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Wow, very impressive! Great looking rifle

Thanks! I found it lying in a spent brass pentagram this morning. I’m sure it’s fine.



Thank you!

Loaded up some 130 TTSXs over 48 grains of TAC. Gonna see how they do this weekend.

Perfection in a nice lt. wt. rifle and a great write up..

How did it go cutting the stock? What type o saw? Backing or fill material?


I have an Edge stock I'd like to trim an inch or so. Just wasn't sure how to go about cutting it with out damaging or attaching new pad.


Great rile BTW!

I just use a good high tension hacksaw with a fine tooth blade. It’s a fairly simple operation. The stocks are filled with a high density foam from McMillan so no need to fill it with anything. I then flatten everything out with an 80 grit belt on my combo belt/disk sander. A good flat block would work too with a little extra effort. You could definitely recycle the current pad, but you’d have to grind it to fit the now smaller stock.

Thanks Jackalope!

Rifle is not a big fan of the 130 TTSXs.

Much better results today. 165 Sierra TGK over 43 grains of Varget. Called the shot that went a little right so I’m happy. This rifle has half the magnification and half the weight of what I’m used to. Much harder to shoot accurately.

I think you’ve got a winner buddy.

How deep were you seating the TTSXs?

Very good looking rifle. You did a great job on it.

Thank you sir. It’s like your pre 64’s little brother. 😂

COAL on the TTSX loads was 2.760”. Shorter than I’d normally load .308 ammunition, but I know the Barnes bullets like some jump. Sierra bullets and Varget is just easy mode for me in .308. That combo has always worked well for me.



Thank you!

I admire your talent and patience.

Beautful work and a great write up. Thanks for taking us along. I like your taste in rifles but if it were a 7mm-08 it would have been perfection, lol!

Thanks guys. I just got another edge in from McMillan. M70 S/A, featherweight barrel, 1-piece bottom metal. Gonna paint it in a flecktarn pattern with the Kuiu Vias color scheme. Hoping to have the black parts of the pattern be the exposed graphite. It’ll be up for grabs in the classifieds when I’m finished, but I’ll post photos here too.

What stock pattern was that first one? Looks great!

It’s also a hunters edge.

The other stock is up in the classifieds. Ended up painting it in a speckle instead of a camo job. Molded in flush cup swivels.

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I love this build, I am in the process of putting something very similiar together, only mine is in .257 Roberts AI. Good Motivation

Color me jealous.