Gunsmithing Latest build

[LRI]

Here's yet another palma rifle.

On the downward spiral for this one. Just a little paintin left and were done.

This one gets the Gixxer blue same as the website. Added an Anschutz 5018 trigger as well with one of my conversion carriers.

I loath the Briley stuff as it requires destroying a wonderful trigger to make it work.

PICS:


Barrel fitting.

Trigger adapter/fitting:

Scribblin the caliber:

Finish grinding the transfer bar after heat treating:

Trigger guard modification:

Sunny Hill guards with an Annie trigger get chewed on quite a bit. Functional, but rather unconventional.

Garret's pile of parts as he preps for metal finishing. This one got Tungsten Cerakote.

 

[LRI]

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Other stuff:

As you can see, fitting an Annie trigger eats up some real estate in the stock!

 

[Belisarius]

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B E A U T I F U L

 

[Iron Worker1177]

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I always look forward to seeing one of your builds. Keep'em coming. I guess your chambering it in 308?

 

[LRI]

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Yesser. This particular gun is a sort of "psuedopalma". The owner wanted something resembling what I've got on the home page of the website.

He decided he wanted something very similar for him and his son to plink with. He's not a handloader and plans to run Federal GM stuff loaded with 168's. Because of this I didn't use my normal "go to" palma reamer. It's chambered in our reamer set up for this factory load.

Aside from that and the trigger weight (around 6oz) its a dead ringer for a <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">" masochistic sweat your knads off under a sweatshirt, jacket, and hot sun"</span></span> prone rifle.

Just finished wet sanding the sealer and applying what was supposed to be the final coat. I have a "hanger" forming (damn it!) so it's off to the oven to flash cure it so that I can sand it all over again!

Grrrrrrr. I aint even finished my coffee yet!

 

[Hntelk]

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Nice plinking rifle....

 

[LRI]

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Hangers are sanded out, applied the last coat of sealer. All looks good.


Just finished the 2nd coat of color. 20 minutes from squirtin clear! Woo hoo!

 

[LRI]

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Wet sanding sealer. . .

BLUE!

Putting a force cure on it now in the oven. Hope to start color sanding later this afternoon.

 

[rdinak]

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The paint job is just plain incredible! Nice work.

Please keep the pics coming.

 

[fishdog]

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i love that ble stock. it looks simply amazing

 

[TrapperT]

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So...is that HoK blue? Just curious!

Tony

 

[Wyfox]

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Chad you do some incredible work!!! I have a 243 AI on my wish list, when I get all the components together I'll be giving you a call.

 

[sawman556]

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Very nice!

 

[ugsly]

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single stage or 2 stage?

Kc

 

[LRI]

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Final Assembly:

Shot it a couple days ago. Wholly (*%^$#@ *_)( is all I can say.

It's a pounder!

 

[wildcats]

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Beautiful piece.
Color matches my racecar.

Chad, has my bolt arrived from PTG yet?

 

[Ritten]

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I had a 2001 TL1000S that same color. MAN, on a rifle it looks just as good!!

 

[Skyking]

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Nice.
I see you got the barrel in That mat looks familiar. can't wait for the rest the parts to get in.

 

[mdesign]

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Very nice, really like the color and craftsmanship.

 

[pappy83]

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Chad rifle looks great, do you have those scope rails in stock I would love to buy one for Sammy's rifle.

 

[LRI]

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Just received this photo this morning.

100 yard 5 shot group: The red dot is a 1/2 minute across.

Tgt on the left was shot by the owner. The 2nd was by his 12 year old son.

Nice when chit works!

 

[Paulus]

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not only is that one fine shooting rifle, it is a genuinely beautiful looking rifle as well. well done.

-Paulus

 

[Bryan27]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: C. Dixon</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Just received this photo this morning.

100 yard 5 shot group: The red dot is a 1/2 minute across.

Tgt on the left was shot by the owner. The 2nd was by his 12 year old son.

Nice when chit works!

</div></div>

PFFFFTTT! Big deal! They each got 5 shots at the target and hit it once!

 

[707electrician]

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I just here to drool over the rifle and the lathe

 

[desertrat1979]

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That is what you call boringly accurate.

 

[SFC Carpentier jr]

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GOOD looking rifle Chad.

 

[QuietM4]

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what kind of barrel blank and twist rate did you use?