Winchester 52, cal. 22lr.
The partial octagon barrel and a good portion of the metal work was done by another gunsmith. Still, it required a lot of tweaking to get better proportions. I then stocked it and finished it.
If done well, it is so much fun to shoot a custom built .22.
Re-stocking of vintage Holland & Holland rifle:
This is a before and after photo of a .458 Win. Mag rifle made by Holland & Holland. I guess it was built in the 80’s. I had the pleasure to re-stock the rifle and update it to a vintage / modern look. In order to avoid re-bluing, a lot of care has to be applied in order not to mare the metal. The magazine box was made of aluminum, and fortunately I was able to avoid scratching it up.
.223 Hagn Falling Block:
The metal work on this rifle was done by Ralph Martini, in Canada. I stocked it and finished it. The goal with the stock was to give it an English look yet incorporate ribbons in the checkering. The result can be seen in the pictures. The action is rather tiny. It is challenging to make a small rifle like this proportionally pleasing and still very functional for the shooter. The ideal look would be achieved by downsizing all the proportions according to the size of the action. It would look great but wouldn’t be very usable. There is always a balance that has to be found in these kinds of projects.