The coolest rifle you could buy this year.

[shrapnel]

Not for me. Not even if I had it as pocket change. Nice, of course, but not interesting to me.

Not for me either, but it is still 6 figures.

I do however, have one from each maker;




Heilmann custom Model 70 22 Hornet…






Fisher 25 Durham…

 

[ismith]

Not for me. Not even if I had it as pocket change. Nice, of course, but not interesting to me.

For me either. It’s a lot more fun to snag them at low 4 digit prices. Watched two Monte Kennedy stocked rifles sell for cheap recently(one might have actually been stocked by Fisher).

 

[Bonasababy]

Some youse guys and your european influenced purdy guns--how do you shoot the things? Many of those bolts require high or extra high rings for clearance. Gotta be putting something on that comb so you can see through a scope?

Long been a fan of their looks--but sure not their function!

 

[ismith]

Some youse guys and your european influenced purdy guns--how do you shoot the things? Many of those bolts require high or extra high rings for clearance. Gotta be putting something on that comb so you can see through a scope?

Long been a fan of their looks--but sure not their function!

They work damn well with iron sights.

 

[noharleyyet]

Half the jokers on this site would be slapping a tasco on it and sending it off to get threaded for a can.

Doesn't need a scope, video said it prints half inch @200 yards w iron sights.

 

[LuketheDog]

Y'all probably know I am not a fan of bolt rifles. Way too modern. But here is one made in 1892 or so. I will say I think it is the most desirable rifle that I have seen in quite a long time. It is going up for auction in a month or so. I won't be bidding, but I think it would just spectacularly awesome to own and hunt with this rifle, far beyond any of the new rifles so often championed here. Maybe someone on HT will buy it. @Big Fin a few hunts with vintage rifles would really be nice, but a hunt with a HISTORIC rifle like this would off the charts. You could write it off as a business expense too!

Anyway, check this out. There are two links to videos on this page that you might want to see also, but be sure to catch the right side of the butt stock and some of the photo bombers in the hunting photos.

EXTRAORDINARY, HISTORIC DANIEL FRASIER MANNLICHER-SCHOENAUER RIFLE WITH TAKEDOWN ACTION MADE FOR BRITISH BARONET AND FRIEND OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT, SIR ALFRED PEASE, IN THE EARLY 1890’S | Poulin's Antiques and Auctions, Inc.

I'm already .001" away from owning this incredible .256, because I own a .257, and that's as close as I'll get

 

[Potsie]

Cool rifle, but in my mind it's cooler to put together something like that for myself, instead of picking up a historic rifle that belonged to someone else.

I've seen the pictures of that Ruger #1 @p_ham put together for NHY, and the pictures of the #1 he has in progress - and I'd rather do something like that for my money.

Just me though.

 

[BrentD]

Cool rifle, but in my mind it's cooler to put together something like that for myself, instead of picking up a historic rifle that belonged to someone else.

I've seen the pictures of that Ruger #1 @p_ham put together for NHY, and the pictures of the #1 he has in progress - and I'd rather do something like that for my money.

Just me though.

While I agree with some of what you say, you cannot put together a rifle like that. It is impossible, in this day and age, to hunt that many lions, for instance.

 

[noharleyyet]

I think they're cool as hell, and I drool over Shrap's Lamb's, ismith's, and Brent's pics, but I'm with @Potsie on individualizing canvases that speak to me. Hopefully my heirs will share the same sentiment when they're in their possession.

 

[BrentD]

I think they're cool as hell, and I drool over Shrap's Lamb's, ismith's, and Brent's pics, but I'm with @Potsie on individualizing canvases that speak to me. Hopefully my heirs will share the same sentiment when they're in their possession.

I shudder in sorrow for the coming generations that will inherit plastic stocked, painted rifles, without carvings, engravings, or any hint of artfulness that hunt one or two seasons before being discarded without patina (as if plastic and paint can acquire patina) to the back of the heap for the next Great Thing to come down the pipe. They are being cheated of their multigenerational birthrights. Oh the sorrow!!!!

 

[noharleyyet]

I shudder in sorrow for the coming generations that will inherit plastic stocked, painted rifles, without carvings, engravings, or any hint of artfulness that hunt one or two seasons before being discarded without patina (as if plastic and paint can acquire patina) to the back of the heap for the next Great Thing to come down the pipe. They are being cheated of their multigenerational birthrights. Oh the sorrow!!!!

Carbon fiber has an aesthetic utilitarianism IMO...just a tool with an intelligent purpose driven handle

 

[Dan O]

Brent if you told them the true cartridge of the old bolt action, they would be in line asking for one. Of course it was the first 256 Creedmoor ever developed. I'm sure once this gets out the stores will have shelves of 256 Creedmoor's in stock waiting for the masses to buy them up.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Half the jokers on this site would be slapping a tasco on it and sending it off to get threaded for a can.

The split bridge means that simply getting a scope mounted will be around $1000-1500.

So, more likely a Vortex.

 

[Potsie]

While I agree with some of what you say, you cannot put together a rifle like that. It is impossible, in this day and age, to hunt that many lions, for instance.

Agreed, but I still don't care how many lions it's killed.

It's more important to me that my grandkids pass along to my great grandkids the M94 my grandfather bought in 1946 when get got back from Japan. I'll take that providence over "Sir Pease, who knew TR, and killed a bunch of stuff" anyday. While they're doing that, the Ruger #1 that grandpappy had the late great Paul Hampton build can go to another great grandkid.

Thinking about it now, I'd rather build that familial providence than buy it - if that makes sense.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

Brent if you told them the true cartridge of the old bolt action, they would be in line asking for one. Of course it was the first 256 Creedmoor ever developed. I'm sure once this gets out the stores will have shelves of 256 Creedmoor's in stock waiting for the masses to buy them up.

About like the 6.5x55’s that fill the shelves..

This thread did send me searching to learn more- wiki said bullet diameter is .262” is that right? Also wanted to read more of these Fraser hollow points that pease preferred, couldn’t find much.

Thanks for sharing @BrentD this rifle sent me down a rabbit hole that has been interesting. This Daniel Fraser fella seems very impressive.

 

[BrentD]

Fraser was a premier builder, but I think of him as a singleshot guy. His name stopped my browsing and made me back to look at this rifle twice.

You can get a new Fraser action today. Probably better than any ever made.

Steve Earle makes them. Along with his Wesson action, these are probably the finest rifle actions ever made in America.

Fraser Action

But entirely different than the Pease/Mannlicher, which is a historical rifle vs simply an antique.

 

[WildWill]

Hard to believe he killed any of those tough African animals with that little 256..

Very cool rifle!

Walter Bell killed hundreds of elephants with a 6.5x55mm.