The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - I do not like brakes. I do like the design of Ruger's

I do not like brakes. I do like the design of Ruger's (reply)

Hobie — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 11:08:05 +0000

stocks. Quite a mash-up! I do think it is now way too much money for the resulting product.

The cartridge is intriguing. The platform is a good one. (reply)

Hoot — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 03:36:20 +0000

I could be talked into restocking but, A) I need another project like a hole in the head and B) the 'entry fee' is much too steep for a project gun.

Oh, the brake would have to go.

There was a time when I wanted a .400 Whelen on the (reply)

Hobie — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 01:50:51 +0000

1917 or 30S with a Lyman peep. I think I'm over that but it is always interesting too see one of those old guns.

he would have to pay me to take it! (reply)

stonewalrus — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 22:46:08 +0000

Looks like an old Balvar 8 or more probably an 8a Scope. (reply)

Brian A — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:19:24 +0000

You are probably right and the mounts would be a match to the scope because the windage and elevation were in the mounts instead of being internal. Been so long since I've seen an externally adjusted scope was not thinking about them. I like the addition of the through bolts in the stock for recoil as well, did not notice them at first.

i was going to say..... (reply)

cas — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:57:30 +0000

...that I'd start by chopping off the comp, shorten it to 22" or so, then work up some mild hand loads. It'd be worth in the $500's to me then.

But die prices and brass would be a big part of the price as well. You don't want to over pay only to find out that you need $200 dies.

A colorblind thing... That's something I would do... Buy that gun only to have someone then tell me it's an odd color. I couldn't figure out what the title of the thread meant. It wasn't till someone mentioned refinishing it that I pieced together that it wasn't normal. lol

Many years ago a real estate agent told me (reply)

Miles — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:43:03 +0000

that when doing custom house work that one had to be willing to accept that the market would determine what the work was worth, not how much money had been spent doing the work.

The seller of that monstrosity is going to find that maxim is true for custom gun work as well.

I'll bet with a 'buy now' of $1250 that his reserve is within a hundred bux of that. And that rifle is no where near worth north of a Grand.

Nothing a good sanding and some coats of tung oil couldn't (reply)

StoneWolf — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:35:55 +0000

Take care of. If they'd done s few more coats of the green would have looked better than it does. Those plugs in the side of the stock would still be an issue though, maybe a flat matte cammo paint job?

It ain't easy being green. (reply)

Cherokee — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 13:22:35 +0000

I like 1917's but...well....ug

Looks like an old Balvar 8 or more probably an 8a Scope. (reply)

MR — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 12:54:02 +0000

Got one of those on mounts sitting in the closet.
Some of my DNA is probably still on the rim of the looky through end from when the .300 sheared the mount mount screws. I going to say someone learned a lot building that rifle.

It ain't easy being green. (reply)

Brian A — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 12:47:33 +0000

Looks like an old Fajen stock, though the green stain does nothing for me. Interesting old scope mounts as well. It is always interesting to see what others have done to express their own vision of what a rifle should be, even though it is not always what I would do.

It ain't easy being green.

Hoot — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:27:19 +0000

No, it's not mine and won't be. This boy is nuts but he's not that far gone.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=488741701