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I started a rifle 4 days ago. Convert a Sav 111 from 7mmRM to 300WM.
I put a Shilen select match #3 taper 13" twist 308 barrel in the lathe and dialed it in.
I cut threads and chamber.
I have it headspaced with a piece of brass that measures 0.195" to the front of the belt. I have 0.005" clearance from bolt head to barrel tenon.
I cut the shoulder [no castle nuts for me] for a tenon length for a 0.225" thick recoil lug. That was a mistake. I do not have one. I ordered one from E Arthur Brown on Fri night with 2 day shipping.... that will probably be a week.
So for right now, what looks like a finished barrel breech is stuck in the lathe with me afraid to take it out until I get that recoil lug.

So I started working the stock in the mill.
I have a 52 ounce black painted Boyds pro varmint made of laminated wood that I milled out for a Whidden 20 degree V block with pillars.
I drilled out the action screw holes in the stock to take the pillars.

I suppose I could take out the accutrigger and install the Timney trigger.


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The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps