I started on this project back in early November, and just send lead down the barrel for the first time a couple of days ago:
The specs:
Rem700 receiver (started life an ADL Varmint from DSG)
PTG one-piece bolt w/ M16 extractor
Brux .236/.243" 1-7.5" heavy varmint barrel, finished at ~26" and chambered in 243 Win
Badger 0.312" recoil lug
Badger 20MOA scope rail, modified for 8-40 screws
Timney 510 trigger
Mcrees G5 folding stock
I did all the machine work on the barreled action. There wasn't any good tracking of time on this one, but a rough guess says that there is around 15-20 hours of work spread over the past several months. It'd normally be a weekend project, but over this period of time, there were some serious projects around the house, a hectic work schedule, and a major re-barrel and custom billet chassis fabrication for a buddy's Savage 93 (which is a whole 'nother thread for the future).
Early indications are that it'll shoot OK. I threw on the Weaver Tactical 3-15x that hangs around the shop for swapping between whatever projects have my attention at the moment, grabbed some handloads that I'd whipped up a couple of years ago for a different rifle (107 Sierra MK over H1000), and sent some rounds from the door of my polebarn towards the berm 94 meters (103 yards) away. A sample of the results:
I'm a embarrassingly rusty due to a general lack of trigger time this season and wasn't shooting under the best conditions (just a piece of cardboard thrown down on the cement floor, Harris bipod up front, and no proper support under the buttstock), but am encouraged at what I see so far. A bit of load development may be in order after I see what happens at longer ranges, but a lot of shooter tune-up is a higher priority.
I need to make a proper muzzle thread protector (I just tossed on a YHM part as a stop-gap measure), and then figure out what color to finish the rifle. At my current rate of progress, expect an update sometime next year
The specs:
Rem700 receiver (started life an ADL Varmint from DSG)
PTG one-piece bolt w/ M16 extractor
Brux .236/.243" 1-7.5" heavy varmint barrel, finished at ~26" and chambered in 243 Win
Badger 0.312" recoil lug
Badger 20MOA scope rail, modified for 8-40 screws
Timney 510 trigger
Mcrees G5 folding stock
I did all the machine work on the barreled action. There wasn't any good tracking of time on this one, but a rough guess says that there is around 15-20 hours of work spread over the past several months. It'd normally be a weekend project, but over this period of time, there were some serious projects around the house, a hectic work schedule, and a major re-barrel and custom billet chassis fabrication for a buddy's Savage 93 (which is a whole 'nother thread for the future).
Early indications are that it'll shoot OK. I threw on the Weaver Tactical 3-15x that hangs around the shop for swapping between whatever projects have my attention at the moment, grabbed some handloads that I'd whipped up a couple of years ago for a different rifle (107 Sierra MK over H1000), and sent some rounds from the door of my polebarn towards the berm 94 meters (103 yards) away. A sample of the results:
I'm a embarrassingly rusty due to a general lack of trigger time this season and wasn't shooting under the best conditions (just a piece of cardboard thrown down on the cement floor, Harris bipod up front, and no proper support under the buttstock), but am encouraged at what I see so far. A bit of load development may be in order after I see what happens at longer ranges, but a lot of shooter tune-up is a higher priority.
I need to make a proper muzzle thread protector (I just tossed on a YHM part as a stop-gap measure), and then figure out what color to finish the rifle. At my current rate of progress, expect an update sometime next year
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