New rifle. UPDATE: Range Report

[wareagle700]

This is my first time putting one together myself. I have a Douglas preminum air gaged #8 contour in .260 remington on the way. I will be instaling everything and blueprinting the action myself. (supervised by dad). I plan on finishing it with OD green ceracoat.

Here it is so far:

 

[Chickeneye]

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nice lookin so far. be sure to post pics of the whole process, i love to see them and so does everyone around here

 

[Chadwick122689]

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definitely a nice rifle... let us know how she shoots

 

[CK_32]

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Looks almost exactly what I want to make mine look like.
Accept desert camo.

 

[mackdrvr]

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Looks great. Keep us posted.

 

[DocB]

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WE,

Bring it on over to the HR matches to see how it does at distance.

Have fun,
DocB

 

[2brothers641]

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Very nice looking rig

 

[wareagle700]

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Little brown truck came today and delivered my Douglas .260 barrel. It only took 2 weeks. I cant wait to get this thing put together this weekend. Ill try and remember to take pics of the process.

 

[Graham]

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Interesting project. Keep us posted.

 

[wareagle700]

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Finally got around to getting this thing put together.
The action has been faced off, lugs lapped in, new badger recoil lug, and barrel properly headspaced and match chambered. Also has new CDI bottom metal, aluminum bedding pillars and acraglas bedding. Here are some pics of some of what we did. I cant wait to get this to the range.

 

[KHOOKS]

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Now a range report on it. Looks Great!

 

[FequalsMA]

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Nice job!

 

[aspen69]

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Very nice work !

 

[diggler1833]

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Nice stick.

 

[ORD]

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Nice work and VERY NICE RIFLE!!

I grew up just down the road from Douglas and they make some top notch barrels. They have done several barrels for me over the years and all were incredible shooters.

Keep us updated on your progress!

 

[Target In Sight]

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very nice work and a very sexy rig~~ make sure you post range report!

 

[Ghogs Nightmare]

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Very nice, definitely need some pics from the range performance. Whats it weigh?

 

[long range dogr]

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That turned very nice! Congrats on a fine rifle!

 

[wareagle700]

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Thanks for the replys. It weighs 15 lbs. I built it for target and match shooting but I would't mind shooting a deer or two with it.

 

[308skinner]

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Damn nice looking rig!

 

[sayer03]

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looks awesome. what were you doing in the second pic?

 

[Bugaboo]

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Very nice rifle! I admire people with skills necessary for assembling a rifle from components, congratulations! It must be very rewarding feeling.

 

[splean]

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A very nice rifle and great work.

 

[Red_SC]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sayer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">looks awesome. what were you doing in the second pic? </div></div>

Looks like he's squaring the face of the action.

 

[wareagle700]

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yep.

 

[Jakerz]

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Very nice build man! I like the camo on the stock alot, range report ASAP, lol

I may get flamed for this but... ROLL TIDE

Jake

 

[sayer03]

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I see it now thanks

 

[srv656s]

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Cool stuff, wish I was so handy.

 

[1eyedjack1]

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Very Nice! I wish I had the time, money, and know how to do something like that. Look forward to the range report.

Great Job

 

[ve2mbt]

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Awesome rifle, very nice post with the job you have done on it,
Sorry if it is a stupid question but, what is the scope you have on top of your baby ??? it seem to be a nice piece of equipement !!!

Thank's

Marc

 

[wareagle700]

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Its a Weaver Tactical 4-20X50mm FFP mil-dot.
I love it so far. It has very crisp/positive adjustemts and tracks spot on. Glass is very clear, closest to the Mk4 probably.

 

[wareagle700]

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Range Report:

I worked up some loads using H4350 and the 140 AMAX. I started at 40.3 and went to 41.6 in .3 increments. All groups are 5 shots. 41.6 did very well with a .19" 4 shot group excluding the flyer (second shot) that I called.(center group) All other groups were around .5-.65".
Flyers are the shots circled in red. I jerked the trigger on those.

 

[KYS]

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good shooting and great work on your barrel. Keep it up!

 

[elkkid3]

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That rifle look great, Its a shooter to.

 

[cgriff]

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Nice work, very impressive.

 

[Irelander]

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Great job man. That is one good shooting rifle and it looks sweet to boot. I'm sure it's extra special to you since you did the work yourself. Great choice with the .260.

 

[Xshot]

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Nice work! I see a .260 in my future.

 

[hamr56]

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Very cool thanks for keeping us updated. It turned out really nice.