rebarreled:-) another rifle last weekend....

[Rembo]

My oldest son has had a stainless left hand Ruger Mark II in 30-06 for a few years now,..I bought it for him when he got his Journeyman Welding ticket.....some Dad eh?

But, as things go around here, the projects we sometimes do depend on what parts fall into line....I had a 35 cal stainless King barrel here that I got from our friend down east a while back,...a guy who calls himself Supercub....
turns out the contour was a pretty good match for the Ruger stock, which incidentally is not the stock that came on the rifle, it left the factory with a laminate handle which we have stored away.

So, I made a 35 Whelen on the Ruger on Saturday morning....The barrel finished up at 22-1/2",...it fills the barrel channel a bit better than the skinny factory tube and it balances better, it was a bit butt heavy before the barrel swap. Also contemplating lower matte rings and a low power variable,...1-4X or 1.5-5X....or maybe a 2-7X. I might strip it down and get it beadblasted to take the shine off, we'll do the complete rifle if we do that.

 

[bogie]

Yeah had mine bead blasted but still has the lam stock on it. Sure looks nice with a real wood stock tho. Nice lookin gun.

 

[vega]

Kinda got a chuckle out of the title. Back many years when I as in the business, building a rifle was a month long job, and that was when you were in a scalded hurry and were willing to put up with a very basic rig.

First, find the right piece of wood, then the right action, then the right barrel blank, then... Times and tastes have changed.

 

[tim3500]

OH Man I just sold the same rifle in a laminated stock version I had my mind set on a 35 also but I have a 300 rum lefty and I thought I was the end of my lefty colection am I kicking myself

 

[Slimbo]

Kinda got a chuckle out of the title. Back many years when I as in the business, building a rifle was a month long job, and that was when you were in a scalded hurry and were willing to put up with a very basic rig.

First, find the right piece of wood, then the right action, then the right barrel blank, then... Times and tastes have changed.

It takes you a month to screw on a new barrel?

 

[338wm]

Awesome job Rembo, I'm sure your son will love it. Care for a step son?

 

[dan belisle]

Nice job as usual Rick. Hey, what did you ever do with the 7mm-08 bbl I dropped off? - dan

 

[KDX]

It takes you a month to screw on a new barrel?

Justifies the high cost.

 

[lejarretnoir]

Nice piece of kit Rembo!

 

[RickF]

How many Heinekens does it take to screw in a barrel?

Sounds like an old joke about blondes and light bulbs!!

 

[Glock4ever]

That is a nice contrast between glossy and matte. I agree with the scope change but if anything think that you should polish the barrel and action to match up...

 

[H4831]

It takes you a month to screw on a new barrel?

How long would it take you to make a completed stock, from a "piece of wood?"

 

[nrut]

How long would it take you to make a completed stock, from a "piece of wood?"

Wondering the same.......

 

[vega]

fwiw, the title was changed after my post. and to answer the questions about stock making, it depends on whether you chuck the blank in a duplicating pantograph and carve a semi-inlet or do the whole thing by hand.

 

[Slimbo]

How long would it take you to make a completed stock, from a "piece of wood?"

I couldn't make a stock out of a "piece of wood" if my life depended on it, and never implied I could in the first place.???????

 

[Rembo]

fwiw, the title was changed after my post. and to answer the questions about stock making, it depends on whether you chuck the blank in a duplicating pantograph and carve a semi-inlet or do the whole thing by hand.

I changed the title after your post because the word "build" as applied to rifles has been mis-used and over-used...I've seen the word used to describe someone screwing a bunch of parts onto a 10-22..is this a "build"?
Is crowning, threading and chambering a barrel and screwing it into a factory receiver a "build"?....at what point do modifications to a rifle become a "build"?

We all have to decide where this point is in relation to our own work...

...and I don't do stock work either....

 

[Rembo]

Nice job as usual Rick. Hey, what did you ever do with the 7mm-08 bbl I dropped off? - dan

Hey Dan,

it got rethreaded and rechambered to 280 Ackley and screwed into a Mossberg (Howa) 1500 action...it was a good "build"..

I don't do stock work but I CAN cut a metric thread

 

[vega]

No worries Mate, wasn't trying to bug anybody, just basically getting a smile out of the word "build" just like you say.

Cheers, anybody into guns is a brother enthusiast to me.

 

[dan belisle]

Hey Dan,

it got rethreaded and rechambered to 280 Ackley and screwed into a Mossberg (Howa) 1500 action...it was a good "build"..

I don't do stock work but I CAN cut a metric thread

LOL, thx for the update. I've done a few stocks in the past, but they are a lot of work. One of the reasons I tend to use synthetics. I'm with you on the build thing though. I think of a "build" as the process, rather then the finished result, and for most of us it is simply modifications of existing components. I only know two or three people in this country who have scratch built guns (I know a few more who have the skill, but for whatever reason haven't done one). I keep telling myself "one of these days", but it will have to wait until my day job doesn't come first. - dan

 

[Dmay]

My oldest son has had a stainless left hand Ruger Mark II in 30-06 for a few years now,..I bought it for him when he got his Journeyman Welding ticket.....


Dammit Rembo, it occurs to me that we have gotten old......