I obtained a great book detailing some of the early Purdey guns. It contained a number of clear, detailed photos of Purdey sporting rifles. The book has inspired me to see if I could produce a reasonable replica of a Purdey percussion rifle. I purchased a fine Circassian blank from hunterbid.com. The iron parts, from trackofthewolf.com have been modified to conform to the Purdey style. The lock is from L&R. The barrel is a .54 caliber 30 inch Colerain tapered from 1.125" to 1.00.

This is a small ring, double square- bridge Mauser style titanium action that I just stocked.The action and bottom metal are from Satterlee Arms of Deadwood SD. The wood is a piece of grade 4 circassian from Hunterbid.com. The barrel is a Mike Rock barrel supplied by ABS, Advanced Barrel Systems. I designed and made a pattern and then had Jim Bisio of Heritage Walnut turn the circassian blank for me. Tony Scheulke of Brownton, MN did the fantastic checkering. The barrel is an octagonal 416R stainless chambered in 6.5 x 55mm Swedish. I stoke it with 44.5 grains of RL-22 behind NORMA 156 grain ORYX bullets seated out against the lands (watch the pressure!). It is bad wild boar medicine! The action and bottom metal are made of 6Al4V titanium alloy. The project weighs in at 6 lbs. 3 oz. The style of the stock is my interpretation of an old Paul Jaeger stock that I saw several years ago.
This project is an early style Lancaster Pennsylvania Rifle. The stock is high grade curly Maple. The rough-turned stock was supplied by Jim Chambers. The .54 cal. swamped barrel is a product of Rice Rifle Barrels. The lock and some of accessories are from Jim Chambers. Inlays are from Track of the Wolf.
PROJECT #4

Project #4 is a .500 Jefferey built around a SATTERLEE African Magnum Action. This action, designed and machined by Stuart Satterlee combines all the best features of the Mauser 98, Winchester Model 70 and Dakota 76 actions It has that great Model 70 trigger, controlled round feeding with a claw extractor, 3-position side-swing safety, Mauser style bolt shroud and a massive (.750" diameter) bolt with an Oberndorf bolt handle. It the smoothest operating bolt that I have ever encountered. Feeding is absolutely perfect. The hinged floorplate is held in place by a latch that is on the inside of the triggerguard. It takes a good amount of force to open the floorplate. No need to worry about losing cartridges from the magazine box.

The barrel is a creation of Dan Pedersen. Dan machined the outside to a pleasing contour with an integral quarter-rib and recoil lug. Dan's cut rifle barrels are known for their accuracy.

On top of the quarter-rib is a classic NECG leaf sight with one standing and three folding leaves. The front sight is beautiful NECG banded model with a removeable hood.

The stock, carved from a sturdy Turkish Walnut blankfrom HUNTERBID.COM, is styled in the English manner . It has a pancake cheekpiece with afinely carved edge around it. The stock is cross-bolted to add to the strength of the stock.

I made this rifle for a friend but unfortunately he passed away before he had a chance to take it to Africa. I would like to sell it. If your are seriously interested, give me a call for details.

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PROJECT #3