There are 8500 are so deer tags left and about 5000 elk tags left in Idaho, according to the Idaho fish and game site. Those will go quickly after controled hunt results come out (you can still apply through june 5th). Due to covid nonresidents cant buy anything dealing with spring hunts, but...
I didn’t really have any problems. I after each session I would use mineral sprits with a rag or 000 steel wool to clean it up and check out the grain. the only thing that was a PIA was the very bottom, or lowest point of the checkering. It took forever to raise that and sand out to the point...
No doubt it saves money for the amount I shoot since I started reloading years ago. It would cost a bigger fortune to shoot the same amount buying ammo... or so I tell myself
Well, putting the pieces together took longer than expected... but I couldn't be happier!
Build specs:
6 digit Remington 700 receiver, bolt, aluminum butplate, and trigger assembly.
Lija 1:10 remington varmint profile barrel
Toki finished period...
Another vote for Bore tech Eliminator. I use that and Montana Extreme Copper Cream and Copper Killer when necessary. The Eliminator works very well and is very mild on the nose.
I used this stuff called citrus strip, citristrip? It was much milder than the high potency stuff that ive used before. Not quite as effective, but no chemical burns either. for small projects its gtg.
The stock could have very well started as an ADL and someone carved out the inlet for the bottom metal. I used a stripper to remove the gloss finish. The checkering was quite a pain. I believe it was not true checkering, but pressed checkering which makes it easier... I guess. The design of the...