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Gunsmithing (no politics)
GarandMarine:
http://www.e-sarcoinc.com/dumoulin-mauser-action.aspx
Looks like I have my Mauser actions for my Dangerous Game (.458 Win Mag) and Scout Rifle (.308) projects for school over the next year.
As previously mentioned the .458 is going to be a in a traditional walnut stock, prepared for that trip to Africa I'm never going to take, and moose and kodiaks in the meantime. I'm still figuring out a stock for the scout, I might carve a custom Dragunov style stock or just use a Hogue overmold drop in. The key is keeping it light, a proper scout rifle is under seven pounds, and ideally should be about 3 kilos (6.6 lbs) unloaded, with accessories, with a maximum possible weight of 3.5 kilos, a short barrel helps with that, but using the AI floor plate and magazine system to convert it to a magazine feed is going to add some of that back. Colonel Cooper also specified synthetic stocks in his original scout design, so the Hogue overmold may be the real winner here if I'm doing a "traditional" scout vs. a psuedoscout. I'm going to move the scope back a little bit as well, I'm not a big fan of the forward mounted look and it's just not as functional for me personally, I find putting too much weight forward of the action is a real down side for easy snap and movement.
Considering an M1A style receiver mount to keep the iron sights clear and the action clear.Maybe a red dot with a 2x magnifier built in mounted just forward of the action in a position to cowitness the iron sights.
Noxx:
Ruger did a pretty decent job with Coopers specifications when they built the Gunsite Scout. I have one, and I'm far more impressed with it than one would imagine for a Ruger.
What made you decide to go with .458 as your dangerous game cartridge?
GarandMarine:
I refuse to buy things from Ruger that AREN'T SAA clones, and even then I'd rather get an Uberti.
I went with .458 Win Mag because it's the biggest cartridge I can build a rifle on at my school, and if I'm going to make an Africa rifle, I am going to make THE Africa rifle.
Grognard:
ahem.
big fan of RUGER here.
Ruger P89DC, 10/22, Security Six, Redhawk and Mk II.
sadly, the Sec6, Redhawk and Mk II were liquidated over the years to pay bills.
GarandMarine:
Whoops, I need to amend myself, the 10/22 is a sweet little gun.
I also just kinda don't like the gunsight scout in general... it is worth noting that the Gunsight Scout ISN'T a real scout, it's over the Colonel's original weight limits. Not by much, but still.
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