Bought a .444 Today(pics added)
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Bought a .444 Today(pics added)
I bought a pre-CBS .444 for $163.00 out the door at the gun show. Now I just have to strip the camo paint off of it and figure out if I should repair or replace the cracked forearm.
Last edited by Swampman on Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:32 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Bought a .444 Today
YOU MEAN YOU STOLD IT .444 is one the best one's going. you got a 250-300 yard elk rifle for the price of 2 1/2 boxes of short magnum. ammo for one of the new super magnums.
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Re: Bought a .444 Today
Swampman,
In this case you really need to take before, during, and after repair pictures. You know the winter is coming on an we're gonna be suffering from terminal cabin fever pretty soon.
And congratulations on your acquisition .... even if you did semi-purloin it.
Joe
In this case you really need to take before, during, and after repair pictures. You know the winter is coming on an we're gonna be suffering from terminal cabin fever pretty soon.
And congratulations on your acquisition .... even if you did semi-purloin it.
Joe
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Re: Bought a .444 Today
+1TedH wrote:What a deal! Yep, we'll like before and after pics.
Congrats!
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In other words you have to de-bubba it?
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Re: Bought a .444 Today
I used some acetone to remove the paint just on the receiver and the bluing looks great underneath. It was made in 1980. The trigger pull & action are very smooth & light. Not the prettiest barrel I've ever looked through but I'll bet it will clean up and shoot great with a little elbow grease.
I'll take some pics before I remove anymore paint. The foreend has split at some point and the guy repaired it with screws and Plasticwood. I may try to save it or I may replace it. I saw a Japanese Simmons 1-4X20 for $30.00 I wanted it real bad but I'm on restriction already;)
I'll take some pics before I remove anymore paint. The foreend has split at some point and the guy repaired it with screws and Plasticwood. I may try to save it or I may replace it. I saw a Japanese Simmons 1-4X20 for $30.00 I wanted it real bad but I'm on restriction already;)
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Please post pics now. I wanna see how ugly it is! Sounds like you did good though. Good luck with the restoration.
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and 2, me too, that is.O.S.O.K. wrote:+1TedH wrote:What a deal! Yep, we'll like before and after pics.
Congrats!
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Re: Bought a .444 Today
Welcome to the dark Swampman!!! You just bought the caliber that has slowly replaced my use and need for my 30-06 and my 44 mag. Good shoot'n to ya!
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I'm totally picking up what you're laying down. Too funny.Swampman wrote: I wanted it real bad but I'm on restriction already;)
Congratulations on your acquisition. And, yes, it would be highly appreciated if you'd do a documentary on the piece from beginning to end.
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Re: Bought a .444 Today
Replace it, but save the old one, and drill it out for a under-forearm segment of scope-rail; then you can easily mount the old forend back on with the rail, when you want a light or laser or something nasty for shooting wild hogs at night, etc.Swampman wrote:The foreend has split at some point and the guy repaired it with screws and Plasticwood. I may try to save it or I may replace it.
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Man its been a long time since I have found a good bargin at a gunshow. Glad to know that they can still be had!
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Re: Bought a .444 Today
After I cleaned paint off of the receiver.
Former owners foreend repair.
Former owners foreend repair.
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Re: Bought a .444 Today(pics added)
I suspect once you get all that pain off of it you're going to have a pretty nice rifle. OBTW, if it were me, I'd just replace that forearm.
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Re: Bought a .444 Today(pics added)
Where's the best place (reasonably priced)to get one?
"I have reached up to the gun rack and taken down the .30/30 carbine by some process of natural selection, not condoned perhaps by many experts but easily explained by those who spend long periods in the wilderness areas."~Calvin Rutstrum~
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Re: Bought a .444 Today(pics added)
I'd be on the phone with Marlin Monday morning, ordering a forearm.
Actually, I'd probably wait and see what the butt stock looks like under all that paint. Just to be sure it isn't damaged too.
Anxious to see the finished product and hear how she shoots.
Actually, I'd probably wait and see what the butt stock looks like under all that paint. Just to be sure it isn't damaged too.
Anxious to see the finished product and hear how she shoots.
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Re: Bought a .444 Today(pics added)
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/cid=0/k= ... n_336_wood
I would have posted a specific forend but they are listed by model- 336 yes, but which? Y, C, W, etc.?
Lookin good BTW!
I love deals like this where the new owner needs to add some love...
I would have posted a specific forend but they are listed by model- 336 yes, but which? Y, C, W, etc.?
Lookin good BTW!
I love deals like this where the new owner needs to add some love...
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Re: Bought a .444 Today(pics added)
all in all, doest look lik a bad camo job at all --- just wish the PO had done it to a Ram Line stock and not factory walnut but then again, you likely wouldnt have gotten it for 160 bucks that way either
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Re: Bought a .444 Today(pics added)
I'm not into camo jobs on such guns but, it looks a lot better than I had imagined. Plus it knocked off a lot of $$$ from the price tag. Congratulations on a great find.
Re: Bought a .444 Today(pics added)
It will look a lot better when I get finished.
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+ 144shooter wrote:I'm not into camo jobs on such guns but, it looks a lot better than I had imagined. Plus it knocked off a lot of $$$ from the price tag. Congratulations on a great find.
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Re: Bought a .444 Today(pics added)
Great buy -
You'll enjoy bringing her back to what she should be too.
You'll enjoy bringing her back to what she should be too.