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no idea that's a job for days off :D as is load development

I got a complete firing pin from the Winchester distributor in Auckland in the end.
I have put a few coats of matte clear over the stock to help resist wear. the finish is really nice and grippy....

Out of interest sake,
The sako ammo claimed 2917fps on the box.
I recorded a average speed of 2918fps over 5 rounds with a spread of 30 fps.
Not bad for factory ammo

After buying this rifle in August and only putting a few shots through it before the firing pin broke, I finally got to the range this morning.
5 shots including first off a cold bore all off the...

Here's a natural light pic, blends into the boulder really nicely and breaks up the outline.
Unfortunately due to a broken firing pin I can't get on with load development as I would have liked to,...

All back together it's been a while :D I only posted the refurb thread yesterday but this has been a month or 2 getting sorted.
Hopefully I can make time in the next week to finally start load...

I think I'm going to resist the urge to put the action back into the stock tomorrow and put a few coats of matte clear over the finish to help protect against premature wear.

After all the extra bits added in I sent it back to have the rubberized coating touched up.
Whilst that was being done I did a little research on different coatings I could use to customize the...

So a wee while back I scored a damaged Bell and Carson stock off me good mate Ryan_Songhurst
She had good bones (alloy chassis) and a nice figure (raised check piece)
But had been subject to a...