some rifles I have built or stocked

A bit of reading and lots of pics for those not able to get out and do stuff

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It was suggested that I start a thread on some of the rifles I have worked on over the last few years. None of these are your high grade professional works but plain utilitarian using rifles that have a certain resonance with those having budgets that dont run to top of the line custom work.
There have been possibly 35 or more so wont do much more than possibly show what I started with and the finished rifle. Mausers, Lee Enfields, and Martini's have constituted the majority of them but there has also been Remington, Howa, BSA among others.
Not sure where to start on this so will just go through my albums and look first at those rifles sold on.

https://www.africahunting.com/thread...4/#post-598536

Hey garry long time no hear

Been a bit busy with things through the Africa Hunting forum and stopped posting on the NZ forums as the feedback was a bit ratty. A mate said there had been a bit of a shake-up so have ventured back again.

Your a bloody clever bugger mate :cool:

It all looks several levels above plain utilitarian to me, very nice. :thumbsup:

There is certainly some nice work there, interesting to see extending the magbox in the mini mauser.
It would be very handy to have a bit more leeway for my 6x45.

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Originally Posted by Barefoot

There is certainly some nice work there, interesting to see extending the magbox in the mini mauser.
It would be very handy to have a bit more leeway for my 6x45.

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Very easy to do but you may have to do some throat work to match any extension. Not a problem for mine as it was a custom reamer set to my desired length.

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Originally Posted by Von Gruff Knives

Been a bit busy with things through the Africa Hunting forum and stopped posting on the NZ forums as the feedback was a bit ratty. A mate said there had been a bit of a shake-up so have ventured back again.

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Cant see how. Everything I have seen you do albeit on the internet is pretty sharp.
A metric shit ton of people on here would love to be a le to do what you do

Fantastic workmanship.
Thanks for posting.

That takes some skills to do what you do , you made me a knife a few years back with some walnut I sent you for the scales , that knife holds a fantastic edge .

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That takes some skills to do what you do , you made me a knife a few years back with some walnut I sent you for the scales , that knife holds a fantastic edge .

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Cheers Lucky. been a great experience making them with over 700 away now to customers in 9 countries and love getting pic feedback of them covered in blood and doing what they were designed to do.

Great to see you still at it Von. I still remember selling you a Brazilian Mauser 1908, years ago and the lovely work you did to it as a 7x57 if I remember right.

He does make a nice knife indeed. I have 2 from him brought a few years ago now. :D

that Howa...WOW...just simply WOW

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Great to see you still at it Von. I still remember selling you a Brazilian Mauser 1908, years ago and the lovely work you did to it as a 7x57 if I remember right.

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It has moved on with the 6.5x57 in pride of place now as linked in the thread

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

that Howa...WOW...just simply WOW

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yes that one turned out very nicely MD

@Von Gruff Knives what a great display of craftsmanship! I can appreciate the investment of time and patience, being part way into my first ‘scratch built’ walnut stock.

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@Von Gruff Knives what a great display of craftsmanship! I can appreciate the investment of time and patience, being part way into my first ‘scratch built’ walnut stock.

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It is the paitence that is the hardest quality to bring to the table as we all have a tendency to want it done NOW. There is absolutely nothing quite like the reward in satisfaction of hunting with an self made rifle or any other persuit for that matter where we have made/built at least one of if not the main component in the activity.

You’ve got some awesome skills @Von Gruff Knives really impressive with fantastic results for you and your clients. Between seeing your work and seeing some of Laurie Bradley’s stock work firsthand it makes a bloke think of getting something done for himself.


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Very nice stockwork!
Are you still doing these? I would like to restore a Newton First Model, the stock is in poor condition with a large split.. may not be repairable. Is this something you would look at?

Lovely work, well done.

Well done mate. Some great skills and talent showing.

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Very nice stockwork!
Are you still doing these? I would like to restore a Newton First Model, the stock is in poor condition with a large split.. may not be repairable. Is this something you would look at?

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Always happy to look at any project. vongruff@gmail.com and we can go through the possibilities.