Great choice! The figure on the stock is beautiful. Be sure to let us know how she shoots!

 

Very nice!!! Another forum member here has a Mauser action 444 as well..........you two should get together and share notes!

 

Congrats, and a nice looking rifle! I happen to have a sporterized '03A3 Springfield myself, hmmmm..... ha!
Enjoy... ;D

 

Congrats on a beautiful rifle! He does good work, for sure.

 

Man, maybe we would have luck pestering Ruger to make something like that.
77/444

Real Nice!

 

Ruger #1 in 444? Would be cool!

 

A Browning Automatic Rifle....a Safari Grade Browning Automatic Rifle....chambered in my SG 444 would be PERFECT!!!!!:top:
......and, it can be done!!!!

 

I hope it shoots more of a group than a pattern.
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edit: I looked at the pictures, that's a beauty.
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Thanks guys. I can't wait to get out to range again. I can shoot far enough here at my house due to trees and horses.

I had to have a gunsmith make a scope spacer because the leupold base and rings were for a 1903a3 and not a plain 1903. Spacer was .055" tonget it level and scope to zero. The scope and rings that ups damaged were too low for the bigger Leupold. Good to hear your all's feedback.

 

Here it is with the Leupold

 

That is a really cool rifle.I have always liked the springfield 03 rifles.I had a 03 custom in 280 that was a real beauty .Ejoy that Nice new rifle.

 

I've enjoyed just looking at it so far. I can't wait to enjoy shooting it often. Hopefully getting that Boone and Crockett buck I missed last year with it.

 

Some Siamese Mausers were made up in 444 Marlin. They were set up for a rimmed cartridge. Also in 45-70.

 

A few years ago I had the chance to buy a 444m Siamese barrel action and I passed. Still mad at myself over that mistake.

BB

 

That is a nice looking rifle. I bet it shoots great to boot! What type of rifling and twist rate does it have? The zone I currently hunt in doesn't allow bottleneck or cases over 1.8" long for deer hunting. So I rebarreled a 1891 Mauser in 44x1.8" off of 30-06 brass since my 444 Marlin shot badly with 1.8" cases and the bullet seated out. I looked at different twist rate barrels and got a 1:20". What did they have to do in order to get the rimmed cases to feed well in the Springfield?

 

Cool rifle. I'll bet it's a tackdriver.

 

Wow, what a beauty. S

 

Hey if they can talk Ruger into chambering a bolt gun in 450 bushmaster then why not a number 1 in 444 !!

 

very nice , And I have a CZ-24 action to use for gun smith school, but have had no idea what to build, I like that idea .

 

Man that is sure a pretty rifle, thanks for sharing

 

Never heard of them. What part of Ohio. I'm in Southern most tip of Ohio.

 

Kelbley gunworks in Ohio is making one. They are a great group who specializes in bench rest rifles. Lately they have branched out into hunting guns. Expensive but top notch.

 

Oh man that is nice.arty:

 

Very nice thanks for sharing,
would love to hear how she shoots.
How long is the barrel?

I've got an ole 1903 action, maybe I can do one of these.
Thanks again.

RP

 

It has a 24" barrel on it that is an absolute beautiful barrel if that's possible. lol If it wasn't single digit weather this morning here I'd go shoot it some this morning.

It's cool to see so many people liking this gun. It surprises me that we the people can't get enough demand for a manufacturer to produce something like this. Then again I like having a pretty rare gun.

 

Finally shot my gun again today. With both Hornady lever evolution and superformance it shot a 5 shot group that measured 1-5/8" and a 3 shot group that measured 1" or a touch under. I'm pretty pleased with it.

 

Congrats.
Guessing that is at 100 yds.
Sounds like some fine shootin.

RP