Vulcan’s Worthy Descendant

The Gun Thing

Among the small (and it should be said, wealthy) group of gun aficionados, the name Duane Wiebe is well known, and justifiably so.  Here’s a brief auto-bio of the man — but it must be said, his real bio is in the long guns he has crafted over the past three decades or so.  Here are a couple-three, at Steve Barnett’s place (right-click to embiggen):

Argentine Mauser in .375 H&H Magnum

And to the question, “Can an old Mauser handle the .375 H&H?” the answer is a smack upside the head and an “Of course it can, you silly person!”

Here’s another DW special:

Mauser G33/40 in 6.5x55mm Swede

…and if that doesn’t get your drool flowing and trigger-finger itching, then we can’t be friends.

Okay, for those who want something more American and in a more modern chambering [sigh] :

Winchester pre-war Model 70 in .300 Win Mag:

…with Winchester’s typical swept-back Mod 70 bolt.

Okay, none of the above are inexpensive (see the links), because they are each one of a kind, crafted by an expert who not only knows guns, but loves them.

With a decent lottery win, I could find at least two more (along with all three of the above) Wiebe rifles I’d want to buy, and that’s only at Barnett’s.

I don’t just appreciate craftsmen, I venerate them.  And Duane Wiebe is all that, and more.

7 comments

  1. I’m off to buy a couple of lottery tickets. Those are absolutely beautiful rifles. The 6.5×55 swede is incredible. The others are in larger calibers that I simply do not have any need for and little interest in them.

    JQ

  2. They are beautiful works of firearms art, but even if I could win a lottery and afford one, I probably wouldn’t buy one.

    Why? They’re just too danged nice for me to do what I do to my hunting rifles. They’re dragged through woods and brush, stocks are banged against rocks, heck, my Savage bolt gun has had the plastic cover bashed off the pistol grip of the synthetic stock so many times I finally gave up on glueing it back on. After decades of use the stock looks like it’s been mauled by an angry bobcat. Last time I was sitting in a stand a bird landed on the barrel, sat there for five minutes, and then pooped all over the fore end when it took off.

    I couldn’t stand abusing something that pretty, and I don’t need a safe, or even range, queen. Sigh.

    1. Blackwing,
      buy it for an investment and to show off on the range. We all need a Governor’s Barbecue gun for the hip. This could be similar to that

      JQ

    2. Gotta agree with BlackWing1.
      Pay that kind of money and then take it ‘off civilization’ aka out where there are rocks and branches and mud and cold and gravity !! Are you crazy ? That’s like going ‘4 wheelin’ in your $$$$$$$ Ferrari GTO !!
      Second, the guns are capable of accuracy beyond MY capabilities therefore something of a waste really ! I cannot utilize what the gun is capable of doing !
      As far as an investment. Maybe. Maybe not. Go read a few more current articles that’ll cause your ulcer to flair up or maybe just a severe case of heart burn and you will start to see where PRIVATE gun ownership is headed in this country – like it or not.
      A good starting point is Illinois. Registration. Submit or else. So called assault
      weapons today, your favorite 870 tomorrow. Yeah Yeah – It’s gonna be in the courts for years. Maybe. but there IS NO END TO IT.
      If what is being ‘trial ballooned’ today fails, they will be back next week/month/year until SOMETHING gets passed and then something else will be introduced to tighten the rope until the day you want to sell your ‘investment’ and find out that you not only cannot sell it, you DON’T EVEN OWN IT ANYMORE !!
      Have a nice day folks and you keep those cards and letters coming !

    3. Yep, my big game rifle is a Remington Model 78 in 30-06. It gas a plain maple stock that has scratches and wear marks. I inherited my dad’s Remington 7600 BDL pump in .270 Win. It looks factory fresh for a 30 year old gun. It is magazine fed and it is a heavy gun compared to my bolt action, breach magazine 30-06. My guess the safe queen .270 is worth 2 to 3 times what the 30-06 is worth. I have never shot it nor do I intend too.

  3. Very nice but the bolts on the wrong side!
    Blackwing, we had D’arcy Echols give a talk at a meeting. https://echolsrifles.com/
    His rifles are works of arts and he said the first thing he would do with one is put a big scratch or ding on it so they would be used. He said he didn’t want to make safe queens.

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