Well it took a while but Im done and very happy. This was my first rifle and has eaten a ton of rounds. I considered going nuts with a full rebarrel but it still delivers 3/4" at 50yards with hunting ammo and I cannot hold much better than that in the field.
The stock is a duplicate of the BC light tactical that I will be running on my match rifle so I wanted a close match. Because the only power tool used was a drill press to get the inlet as straight as possible I made a laminate with hard maple for the core and basswood on the outside so it would be easy to shape with a rasp. I did it kind of backwards and did the inlet first so I was working with parallel and perpendicular surfaces. Once that was done I cut out the rough outline and went to work contouring it. Made one hell of a pile of shavings with a hand planer and rasp. I ended up opening a trough in the forend and added a 1/2" piece of steel to add some weight out front. The only work I did on the action was adding an additional pillar which was probably a complete waste of time. The one thing that caught me off guard was I deliberately made the stock thicker through the action and I could not find a duplicate action screw long enough. (so if you know of a source for 5/16 with 24tpi other than a basic bolt let me know, brownells had nothing and the threading inserts will not work for the size I need).
The stock and all metal was finished with Coyote Cerakote air cure, the black is all alumahyde II and the tan and white are duracoat. I guess this will answer some of the questions of what is more durable. I also textured the grip and forend with marinetex but will stick with devcon after this, for me the marinetex layed down a little flatter. I like the way the devcon dries into nasty points that can be filed down to get the grip desired.
The stock is a duplicate of the BC light tactical that I will be running on my match rifle so I wanted a close match. Because the only power tool used was a drill press to get the inlet as straight as possible I made a laminate with hard maple for the core and basswood on the outside so it would be easy to shape with a rasp. I did it kind of backwards and did the inlet first so I was working with parallel and perpendicular surfaces. Once that was done I cut out the rough outline and went to work contouring it. Made one hell of a pile of shavings with a hand planer and rasp. I ended up opening a trough in the forend and added a 1/2" piece of steel to add some weight out front. The only work I did on the action was adding an additional pillar which was probably a complete waste of time. The one thing that caught me off guard was I deliberately made the stock thicker through the action and I could not find a duplicate action screw long enough. (so if you know of a source for 5/16 with 24tpi other than a basic bolt let me know, brownells had nothing and the threading inserts will not work for the size I need).
The stock and all metal was finished with Coyote Cerakote air cure, the black is all alumahyde II and the tan and white are duracoat. I guess this will answer some of the questions of what is more durable. I also textured the grip and forend with marinetex but will stick with devcon after this, for me the marinetex layed down a little flatter. I like the way the devcon dries into nasty points that can be filed down to get the grip desired.
