the oberndorf i mentioned a couple of pages ago now sports a timney trigger, modified bolt, cut and crowned stepped 8x57 barrel to 20," XS peep and ramp front, sitting in its original bubbaed military stock that has been further slimmed and shortened. i have $300 in the original free rifle in parts and paid gunsmith work. it shoots very, very well. i do have a free, older boyd's walnut stock that i intend to shorten and significantly slim. i'll bed it when done. as is, it is a slick handling, 6 pound 9-ounce hunter ...
