I got this American long rifle kit from a guy who brought it off another guy who started it and made a huge mess of the most important inletting areas 161740 161741 Let's just say he made...
Liked On: 03-03-2021, 01:00 PM
Muzzle cap is fitted to the stock Another tricky job and not made any easier by a long split in the very end of the Stock This cap and some bedding under it should stop the crack from migrating ...
Liked On: 03-03-2021, 01:00 PM
161436 Reproduction stock from Geoff Mentor, I think it's too nice to cut up for the end bit, so thinking I'll put the original stock on the back burner for now. Only thing left is to cut new...
Liked On: 01-03-2021, 03:09 PM
After mixing up the compound that was too runny, I split off half of it to thicken it up without risking ruining the whole lot. In hindsight I should have thickened the whole lot. Mistake three was...
Liked On: 30-01-2021, 05:03 PM
I'd been giving my mates shit for years about their crappy 1022s, but one day the modularity got to me and I decided to jump on the band wagon too. About 16 months ago a good deal came up on here...
Liked On: 31-12-2020, 10:11 AM
hey guys, i have posted sometime ago a 9mm project we were working on and i made it become available to the public. we are almost sold out to be honest. this one is, however, based on a Rem 700...
Liked On: 21-12-2020, 09:00 PM
on my last tikka I just used electrical shrink wrap on the knob. I didn't really want it much bigger in size but gave better grip wrapped than the polished metal finish and didn't add any weight....
Liked On: 16-12-2020, 04:05 PM
Finally got it out on a decent night to test the accuracy improvement (if any) if the carbon stock and the bedding. Had done it a month ago but in very heavy drizzle and i wasnt having a good day...
Liked On: 10-12-2020, 09:18 PM
Bit of a boring update, some of you may of noticed the stock above doesnt have a recoil pad, the stocks come with a limbsaver, but i tend to find these to grippy on clothing etc and also far to thick...
Liked On: 10-12-2020, 09:17 PM
Thought i might share something for everyone, might be helpful to some or might not, I tend to do a fair amount of tahr hunting, probably most of my hunting the past 6 years has been tahr and...
Liked On: 10-12-2020, 09:15 PM
I was given a sporterised LEC rifle, with original NZ marked receiver and bolt (matching numbers but the bolt has been re-numbered to match, assuming an arsenal job) that someone had fitted an SMLE...
Liked On: 05-12-2020, 08:35 PM
I had a crack at a skinning knife a couple of weeks back just to fill in a quiet week. I used to make knives when I was a kid, raiding my uncles workshop for random off cuts of stainless steel etc....
Liked On: 30-11-2020, 04:47 PM
For the scales I had some nice heart Walnut and a piece of Wenge wood to choose from that was left over from some pistol grips I made years ago. I am leaning toward the darker Wenge wood as it will...
Liked On: 30-11-2020, 04:47 PM
Happy with the first grind, its on to the heat treat and temper. Mikey-p warned me that the heat treat on this type of forged steel can be very risky, the different metals heat and cool at different...
Liked On: 30-11-2020, 04:47 PM
Next was the final grind and polish process which I didnt seem to take any pics of? :( https://i.ibb.co/yyyt9Rr/20201109-145242.jpg (https://ibb.co/vPPpFBS) Onto the scales, I went with the...
Liked On: 30-11-2020, 04:47 PM