And so it begins

Got a customer that wants an accurate. 308... so we're going to true the action, and rebarrel this sucker and give it some Hawk Hill love! And what better time to do it than when its friggin 10 degrees outside. Lol

Side note: Shop is still a work in progress, but coming along nicely.

The victim



New barrel chucked up and getting indexed



Lands and grooves





Ripped the stock rifle apart to true the action





Nasty original



Got everything trued and cleaned up the threads on the stock Remington action.



Damn it's cold... lunch break. Lol

Meanwhile...



The ding dong is being a ding dong... bonnie is barely putting up with him

Getting ready to cut in for the recoil lug and cut the threads







Test fit



Cutting the bolt nose



Next is chambering



Chambered and ready to cut down and thread the muzzle.

Holy crap, dude! I didn't know you were a machinist, let alone had those kinda chops. Very cool!

Since we've been freezing our collective asses off for 2 days we put the rifle on hold to add some sheetrock to the ceiling to try and keep the heat in. Little bit more shop work, and we'll get back to the fun work.

If Ol Ding Dong is who I think he is, his is an interesting story in of itself....

MCQUADE said:

If Ol Ding Dong is who I think he is, his is an interesting story in of itself....

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Yup. That's him

BurnedOutGeek said:

Yup. That's him

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Two of the three inmates that raised him are free men now. The third, whom served 25 years on death row and has been pulling time since 1979, received word last Friday that he has been approved for parole in 18 months. He had a massive heart attack on Sunday but the AED saved him. Them boys loved those dogs and had never experienced anything in prison like that before.

MCQUADE said:

Two of the three inmates that raised him are free men now. The third, whom served 25 years on death row and has been pulling time since 1979, received word last Friday that he has been approved for parole in 18 months. He had a massive heart attack on Sunday but the AED saved him. Them boys loved those dogs and had never experienced anything in prison like that before.

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That's definitely a story that goes with his personality. He's got a bit of guard in there too.

Threading the muzzle for his brake







Perfect



Got to blast it, paint it and pop it back in the stock for a test run.

That is exceptionally cool

Wonderful to know there are still craftsmen among us!

Man I am so jealous of people with these kinda skills. Way cool good sir.

I used to run lathes back in high school. sadly the brain cells from that time seem to have moved out. most of the machines in the shop were not even digital until I left.
nice work. it seems that true craftsmanship is becoming a lost art...

Dang, didn't even know you could do this stuff BOG. Neat.

Didnt forget about this rifle. Just need a new blasting cabinet before coating. May have to revert to the old fashioned way to get it roughed up. Thankfully the old Sergeant Major is not in a super hurry.

In the meantime here's another 6.5x47 that we just finished up.



And with the PMII mounted she's ready for getting a zero.



Probably going to put that AD mount with the razor on the 260 and just use some rings on this one with the S&B.