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This won't apply to your current project but have you ever considered melonite coating? I built a 280 ak for a guy in Alaska and I don't know a harder man on a rifle the him. He is an avid sheep hunter and packs his rifle miles and miles. The coating is holding up really well. You can also use the fancy coatings ove melonite. The sako I did for myself is unbelievably slick and a mod 70 would be also.

I've heard melonite coating is very durable. I need to talk to my cerakote guy and see if he's consider doing some of these other processes. Thanks for the suggestion.

That midnight blue is going to be badass!!

Midnight blue is real nice. It's probably my favorite.

BSA, where are you planning on picking up the Zeiss Diavari 3-9x36?

Local dirt. I ended up buying the Swaro from Davidlea. He's away, so I'm doing the waiting game. Red pachmayr decelerator looks great. I just finished my stock paint tonight and I just picked up the rifle from my cerakote guy. The rifle looks damn good and the bolt jeweling is second to none. This guy really out did himself!!! I like the midnight blue cerakote too. I also glass bed the rifle before I had it cerakoted. Bought some Talley lightweights from ebay and have those now. My camera is crappy and gone, so after Christmas I'll have some good pictures (with new camera) of the complete rifle. Hopefully I have the scope before then .

Looking forward to seeing it when you have it assembled. I think I'll go lightweight Talleys on my next bolt rifle.
Bob

Glad to hear it's progressing nicely, BSA! I'm looking forward to the pics!! Happy holidays!

Eric

What a great project, I really like it! I had a long conversation with Adam Weatherby at an NRA convention about the then new at the time, stainless Weatherby Mark V's. He swore that for purely taking abuse in horrific conditions, the old Weatherby Alaskans had it all over the new stainless steel models. These were essentially coated with electroless nickel. The same as Metaloy, Armaloy, and the other electroless nickel coating purveyors. This stuff is super slick, and supposedly more rust resistant than stainless steel. If I were trying to weather proof a blued rifle, that is the route I would strongly consider.

Geesh, now you tell me . Just kidding. I had it in my head that I wanted to give my cerakote guy some more work since the last ones he did for me came out perfect. I couldn't wait for my new camera and took some pre pictures with my Garmin 550 Oregon GPS. Hope you guys like it. Sorry in advance for the chit poor photos: Garmin GPS :

Let me start off by saying it is a heavy sob pre 64 yada yada yada.... At least it's bedded right .... Always start with a good "foundation":



Recoil pad didn't turn out as good as I had hoped. I'll do the next one, as I was looking for perfection and my smith disappointed me here: He let his trainee do it



I did the paint job on the stock. Good plastic/synthetic clear primer and then brown rustoleum and stone texture paint:


No problem mounting the Talleys:


Take a look at my cerakote guys bolt jeweling work. I really like it!!:
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Still waiting on the Swaro I'll have some better pictures after X-mas I can't wait to take this thing out elk hunting next year!!

That cerakote looks really good!

Thanks buddy. The pictures suck, so it's really hard to get the full effect. He did a superb job on the midnight blue cerakote. I'm pretty happy with it...

That turned out really very nice, congratulations on a job well done! I am very impressed with the paint jobs you do on those tupperware stocks. They look like a much classier and more expensive stock after you do your magic on them. I would love to see an easy tutorial on stock painting for the unhandy types such as myself-lol.

Thanks for the compliment ULA. This is a bansner, so it doesn't really qualify as a "Tupperware" stock . However, I have been known to glass bed and paint tupperwares

The photos are very good. Is that stone-flecked paint as rough as it appears? Looks grippy like sandpaper!

Thanks pal, I get a new camera for x-mas. As for the stock: I wanted it real grippy as the wet weather here where I hunt is a real PITA during elk season. I packed around a similar rifle last year and decided I hated the slick paint job High tech specialties applied. It was a shame because I really like the ergos of the Bansner stock. I think it's one of Brad's favorites as well, probably because it is very similar to the Montana's factory stock. Like ULA mentioned earlier about the tupperwares I've painted, my hunting rifles have this same type of paint scheme and texture. It's not really too bad like sandpaper though because I go over the rustoleum stone texture paint with the brown rustoleum and then lightly mist more texture over that. It makes for a real nice grip that also doesn't rub your face raw when you shoot it. Here are the tupperwares that ULA mentioned:

Stainless classic 7mm rem mag:



Sniper grey cerakoted classic sporter 30-06:


I hunt these rifles so I like them grippy to a certain extent . Again, sorry for the GPS photos, I'll have some better ones (and hopefully my new Swaro) after x-mas..

Work looks real nice, we usually have just the opposite weather here in NM. Except for this years archery elk season. I had rain of some fashion, from light mist to rain of biblical proportion, on 7 of my 8 days hunting! looking forward to seeing the finished product all scoped up and ready to go.

Thanks Razz. I also look forward to getting and trying out the Swaro that I bought from davidlea. The package should weight right at 7 3/4 pounds. I'm hoping that's not too light for a 338 elk killin machine . I'll know after the first 3 shots. I'm also hoping the scope doesn't fly off. I'll know then that I should have listened to Bob's advice about going to 8-40 screws on the scope mounts. We'll see

Sorry about that mistake. I have seen the bedding and paint jobs you do on some tupperware stocks, it is very impressive. I have tried painting tupperware stocks, and they still look like painted tupperware stocks.

Looks awesome, BSA! The cerakote turned out well, and the bolt jeweling is sweet! You put together a real sharp rifle!!

Eric