sorry for the delay in response
That was a 10" factory barrel threaded and pinned with a 7" vented extension.
It's chambered in 30 Herrett, one of my favorite plinking calibers, and attached to comply with ATF mandates for a minimum of 16" barrel length for use with buttstock.
The furniture shown is a fancy forearm that is specifically built for the contours of this barrel and it's permanently mated extension.
It was shaped from a block of spalted sycamore. (nice figure)
The buttstock was provided to me by a shooter in Texas that evidently was left-handed and my initial plan was to reshape for right-hand use.
It doesn't really preclude the use of a right-hander and I haven't yet been motivated to gamble it's design with my skill level.
It just looks real nice and has enough substance to make this rig nearly recoiless.
I don't know if it's by High Plains or Boyd's.
I don't stay with one chamber's design for long as I'm always intrigued by the next best bullet that I run across!
In the past year (since my initial post) I've probably been through about a half a dozen cartridge designs and my latest is this one.
It's a very unique barrel, probably manufactured by SSK or Bullberry in the early days of the Encore's design, it's a 26" stainless chambered in a 405 Winchester wildcat.
It accomodates brass of 303 British or 30-40 Krag's length (2.314") expanded to a straightwall and prefers a cast bullet of .412"
It shoots like the ringing of a bell and is as reliable and consistant as any barrel I own.
Coincidentally, it is shown wearing the same optic as it's predecessor while neither has the compact mounted presently.
It does wear a nice walnut buttstock that I shaped with a blonde Boxwood buttplate.
Up to this point I have largely been using 300 gr. JSP bullets but am interested in finding a mold for a .412" bullet between 265 gr. and 300 gr.
I could tolerate a spire point since I will use only in my single-shot rifle.
My email can be found in my profile.
Thanks,
Jimmy