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  1. Larkin

    Stockmaker?

    I have used a few Richards stocks, a couple from his racks and three he cut from my blanks. One was suppose to be a blind mag mauser but his duplicater op cut it for a mag anyway. This was a spendy piece of crotch walnut. His classic is just like his Weathbe copy sporter without the monte carlo and rosewood caps. All finished nice but I made some changes like rounding the forend and opening the grip.. It has been about three years but Roger Biesen in Spokane profiled three stocks from blanks I provided. He wants your metal intended for eack stock. He gave me best pre-inlet I ever worked on with good classic lines. One had a nice subduwed Monte carlo comb that was tastful. Roger was more reasonable in price then expected and my latest carve it all myself from a blank reminds why I like Duplicators. Gone is Jack Burris, who had a wharehouse full off claro, Bastogne and English. I druelled over the expensive blanks in his racks but usually bought midrange Claro and took it down a few blocks to Richards Dubbel in Colville WA is ACGG with a duplicater who will cut using your stock as a guide. I have stocks from an Ebay vender named Dakota and thought them just right on stock removal for easy inletting , have seen no gaps, like around mauser box on bottom. A little thick but provides some chance to slim down and add some fluting. Often sale at good prices. Larkin NRA LIFE,FFL
  2. I like the square bridge. Have you ever had one of your Enfields heat-treated or checked into it? No more side swing safetys,bummer. You snooze you loose
  3. Nice pic of the LaPour Don. I have thought about using one of these on a future Enfield but I'm going to finish the ones I got going now before any new ones! 8-) The issue safety works well for me but is not the prettiest for sure. Mind sharing what LaPour gets for those? I'm FFL but here I think only disclose retail. BTW could you bring up any of my pics from the prior post? Thanks, Larkin
  4. I don't know if the pics I posted can be seen by others or not-red X's. They come up when I double click but if they don't work maybe someone could help me out here and I'll try again
  5. [attachm ent=737:037.JPG]Im going to try and take some pics for my unfinished Enfields and see if I can figure out how to post them here. I'd welcome any comments or critics if successful with a post OK edited this post and added pics, I think! Remember, these are not finished so please don't judge me to harshly. Pic of three rifles, Top a Win made 17 with Shilen 26" in 340 Wby. This rifle went rolling and tumbling in a Wyoming rifle a couple seasons ago and got trashed so its getting a refinish. Middle: A Rem M30 w/ Douglas #5 in 416 Rigby. Stock is Bastogne that Richards cut for the dropped mag. I made the floorplate, milled it out and latched it w/ a M70 style plunger. A bit thick but it allows 4 Rigs in the mag. Bottom is a Rem 17 w/Douglas #5a in 416 Rem. Stock is Bastogne that I carved and inletted myself. I plan to add floorplates like the one on the Rigby to the other two but make them thinner. Other pics are of the Rigby floorplate, the other sides of the 340 and Rem 17 416 and a typical future project, a Rem "sporterized" 17 I picked up somewhere. BTW I think the 17 safety can hardly by improved but I do cut down the spring to make them easier to use. Larkin NRA LIFE, FFL
  6. Thxs for the welcome. I got into the Enfields 'cause 1. Good choice for H&H length and larger, 2. The challenge of turning them into something eye appealing. I do more Mausers then Enfields and tend to start a new project before finishing another. As such I got a bunch of Mausers and Enfields in various stages of completion. Maybe some of u can relate? Mostly finished Enfields I got is 1. A Win made 17 with a Shilen 26" #4 in 340 Wea which I used on a Wyoming bull in 06 but got battered when I slipped crossing the Greys river 2. A Rem 17 w/ a Douglas barrel in 416 Rem. needs bluing ,stock finishing and other final touches, 3. A model 30 in 416 Rigby that I added a dropped triggerguard/mag to. This one has given me fits as feeding from the mag is spotty. Just when I think it feeding 100% it will hang one up and for me on a DGR this is NG. I got a couple of other Rem 17s that have seen the cheap conversion ( ears ground off, mil stock cut down) so no collector value but good large round future jobs. Sob, Bubba tried to scope my other M30 with his handheld power drill, didn't find the extra holes till I got it home and took off the Weaver mounts. Swiss cheese, but I hate to give up on it. Well if I get the camera out and clean thing up maybe I'll post some pics but they will be of unfinished projects. I'm open to suggestions on getting good feeding on the Rigby; maybe one one of you have been down this rode. Thanks for the interest NRA LIFE, FFL licensed
  7. My first post here, hope the threads not to old. I have built a few sporters using p14's and 17's and I got a couple of Rem model 30's. I agree with others that these actions are best for the long and large magnums. I bought several of the old plugged barrel p14's for about $20.00 each but this was about 20 years ago. Anyway these were good for learning on. The Remington made Enfields are the best IMO. With enough careful work a 17 or 14 Enfield can be as slick and graceful as any others. If anyones interested I'll an post a picture or two. Happy New Year y'all
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