Last of an Era

gunderwood · Post by **gunderwood** » Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:16:00

The gunsmith who builds these is now retired, so this is one of the last he made. It is a 6mmBR single shot, built on a BAT HV action with a 27" barrel which has been throated for the 75gr V-Max varmint bullet. Given the overcast day, I was having trouble getting enough light, but I think the pics are good enough to share. If any of you with real photography skills want to take some glamor shots of the pair just PM me.

HiRes: http://img7.imageshack.us/g/buttp.png/

Post by **allingeneral** » Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:21:56

That's a beautiful rifle!

gunderwood · Post by **gunderwood** » Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:22:43

For the newbies, there is the thread from the last one he built me: http://vagunforum.net/your-hardware/cus ... ter#p38062

Forgot to mention that the stock on it is music grade, claro crotch walnut.

Post by **allingeneral** » Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:27:05

"Crotch walnut" - what does that mean, exactly? (I ask as I refrain from making an obvious wisecrack)

Yarddawg · Post by **Yarddawg** » Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:24:28

Beautiful gun my friend!

gunderwood · Post by **gunderwood** » Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:08:37

allingeneral wrote:"Crotch walnut" - what does that mean, exactly? (I ask as I refrain from making an obvious wisecrack)

Crotch: In lumber, a piece of wood taken from the fork of a tree. Crotch Veneer is highly valued for its figuring.

Claro Walnut: Originally it referred to the Juglans Hansi root stock portion of a walnut log that was just below the graft line on California’s English walnut orchard trees. Today however, many dealers in western walnut refer to all stock as Claro to differentiate itself from its more common eastern cousin. Outside of California’s walnut groves many ungrafted trees grow entire logs of Juglans Hansi. Northwest Timber provides western (Claro) walnut in random lumber graded from furniture grades to instrument quality. Lumber, Billets and Blocks are the forms you will find our material milled to.

gunderwood · Post by **gunderwood** » Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:19:26

allingeneral wrote:That's a beautiful rifle!

Yarddawg wrote:Beautiful gun my friend!

Thanks. I wish I had more money so I could have gotten a few more out of him before he retired. Although he is/has trained a new guy down in Arkansas, so I'll probably look into that. For now I need to save my pennies so I can put some nice glass on it.

Post by **zephyp** » Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:39:47

Very sweet gun Garrett...bull barrel????

gunderwood · Post by **gunderwood** » Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:00:13

zephyp wrote:Very sweet gun Garrett...bull barrel????

No, the other has a bull barrel. This barrel has taper to it, #7 IIRC.

Post by **zephyp** » Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:29:58

gunderwood wrote:
zephyp wrote:Very sweet gun Garrett...bull barrel????
No, the other has a bull barrel. This barrel has taper to it, #7 IIRC.

Kinda looked like one in the pic. Nice gun though...

skeeterss0 · Post by **skeeterss0** » Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:21:05

love the wood on that gun...talk about natural camoflauge

Beautiful gun!

TheGodfather · Post by **TheGodfather** » Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:06:45

gunderwood wrote:Forgot to mention that the stock on it is music grade, claro crotch walnut.

First thought that came to my head when I saw that walnut was that it would've looked awesome as a guitar. Gorgeous!

SgtBill · Post by **SgtBill** » Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:26:29

Garret that I another beautifull piece to ad to your collection.
Bill

kanata67 · Post by **kanata67** » Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:00:32

nice.

Diomed · Post by **Diomed** » Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:04:00

One does not see that grade of wood on anything but wallhangers...

gunderwood · Post by **gunderwood** » Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:59:58

Diomed wrote:One does not see that grade of wood on anything but wallhangers...

Usually, but I am not a collector. Everything I own I shoot, although I have considered putting them up as wall hangers between shooting sessions.

Edit: I should have planned better and bought 6mmBR Lapua brass and dies before the benchrest season. I'll find some, but a lot of the cheaper places are out of stock right now. Bore guide is on order and should be just a another week or two.

DavidG · Post by **DavidG** » Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:32:08

Garret,
Those are a couple of nice looking rifles. The wood is about as pretty of figured as I've seen. I'm sure you're proud of them.You gonna bring them to Bill's in May? I'd like to see them in person.
DavidG

gunderwood · Post by **gunderwood** » Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:01:14

DavidG wrote:Garret,
Those are a couple of nice looking rifles. The wood is about as pretty of figured as I've seen. I'm sure you're proud of them.You gonna bring them to Bill's in May? I'd like to see them in person.
DavidG

Maybe. It depends on what else I'm planning to bring. While I'd love to own a truck, I don't because I can't justify the costs for limited uses at this point. Perhaps someday it will make enough sense. That limits how much I can bring and if I bring the 50BMG that takes up a bit of space. Also, they are setup for varmint bullets which aren't the best for paper punching, so I'm not sure there is much point in shooting them at Bills, but we'll see. Perhaps I'll bring one just for show and tell.

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