tarheel
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After accumulating the parts over the course of a year or more I finally started my build about a year ago; not in a killing rush to get it done, but as it got closer to completion it became a near obsession.
I found a Model 1908 Brazilian DWM Mauser action which already had the bolt work done and a new Boyd's Classic stock on the Mauser Central Forum, an Adams & Bennett barrel on this forum, and so set to work polishing all the metal to a mirror finish. I then slow rust blued all of that after doing some stoning and needle filing in several areas that needed it.
I used a technique published by Bill Sovern of Sovern's Custom Gunstocks (http://www.sporterizing.com/index.php?showtopic=5254) to finish the inexpensive stock, a real labor of love and the part which took the most time. The chamber was finished off and headspace set by a gunsmith friend of mine. I also pillar bedded the tang, floated the barrel and bedded the action. A first time attempt at bedding for me but it came out pretty good for a rookie.
This all started after much research and ballistic calculations designed to come up with a caliber which would do most everything I needed it to do from varmints up through elk, dependent on the load, and to do it as inexpensively as possible. I think that's been accomplished, coming in just under $350.00 for all parts, smith work, bluing chemicals and equipment, wood finishing supplies and bedding compound but not to include the base and rings. I won't even venture to guess how many hours of sweat equity I have in it though.
Hope you like it, I'm fairly sure I will, and once I get the barrel broken in and some load work done there'll be targets to post.
I found a Model 1908 Brazilian DWM Mauser action which already had the bolt work done and a new Boyd's Classic stock on the Mauser Central Forum, an Adams & Bennett barrel on this forum, and so set to work polishing all the metal to a mirror finish. I then slow rust blued all of that after doing some stoning and needle filing in several areas that needed it.
I used a technique published by Bill Sovern of Sovern's Custom Gunstocks (http://www.sporterizing.com/index.php?showtopic=5254) to finish the inexpensive stock, a real labor of love and the part which took the most time. The chamber was finished off and headspace set by a gunsmith friend of mine. I also pillar bedded the tang, floated the barrel and bedded the action. A first time attempt at bedding for me but it came out pretty good for a rookie.
This all started after much research and ballistic calculations designed to come up with a caliber which would do most everything I needed it to do from varmints up through elk, dependent on the load, and to do it as inexpensively as possible. I think that's been accomplished, coming in just under $350.00 for all parts, smith work, bluing chemicals and equipment, wood finishing supplies and bedding compound but not to include the base and rings. I won't even venture to guess how many hours of sweat equity I have in it though.
Hope you like it, I'm fairly sure I will, and once I get the barrel broken in and some load work done there'll be targets to post.
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