stephen perry 1
06-02-2013, 06:02 AM
AWR
I worked a mom/pop shop for 25 yrs as a second job. Bought lots of guns there 3 Model 12's, several Model 70's, .45 Gold Cup, and many others. One rifle really caught my eyes when it came in. Boss bought it from some young guy claiming it was his grandfathers in Pennsylvania but not knowing much about rifles he couldn't name the caliber.
My bud the good smith he was set out to claim the caliber without removing the barrel, I said sure. He did all the measurements he could. On the way back from a quail hunt in Eastern Arizona his dad stopped his Suburban, we all had Suburbans back then. The kid my smith jumped out of the truck pumped two shots through the barrel. He kept the brass. Next day he checked for headspace. Made his final measurements and declared 6 Rem standard.
Bought the rifle. The rifle is on a 03A3 action HV barrel blued assuming a Douglass barrel was 26" now 20 1/2" .934 at the muzzle. Birdseye Maple rollover cheek Varmint stock with checkered steel buttpiece. Canjar set trigger. Barrel/action came with scope blocks. To me this was 50/60's chuck rifle.
I put a 2" Unertl on it, now a Leupold 6.5x20 scope. I make 6 Rem brass sizing down GI 30-06 brass so as to have thick enough brass to turn, barrel has a .267 neck bullet in. Accuracy is ok shot a 10 shot 200M group measured .9".
Stephen Perry
I worked a mom/pop shop for 25 yrs as a second job. Bought lots of guns there 3 Model 12's, several Model 70's, .45 Gold Cup, and many others. One rifle really caught my eyes when it came in. Boss bought it from some young guy claiming it was his grandfathers in Pennsylvania but not knowing much about rifles he couldn't name the caliber.
My bud the good smith he was set out to claim the caliber without removing the barrel, I said sure. He did all the measurements he could. On the way back from a quail hunt in Eastern Arizona his dad stopped his Suburban, we all had Suburbans back then. The kid my smith jumped out of the truck pumped two shots through the barrel. He kept the brass. Next day he checked for headspace. Made his final measurements and declared 6 Rem standard.
Bought the rifle. The rifle is on a 03A3 action HV barrel blued assuming a Douglass barrel was 26" now 20 1/2" .934 at the muzzle. Birdseye Maple rollover cheek Varmint stock with checkered steel buttpiece. Canjar set trigger. Barrel/action came with scope blocks. To me this was 50/60's chuck rifle.
I put a 2" Unertl on it, now a Leupold 6.5x20 scope. I make 6 Rem brass sizing down GI 30-06 brass so as to have thick enough brass to turn, barrel has a .267 neck bullet in. Accuracy is ok shot a 10 shot 200M group measured .9".
Stephen Perry