Brambles pair of new custom rifles.

[Brambles]

OK so I'm a gunaholic, my pastime is playing with rifles and stuff.

Here's a couple new ones I Just finished inbetween work and building my house.

The first one is a project that I purposely tried to build a rifle that was 5lbs with a scope for the ultimate backpacking rifle.

It started life as a 260 Remington Ti

-So yeah its got the Titanium action
-Chambered in 7mm-08
-Custom pencil contour Hart SS barrel cut to 20"
-Gre-tan match pin/spring and shroud
-Lonewolf kevlar/Carbon Fiber stock
-BDL bottom metal, probably could have dropped some weight there but I prefer BDL

Metal work done by Bill Leeper
Stock work done by myself

It tips the scales at 4lbs 15 ounces scoped:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:


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[Brambles]

The other rifle Started life as a Winchester Lightweight 270, my grandfather bought it for me over 20 years ago when I started hunting. Never terribly accurate but killed a lot of game with it. As I got more involved with firearms and my preference went to Remingtons the ol winchester just sat in the cabinet like the red headed step child.

I decided to build something that was real cool and unique. IMO I nailed it.
It was inspired by the Weatherby Ultralight, love the look and I always wanted a fast .25 cal

-Winchester m70 pushfeed
-Chambered in 25-06 Ackley Improved
-NOS douglas XX airgauged #3 contour barrel.
-Action Fully accurized
-Action Scalloped
-Bolt body fluted
-Bolt handle drilled and fluted
-Barrel Fluted
-Trigger tuned (VERY nice)
-Match firing pin and spring
-Wildcat Winchester Featherweight Carbonfiber stock that Stewart put a little love into it for me and lightened it up a bit from this standard offerings.
-All metal ceramic coated Matte Black

Metal work by Bill Leeper
Ceramic coating by Alberta Tactical Rifle
Stock work by myself

Although the goal for this rifle wasn't light weight I do like reasonably light rifles so I did a few custom things to drop it to a respectable level IMO

It tips the scales at Under 6.5 lbs Naked but I still need to put a recoil pad on it.

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[Rattler]

Great looking rifles Jeff! Hard to tell from the pictures, but what color did you paint them?

[mcrae]

Nice toys you gonna have time to tune up that 7/08 for Nov?

[Brambles]

Great looking rifles Jeff! Hard to tell from the pictures, but what color did you paint them?

The 7mm-08 is actually darker then the 25-06, Its color is called Desert Brown. The 25-06 color is called Desert Sand


Nice toys you gonna have time to tune up that 7/08 for Nov?


Hard to say,.....you wanna do it for me:wink:

[The Dawg]

Is it possible to love something you've never met? :)

Nice looking rigs :mrgreen:

[mcrae]

The 7mm-08 is actually darker then the 25-06, Its color is called Desert Brown. The 25-06 color is called Desert Sand




Hard to say,.....you wanna do it for me:wink:

I will go to the range with you and see if Jessica Biel is hanging out at the set they have built right in front of the range:-D

Would be kind of cool if we dump a couple mulies with 7/08's this Nov though...

[Brambles]

I will go to the range with you and see if Jessica Biel is hanging out at the set they have built right in front of the range:-D

Would be kind of cool if we dump a couple mulies with 7/08's this Nov though...


Right in front? is the range closed?

[Gateholio]

You are such a slut.............:-D

[Brambles]

You are such a slut.............:-D


A guys gotta play:mrgreen:

[lineofsight]

Beautiful and inspirational.

[BlacktailStalker]

I like 'em.
I'd like something like the first one for deer etc.

[Ozone]

OK so I'm a gunaholic

Admitting it is the first step to recovery.

[ruttinbuck]

that is one sweet lookin TI you have there Brambles.
My tikka 595 7-08 has a 20" barrel and getting just shy of 3000fps with the 120gr baltips.Very tough bullet for deer sized critters.RB

[cariboobill]

Nice sweet lookin for sure. I would like to get your feed back on what powder and load you develop for the 7mm-08.

CB

[Brambles]

that is one sweet lookin TI you have there Brambles.
My tikka 595 7-08 has a 20" barrel and getting just shy of 3000fps with the 120gr baltips.Very tough bullet for deer sized critters.RB


I know I have a bunch of 120 TSX and some 140 Nosler ballistic tips I'm gonna try.

[mark]

So buddy, are you gonna actually shoot, or hunt with these????
Or just sell em to fund another idea???:)

[Brambles]

So buddy, are you gonna actually shoot, or hunt with these????
Or just sell em to fund another idea???:)

I'll keep em, my gramps originally bought the winchester for me so I gotta keep that one for sure. Titaniums are just too hard to find to sell. Plus no one ever wants to pay what is into these rifles.

I'm kinda excited to shoot these, just don't know when I'll have the time.

[todbartell]

shoulda went with the extra low talleys on the 700! save more weight! :wink:

[Brambles]

shoulda went with the extra low talleys on the 700! save more weight! :wink:


Pretty sure they are the extra lows, have to check and compare with my other rifles to see. You probably see the bigger gap between the scope objective and the barrel, thats part of the custom barrel contour, the shank is turned right down.

[Kody94]

Me rikey. I do like your taste in rifles. http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif

[todbartell]

they don't make extra lows in pimp silver :wink:

[Brambles]

they don't make extra lows in pimp silver :wink:


Ahh it appears they don't, for the record, I didn't order them...I bought the Gretan Pin and spring and these talleys off a guy on CGN who's project changed......he neglected to tell me they were pimp silver:lol: i was a little suprised when I seen them, but thats what I got

[JCVD]

What roughly did the first one cost to build? Seems like a pretty awesome mt rifle for bt's.

[35 Whelen]

Whoa Jeff !!!!! I got a first hand feel of the 7mm08 today at Jeff's house.

You better keep that one locked up and chained to the locker....cuz if I ever get my hands on it you won't get it back !!!!!!! That is a sweetheart of a gun....I want it !!!! Fits me to a T.....nice rifle for sure !!!!!!!!

[Brambles]

What roughly did the first one cost to build? Seems like a pretty awesome mt rifle for bt's.


Go about $3000 tied up in the little 7mm-08, but when you start the project off with a $1300 rifle for a donor action things add up fast. Would have been more but I do some of the work myself

[Brambles]

Whoa Jeff !!!!! I got a first hand feel of the 7mm08 today at Jeff's house.

You better keep that one locked up and chained to the locker....cuz if I ever get my hands on it you won't get it back !!!!!!! That is a sweetheart of a gun....I want it !!!! Fits me to a T.....nice rifle for sure !!!!!!!!

Yeah you mentioned you were going to reinvent yourself....If I see you packing bolt cutters around I just might tackle you:mrgreen:

Was it an injector?

[35 Whelen]

LOL.........you'll never hear me coming.

Thanks for coming out to the retirement shindig last night Jeff. Good to have you there. I look forward to seeing you again soon.....bring the 7mm08 but you better put a tracking devise on it......grin grin

[wildcatter]

I was going to put some pics of my own custom but I can only upload a max 97.7 kb size, that's pretty small.
Brambles, did you upload from a website?

[todbartell]

http://photobucket.com/