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tbird1960 Senior Forum Member Offline He shoulda armed himself. Posts: 331 Location: Brazoria, Texas Joined: Aug 14^th, 2006	Comblain custom 45-100 Apr 11^th, 2013 at 2:58pm	Print Post
	Found this at Tulsa show, it has 32" barrel chambered in 45-100. Looked a long time for one of these actions and all I ever found were in really bad shape until I ran across this one.

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Bent_Ramrod Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1562 Location: Southern Arizona Joined: Feb 8^th, 2006	Re: Comblain custom 45-100 Reply #1 - Apr 11^th, 2013 at 3:36pm	Print Post
	Wow! That is an exquisitely well-done Comblain! How does it shoot?


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tbird1960 Senior Forum Member Offline He shoulda armed himself. Posts: 331 Location: Brazoria, Texas Joined: Aug 14^th, 2006	Re: Comblain custom 45-100 Reply #2 - Apr 11^th, 2013 at 3:38pm	Print Post
	Working on getting some brass right now, have not had a chance to shoot it except to test fire it.

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Jeff_Schultz ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1652 Location: Ransomville, NY Joined: Apr 25^th, 2004	Re: Comblain custom 45-100 Reply #3 - Apr 11^th, 2013 at 4:30pm	Print Post
	Is the stock maple?

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tbird1960 Senior Forum Member Offline He shoulda armed himself. Posts: 331 Location: Brazoria, Texas Joined: Aug 14^th, 2006	Re: Comblain custom 45-100 Reply #4 - Apr 11^th, 2013 at 4:41pm	Print Post
	Not sure what it is but will find out when I redo it. I do not like shiny stocks and I will checker the grip and forearm. Most likely from the grain pattern it is maple.

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Kermit1945 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 980 Location: In Flux Joined: Aug 31^st, 2011	Re: Comblain custom 45-100 Reply #5 - Apr 12^th, 2013 at 10:45am	Print Post
	Unusual pattern for maple, but possible. Could be almost anything from birch to myrtle. Self-styled "wood experts" will give you opinions and assure you they absolutely know the truth of the matter. But you may never know the species. Even sending a sample to a dendrologly lab for analysis could prove inconclusive. Just enjoy it--and the mystery.

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Rooster Ex Member	Re: Comblain custom 45-100 Reply #6 - Apr 12^th, 2013 at 12:08pm	Print Post
	Being a self styled wood expert (stocking guns since 1980) I'd guess Quilted maple and second guess would be myrtle which I have no experience with. Quilted maple and curly maple are the same, just different figure pattern. I have seen some Birch out of Finland that approaches that also.


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AndyZ Ex Member	Re: Comblain custom 45-100 Reply #7 - Apr 12^th, 2013 at 4:48pm	Print Post
	Tbird; How is the trigger pull? andyZ


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Jeff_Schultz ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1652 Location: Ransomville, NY Joined: Apr 25^th, 2004	Re: Comblain custom 45-100 Reply #8 - Apr 12^th, 2013 at 5:43pm	Print Post
	Thank you rooster. Quilted Maple, I remember that. Maple is beautiful and gives us maple syrup.

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tbird1960 Senior Forum Member Offline He shoulda armed himself. Posts: 331 Location: Brazoria, Texas Joined: Aug 14^th, 2006	Re: Comblain custom 45-100 Reply #9 - Apr 12^th, 2013 at 7:54pm	Print Post
	Trigger pull is suprisingly good. The way it is built I thought it would be a hard trigger but it is good.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17673 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Comblain custom 45-100 Reply #10 - Apr 12^th, 2013 at 9:06pm	Print Post
	Had a little Comblain rook rifle in .297/230 years ago, and it was in very nice shape. Trigger pull on mine was pretty stiff. That one is a great looking Comblain! Don't see many, and even less in large frames.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12168 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Comblain custom 45-100 Reply #11 - Apr 13^th, 2013 at 5:39am	Print Post
	Hal Hartley? Joe.

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boats Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7699 Location: Virginia Joined: Apr 23^rd, 2004	Re: Comblain custom 45-100 Reply #12 - Apr 13^th, 2013 at 9:17am	Print Post
	Does not look like Maple to me. More like Myrtle but you never know for sure. Woods have so many colloquial names, different growing regions etc. Add the variations with unusual grains and patterns it's difficult to tell exactly what something is. Nice rifle, anybody want to give us a brief history of the Comblain action ? Boats


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17673 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Comblain custom 45-100 Reply #13 - Apr 13^th, 2013 at 11:38am	Print Post
	boats wrote on Apr 13^th, 2013 at 9:17am: Does not look like Maple to me. More like Myrtle but you never know for sure. Woods have so many colloquial names, different growing regions etc. Add the variations with unusual grains and patterns it's difficult to tell exactly what something is. Nice rifle, anybody want to give us a brief history of the Comblain action ? Boats I'll have to dig up my DeHaas book again. I seem to remember his book having more info on the action than anyone else. I think it was Belgian origin, and one of the South American countries actually adopted the action for their military rifle?

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boats Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7699 Location: Virginia Joined: Apr 23^rd, 2004	Re: Comblain custom 45-100 Reply #14 - Apr 13^th, 2013 at 6:17pm	Print Post
	Google never ceases to amaze me. Look at the wood even has the same pattern as the one pictured on our site (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Boats


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