.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 June 2003 at 12:40

I may eventually have a custom gun made, or make it myselft, but right now i dont have the age, the money, or the use for a new rifle, except a muzzleloader of course.

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