My new custon Pierce receivered Remington clone

[butchlambert]

I just finished my latest custom with a lot of help from James Anderson. James is a very talented custom gunmaker. He is in the American Custom Gunmakers Guild.
I started with a Pierce CM receiver. I chambered the Lilja CM barrel and sent it to James to make it an octagon barrel. I built scope bases for it, made an octagon banded ramp front sight. James didn't like my rear iron sight and he built a replacement. Dan Armstrong put 2 bolt handles together to get the look I wanted. I installed a PT&G 3 pos safety. I built a recoil lug that fits under the receiver as I think the Remington type is ugly. The scope rings are Talleys. James made the trigger guard. I made a really nice one but I screwed up and used the wrong distance for the hole centers. James was cheap enough that I wasn't about to make another. The wood came from Roger Vardy in Australia. I have and will continue to use Roger's wood. I think James did a truly wonderful job on my stock. James also polished the metal and did the rust blue. Ken Hurst, FEGA, did the engraving. Jim Carmichel recommended him and he was an excellent choice.

The octagon barreled front ramp sight was a real challenge for me. It does have one of the new Shilen triggers. It is great! I did chamber it in 6.5X47Lapua.
I hope you like it. It was a fun build.
Butch

 

[GLZ]

Damn! I remember seeing pictures (I think on AR) when you built the recoil lug. That thing has come a long way and is gorgeous! I couldn't bring myself to haul it out of a protected enviroment. ;D
How well does the 3 pos safety work? When John barreled my Pierce he ended up using a convential safety because he was not happy with the results of the 3pos. Of course that was over a year ago, maybe something has changed?

 

[muddy72]

Butch, that's an instant classic! Should be sort of a family heirloom for many generations. Very nice!!!

 

[dmg264]

An absolute work of art.

 

[Steve Blair]

A thing of beauty is a joy forever. As clean and tasteful as they come, Butch.
What is the chambering?

 

[GLZ]

What is the chambering?

6.5X47L

 

[kitsap]

Butch,

Absolutely outstanding !!

It was fun to watch you progress through the project. Thank you for sharing.

DougF

 

[rangertim]

Truly a work of art" Really nice Butch.

 

[Steve Blair]

Thanks, GLZ. I did not see it at the bottom.

 

[shooter65]

Beautiful. Great caliber also.

 

[Elwood]

That rifle just oozes class.

 

[butchlambert]

Thanks guys. Your comments are very important to me. The PT&G safety works great. If John was trying a Gentry a lot of custom gun guys just hate them.
Butch

 

[rbertalotto]

MY EYES!!!!!!! Oh, MY EYES!

Talk about a nice piece of lumber.........Just about perfect!

Nice!