New squirrel rifle

[ridgewalker]

The link to the auction I posted has around 450 guns going up for auction. A lot of old Savage 99s, different calibers, few Marlins, Winchesters. Anyone got any experience with Montana Rifle or specifically one of these ?

I have an MRC in 375 H&H. Excellent shooter. It has been to Africa on 3 trips and never failed. Several factory loads, Barnes and Swift 300 grain in particular, it will put 3 rounds under 3/4" at the 100 meter mark. Handloads, 235 Barnes, 250 Barnes and 300 Barnes, all close to 1/2". It has been a fine rifle for me.

 

[JiggyIi]

Got my new rifle the other day. Cz 457 american. Bought it on line. Sure has some nice wood on it. Don't know if i want to take it in the woods. Hope it shoots as good as it looks. View attachment 255095

Lol I hear ya! I like stainless synthetics cuz omg it pees one off denting or scratching great wood

 

[ShootnMathews]

I bought a CZ 452 a coupe years. I have a pretty stock but not that good looking as yours. If I was you I would shoot it "As Is" and check it out. I have worked on the barrel channel 3 times floating the barrel and then the barrel comes in contact with the wood again. Stock is not stiff enough. I am going to work on it a little more in the next month or so.
I have even debated, Either make a stiffer stock, Or when my buddy gets back from Florida I have though and threatened to take that 24 1/2 " barrel chuck it in his lathe cut and recrown the barrel to 21 inches to see if it will take the pressure off the front of the stock and free float the barrel once and for all.

Maybe try a piece of cork gasket material at the end of the wood as a pad for the barrel to sit on and see how that shoots.

 

[ZG47]

Maybe try a piece of cork gasket material at the end of the wood as a pad for the barrel to sit on and see how that shoots.

You could bed an aluminium extrusion into the fore-end channel. I seem to recall that Browning Arms did that on the A bolt. As a carpenter, I can tell you that longitudinal metal stiffening does work, and not just on the macro scale where I typically do such work.
We have put 6mm steel flitch plates between 4x2 (90x45) studs to avoid using 90mm RHS in a situation where we needed to run a couple of studs from the foundation of a two storey house right up to the top of the parapet. This was necessary because the original parapet wall used jack studs, instead of running full height studs from the concrete foundation and the prevailing wind—which gusts up to 130 km/h—had pushed the wall, causing the stucco to crack; some time over seventy odd years, admitting water.
The foregoing may seem long winded BUT I am trying to illustrate my point. Metal reinforcement can work on a well-sealed fore-end because there is so little timber to move. Moisture can be absorbed up to a hundred times faster through the end grain than the face of a piece of timber BUT if you seal the end grain there is no problem.

 

[dmm08300]

Nice rifle! If it's anything like the 452 I have it will be a shooter!

 

[ohlongarmisle]

I bought a CZ 452 a coupe years. I have a pretty stock but not that good looking as yours. If I was you I would shoot it "As Is" and check it out. I have worked on the barrel channel 3 times floating the barrel and then the barrel comes in contact with the wood again. Stock is not stiff enough. I am going to work on it a little more in the next month or so.
I have even debated, Either make a stiffer stock, Or when my buddy gets back from Florida I have though and threatened to take that 24 1/2 " barrel chuck it in his lathe cut and recrown the barrel to 21 inches to see if it will take the pressure off the front of the stock and free float the barrel once and for all.

Funny I had the same problem with mine 2 years ago, got tired of the fiddling, bought a Tikka T1X and never regretted doing so, awesome rifle threaded barrel and all the trigger will adjust to 1.5 lbs, and that's where it stays. drop tested .Barrel is totally free floated.

 

[G19Jeeper]

Got my new rifle the other day. Cz 457 american. Bought it on line. Sure has some nice wood on it. Don't know if i want to take it in the woods. Hope it shoots as good as it looks. View attachment 255095

If it shoots anything like mine, you'll have a real winner there! I've got twins, one in .17 HMR and one in .22 Magnum

 

[C-130 Dude]

I have an MRC in 375 H&H. Excellent shooter. It has been to Africa on 3 trips and never failed. Several factory loads, Barnes and Swift 300 grain in particular, it will put 3 rounds under 3/4" at the 100 meter mark. Handloads, 235 Barnes, 250 Barnes and 300 Barnes, all close to 1/2". It has been a fine rifle for me.

For a squirrel rifle???

 

[ridgewalker]

For a squirrel rifle???

Big squirrels in Africa!
Sorry, just trying to make a point about the quality/accuracy of Montana Rifles M1A1ABRAMS was looking at. Only one I have is in 375 H&H.

 

[C-130 Dude]

Big squirrels in Africa!
Sorry, just trying to make a point about the quality/accuracy of Montana Rifles M1A1ABRAMS was looking at. Only one I have is in 375 H&H.

The thread was about squirrel rifles. I too have a 375hh. It's all good.

 

[Baker Alvin]

Nice gun!

 

[G19Jeeper]

If it shoots anything like mine, you'll have a real winner there! I've got twins, one in .17 HMR and one in .22 Magnum

Here's some pics of mine with a target from the .17HMR

Leupold VX3i = .22 WMR
Vortex Razor LH 2-10= .17 HMR

 

[jbronner13]

Here's some pics of mine with a target from the .17HMR

Leupold VX3i = .22 WMR
Vortex Razor LH 2-10= .17 HMR

****…..that's a very nice group

 

[G19Jeeper]

****…..that's a very nice group

I went back to the store and bought every box of that lot # I could find lol