|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 751
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 751 |
Just beautiful! What wonderful (and I imagine slow & time consuming)work you put into this rifle. Love the wood work!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,891
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,891 |
levrluvr99 Very Nice,And Very Nice work.Well Done! I can appreciate and understand the time spent in doing one.Show's a lot of pride and joy! So what's your next project?  Steve
�Can we move this along?" a bored voice stated. "I have places to be and people to shag." ![[Linked Image]](http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/1899Sav/1464-1.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/1899Sav/557b_2.jpg)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 23,101
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 23,101 |
Very nice. It shows what can be done with minimum tools, patience, and the will to make it happen!
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz
"Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 32
Campfire Greenhorn
|
|
OP
Campfire Greenhorn
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 32 |
Thanks for all the positive comments, they are truly appreciated!As for my next project, I'm kinda in limbo right now. maybe another 99? or maybe a 141 remington? also had thoughts of converting a 336 marlin .35 rem., to a .358 win. Ahh,decisions, decisions.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 166
Campfire Member
|
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 166 |
Forget got milk your slogan is Got talent beautiful job!!!!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,916
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,916 |
Complements to the chef. Definate step up from E factory wood. You did her proud. Hope it shoots as good as it looks.
"Its easier to fool people......Than convince them that they have been fooled." Mark Twain
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 32
Campfire Greenhorn
|
|
OP
Campfire Greenhorn
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 32 |
It shoots pretty well, though I don't know if it had anything to do with the stock replacement. I spent a little bit of time on slicking up the trigger, and geez-o-flip, what a world of difference that made. Folks who hunt with the 99 should give a trigger job a serious consideration.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 12,627
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 12,627 |
I don't mean to be a wise arse, but is that thing as heavy as it looks???? That front piece of wood looks pretty bulky.
NRA Endowment Life Member (and proud of it)
Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. - Plato
Deuteronomy 22:5
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,891
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,891 |
It shoots pretty well, though I don't know if it had anything to do with the stock replacement. I spent a little bit of time on slicking up the trigger, and geez-o-flip, what a world of difference that made. Folks who hunt with the 99 should give a trigger job a serious consideration. Plus 1 on that! I Have adjust 6 so far in the last 2 Months and all break clean with a 3 1/2 to 4 Lb pull,,not all that hard.But the biggest thing i worked on was the trigger creep.Hated that travel before engaging. Again levrluvr99 nice work-man ship,looks well balanced. Steve
�Can we move this along?" a bored voice stated. "I have places to be and people to shag."
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 12,627
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 12,627 |
Forgive him Lord for he is still suffering from CRI !!!!!!!!!!!!!
NRA Endowment Life Member (and proud of it)
Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. - Plato
Deuteronomy 22:5
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 32
Campfire Greenhorn
|
|
OP
Campfire Greenhorn
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 32 |
It IS a little heavier than the factory original, but within reason. The wood is denser, and it has a cheekpiece, so I left a little extra meat on the forearm so I could go back and final finish after the buttstock was complete. I wound up liking the forearm a little bigger than normal, and it balanced beautifully, so it worked out nice.
-1899sav -when you say you adjusted the creep, did you cut down the height of the sear?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,891
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,891 |
I'll P.M. My Reply on the trigger work
�Can we move this along?" a bored voice stated. "I have places to be and people to shag."
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 32
Campfire Greenhorn
|
|
OP
Campfire Greenhorn
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 32 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 7,694
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 7,694 |
you want to PM me as well gun smith up here said leave it alone ..wwwway to much pull on most of mine.thanks..norm
There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle----Robert Alden .
If it wern't entertaining, I wouldn't keep coming back.------the BigSky
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 934
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 934 |
It shoots pretty well, though I don't know if it had anything to do with the stock replacement. I spent a little bit of time on slicking up the trigger, and geez-o-flip, what a world of difference that made. Folks who hunt with the 99 should give a trigger job a serious consideration. Plus 1 on that! I Have adjust 6 so far in the last 2 Months and all break clean with a 3 1/2 to 4 Lb pull,,not all that hard.But the biggest thing i worked on was the trigger creep.Hated that travel before engaging. Again levrluvr99 nice work-man ship,looks well balanced. Steve Hey guys, if my failing memory serves, a recent thread suggested that trigger creep could be corrected on the 99, but pull was less likely to be accomplished. I have a previously unfired 99A Saddle gun. After about 60 rounds so far the trigger pull seems to be easing up, but it is still hard. How does one adjust pull weight? Should I mess with it yet anyway?
Endure Fortis
Marte Suo Tutus
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 12,723
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 12,723 |
There are no adjustments per se, only polishing and shaping the sear surfaces. Not a task for the novice.
Last edited by Lightfoot; 12/15/09.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 32
Campfire Greenhorn
|
|
OP
Campfire Greenhorn
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 32 |
I'll 2nd lightfoot's comment. there are ways to manipulate both, but require being careful.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 222
Campfire Member
|
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 222 |
You did a beautiful job on this rifle. I do hope it proves to be productive in the woods. Also, your photos are very competent.
The power to legislate is the power to destroy
|
|
|
|
|
461 members (10ring1, 1lesfox, 10gaugemag, 17CalFan, 12344mag, 16gage, 55 invisible),
2,585
guests, and
1,184
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,192,366
Posts18,488,173
Members73,970
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
