Thank you sir
Well I think I am really close to being done with the finishing of the stock. BLO, sanded to 400 grit.
Any critique is welcome. I think that it's a pretty good job for my first stock, with any luck I will get my hands on another lefty 110 and fit it to the other semi-inlet that I have at home. I also have found that yet another, unlucky goundhog has moved in down by the woods. He has no idea that I won't be coming after him with the .22LR this time
Very nice! The grain pattern is striking.
Couldn't wait and it was dry....
So a dollar bill can slide the length of the barrel channel with little resistance, but not 100% on the tang area. My last stock was factory fitted birch and the tang wasn't floated, so I may just see how it shoots and deal with it later. Once it is zeroed for 200yds., I have a buddy with permission to help a local farmer clean out the Coyotes and Woodchucks from his sizable estate. I will see if barrel temperature affects the repeatability of accuracy.
This has been fun and I picked up and got to use some new to me tools. Seeing the grain really pop has been rewarding, and even my wife likes it.
I will update with some groups as I get a chance.
--Brandon
Great looking stock work!!! Really like the stainless on blued look with the nut/lug
Thanks man, it is the cheapest way I could do it. Got the barrel with less than 20 rounds through it from a fella on Facebook and then the usual suspects for the stainless. The trigger pull is lovely while dry firing, I can't wait to see how it works with an associated recoil.
Last edited by 2scars; 05-21-2015 at 02:30 PM.
Added a factory Savage jeweled bolt to the build and I now have a second bolt handle to play with.
Any suggestions on how to create an extended bolt handle from a stock one?
Thanks.
Added an inexpensive bipod to help steady for load development.
Very nice, looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Woodchuck Tactical!!
Nice work!
I did this with an Axis bolt handle. There should be more options for a 110 handle.Originally Posted by 2scars
Check out the bolt handles on APACHES web siteAdded a factory Savage jeweled bolt to the build and I now have a second bolt handle to play with.
Any suggestions on how to create an extended bolt handle from a stock one?
Thanks.
I have really taken a liking to the Glades handle and knob that is currently out of stock. Factory will be good enough for a bit I am sure.
Okay, so I got some empty cases and got them filled with H4350 and 95gr. Nosler BT
Starting at 38 gr. of powder working up to 41.5 in .5 gr increments.
First coupe were obviously 4 inches to the left and I made the appropriate scope corrections. I don't know for certain, but I can only imagine that the "fliers" were me not doing my part. These were all at 100 yds by the way.
Next three groups. Aside from throwing one in each group, I am liking 39.5 grains.
So, 41.5 seems like to me the best work I had done all day. But part of me thinks that the gun is better with 39.5. I was resting on a bipod, on a plywood shooting bench. If I had a rear bag I may have been a little more consistent with those "fliers". I should have sent two more of the 39 and 39.5 rounds. Anyway, any thoughts from you more seasoned shooters. This is still only going to be a deer rifle, but I was hoping for a little tighter groups. Maybe I just need to shoot more:)
personally I like the 39.0, no vertical. Usually the horizontal is operator.
Buddy
Yeah I am still trying to learn what this means. Thanks for the input.
Well this was a nice little read...
http://www.rifleman.org.uk/Fuller_group_diagnosis.htm
So after that grouping I noticed that my rear action screw was loose, the stock forearm had shifted so that the barrel wasn't floated anymore, and that my scope wasn't as level to the action as I would've liked. Got all that corrected and I am going to reshoot some of the loads.
Well I ended up going with 39 grains and getting the rifle mechanically straight, and I was shooting 2" groups of 4 at 200 yds. Good enough for a "field gun". And, good enough for this...
Took him at about 150 yds, he ran about 20 yds after and was done.
Thinking of a new project....
Gonna leave this here http://www.savageshooters.com/conten...ger-Adjustment
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” - Thomas Edison
Little update, added a Shaw 1-8" .243 barrel and have sent the scope back to Leupold to be inspected. It wasn't tracking properly or adjusting in reliable increments. But here are some almost there photos...
I have a box of 105 Amax and 105 Berger Hunting VLDs to play with, and if I need to I can always fall back on the 95gr Noslers. Those worked great this year.
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” - Thomas Edison
where did you buy your Shaw barrel?
From the classifieds on here of course:)
That .243 is going to be a hammer.
[I]"In the end, run what 'ya brung because it's better than nothing and don't give two ****s what some interwebs chat board guy says about your rig."[/I]
DUDE...You done good....REAL GOOD...very proud of you...****...never did order another piece of wood...maybe now I need to...
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