This holiday season I decided to build a Remington Rolling block #2 in 22. I purchased the rifle at auction a few years ago go. It is a 32 cal rimfire but with bad bore and even worse wood. I had a piece of left over wood from a gunsmith but the grain is wrong in the wrist area. It was too pretty to throw away so I started making a stock but as predicted it broke as I was beating on it with a mallet during inletting. I Inletted a 4” long piece or 3/8” X 1” aluminum bar from the bottom side extending through the wrist. It is good and strong now. The rifle didn’t come with the steel nose cap so I made one out of a small piece of ebony. Tonight I wetted it down to raise the grain before I start the finishing process. Next is to bore the barrel and line it and build up the extractor and modify the firing pin so it reaches the 22 case. I will blue and caseharden it and put MVA sights on it. I was going to make it a 32-20 and ordered a liner but the 32 liners are out of stock so I think it will make a great 22 for 22 BPCR Silhouette shooting.
