That doesn't seem quite right - how could there be a slot cut in the barrel for the firing pin? Setting off the round requires support of the case rim under the firing pin - a slot would seem to be...
Liked On: 20-04-2020, 04:31 PM
Learning wingshooting as a kid with the 12ga U/O Baikal and no recoil pad. 2-3/4" reloads with 1-1/8oz shot, but unbeknownst to us at the time the powder bushing in the MEC reloader was the wrong...
Liked On: 17-04-2020, 09:45 PM
One more post and this’ll be up to date with where I’m actually at. If I was writing this chronologically, there should actually be a post in between thinking the pattern stock was done and then...
Liked On: 09-04-2020, 01:22 AM
Thanks for the responses all. So looking through the gun cabinet my Anschutz 1717 .17hmr was chosen as the restocking victim candidate. I thought I had a picture of it in the original stock but...
Liked On: 09-04-2020, 01:18 AM
Thanks for the responses all. So looking through the gun cabinet my Anschutz 1717 .17hmr was chosen as the restocking victim candidate. I thought I had a picture of it in the original stock but...
Liked On: 09-04-2020, 12:23 AM
One more post and this’ll be up to date with where I’m actually at. If I was writing this chronologically, there should actually be a post in between thinking the pattern stock was done and then...
Liked On: 08-04-2020, 01:10 PM
I wasn’t going to make this thread until I was a bit further along, however perhaps with the current lockdown now’s a good time. I know I appreciate reading similar threads created by other members –...
Liked On: 07-04-2020, 03:26 PM
One more post and this’ll be up to date with where I’m actually at. If I was writing this chronologically, there should actually be a post in between thinking the pattern stock was done and then...
Liked On: 06-04-2020, 11:24 PM
One more post and this’ll be up to date with where I’m actually at. If I was writing this chronologically, there should actually be a post in between thinking the pattern stock was done and then...
Liked On: 06-04-2020, 10:22 PM
Thanks for all the comments and encouragement everyone. Good point. I don't think I've shot with a Sako Forester, but I did use a borrowed Alpine .270 for a few months (English, based on an...
Liked On: 06-04-2020, 09:39 PM
One more post and this’ll be up to date with where I’m actually at. If I was writing this chronologically, there should actually be a post in between thinking the pattern stock was done and then...
Liked On: 06-04-2020, 01:50 PM
One more post and this’ll be up to date with where I’m actually at. If I was writing this chronologically, there should actually be a post in between thinking the pattern stock was done and then...
Liked On: 06-04-2020, 12:21 PM
One more post and this’ll be up to date with where I’m actually at. If I was writing this chronologically, there should actually be a post in between thinking the pattern stock was done and then...
Liked On: 06-04-2020, 10:30 AM
So some of the changes I made to the stock at this point were to reduce LOP by ¼”, flatten off the palm swell slightly, and deepen and extend the comb fluting. All easily done. But I also couldn’t...
Liked On: 06-04-2020, 10:28 AM
Another few snapshots from the milling for your interest. Note that these are all with the wood still wet – the colour did change considerably after drying. https://i.imgur.com/uGWBeQB.jpg ...
Liked On: 06-04-2020, 10:26 AM