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Can anybody recommend a good smith who can checker a bolt handle? Thanks
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Charity littleton. She was Dakota Arms checkered. She's an artist. Prices are reasonable too. She's kinda difficult to get ahold of. She fit did a Pre64 M70 bolt for me. Stunning.
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Charity has done several pre64 M70 customs for me. Always nice! Phil
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Does anyone have pictures of checkered bolt handles, and who done the work .
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Agreed. That’s such a nice touch and functional as well.
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Mark Penrod I just sent Mark an email. He built my RF competition rifle, but didn't know that he could do this.
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Charity littleton. She was Dakota Arms checkered. She's an artist. Prices are reasonable too. She's kinda difficult to get ahold of. She fit did a Pre64 M70 bolt for me. Stunning. The good ones usually are. Is there a quirkier or more difficult profession to get ahold of than good smiths? Shoot even the mediocre ones are slow to return an email and are oddballs😂
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I have used Charity Littleton and Bruce Farman in the last couple of years. Both did good work, Bruce was more accessible and quicker.
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More of that bolt.
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More of that bolt. That tang looks great.
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Mark Penrod told me to contact Gene Simillion.
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Does anyone have pictures of checkered bolt handles, and who done the work .
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Hal Roger Green.
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Mark Penrod. I think Mark uses Max McFarland bolt knobs (if you look at this thread - a lot of the bolts are Max McFarland. Darcy says he can buy McFarland knobs cheaper than he can make them. Gene SimillionAnother Mark Penrod. Sample Bolt Knob
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Does anyone have pictures of checkered bolt handles, and who done the work .
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Hal Roger Green. Exceptional rifle.
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Does anyone have pictures of checkered bolt handles, and who done the work .
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Hal Roger Green. Exceptional rifle. I agree
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Does anyone have pictures of checkered bolt handles, and who done the work .
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Hal Roger Green. Did Roger do the square bridges? I sure like your rifle!
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Heilmann did this bolt handle for me as well. His bolt work has no peer IMO.
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Is that a bolt handle Heilmann made and sells or did he do the installation. Great looking job.
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Is that a bolt handle Heilmann made and sells or did he do the installation. Great looking job.
Hal Here are pictures of his work on an original Super Grade 22 Hornet bolt. You can also see how well he shortened the original bolt to the shorter bolt for the customized 22 Hornet...
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He sure does great work. The checkered panels sure adds to the rifle. Some of those guys are true artists.
I suppose he made the splice under the extractor grove on the bolt body.
What a great rifle.
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Is that a bolt handle Heilmann made and sells or did he do the installation. Great looking job.
Hal He just did the installation
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Does anyone have pictures of checkered bolt handles, and who done the work .
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Hal Roger Green. Did Roger do the square bridges? I sure like your rifle! That is one of fifty (#49) such small ring actions that Pete Grisel built prior to his work with Dakota.
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I could wait for that.
She do the stock also?
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I could wait for that.
She do the stock also? For sure. That is very nice.
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I could wait for that.
She do the stock also? Just the bolt knob. As far as I know, she only does metal checkering. Can't seem to locate her website, so not sure if she's taking work.
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What a great piece of wood. Super looking rifle. Any more pictures or info on the rifle.
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What a great piece of wood. Super looking rifle. Any more pictures or info on the rifle.
Hal Hal, thanks, here you go. The rifle is built on a commercial FN action, with Blackburn bottom metal, Wisner safety and Lothar Walther barrel chambered in 6.5x55. The blank came from Gunbroker, intended for the seller's project that apparently never got off the ground. The wood was pictured dry, so it wasn't entirely clear what I was buying. Stock work is my own - something that's become an enjoyable hobby over the past 10 years or so.
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Wow what great work. You have a great eye for a balanced looking stock. All the lines flow very well and the checkering complements and completes the rifle. You got a bargain from gun broker. Thanks for sharing. Hal
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Agree with Hal.
Did you do the stock checkering?
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Agree with Hal.
Did you do the stock checkering? Thank you. Yes, I did the stock checkering.
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Agree with Hal.
Did you do the stock checkering? Thank you. Yes, I did the stock checkering. Well done. Can’t imagine the time that took!
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TeeBone It's hard to say for sure but your checkering lines look extremely straight. I think you could quit your day job and do rifle building.
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I apologize that I'm not able to make a bolt checker recommendation as requested by the OP. My only suggestion is that looking at the profiles of the members of the American Custom Gunmakers Guild might yield some good options to consider. Having said that, since this post is about checkering bolts I just thought I would share a rifle that I did not win at auction that was built by Dietrich Apel (owner of New England Custom Gun & now deceased). I really liked this LH Dakota 76 in 7mm-08 but I think it's the only rifle I was willing to potentially pay a lot of money for just because I loved the bolt handle so much. Unfortunately someone else loved it more than me.
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Great looking bolt knob. Thanks for sharing.
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