Hello from New Hampshire

[gre76]

I'm a gunsmith in central NH who is relatively late to the game in regards to hunting rifles. It's only been in the last few years that I have gotten into making hunting rifles myself on a regular basis. My first rifle i ever built for deer hunting was a very light weight spainish mauser 98 i built in 6.5x55 with iron sights (not pictured). My father fed me a steady diet of weatherby & other magnum calibers growing up so I rebelled by getting into medium bores,shotguns & semi autos first before the big guns.

Ideally an africa trip is in the cards in the next few years. However, I am in the beginning stages of building a 9.3x62 for a regular who is headed there in the next year or so, which is quite exciting. It's nice to be able to live vicariously through your customers! He was pleased enough with his 7x57 he wants a big brother to compliment it and the 8x57 I'm building him.

It is really interesting getting insight from people who are spending time in Africa on what they like, and don't like. So I decided to join up and see the big guns from another perspective.

 

[Mekaniks]

 

[Witold Krzyżanowski]

Welcome to AH.

 

[EXECUTIVE HUNT AFRICA]

Good day! Welcome to AH! Your work looks great!
Best regards
Johan

 

[cpr0312]

Welcome aboard!

 

[Velo Dog]

Greetings gre76,

Khomas Highland Hunting and Fishing Safaris of Namibia, welcomes you to the greatest forum on earth.

Your rifle building skills sure look tip top.
Such talent is worthy of this forum for sure.
Thanks for joining.

You mentioned the 6.5x55.
My favorite “deer” rifle is a 6.5x55.
Mine is a CZ Model 550FS, with vintage Leupold 3x scope in Alaska Arms lever rings.
When planning to hunt in open geography and sparse foliage, where longer shots often present the only opportunity,
I use 140 gr flat base spitzers.
When planning to hunt in thick bush and dense woods, I use 160 gr round nose.

I suspect it would be perfect for hunting bushbok in their favored thick riverine forest habitat.
It is very jungle-like in there and the shots are not far.
Sometimes they only offer a running, jumping target at almost sword fighting distances.
It’s like jumping rabbits in typical N. American “river bottoms”.

Anyway, blah blah blah, whatever.

When you can spare an extra minute, I invite you to have a look into the Khomas Safaris website.

Rifle Enthusiasts Unite !
Velo Dog out.