albaugh6
03-10-2016, 04:10 PM
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I had previously written a budget of $1000 dollars to build a long range weapon off of my model 110 I already own chambered in 30-06. Due to me investing money in getting a small business started I will not have the funds for extras till next fall/summer. I am completely new to the long range world for I have just been an avid hunter and bow shooter my whole life. But I decided waiting a whole year before I could even begin to progress my skills as a shooter was not an option.
Previous issues with shooting this gun, the thing flat out wasn't fun to shoot more than about 5 rounds in the prone position due to the kick. The scope is the same junk that came on it. The gun shot very solid groupings however. So I decided to this.
I pulled the rear butt pad off, I mixed up a small bit of bondo and poured in, I then started adding lead car wheel weights into the bondo, I repeated this till the butt stock was full. I will be putting a new butt pad on it. I then removed the action and barrel and stuck as many lead wheel weights in the bottom of the four arm as I could and then added bondo. The result, much heavier gun, perfectly balanced as well. The stock now feels extremely rigid as well. Did however make one mistake. I filled in the spot where the recoil lug slides down [emoji51] I scraped it out just fine, no problem now but made me nervous for a min. But for 8 dollars of bondo and an hour and a half of my time. I think I did great. No It's not something I would take to a national shooting match, but I will defiantely be able to practice much more with more enjoyment.
Next step, I'm going to spend the time and money to bed this stock.
I am also going to order these parts.
Swfa fixed 10 or fixed 12 scope.
A good 20moa base to make my action more rigid. Suggestions on brand?
Quality scope rings, also open to suggestions.
End goal, 1000yd steel hits. I'm not sure with this set up that I will be able to accomplish this, but I'm going to start shooting as often as I can and shoot on windy days to learn how to shoot in the wind, I don't have access to anything over 300 yds, but will make the trips once I decide I think have it figured out enough to give some 600-800 yd shots a try.
I had previously written a budget of $1000 dollars to build a long range weapon off of my model 110 I already own chambered in 30-06. Due to me investing money in getting a small business started I will not have the funds for extras till next fall/summer. I am completely new to the long range world for I have just been an avid hunter and bow shooter my whole life. But I decided waiting a whole year before I could even begin to progress my skills as a shooter was not an option.
Previous issues with shooting this gun, the thing flat out wasn't fun to shoot more than about 5 rounds in the prone position due to the kick. The scope is the same junk that came on it. The gun shot very solid groupings however. So I decided to this.
I pulled the rear butt pad off, I mixed up a small bit of bondo and poured in, I then started adding lead car wheel weights into the bondo, I repeated this till the butt stock was full. I will be putting a new butt pad on it. I then removed the action and barrel and stuck as many lead wheel weights in the bottom of the four arm as I could and then added bondo. The result, much heavier gun, perfectly balanced as well. The stock now feels extremely rigid as well. Did however make one mistake. I filled in the spot where the recoil lug slides down [emoji51] I scraped it out just fine, no problem now but made me nervous for a min. But for 8 dollars of bondo and an hour and a half of my time. I think I did great. No It's not something I would take to a national shooting match, but I will defiantely be able to practice much more with more enjoyment.
Next step, I'm going to spend the time and money to bed this stock.
I am also going to order these parts.
Swfa fixed 10 or fixed 12 scope.
A good 20moa base to make my action more rigid. Suggestions on brand?
Quality scope rings, also open to suggestions.
End goal, 1000yd steel hits. I'm not sure with this set up that I will be able to accomplish this, but I'm going to start shooting as often as I can and shoot on windy days to learn how to shoot in the wind, I don't have access to anything over 300 yds, but will make the trips once I decide I think have it figured out enough to give some 600-800 yd shots a try.