Official Gun Pix 'Pride & Joy' Thread

[Forum Boss]

Post photos of your "Pride & Joy" here -- your favorite or best-looking rifles.

So people can see the photos easily, I suggest sizing your photos to 640x480 pixels. Host them for free on www.Tinypic.com, www.Photobucket.com, or www.imagebam.com . Tinypic is very fast, and imagebam allows you to upload multiple images all at once.

CROPPING IMAGES — for Newbies
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Most digital cameras now produce pictures with millions of pixels so they print with fine detail. When a photo comes out of your camera, it might be 3000x2000 pixels. That is TOO BIG for this FORUM. You want to downsize your photo. 1000x800 pixels is the largest size you should try to post.

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Then simply open the image with Irfanview, select "Image > Resize/Resample" and choose 640x480 or 800x600. Then "Save As" the photo with a new file name. It is very important to CHANGE the FILE NAME or you may alter your hi-rez original!

 

[Forum Boss]

We'll kick this off with Vince Bottomley's handsome 22 Dasher. This features a Stiller Predator action in a Shehane Tracker II stock. The wood is laminated Obeche in "French Walnut" pattern. The top photo is 800 pixels wide. The bottom photo is 640 pixels wide.

 

[280man]

Surgeon 6.5x47L, McMillan MBR, Bartlein barrel, Jewell HVR trigger

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Surgeon 6.5x47L, McMillan MBR, Bartlein barrel, Jewell HVR trigger

 

[Forum Boss]

Here are a couple of "300 Varminters" by Richard Franklin. The 300 Varminter is a 300 WSM with a .337" neck and zero freebore just for the 110 V-max & the 125 Nosler Ballistic Tips. A 15 to 17 twist 30" barrel chambered with a minimum spec.,tight chamber) with a minus zero headspace is required to obtain velocities of 3900 to 4000 FPS. Use of Norma brass is the norm. Richard prefers to build on Bat or Nesika actions.

Here is Richard's own Rifle, built with a BAT action and bloodwood "Undertaker" stock. That is the natural color of the wood.

Here's another 300 Varminter in Richard's Undertaker stock. This has an "add-on" red finish.

 

[brfun]

My favorite Varmint and paper puncher.

6 Dasher, 22BR switch barrel. sleeved rem.700 jewel trigger, weighted lee stock. 12-42 nightforce. Dasher is a Krieger and the BR is a Hart barrel. weight approx 22#.

 

[seb]

I rare to post in this forum, but here mine...

This is my first true bench gun. It's a Stolle Panda. I love it.

Another view of "The Swallow Tail"

seb.

 

[Forum Boss]

SEB,

I love that stock. It's a work of engineering ART!

 

[seb]

Thanks you sir....seb.

 

[Forum Boss]

Here is FalconPilot's 6mm Dasher, smithed by Howard Pitts of TN. Specs are: 6mm Dasher,Kiff Reamer), Broughton 5C barrel, Panda polished action, Shehane Tracker laminated stock,Sierra colors), Jewell Trigger, Nightforce NXS.

100-Yard Group,with fire-forming barrel)

1000-Yard Group,with Broughton barrel)

 

[TheBlueEyedBear]

My pride and joy; "The Bear"
'Smithed' by John King, Kila, Montana
Stock bedding work by Leo Anderson
6mmDASHER, .271nk, .107fb
Barnard 'P' Action and trigger
Broughton 5C fluted SS 28" 1-8tw barrel w/VAIS brake
Tom Manners carbon fiber BR stock
NightForce 12x42x56BR scope NP-2DD
BAT trigger guard
And, the awesome paint by Mad Shadow Custom Paint.

Thanks for the opportunity to show off the great work by these folks.

 

[andy_the_marksman]

fairplay lads these guns are lushhhhhhhhhhh

 

[Rustystud]

The following is a Southern bean Field Rifle.
Action: Montana 1999
Barrel: Krieger
Stock: McMillian
Caliber: 300Win Mag
Muzzle Brake 48 port 45 degree twist

Nat Lambeth

 

[Spook]

Savage Target Action right bolt/ left port/right eject microport ,castrated Benchmark 8 twist three groove barrel,x 30") in an aluminum bedding block chambered in 6BRX. McMillan MBR stock,Rifle Basix SAV-2 trigger....shoots very nicely out to 1K. Did every bit of it m'self

 

[JoeDuke]

http://lcr.joeduke.com/images/aaa002.jpg

6.5 x 47L - Trued Remington, Kiff bolt, Krieger 8.5 twist, Jewell trigger, hand made laminated stock, All work by self.

Joe

 

[8mmMauser]

Here's my baby, stock at the moment but I have a Robertson Composites 'Tactical' in black arriving any day now .

Proper sized picture here.

Forgot to mention, Tikka T3 Varmint stainless in 6.5x55. Reload Lapua 139 grain over 41.9 gr N550 in Lapua brass for it.

 

[olympian]

8mm,

Where did you get a T3 Varmint in 6.5x55? I did not think that model was imported to the US.

Moderator: 8mmMauser hails from the UK.

 

[8mmMauser]

Can you definitely not get 6.5x55 in the US?? I presume they're imported by Beretta - have you tried giving then a bell ?

 

[olympian]

Good catch Moderator.

I called Beretta a while ago and apparently the only T3 Varmints they want to sell in the US are in .223 and .308.

I will never understand why one would make a product and not import it into such a large market like the US.

 

[ChrisT]

Here is mine,6PPC LV.
Stiller viper.
Maddco 14tw 6ppc.
Speedy BRX stock.
Jewel trigger.
T36.

Moderator: Great Paintjob!

Thank's Moderator::"If you don't know what your do'in at least look good do'in it".

 

[Nodak7mm]

ChrisT:

Gotta love those flames!!!:thumb:

Nodak