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quarterbore
04-04-2014, 09:49 PM
I have a rifle that I bought and the original owner decided to cerakote is an awfully ugly OD green. I bead blasted everything, and then got the action oxidized. The barrel was originally stainless, and the receiver was originally blue. It's has a 7mm mag Shilen barrel, EGW 20moa base. Leupold Mk4 rings, Leupold Mk4 6.5-20x50 illuminated tmr reticle, and it's bedded in a Choate tactical stock. I really like how the finished product turned out. Sorry for the crappy cell phone pictures.

Before:
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i227/creativecaraudio/IMAG00721_zps11e182b4.jpg

After:
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i227/creativecaraudio/savage7mm_zps07453563.jpg
bremereric
04-04-2014, 10:03 PM
Sorry but I like them both.
quarterbore
04-04-2014, 10:12 PM
The original cerakote was applied poorly. It had runs in it, and quite a few scratches. My pictures don't do it justice now.
Hotolds442
04-04-2014, 11:58 PM
You definitely improved the looks a bunch. I'm really surprised nobody grabbed it when you had it on the market, as it had a lot of potential. It has even more now.
quarterbore
04-05-2014, 08:20 AM
You definitely improved the looks a bunch. I'm really surprised nobody grabbed it when you had it on the market, as it had a lot of potential. It has even more now.

I'm really happy with how it turned out. I should have just done it in the first place and I wouldn't have even thought about selling it.
Jetpig
04-05-2014, 08:31 AM
Like it
romad97
04-05-2014, 09:45 AM
Huge improvement.
223 4 me
04-05-2014, 02:14 PM
I like the new look a lot, I see what you mean with a poor cerakote job, but the new stock is also a nice upgrade.
quarterbore
04-05-2014, 02:19 PM
It'll be interesting, the old stock was heavier, so felt recoil now is going to be a little higher.
john.hodges.77
04-11-2014, 06:44 AM
I like it
Toyoda
04-12-2014, 04:57 PM
I actually like the before better, but the pic doesn't show the runs in the cerakote.
GaCop
04-18-2014, 07:37 AM
Lookin good!
Upjeeper
05-05-2014, 09:44 PM
very nice
what's the new stock?

i had a choate like that on my 7mm years ago, it shot great, but was SO heavy...
quarterbore
05-06-2014, 07:43 AM
The original was a Choate Ultimate Sniper stock, the current stock is a Choate tactical