Shooting my Nesika 260 in open class sucked. I also got tired of hiring b.s. from my buddy. Being left handed its tough to build a rifle a matter of a few weeks. I put a feeler out on the hide for a McMillan stock and within a day I received a reply. In a few days I was the owner of Badger M5 bottom metal as well as a Mcmillan A4 stock. Next step was to find a donor rifle. I had no luck at local stores and ended up getting two Rem700 SPS youth rifles in 243. (got one for a spare ya never know) At this point the project was moving fast. I was able to get a Shilen barrel HV, Badger Knob, Badger lug, Jewell trigger, TPS 20 Moa base, and rings pretty fast. All the pasts only two 2 weeks total. My buddy has a full shop in his basement. He is a bit of a nut. Ex Marine who bought all the tooling and trained himself. He rifles shot pretty well so I figured lets give it a try. First night we trued the action face, recut threads, trued bolt face, trued lugs, and installed an external bolt stop. The barrel was threaded with a 308 match reamer and cut to M40 specs with the M40 crown. The rifle looks similar but I wasn't concerned with making an exact copy. We installed a Badger knob and I sent the bolt to Kampfield to have it fluted. (he does awesome work and fast) Once the rifle was bedded I needed to figure out what color to paint the stock. Duracoat has so many choices it was tough to decide. I went with French Bk, Arctic Gray, Arctic Shadow and Snow Gray. Everyone has desert and woodland so I figured I be a little different. I used Duracoat stencils as well. I prefer Bulldog if I ever do another stock. The Duracoat ones don't have very smooth lines, almost choppy. For all the metal I used Gunkote Flat Bk mixed 50/50 with Moly Gray. I wanted a dark gray which turned out pretty well. Here's not pictures from today at the range. She shoots pretty well only having about 27 rounds down the tube.
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