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Tonight I put on the second coat of Timberluxe. That dry old piece of walnut is starting to come to life. Pics to follow once things begin to set up.

Mike I just received an unfinished Boyds Classic in walnut to put on my synthetic blued 270 Zasty.

Going to finish with hand rubbed oil and free float and bed this one straight away, seeing how my stainless 30-06 synthetic shoots now I floated it.

And it took 4 good pigs all with one shot kills this week so its the #1 pupil at present!

Here's how the Zasty came up with the Boyds walnut Classic today.



The barrel is clear free floated all the way to the receiver without any wood being relieved. Going to shoot it as it - haven't bedded it yet. Just wondering if floating all the way to the receiver is best or should there be some material touching under the chamber area of the barrel?

Anyway will see how it shoots this week.

is the walnut one as heavy as the laminates?

This walnut one weighs the same as the plastic one that came off it, so I would assume its less than the laminate version.

Quite a nice slender stock, perhaps I'd prefer a more oval shaped fore end as I tend to make most of my shots offhand or leaning off the side of a convenient tree when there is one for longer shots.

Glad this thread returned. I bought a stainless synthetic M70 in 9.3x62 month ago. Still awaiting my license so I can pick it up. The barrel seemed to be very lean. Seems the rifle goes a bit under 7#. I am going to finish it off with a High Tech Specialties stock, Talley Lightweights and likely throw a 2-7X VXII on it. Should be a nice light thumper that will be what I use on my 2016 brown bear hunt.

I put a Butler Creek leather military sling on it, mounted a Leupold 3x9-40mm VX-II or III scope with a weird finish I bought used from a friend with a fine duplex reticle in Warne Maxima rings and mounts and I took the factory irons off of it.

The trigger is a little long creepy and needs adjusting, but its smooth and about as light as I want to go with it.

Bob:

How did it shoot? What's the barrel length, anyway? Looks a tad shorter than mine at 24 inches.

Mike

Mike, I shot this group at 120y yesterday which is what my private range is presently set up at. That is 3 shots of PMC 130g soft points loaded over 61g of H4831...


A bit of a flukey group but it is consistent around 1.1 moa for 5 shots when I hold still. I shoot my groups as fast as I can reload and take careful aim. No waiting for extended periods between groups.

The barrel is 600mm which I believe is about 23.6 inches. They're good barrels.