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Thanks, how far foward would you go?

Sounds like you are forming a nice plan, cerakote was midnight blue i believe. Pillars are quite important as the wood is quite "soft" on these and if you are going to the effort of bedding (which...

Your not wrong there, best part about a wood stock is having a few battle scars

cheers, Awesome to hear, they are beautiful rifles, worth "saving" and even better in the world's best caliber (.270) Resene paint stripper applied generously then wrapped in gladwrap for a few hours...

"Other Calibre"? you spelt Superior wrong. I'm a big .270 fan, Does everything the .308 does but better

haha thanks, yeah was a bit of a decision as the rifle has history with me but not much use sitting in the safe, rather get it humming and use it. You're right about the barrel, thin little bugger...

Yeah quite a fan of those, put one in my carbon Tikka, however, was worried the thin wood wouldn't be strong enough? what do you think?

Don't know how to tag you, thought you may want a look at the finished product. cheers

thanks mate, 2508grams, or 5.529lb. was a Featherweight to start with, i just wanted to make it more "modern"

Finally finished, Had Bolt and barrel fluted by Greystone guns and Cerakoted. came out pretty good I think.

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Sounds like a plan, any excuse to hit the range

Hi, thanks. Rifle is 1994 i believe. No worries about scratching it up, its my favorite part about wooden stocks, they gain character over time. Checkering sure was daunting, way more work than i...

Haha is that what that is for. Yeah was character building trying to clean it up but happy with the result. Many beers were put away carefully sanding.

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Most importantly, tried Hornady precision hunter, Superformance, American whitetail, Federal fusion, winchester super x and finaly SAKO gamehead 150gr which it loved. after shooting this...

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DPT suppressor, several cotes of boiled linseed. will give it 5 or so more cotes and cerakote all the metal once bank account recovers.

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Free-floated the barrel

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New scope, nice and light.

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Bedded and fitted rail, leupold quick release rings

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Devcon plastic steel bedding compound, Kiwi shoe polish release agent. came out pretty mint for a first try.

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Trying my hand at pillar bedding

224190 Broken parts, there are 2 legends on this forum that helped me out with getting this part. thanks heaps, you know who you are.

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Sh*%loads of careful sanding and cleaning up checkering

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Spartan bipod adapter

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Added a block to strengthen butt, Northland recycled Kauri.

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Final shape