Anyone have a custom Sako with one of

[Chris Anderson]

these?

Is is a take it out and shoot things that need shoot rifle? After owning / using the rifle would you put one on your next custom rifle? Would you recommend that your best shooting buddy put one on his custom rifle?

Thanks in advance
ChrisA

 

[icebear]

I have custom Sakos with steel Neidner-style buttplates, but none with a skeleton plate as shown in the photo. A skeleton buttplate is a beautiful, but extremely expensive, enhancement to a custom rifle. The expense is the amount of highly skilled hand work required to inlet, shape, and checker the stock to a perfect fit of wood and metal. It's hard. I can fit a Neidner buttplate to a semi-inletted stock, but I wouldn't even attempt a skeleton. But I'd sure love to have a custom rifle with one!

If I had such a rifle, I would certainly take it to the range and shoot it - but I'd be awfully, awfully careful with it, and I doubt I could bring myself to hunt with it.

 

[stonecreek]

Chris: Show us more of your rifle.

 

[CVCOBRA1]

Hard to tell in that pic but the screw heads are also checkered. Saw that rifle on GB a couple of days ago, very nice gun.
Could be this one:https://www.gunbroker.com/item/799643787

 

[gowyo]

That buttplate and pistol grip cap are especially useful when crawling up the scree hunting pika.

 

[Rocky]

Nice rifle, crazy price.

 

[Chris Anderson]

I have custom Sakos with steel Neidner-style buttplates, but none with a skeleton plate as shown in the photo. A skeleton buttplate is a beautiful, but extremely expensive, enhancement to a custom rifle. The expense is the amount of highly skilled hand work required to inlet, shape, and checker the stock to a perfect fit of wood and metal. It's hard. I can fit a Neidner buttplate to a semi-inletted stock, but I wouldn't even attempt a skeleton. But I'd sure love to have a custom rifle with one!

If I had such a rifle, I would certainly take it to the range and shoot it - but I'd be awfully, awfully careful with it, and I doubt I could bring myself to hunt with it.

icebear,

Thanks for the informative reply.

A skeleton buttplate is a beautiful, but extremely expensive, enhancement

I was afraid of that.

I'd be awfully, awfully careful with it, and I doubt I could bring myself to hunt with it.

And I was afraid of this.

It is very classy looking but if I can't (wouldn't) take it hunting it would be hard to convince myself that it was worth the cost.

Thanks
ChrisA

 

[Chris Anderson]

Chris: Show us more of your rifle.

Oh would that I could, show you more

I'm still in the information gathering / features style finalization phase and this is just a google images pic. It does look pretty cool though.

I fear that I'm going to fall into the won't drag it up the scree slopes and down the rock slides paradigm like icebear. A guy can dream though, right?

Thanks
ChrisA

 

[Chris Anderson]

Hard to tell in that pic but the screw heads are also checkered. Saw that rifle on GB a couple of days ago, very nice gun.
Could be this one:https://www.gunbroker.com/item/799643787

CVCOBRA1,

Never seen checkered screw heads before. I can't really see enough detail on the screw heads to tell if they are checkered, but that's a good idea. Probably isn't easy.

$7,750.00 starting bid. WOW!! Stephen Heilmann must be one amazing gun builder or the current owner is awful proud of that rifle. A ,220 Swift would be cool, but not that cool.

Thanks
ChrisA

 

[icebear]

I've seen checkered screw heads, but they are uncommon to say the least. What you see more often, especially on German and Austrian guns, is screw heads embellished with line engraving. For example, here's a Robert Schräder O/U combination gun, probably pre-WWI. You'll need to click on the photo to see the engraving on the screws clearly.

 

[Chris Anderson]

gowyo,

(Chuckle) I am lots of miles from any pika habit, so I'm pretty safe from that temptation.

They do however make an enticing little target perched on that rock by their front door.

And they sit so still.

Thanks
ChrisA