Official Gun Pix 'Pride & Joy' Thread
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details re: stocks please.
Sweet !!!
I recently purchased a VZ24 BRNO Sporter from a Late buddy's estate. I had other choices of coarse, but I was captivated by this heavy monstrosity, and took a chance on it. As this will be my first post here, I have to experiment again with the resize photo options, but I hope I get it to work.
Now what I know about this rifle so far, is that it has a VZ24 Bubba'd up action. Yep, somebody used a grinder on the rear receiver ring, and then added a one-piece scope base to the top. It has a 1980s vintage M84 type Parker Hale barrel in 762mm British proofed and marked at 20 tons per square inch. The magazine well internals were altered/shortened to accept the 762X51 Nato cartridge, the follower was then re-soldered to the spring mount and a white derlin block of sorts was installed at the rear of the mag well, I presume to keep the ammo from slipping or jumping behind the shorter follower.
It has a Timney Trigger installed, and the front of the stock where the cleaning rod hole portion was, had been removed several inches back and was then turned into a cheek weld on the rear stock. "Funky frankenrifle looking" but not the worst idea I guess.
I have only done a couple of things to it after I purchased it. I installed a VZ24 rear sling swivel to the front of the stock, as I wanted two solid screw holes in that area of the stock. The wood up there where the cheap cheezy single stud mount was located, was just not very strong in my opinion, as this rifle weighs 12 lbs on the digital bathroom scale. I was afraid that cheezy single hole mount swivel would either pull out or Crack the stock, so I changed that on purpose myself, and now I can use both my Leather MRT and my composite MRT on the rifle. Next, since it was rusted and pitted on the outside, I cave the whole rifle a face-lift with my 3 color rattle can and stencils. I do that to a lot of my stuff, just a hobby of mine.
I've only put aboutb12 rounds down range with it for testing. I just wanted to know it worked for now. It shoots good, especially for having only an ammo can as a rest. However it seems to have one intermittent flaw. It will extract the 762 case and the ejector will mostly kick them out, but sometimes after being ejected, the spent case will just lay loosely on top of the next round. So I have to rake it out before reloading. I'm not sure if that's a malfunction, or if it's because of the shorter case maybe thumping the rear of the receiver and bouncing back in on top of the next round. Gonna take having someone to watch and maybe even try a slow motion camera thing to watch what happens there. It's just intermittent tho.
Anyway, gonna try a few pics. Before and after the face-lift. I will throw my first and only target from the test 12 round test fire and zero. Final group was five shot group and I made no further adjustments. However after the face-lift, I will return to the range eventually, as I had the action out of the stock for the rattle can job. So I do need another range trip before I am happy.
Now what I know about this rifle so far, is that it has a VZ24 Bubba'd up action. Yep, somebody used a grinder on the rear receiver ring, and then added a one-piece scope base to the top. It has a 1980s vintage M84 type Parker Hale barrel in 762mm British proofed and marked at 20 tons per square inch. The magazine well internals were altered/shortened to accept the 762X51 Nato cartridge, the follower was then re-soldered to the spring mount and a white derlin block of sorts was installed at the rear of the mag well, I presume to keep the ammo from slipping or jumping behind the shorter follower.
It has a Timney Trigger installed, and the front of the stock where the cleaning rod hole portion was, had been removed several inches back and was then turned into a cheek weld on the rear stock. "Funky frankenrifle looking" but not the worst idea I guess.
I have only done a couple of things to it after I purchased it. I installed a VZ24 rear sling swivel to the front of the stock, as I wanted two solid screw holes in that area of the stock. The wood up there where the cheap cheezy single stud mount was located, was just not very strong in my opinion, as this rifle weighs 12 lbs on the digital bathroom scale. I was afraid that cheezy single hole mount swivel would either pull out or Crack the stock, so I changed that on purpose myself, and now I can use both my Leather MRT and my composite MRT on the rifle. Next, since it was rusted and pitted on the outside, I cave the whole rifle a face-lift with my 3 color rattle can and stencils. I do that to a lot of my stuff, just a hobby of mine.
I've only put aboutb12 rounds down range with it for testing. I just wanted to know it worked for now. It shoots good, especially for having only an ammo can as a rest. However it seems to have one intermittent flaw. It will extract the 762 case and the ejector will mostly kick them out, but sometimes after being ejected, the spent case will just lay loosely on top of the next round. So I have to rake it out before reloading. I'm not sure if that's a malfunction, or if it's because of the shorter case maybe thumping the rear of the receiver and bouncing back in on top of the next round. Gonna take having someone to watch and maybe even try a slow motion camera thing to watch what happens there. It's just intermittent tho.
Anyway, gonna try a few pics. Before and after the face-lift. I will throw my first and only target from the test 12 round test fire and zero. Final group was five shot group and I made no further adjustments. However after the face-lift, I will return to the range eventually, as I had the action out of the stock for the rattle can job. So I do need another range trip before I am happy.
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These are some recent builds I completed in 2024, just hunting rifles, nothing to fancy 
The last picture is the only one of its kind in existence (that I know of). It is a Savage Axis in .300 WSM I built and it is literally a one hole shooter!.
The last picture is the only one of its kind in existence (that I know of). It is a Savage Axis in .300 WSM I built and it is literally a one hole shooter!.Attachments
Barrelhorses
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The first gun my parents bought me was Christmas 1985. They got me a Marlin 336CS in 30-30. I was 12 years old. Shortly after getting it, I ordered some sling swivel studs to install on the rifle. Yes, being a 12 year old and not knowing any better, I put the rear stud in the bullseye. I've considered fixing it, but I did it and it is what it is. This rifle hasn't been shot much. When I was a kid, my grandpas and uncles (dad wasn't into hunting but he supported my desire) believed if you could hit a paper plate at 100 yards, you were ready to hunt. I haven't hunted since the mid 1990's. I've only shot this rifle once that I can recall since then. The rifle remained open sighted all these nearly 39 years until today. I installed Talley rings and a 2.5X Redfield this evening. Though I have no plans to go hunting, I do look forward to shooting my first rifle again. 
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