My very own Jack O'Connor Tribute Rifle

[bushmaster1313]

This was Jack O'Connor's "No. 2" in .270 Winchester, with a Leupold 4X Mountaineer and a custom Al Biesen stock:

This is my very own Jack O'Connor Tribute Rifle
Inspired by one of Mr. O.Connor's favorite rifles
Original 1958 gun and sling, Leupold Mountaineer 4X Scope, Modern SK mounts and rings:

Link to Field and Stream article about Mr. O’Connor’s rifle

I sent the Jack O’Conner Center a picture of my rifle and they thought it was fun. If I was to ever get out there I would want to get side by side photos of the two guns. I’ve even thought of sending mine out there for a photo shoot, but that would be asking a very big favor and they would need a FFL on their end to receive it and return it me.

Another picture of the real Jack O'Connor No. 2:

 

[Homie]

Close enough!

 

[bmcgilvray]

That would be more gratifying to own and use than rifles in current gun catalogs. Thanks for posting.

 

[les.b]

^^^^^^^What he said!!!^^^^^^^

What a classic rifle. Thanks for sharing with us. A true piece of American craftsmanship. But you know we need a "range report"!?

Best Regards, Les

 

[LittleCooner]

Great rifle, classic. Those rings and bases look like Conetrol. They may be SK, but I did not know SK ever made any rings and bases like these. They are "twins" to the ones the guy in Texas makes and sells as Conetrol rings.

 

[Bakebfr480]

As Elmer Keith would say........Good long range coyote rifle! Very nice!

 

[MCorps0311]

Nice looking rifles!

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

I like blue steel and pretty wood.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[Narragansett]

I like blue steel and pretty wood.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

Me too!! Give me deep blued steel, and a nice piece of walnut or black walnut over parkerizing and plastic any day.I don't own anything newer than 1980, and I just bought a nice rifle today made in 1942, blue and walnut

 

[skywag]

Beautiful classic!

 

[6GUNSONLY]

Very nice. SS and synthetic stocks will never look that good.

 

[bushmaster1313]

^^^^^^^What he said!!!^^^^^^^

What a classic rifle. Thanks for sharing with us. A true piece of American craftsmanship. But you know we need a "range report"!?

Best Regards, Les

My icon is three rounds of the .270 at 100 yards

 

[mauser9]

Me too!! Give me deep blued steel, and a nice piece of walnut or black walnut over parkerizing and plastic any day.I don't own anything newer than 1980, and I just bought a nice rifle today made in 1942, blue and walnut

I hear ya pal. Not to brag or compare but can't believe how good my ole Rem 700 looks compared to many of the offerings these days in the same price range that I paid for mine 36 years back. And to think I took walnut and deep high polish bluing for granted!!

 

[bushmaster1313]

Very nice. SS and synthetic stocks will never look that good.

I posted this awhile back:

Just take those old guns off of the shelf
I'll sit and play with 'em all by myself
Today's guns they ain't got the same feel
I like that old time wood 'n' steel

Don't try to force feed me plastic
That type of stuff it makes me puke on the floor
I don't like the way those plastic guns feel
I like that old time wood 'n' steel

Still like that old time wood 'n' steel
Those kind of guns they have just the right feel
I reminisce about guns with a wheel
And that old time wood 'n' steel

(with apologies to Bob Seeger)

 

[Capt. F.]

I posted this awhile back:

Just take those old guns off of the shelf
I'll sit and play with 'em all by myself
Today's guns they ain't got the same feel
I like that old time wood 'n' steel

Don't try to force feed me plastic
That type of stuff it makes me puke on the floor
I don't like the way those plastic guns feel
I like that old time wood 'n' steel

Still like that old time wood 'n' steel
Those kind of guns they have just the right feel
I reminisce about guns with a wheel
And that old time wood 'n' steel

(with apologies to Bob Seeger)

That’s what the word SHOULD have been!
You sir are a credit to the music/ gun industry.
Now how about one about a wood stocked AR?

 

[Nevada Ed]

I lost interest in rifles when they were.................

"Painted Black"

I forget the words by the Rolling Stones.......
Great song, but not a rifle.

 

[bushmaster1313]

I lost interest in rifles when they were.................

"Painted Black"

I forget the words by the Rolling Stones.......
Great song, but not a rifle.

It goes like this:

I see an AR and I want my walnut back
No real wood anymore it’s all synthetic tack
I see new guns to buy all set up in the rack
I have to turn my head cause they’re all painted black

I see a lot of guns and they’re all painted black
Walnut and steel I love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly turn away
How is it that they know I joined the NRA

I look inside gun stores and all the guns are black
No real wood anymore it’s all synthetic tack
Maybe I’m old fashioned and I don’t want to face the facts
It’s hard to find great guns when they’re all painted black

 

[6GUNSONLY]

I hope there a few younger folk that appreciate the beauty and craftsmanship of the guns of days (now) gone by, but I fear we blue steel and walnut lovers are a dying breed. We're just not Tactical enough, ya know?

 

[fyimo]

You can find a few rifles for sale with would stocks. I bought 2 Savage Rifles about 3 years ago that had walnut stocks and they are the Model 114 and the model 14. The 114 is a 270 win and the Model 14 is a 308 rifle.
Model 14 in 308

Model 114 270

 

[Drm50]

I wish I had kept some of the Pre64 m70s that I had back in 70s.
Biggest part of them were 3006s. That had to be the most popular model. I had them in 270 too but at the time was into
bigger calibres. I had mint pre wars with quarter sawn stocks
and butterfly safeties in 06 & 270. The only one that I have held
on to all these years is a 70fw in 308. The only one that I got NIB
in 1964. It was the last of the pre 64s that were still on shelves.
I never had a pre 64 m70 that didn't shoot well, except for 2
in 264mg. i might have been ammo because I didn't load 264
back then.