I posted a teaser photo that Joel sent me of my stock a little while back.
Well, now I have it in my greedy little hands and finished her up with some Tru-Oil.
Here is a link to the album of the builds progression, it was a hand-me-down rifle. The metal needs refinishing and the original stock inletting was cracked. Bought a Hogue stock, regretted it. Then got in touch with Joel.
Link to album
I am VERY happy with how it turned out. The only problem is that the action screws are too long with the CDI BM, so I am going to have to address that, tried a finish washer (in the pics) but that didn't work out well.
*edit* The goal of this build is a general all around rifle. I live in the wooded NE, so the only shots I get over 300 yards are across large agriculture fields. So for the most part, I wanted a 10-shot general purpose hunting and target rifle. I think she fills the role nicely now, but in the future I would like a low power scope with target turrets because hunting turrets are a PIA */edit*
Why wood? My grand father was a Korean War vet, so I grew up with the bias that guns are made of steel and wood. Here is a link to my rifle collection to show off my inherited bias.
Well, now I have it in my greedy little hands and finished her up with some Tru-Oil.
Here is a link to the album of the builds progression, it was a hand-me-down rifle. The metal needs refinishing and the original stock inletting was cracked. Bought a Hogue stock, regretted it. Then got in touch with Joel.
Link to album
I am VERY happy with how it turned out. The only problem is that the action screws are too long with the CDI BM, so I am going to have to address that, tried a finish washer (in the pics) but that didn't work out well.
*edit* The goal of this build is a general all around rifle. I live in the wooded NE, so the only shots I get over 300 yards are across large agriculture fields. So for the most part, I wanted a 10-shot general purpose hunting and target rifle. I think she fills the role nicely now, but in the future I would like a low power scope with target turrets because hunting turrets are a PIA */edit*
Why wood? My grand father was a Korean War vet, so I grew up with the bias that guns are made of steel and wood. Here is a link to my rifle collection to show off my inherited bias.
