As nice as rimu is its pretty bloody soft.
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As nice as rimu is its pretty bloody soft.
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Must be I'll, coz I can't believe I am passing on free wood. But I've got wet Tassie Blackwood all over, and some Rewa Rewa and Matai arriving on Tue, so no storage :oh noes: Agree with VC about Rimu being too soft for a stock.
Ta abe, still some minor scratches, round 2 of the sanding tomorrow
Had another go at sanding the barrel. This time I alternated between lengthways and across with successive grits.
Also filed the crown and used the brass screw head & honing compound trick from the Larry Potterfield video.
Two applications of Birchwood Casey Paste Blue, pretty happy with the results... Cold blueing is apparently not much of a rust preventor, I did read about heating up the barrel with boiling water before applying it. Will see how it goes, might end up being a paint project down the line.
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Looking forward to seeing the final product
All done and back together :thumbsup: Sling studs and limbsaver installed.
When I sanded the stock, I cleared out a bit of material so that the barrel does not touch anywhere.
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That came up mint ebf! :cool:
You put it together wrong.
The back handley thing is on the wrong side :D
Are ya going to blue the trigger guard and that?
Ta, was a fun project. Not too shabby for a $400 TM bargain and a bit of elbow grease.
yada yada, it is so that only "special" people can shoot with it ;)
not for the moment, i'm leaving the trigger guard and bolt as is.
Bloody good stuff mate ,as a lefty myself good to see an old remmy brought back to its former glory:thumbsup:
Looks good to me ebf. :thumbup:
While no blueing is much of a rust protector in my experience with cold blue some are better than others in this respect .
As a right handed shooter I actually find left handed bolt actions better to shoot off a bench.
Right hand stays on grip and supports rifle/holds on target and left works bolt.
But other than that they are gay :D
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ebf, you have inspired me to.......
Go collect the old 788 from the old man and bring it back home.To.........
Send to you to tidy up.:thumbsup:
But seriously you've done an awesome job there. How does it shoot?
Took it to the range before starting all the work. Kicked like a mule, and did 2moa with Highland SP. Will have another go next week, and see what difference the stock work and DIY crowning makes.