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Rest of he metalwork dates back to 1992, aside from action opening.
Ruger M77 rear sight and barrel recoil lug re-do:



Thread protector for KDF brake, and a front bead protected by friction-fit hood, a hood that often vanishes with a fouling shot:



Stockwork dating to 1987-1988, the second rifle I ever "restocked"
(soon after I did my Oldest Fugly .375 WbyMag in 1987).
Both were done with bare fiberglass Brown Precision blanks:



There are hidden, steel allthread crossbolts behind barrel lug, action lug, and in web between magazine well and trigger well,
a location otherwise known as the 'tain't of a rifle stock.
'Tain't magazine well and 'tain't trigger well.
In the UK it is called the 'tween by similar derivation.
Spiderman fans call it "the web between magazine and trigger."







The rear Mauser action spacer was epoxied in place to serve as a pillar.
The front has no stock pillar, just the integral Mauser ferrules on receiver bottom and bottom metal.