Thebear_78
Handloader
- Sep 30, 2004
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All the talk of naming FOTIS's new artillery piece got me thinking about the only two rifles I have ever named.
They were intended to be twins. I had originally wanted them to be as close as identical as possible. Since they are purpose built and different purposes in mind that wasn't as possible as I had hoped but this is what I came up with.
Named "the ghost" and "the darkness" after the lions of Tsavo.
"The Ghost" is the big brother of the twins. Built on a remington 700 that was originally a 8mm mag but was badly mistreated. I trued up the action, lightened the trigger, and installed a light contour 24" shilen barrel and chambered it in 375 RUM. Parkerized all the metal and dropped it into a high tech specialties synthetic stock. I used the XS sights back up peep sight weaver style scope base with red fiber optic front sight, and warne quick detach scope rings. Ziess conquest 3-9x40 with zplex. I didn't originally have the brake on it but recoil with scope detached was PUNISHING. Weighing in at just over 6lbs without the scope it was both a fast and hard jolt. The Vias brake helped out immensely. Finished wieght with scope, sling, and 3 rounds in the magazine is 7 pounds 9 ounces. After an unconfortable run in with a large brown bear one night while bear baiting I put a rail on the forarm for mounting a weapons light. It both illuminates the target and the fringe of the beam lights up the red fiberoptic sight like a light bulb.
"The Darkness" is built on a Remington 700 SPS action. Trued up the action, lightened trigger, and installed a factory magnum contour 27" fluted douglas barrel chambered in 300 RUM. To offset the extra wieght of the longer barrel and heavier scope I turned down the back of the action and lopped off any unnessessary metal from the action. Originally parkerized but later black Nitrided, hence "the darkness", and put in a high tech specialties synthetic stock. Lapped talley light weight ring/bases and a leupold 3.5-10 Vx 3 with lighted reticle. Weighs in at 7 pounds 10 oz scoped, slung, with 3 in the magazine. This rifle has become my go to hunting rifle. I don't think I have really hunting anything but big bears with any other rifle in several years. Its sole loading having been 168gr TTSX @ 3340fps. Extremely accurate, flat shooting, and hard hitting. Its accounted for 3 caribou, 4 moose, 5 black bear, and an illfated roughed grouse.
Lets hear about some of your guys named rifles and thier specs.
They were intended to be twins. I had originally wanted them to be as close as identical as possible. Since they are purpose built and different purposes in mind that wasn't as possible as I had hoped but this is what I came up with.
Named "the ghost" and "the darkness" after the lions of Tsavo.
"The Ghost" is the big brother of the twins. Built on a remington 700 that was originally a 8mm mag but was badly mistreated. I trued up the action, lightened the trigger, and installed a light contour 24" shilen barrel and chambered it in 375 RUM. Parkerized all the metal and dropped it into a high tech specialties synthetic stock. I used the XS sights back up peep sight weaver style scope base with red fiber optic front sight, and warne quick detach scope rings. Ziess conquest 3-9x40 with zplex. I didn't originally have the brake on it but recoil with scope detached was PUNISHING. Weighing in at just over 6lbs without the scope it was both a fast and hard jolt. The Vias brake helped out immensely. Finished wieght with scope, sling, and 3 rounds in the magazine is 7 pounds 9 ounces. After an unconfortable run in with a large brown bear one night while bear baiting I put a rail on the forarm for mounting a weapons light. It both illuminates the target and the fringe of the beam lights up the red fiberoptic sight like a light bulb.
"The Darkness" is built on a Remington 700 SPS action. Trued up the action, lightened trigger, and installed a factory magnum contour 27" fluted douglas barrel chambered in 300 RUM. To offset the extra wieght of the longer barrel and heavier scope I turned down the back of the action and lopped off any unnessessary metal from the action. Originally parkerized but later black Nitrided, hence "the darkness", and put in a high tech specialties synthetic stock. Lapped talley light weight ring/bases and a leupold 3.5-10 Vx 3 with lighted reticle. Weighs in at 7 pounds 10 oz scoped, slung, with 3 in the magazine. This rifle has become my go to hunting rifle. I don't think I have really hunting anything but big bears with any other rifle in several years. Its sole loading having been 168gr TTSX @ 3340fps. Extremely accurate, flat shooting, and hard hitting. Its accounted for 3 caribou, 4 moose, 5 black bear, and an illfated roughed grouse.
Lets hear about some of your guys named rifles and thier specs.
