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That's a factory made stock gitem_12.

Here you are in your Sunday best~



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That's not.me dummy.

That's the targets our gun club hands out at "open shoot" events

Man.....That turned out nice!

Since it's alright to post plastic stocked Winchesters, I'll post mine now:



1. 1954 H&H receiver
2. Midnight blue cerakote
3. Jewelled bolt body
4. Brown precision pounder stock with red decelerator
5. Holds 4 338 win mag cartridges in the magazine
6. Weight: 7 3/4 pounds all up
7. Gre-Tan stainless barrel


Extremely accurate elk stomper, balances perfectly and handles great.

I'd really like to try a Brown pounder stock. Looks perfect.

My m70 is sporting a Hunters Edge. Like everything but the comb is a bit low.

What is the contour and shank on that barrel? 22"?

Plastic?

OK. PoundR







Legend.

It's a 24" #2 with a 1.25" "exposed" shank. That's one thing about the pounder, it has a long forend as compared to the Mcmillan compact, so it makes the barrel look shorter than it really is. That's why I say if it has a 22" and shorter barrel, the compact looks more fitting. However, the pounder has a higher comb that many like, especially on heavy kickers. The recoil on this 338 is surprisingly tame because this stock really mitigates recoil well. Unlike some of the McMillan edge stocks I've tried on rifles 30-06 and bigger, which perform better with the standard fill stocks IMHO..

Beautiful rifle. That's my sorta hunting rifle.

Sounds like a damn nice rifle to me as well.

I did not know that and was contemplating converting my 308 fwt to a std length cartridge. That project got killed as I made the mistake of shooting the donor!

Pat that 270 conversion "worked"....sort of....but it was freaky watching the cartridge pop off the rails a LOT sooner than in a properly tuned pre 64 M70 set up for the cartridge.

I learned the hard way not to do that. I made that rifle into junk.

Thanks Bob, useful info to know.I still have a build in mind that ends up with a 270 fwt clone on a pre 64 (assuming I don`t run into a decent fwt that is priced reasonably). I will base it on a 270/06 action though to ensure it feeds like a pre 64 should.
That 308 fwt put successive 3 shot groups into less than an inch with very minimal load development and me yanking on the trigger so it will be remaining a 308 with a good synthetic in it`s future.

Pat nothing wrong with the 308. Use it as is.

Very similar to BSA's 338 - here is my 375 H&H

Pre'64 H&H action
Shilen SS #4 @ 23.5"
Brown Precision Stock
Talleys and 6x36 LRD
Will probably add some irons and Black-T later this year.
Balances and points incredibly well, holds 4 down and shucks shells like a dream
Weight: 8lbs scoped

Wow, that turned out great TDN!

This is one that I'm rather fond of, but I've not used it on any game as yet, just range sessions. It features a Danny Pedersen cut rifled barrel and some other metalwork. The stock is by Gary Goudy using a 40 year old stick of English walnut. It's a 9.3x62 and shoots very well.

I like it too. Looks great. Should look awesome with irons and black T too..

That wood is gorgeous. Where did you/he find a 40-year old stick?

It came from the estate of along retired California gunmaker well after he passed. A gunmaker friend of mine in Kentucky had access to them and I made a bid on three blanks and got all three of them. Although this one was the most figured of the three, I had all three used in custom stock jobs. This one and one other turned out very well. The third one really looked great, but had an internal flaw that rendered it unusable.