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Beautiful work. Mcmillan really outdid themselves with that pillar didn't they?

Great write up on an all around killer rifle looking forward to seeing it/you in some kill shots!

Nice! It’s a handy little rifle. I haven’t found anything to hate about it yet.



I don’t think it would’ve ever been a problem if I didn’t make a mistake, but i was definitely surprised to see how wimpy it was.



Tried to get a coues deer killed with it last week but never did run into any bucks. I tried really hard to will the does to grow antlers but no luck.

Well done all the way around. Good gunwriting has a home here.

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Cut a check for a Barrett Fieldcraft,fast track the chase and connect all dots in regards to RPM,Throat Geometry and COAL.

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Worked on a benelli lately. Picked it up at the pawn shop cheap. Bronze cerakote job, oil finished the wood, polished some parts, replaced some others.

Great work!

Figured I’d finish off the thread. It’s been two years but I finally blooded it.

Very very nice. Are you a gunsmith?

Nah, just like working on guns. Can’t afford to pay anyone to do it!

Well, you're very skilled. Enjoyed it.

May I ask what material you used to fill in the checkering? TIA.

I'm with Tarquin. Also, in terms of time and raw materials cost what would someone be looking at if you don't mind me asking?

Thanks guys. Checkering was filled with Devcon 10110 epoxy.



I probably have about $2000 into the rifle total. The consumables are cheap. Probably $100 total between epoxy, paint and abrasives. Most of it it had left over from doing this stock:



I probably have about 30 hours into it. A lot of that was in wet sanding and filling. I recommend giving it a shot!

I'm happy to hear that it shoots as good as it looks. I have a somewhat related - or maybe not - question: How large is the gap between the front of the Talley base and the scope bell? Just a guess; I'm not asking you to measure it. It looks pretty tight from the pictures.

Thanks

RM

Can you give us a little more detail on how you did the speckled paint job on the Winchester? You said you used Duracoat for the base coat, but how did you get the speckling? Looks very nice. TIA.

It’s about 1/8”. I think the angles make it look a little tighter.



Just turn the PSI down really low on the gun and it’ll spit the speckles instead of spraying a fine mist.

That is exactly the paint job I want to do on a rifle! Can you tell me what colors/paint was used? Getting the colors right on the old woodland camo is a challenge and you nailed it.

Thanks! You can actually get all the right colors from duracoat. Woodland green, woodland brown, woodland tan and matte black. The woodland stencils were from a company called Branson cerakote.