Ordering my new barrel

[scythefwd]

I'm calling Jim of NSS tomorrow to get my order placed for a new shilen barrel for the 110. Hopefully he'll have a thicker recoil lug too that I can get at the same time.

That said, whats shipping usually like on one of them things?

[scythefwd]

Got my boyds thumbhole stock on order for the 110 stagger feed blind mag... Barrel guess will have to Monday. I wasn't able to get a hold of NSS before he closed shop for the day.

[JackinSD]

Looks like your headed for a good time!

[acemisser]

Took me 4 days to get my barrel from Jim...

[scythefwd]

Barrel:
24" Shilen Match, stainless, 1:10, heavy sporter contour
Precision stainless barrel nut
Competition recoil lug

On order.. woo hoo. Owe the wife 32 bucks though.. I'd pre-paid her for all but a hair of it.. doh!

The stock is the sky blue thumbhole featherweight stock.

Trigger, action, bases, scope, and trigger guard (meh.. plastic for now) is all blue/black, nut, lug,rings, and barrel are stainless looking. Should come out pretty sharp I'm hoping. The blue and grey in the stock should look real good.

[scythefwd]

Barrel came in earlier than expected, even over the holiday weekend.

Its been installed, as has my boyds stock. Took about 40 minutes with a broom and some sandpaper to get it floating. I've yet to shoot it though.

[bsekf]

Are you going to install pillars? and skim bed? What Caliber?

[scythefwd]

I've got some pillars being custom machined for the rifle now. It cost me a lb of varget :) They're .5" in diameter, .3" holes, front has a .4" counter bore .4" deep. They will be knurled around the middle of the pillars to hold only the bedding material. I'll have to either cut the pillar for the rear to make room, or modify the trigger to clear the uncut pillar. I havent fully decided which action I want to take. Cutting the pillar makes more sense to me. Measured to to flush fitting to the bottom of the stock. I'll be doing a full bedding job as well using devcon 10110.

.308, 1:10 twist rate, 24" barrel, heavy sporter contour.. .716" at the muzzle with a recessed crown.

[scythefwd]

OK, small update. Got the pillars installed, and the stock bedded. I need to get it to the range, but effectively the build is done.. here's to the fun times for load development.

[guyo]

Pics?????

[jsthntn247]

Yea, you can't just talk about a rifle and then leave us hanging. Pics man, c'mon.

[scythefwd]

Well, FINE if you want to be like that.. pics of the build throughout most of the process..

after stock swap
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/IMG_20121126_170933.jpg

barrel
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/barrel/IMG_20121127_175628.jpg
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/barrel/IMG_20121127_175641.jpg

after barrel swap
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/IMG_20121130_185852.jpg

augering out the stock
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/IMG_20121202_010824.jpg
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/IMG_20121202_010830.jpg
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/IMG_20121202_010836.jpg
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/IMG_20121202_010848.jpg
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/IMG_20121202_010855.jpg
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/IMG_20121202_010901.jpg
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/IMG_20121202_011203.jpg
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/IMG_20121202_011215.jpg

test group before bedding. 5 different loads, 20 shots total, 50y, 1 moa shift up and right mid grouping
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/IMG_20121208_223619.jpg

drilled for pillars, yes it split out a little.. grrrr...
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/IMG_20130304_191438_zps02922319.jpg
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/IMG_20130304_191444_zpsf5ddd3d9.jpg

pillars installed
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/IMG_20130304_191501_zpsdfad6c8b.jpg
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/IMG_20130304_191510_zps993de69c.jpg

bedding curing
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/C1167F0A-1756-41F1-8DF7-D99C36933F19-7505-0000077E630596D1_zpsa036a483.jpg
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/FF7317BC-D40A-4B29-A5B7-8216C63FF564-7505-0000077E57F8D2E2_zps01f87ae3.jpg

Bedded action after seperating out the action/stock (no action screws in on this,, held in by friction) very ugly, but no interferance and it actually mates very well to the action
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/E43DC08B-B75E-488B-AD40-4A8439183123-7505-0000077E4AC74DEC_zps255c4f7d.jpg

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/F385E660-6D06-4657-8226-C090684D91FF-7505-0000077E3F931CAF_zpsf1167504.jpg

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/644B9289-A4E9-4AF7-9347-61434A7401CC-7505-0000077E36804309_zps363ac99f.jpg

http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h372/scythefwd/54330D44-5B8A-4B49-8C0F-547170489BB3-7505-0000077E2BF3EA4B_zpsef9fed51.jpg

[ellobo]

ahyuuuuh, Thems pictures alright. Target look pretty good as well.

El Lobo

[scythefwd]

that grouping is crap.. 1.5 moa, give or take if you remove the sight adjustment. The bedding should drop it down to 1 moa, or below. Then custom loading, I should be able to drop it between .25 - .5 moa at the extremes I hope. I'm hoping thats a consistent, not best groups of the day, but all day in a literal sense.