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Next was to install an aluminum trigger guard I bought from Kevin Weaver in Colorado. I sent him my steel trigger guard back in 2012 so he had a template to make me one out of aluminum back then so just had him send me two more, one for this project and one for my wife�s Kimber Montana 308 of her own.

I like it!

How are the bolt handles held on?

Mike

They are threaded on. Just unscrew one and screw on the other.

I can hear is now��gun is too light, barrel is too short, scope is to big and heavy, stock pattern is too busy��but I still like it.

A couple months back I bought a Kimber Montana 84L in 270 from a member here. This is what it weighed when I opened the box just long enough to weigh it before boxing it back up to send to JES reboring to turn this from a 270 to a 338-06.


In addition from taking out a bunch of metal punching out the .277� bore to a .338� bore I also had him chop the barrel back from 24� to 20� to make it more handy and less to get hung up when going through the alders with it on my pack. This is what it weighed when it came back from JES bored and shortened:


While the barrreled action was away I had the stock dipped by Alaska Hydrographics to give it a little bit of a custom look�.I like the dark camo look rather than lighter options and that�s really all that matters
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Next was to install an aluminum trigger guard I bought from Kevin Weaver in Colorado. I sent him my steel trigger guard back in 2012 so he had a template to make me one out of aluminum back then so just had him send me two more, one for this project and one for my wife�s Kimber Montana 308 of her own. Also installed a titanium bolt handle made by �Chris84� on here, its called his �Ascent� model. Here is what it weighs in at before I start putting rings/scope on it:


4.9 pounds bare rifle seems pretty good for a long action 338-06 and lighter than what I thought it would be. Anyways just over 5 pounds even with talleys on it:


Now with a VX-6 2-12X42. 17 oz scope but since I already have a UL 308 Montana that goes 5.5 pounds scoped with a 3-9X33 ultralight on it I figured I�d go for more FOV and higher power range of the VX-6 on this one and also to see what all the hub bub about the VX-6 was about�.anyways 6.1 pounds scoped is pretty good for this little powerhouse. If I don�t like the VX-6 I�ll end up going 2-7X33 on this setup but for now I�ll stick with the VX-6.


Clearance with the talley lows on the 42mm is more than enough
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Here are a few more random pics of the gun��I get to shoot it tomorrow. Just put it all together today as all the parts and pieces came back while I was out of town. Keep ya posted.

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Nice work!

One thing nice about a super light rifle is that you can afford a little extra weight on the glass if you like.

I bet she is alittle snorty at that weight but damn fine to carry around. Id hunt with it for sure. What bullet are you planning to run in it?

Nice rifle but I could never cut a 338-06 that short...21 1/2 maybe but not no 20 inches. It just takes away from a beautiful rifle. Still a good lookin rifle though. powdr

Can't find any 4350 or I would be giving that a whirl, so using RL-17 in all these load work ups. 2700 with 210s and 2600 with 225s and I would be stoked out of a 20" barrel.