English Sporting Rifle

[Robby]

I call it "The Beast". Its a .69 caliber, 37" barrel from the "Gun Works", hook breeched, that weighs in at 9-1/2 pounds. L&R lock, modified in profile, with a temporary cock in place, so I can shoot it, while I am modifying another one to give it a Mortimer look, English walnut stock blank is from Dunlop. My first attempt at checkering, wish I had seen Cowboy's video a few weeks ago. Oh Lordy!! what it does to a water filled milk jug at 100 yards is spectacular!! Off the bench it is a real eye opener, and I may have to have some of my fillings re-tightened, but off hand or leaning against something to steady myself, is is not at all unpleasant to shoot. Still working up a load, but 140 gr's. of FF seems to be consistantly accurate and fairly flat shooting. I should thank, or blame, Dan Phariss for going in this direction, after reading many of his postings on this type of gun. The sights are more for my needs than something that would have been seen on a gun of this type, but I am working on another, more traditional set to go with it.

All comments, pro or con, are welcome.
Robby

 

[mazo kid]

I like it a lot! Only thing that would make it better (for me) is the lock and cheek rest moved to the opposite sides. :rotf:

 

[rabjr]

Wowzer! That is gorgeous even with the lock on the wrong side. :thumbsup:

 

[Roy]

:thumbsup: Really nice work :thumbsup:

 

[raszpla]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[hoochiepapa]

Very nice, Robby!!

 

[wattlebuster]

Great work Robby :thumbsup:

 

[chance]

A real Beauty!!!

 

[Short Arm]

:thumbsup: Nice

 

[doulos]

Very , very nice
Is that a Oregon Barrel?

 

[smo]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :hatsoff: :bow:

 

[Robby]

Thanks fellows. It was a difficult transition, for me anyway, going from American and their close relatives Jaegar rifles to this style. Kind of required a different mind set, and I kind of, sort of, tweeked the Architecture of the stock to fit me personally, and hopefully a left handed grandchild down the road. I hope I didn't loose the character of the style. Not sure.
Dulous, I believe The Rifle Works is the Oregon barrel company. The older gentleman, I believe has since passed on, was a great guy to talk with. I think he kept me on the phone for an hour, sad to hear of his passing.
Thanks again for the good words!
Robby

 

[BillinOregon]

Robby: You mean to say Joe has died? Oh no!
I was going to call him today about some .69 barrels. What twist rate and land and groove diameters do you have in that lovely ESR you built?

 

[Marc Adamchek]

It's truly beautiful. I've been tempting myself off and on for the past year or so with the prospect of getting one of their guns. At first I was going to get an 8 bore, then common sense (and a frail body)snapped me out of that trance.

But then the English sporting rifle, in one of their configurations, took over the dream dept.

I'm going to send you a PM instead of boring everybody else.

Before i go, did I mention that you've got a beautiful rifle?

 

[Robby]

Bill, It has been a while and I don't remember his name, but seem to remember recently, someone on one of the M/L forums mentioned his passing. I don't like talking on the phone much at all, but He was a very interesting man. I do remember our conversation went from guns to geography, to gun controll, and a whole lot in between. One of the best things about this stuff is the people you meet!
The barrel, I had asked that the grooves be wider than the lands and there are eight of each, if I remember correctly, they are .008 deep, and 1 in 72" twist rate. I'm using a Lyman .678 ball mould with denim patching approximently .022" thick., and "Moose Milk" for lube, it takes a whole lot of spit for those big patches. I plan to experiment with mink oil and different thickness patching for a hunting load to be used this winter on our deerosaurus', Hah! :grin:
Robby

 

[Stumpkiller]

Outstanding! If you miss low they'll die from the fall into the hole it makes!

My living room is available if you need a place to display her. :hatsoff:

 

[Robby]

Thank you Stumpkiller! If you ever get over this way, your welcome to take it for a test drive.
Robby

 

[BillinOregon]

Robby: I'm getting on the phone in a minute. Joe Williams and his wife Suzy were getting ready to retire; I'm sorry if he passed first.

 

[BillinOregon]

Called The Gun Works. Joe is fine. Not sure who it was who passed. Whew!

 

[F.G. Ford]

You Should be PROUD!
That is a class act.
Old Ford