ER Shaw Mark VI rifles

[257 Ackley]

I wonder if they mark the chambering as ".338-06" or ".338-06 A-Square"? If it's the latter, I'd personally pass and get it done by a gunsmith.

Wow! That's harsh, Kurt.

Yeah, sorry guys. I didn't mean to be a Donny Downer. A 338-06 is probably what I'm going to have my SS .270 turned into.

Now there is a smart man that knows what to do with a '06 case!! :mrgreen:

 

[BK]

Nah, if it was an '06 I'd leave it alone. But a .270, well, I can't believe I've left it a .270 for so long...

 

[barthowes]

just got off the phone with "savage bat phone" and they said they could only do custom rifles in the calibers thaey alreay list. NO 35 WHELEN. Dang. Now I gotta do something else

 

[35R]

If you want a faster build than the 18 Month lead time ERShaw offers here is what you can do.

Purchase one of these ( or any other less expensive action of your choice) http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/...eatherby+Rifles/Weatherby VANGUARD S2 270WIN/

And send it to the barrel manufaturer of your choice and have it rebarreled and rechambered into a Whelen. As I mentioned earlier I priced everything out to about 2-300 dollars more (including new stock,trigger,finish,etc) than the Mark VII from ERS.

After I ordered my Mark VII I decided to take on another project and that is what I did. Purchase a new .243Win rifle from Buds and send the barrel/action to Pac-Nor to put in new .260 REM barrel. You got choices.......

Good Luck

 

[gerry]

Would you consider buying wvchevy3's Vanguard 30-06 in the classifieds for $325 and get a top notch barrel put on? With a bit of shopping around for a good barrel you should be able to come in less than the E.R. Shaw and not have to wait nearly as long. That Vanguard for $325 is a steal!

 

[Guest]

If you don't like Vanguards you could grab a cheap Remington donor ($279 - http://www.marksgunsearch.com/details/1 ... ngton-700/), a laminate stock from Stocky's ($200) and have a gunsmith turn it into a 35Whelen for you ($500) and be in for less than $1k for the rifle.

 

[barthowes]

currently I'm entertaining buying a used savage w/ accutrigger and I'll put a barrel on it. So far looks like I'll come in around 6-700. Now I just have to find a way for my wife to understand how I need another gun.LOL

 

[DrMike]

Now I just have to find a way for my wife to understand how I need another gun.LOL

It is a mystery how a wife can fail to understand the need of her husband who is infected with RADD. I just dunno' 'bout those critters.

 

[gerry]

I tell my wife it's just like purses, one could do the job but it just isn't right, you know they have to match your outfit, I mean game hunted :shock:

 

[nvbroncrider]

I tell my wife it's just like purses, one could do the job but it just isn't right, you know they have to match your outfit, I mean game hunted :shock:

Let me know how that goes over. I like to learn from those educational experiences before I even get close to getting settled down.

 

[gerry]

She laughs at that but trusts that I won't go overboard in gun buying, she is quite undererstanding.

 

[DrMike]

You'd better hang onto that gal, Gerry.

 

[gerry]

You'd better hang onto that gal, Gerry.

She is far more than I could have ever hoped for in many ways.