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Tim’s has a happy customer today! Upgraded CZ550 in 416 Rigby with the “juju” floorplate, guaranteed… No, but sure adds an elegant touch!

We were getting ready for spring, but had a wet snow last week, so took the day and thought to make a universal floorplate design with programmable depth and either flat bottom or signature elliptical:) ParkWest standard floorplate up next unless Sprng arrives.... CZ550 Magnum, std depth...

guy I sold my Lott to is also into the Taylor and had issue with Norma brass in his chamber, so motivated me to make up this table. My understanding from Redding there is a slightly improved version, 30 vs 25 deg shoulder and a bit long to the shoulder, aka Manson, and the std Asquare/Saami. My...

CZ550 medium action in a B&C cz550 std stock. Great inlet fit, custom barrel profile with stouter barrel after the forearm. Anyhow, designed a gripcap to fit their magnum Stock thinking the medium was the same shape, Nope. That is quite interesting the stocks are a bit different in the grip...

CZ550 medium action in a B&C cz550 std stock. Great inlet fit, custom barrel profile with stouter barrel after the forearm. Anyhow, designed a gripcap to fit their magnum Stock thinking the medium was the same shape, Nope. That is quite interesting the stocks are a bit different in the grip...

I am the original owner, not sure when I bought this but maybe before 2010? Only out of the box for photos & to Tim at Matrix for beefing up with crossbolt, brass grip pin, 0.75x4" mercury tube in the butt stock. I had a AHR 3 position safety sitting at Tim's and I guess this got onto it as...

Looking for member feedback on this design preference. The standard band with sharp transition or one with a merged transition more integrated look. Let me know what you all thinks:) thanks much

I am original owner, not sure when I bought this but maybe before 2010? Only out of the box for photos & to Tim at Matrix for beefing up with crossbolt, brass grip pin, 0.75x4" Mercury Tube in the butt. I had a AHR 3 pos safety sitting at Tim's and I guess this got onto it and he spiffed it up...

I heard they were at DSC this year and looks like they got a website up. Sounds like some good rifles, stock blanks and components coming up but I will be patient. Never enough gun companies.... Drake & Hudson Co

Bought this pretty pair of Bastone (Cecil Fredi, cut from the same tree) a couple of years ago to build a set of rifles, 375 H&H and 404 Jeffery, and thanks to our good friends at Raven Rocks with the supply of 404J brass, I am getting ready to send off but.. for the life of me, cannot decide:(...

Finishing up design for multi-leaf express sights and thought to get the input from the aficionados here. For a large 2.5mm bead, 3 obvious options with the groove at 1x, 2x, 3x reflected bead diameter. In all case, the field of view is large at 50yards. Most of my current rifles somewhere in...

For my Iron Sighted Friends:) I was talking with the founders of the Drake & Hudson Co (coming this year) about express sights and folding leaves. This got me thinking about them from a practical standpoint (being a retired engineer) and being winter and all, thought to put into pictures their...

I fit QL to Hodgdon data for the 338-06 and used that for the WR. Set the WR to its max. rated pressure and set the 338-06 to the same. Woodleigh 250gn bullets for both, 24" barrel. The BC for the 338 was lower than for the 318, why the velocity drops of quicker. Then, because 338-06 is...

I bought these about 15 years ago, probably from Cabelas, not sure if NIB, so lisiting ANIB. For some reason, I never got around to shooting or reloading them, so off they go! I think most folks here are familiar with the RSMs, so will not belabor them. Boxes a bit beat up, moved around with me...

Will be ordering a couple of barrel blanks that have the .474 groove to match most, if not all, of the available bullets, rather than be undersized with the .475 barrels out there, which is ok, but just the engineer in me:) Will be to this dual taper contour that fits cz550 magnum stock barrel...

The thread about Bell on Kindle got me thinking... My wife and I have always loved books but in our younger years, they were always stuffed hither and thither:) Fortunately, in our mountain home, we finally have a "library". Still have 20 boxes of books up in the hay loft:( I will start...

I was in the library this morning reading John Taylor regarding these classic cartrridges and guess what, the 318 WR wins with 8 pages vs the 333J with only 6 pages:)

Going to the gunsmith this month:) My vision of old school with maybe to nice of a wood and modern update with the peep sight. Is this Turkish blank "to much" for that time? Thanks Steve and the wood photo from the guy

Posting for my brother, retail was around $600 He is asking $400. Thanks Steve

I order this around 1986 (her companion sold here last week), my first medium bore (actually, my first rifle). Shot 40ish round for load development then, in storage but shipped states to states. Kept oiled and occasional clean. Have original box. $2850, buyer pays shipping, insurance FFL to...

I bought this new around 1986 or so. Left side of barrel near the receiver has 85, which I understand means made in 1985. Cartridge is 300 win mag. Never fired, only moved from state to state. Price is $1985, you pay shipping FFL to FFL (colorado) Barrel length is 25", LOP is 14.5", weight is...

First time customer, flawless order! Ordered 470 Capstick Redding die, which they had to get from Redding. Always answered the phone, pleasant conversations, able to give immediate cost, quick shipping once they received the die. Will buy from them. Steve

designing up added buttstock weight to add weight and to shift the balance point to app. 5" forward of the trigger. Looking at shotguns, Mr. Harry Potter (i know...) and the photo, all come in around this distance. I should note this is about 1.5" more than half the spacing between my hands on...

All the 416 Taylor threads got me worked up and my brain moving. thinking of cost effective rifle (well, maybe not:) but with some upgrades. Starting with Ruger Hawkeye in 416 Ruger, then Douglas barrel of appropriate contour matched to the Ruger barrel channel, Alaskan Arms drop floorplate and...

got my integral barrels from Sir Tim at Matrix Gunsmithing, filed and finely polished! 416 Rigby, 9.3x62, 338 winmag and lowly 30-06 (top2bottom).

Saw this pattern on some old Rigby's and WR and thought might be fitting on 9.3x62 Mayfair square bridge action. To basic, to tall, to clunky,not worth the effort...? thanks Steve

Swaro z5+ 2x10 x42. Nice scope. I got the BT brw reticle targeted for a 338 winmag. Great dealing with Sport Optics. Now need to get the rifle built:(

Well, this thread, https://www.africahunting.com/threads/458-338-lapua-anyone-done-this.90956/ got me going and since winter is nearly up... Will post here the preliminary information regarding the DGR configuration, etc and cartridges characteristics. I am not a wildcat guy but with the dearth...

I see the comments about CZ upgrades, so thought to pass along some recent information for the folks here. Tim finally got his custom parts endeavour tooled up and has re-started his CZ upgrade offerings. He hated to pause the gunsmithing but he just had no time on the machining end and was not...

for the same bullet form factor and given constant pressure, how does the bullet weight and muzzle velocity affect the drop and velocity at 400yds. For Sierra gameking bullets in 30-06 at constant 60kpsi pressure (QL and QT), the chart below shows the results: Note the muzzle velocity range...

A gentleman in another thread asked about load data for the 470 Empire (tweeked my interest, so looked in that) and this got me thinking about my method of using Quickload for cartridges with no load data or no pressure data (such as Weatherby cartridges). Hartmut Broemel (the developer of...

Not sure where I got this but they are sure ready… Steve

Hope to have for Christmas present. Looked at a couple of old school rifles and came up with this blended design pleasing to the eye but functional. The rear sight is also custom based upon Mark's "mini" express (NECG) in that it is made 0.100" narrower to better fit the quarter rib. Steve

Thought might be of interest to know can buy actions in the white from Parkwest. This happens to be a 404 Jeffery with a companion in 416 Remington, both with integral barrels.

Wanting to get a sense of where the folks might be on this. Since there are a number of CZ550 magnum actions floating around, what would be the cartridge of choice? My thinking is 416 Rigby. Nicely fits that large action, components available, lots of history in Africa. 375 HH or 416 Remington...

for a custom barrel, what lengths are folks specifying? when designing barrels, i normally use Saami spec. (bolt face to muzzle) but i think most hunters use what i call "handling length" which is from the front of the action ring to end of the muzzle. These would be on Model 70, CZ550 magnum...

for a custom barrel, what lengths are folks specifying? when designing barrels, i normally use Saami spec. (bolt face to muzzle) but i think most hunters use what i call "handling length" which is from the front of the action ring to end of the muzzle. These would be on Model 70, CZ550 magnum...

this is an African forum but thought folks might appreciate this pair. My gunsmith made these for himself and being a nice guy, sold them to me. They both have his integral barrels (which I am a fanatic on) and pre-64 actions. Top is 375H&H and the bottom is 7mm RemMag. As a pair, I normally...

While I am waiting for the A-square rifle to sell, got this from CZUSA before the end... Per previous info, mag. box is 3.75" long, bolt face is 0.532" with follower, extractor and box width setup for any cartridge similar to the 375HH. $1175 shipped ffl2ffl. Thanks Steve

I order this rifle from A-square in 1985 and has been in storage since then, but moved states a few times. Wanted a Rigby and at the time, seemed the only available option. Anyhow, test fired by me once with A^2 ammo and recently, with Federal to check it out. Price is $3375 shipped FFL to FFL...

Bought these direct from CZUSA in 2021 before they stopped production. Setup for Rigby length cartridge. Oiled and stored wrapped in brown paper. $1125.00 shipped ffl to ffl. Thanks Steve

gunsmith thought I should have something different than DGRs, so I ended up with this... The scope is an original Unertl 16x with adjustable parallax. Kinda like sighting thru a straw:) But when that gets old, it has an original Redfield aperture sight with Globe front sight. Not quite a plains...

Full featured with express sight, quarter rib and a drop magazine that holds 5 down! Bring them on... Heavy Remington factory ammo, minute of ????

looking to see how much interest there might be in these items for gunsmiths. These are CNC machined, filed and polished. These can be either standard barrel profiles, such as Douglas, etc. or custom profiles. They are machined to the exact barrel contours, ensuring a seamless fit. The banded...

My gunsmith thought a 256 Newton would be a nice rifle to have. I looked into Charles Newton and he seemed like a guy to build a rifle after. Then, my favorite book is "Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa by Arthur Neumann" and the chapter on Lake Rudolph of his goring by a cow elephant...

Not sure I will ever get there to hunt (did spend 5 weeks camping safari in Kenya), but if I do... I was lucky to find a Bastogne blank (looks more Claro than English) that was mannlicher length, one end 10.25" wide! and the gunsmith was able to carved them from the same blank, same direction...

Was at Tim's yesterday to watch the action. Posted about these rifles in another thread. The wood stocked was a bit heavier than the B&C. Both with mercury tubes in the buttstock. 700gn at 2120fps in a 22.8" barrel. before after:) 25yd target, iron sights. The integral barrel program...