Latest Stock: 358 Winchester

19 March 2014, 04:06

ab_bentley

I thought I would share my latest stock job. It's a Remington 722 that was originally a 300 Savage. I used a CM Shilen barrel cut to 22" and a Clymer reamer. I also fit a PTG 3-POS safety. I used a piece of Walnut (unknown specs) and designed and am shaping it with a simple classic sporter in mind. I did a few things I haven't done prior; stretch the grip out, not use a cap, no sling studs (inlay), trim the bottom of the barrel channel, and my personal favorite the widows peak tip. I inletted the entire barrel and action by hand, scrappers and chisles. I have lost track of the hours but I am in the neighborhood of 30hrs. Any comments are welcome, but I would like to thank Les Brooks and Dave Wesbrook as they both influence this stock.

Adam

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Mike

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Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.

What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.

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Ammo, you always need more.

21 March 2014, 03:33

ab_bentley

Lots work, little change. These are the days I hate. I get really excited when I watch a block turn to form, but once form has taken the really small things, the tedious things begin to show. The edge of the barrel channel not being even on both sides, dips and humps in the wood, file marks that are endless. The list grows with every pass of the sand paper. Making sure the the surfaces are even and flat is the worst in my book. You are stuck with a smooth file or 80 grit sand paper and a flat bar. It'll be worth it I tell myself.

Adam