So I've been collecting and building the Mrs a rifle for our wedding as a gift, and I'm nearing completion. I finally showed her the parts I've gotten for her, since the stock showed up from Richard's Microfit and the day was almost on us. Honestly, the stock looked like a beaver helped with some of the work, but after enough time with some sand paper, some blocks and dowels and it was good.
The specs are as follows:
Savage 111 flat back
Microfit purple sapphire marksmen stock
Whidden v block
Timney trigger
EGW 20 MOA base
Burris signature rings
X caliber 6mm BR barrel
Northland shooters nut and lug
Sightron 36x 1/8 moa dot glass
After I finished sanding the stock, I put a sanding sealer on the stock and took photos, put it up on our gift table for the wedding and got many amazing complements on it. The stock won't accept the width of the receiver currently, but hopefully tomorrow I will be able to visit my father and we will mill it out for the v block, then the Mrs and I will epoxy it in, tape everything off again, one more coat of sanding sealer then some automotive top clear and we'll be off to the range. She is extremely excited about this and will probably end up out shooting me, but that's the goal.
After we decide it's perfect, I plan on duracoating it a metallic finish. Here's where we are at.
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The new wife's 6BR
Looks great! Think you made some good choices both in caliber and extras....should be a hummer. Little confusion though is it the wife or the rifle that's new? Either way I think you have a winner. A rifle and a wife that both like to shoot.
Last edited by wbm; 08-01-2016 at 04:23 PM.
Haha both. Tied the knot yesterday.
Lucky Guy! Congratulations to the both of you, you romantic, you.
I remember my second date with a girl I met back in '90. Walked into her apartment and saw a deer rack on the wall, and a 30-30 standing in the corner. She had a fishing license AND a pilots license. Before the evening was over, I asked her to marry me.
BTW: what clear coat do you plan to use?
Hey thanks, I am pretty darned lucky. She was growing bored shooting the 223 at 300 yards, so i figured I would make her something she can test her group sizes with at that distance.
I haven't completely decided which auto clear I'm going to use yet. I'm still researching them. Ended up going with a hardwood floor sanding sealer, layed the first coat heavy so it wouldn't get any contamination when we mill it tomorrow for the v block. Gonna pick up the top coat and some ultra fine sanding paper next time I head to town.
Well Did she say yes?Originally Posted by Texas10
And to the O.P. that's a pretty stock it's going to look like a New hundred dollar Bill when your get it together.
Congrats on everything, best wishes and hope the gun shoots good.
It's sitting in the garage, epoxy drying right now. I'll sand it out a bit soon enough, but the Mrs wants to shoot it Saturday, so no stock work until next week. She helped put the v block in, is very excited about it. Thanks for the kind words everyone.
SHM
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Getting there, five shots at 100
I put the final sanding seal on it last night, shot well from the stock, so next week I'll figure out my top and get it finished. I have to bed the trigger guard, but no issues with that.
It's a shooter though.
SHM
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Darn good work and great shooting. Congrats!
[QUOTE=swamphonkey;374717]Well Did she say yes?
Yep! But years later when I caught a bigger King Salmon in Alaska than she did, she divorced me. Guess I should'a tested the waters a bit more before jumping in. LOL
What bolt handle is that I see on the action? I'd like to get one like that.
I got it from tactical works. Just a stainless smooth handled tactical knob. They have several variations it.
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Beautiful stock, and Congrats. How long did you have to wait to get your stock?
They quoted me 8 weeks, on the 9th it showed up. I was perfectly fine with it. I may order another from them. Just have to understand that their 99% stock is more in line with a 70%, and it will take some time and effort to get it to fit right. It has become increasingly humid here, so I haven't been able to top coat it yet. She couldn't be happier with it.
Lapua brass, Fed 205M primers, 29.7gr Varget, HBN coated 105 Berger hybrid 5 thou off the lands, 2810 fps with SD of 10. It works well, only has 50 rounds down the tube. First 20 were bare, and everything after that is getting HBN.
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