I guess I'll be the 1st person to post in " Projects".
Last Saturday at the Birmingham Gun Show I bought a M-96 Swedish Mauser , 6.5 X 55 mm that someone had previously installed a turned down bolt, A Timmney Trigger, a low scope safety, scope bases and rings. The bore is pristine and I've glass bedded the rifle.
The stock had been partially sportered also. The top handguard and sling band were still on the fore end. If I'm to use this one as a sporter, all that had to go.
Once the mil hardware was cut off the fore end, it left the fore end a bit shorter than I wanted. I decided to install an ebony fore end tip to balance the symmetry of the stock.
Yesterday, I attached a block of ebony to the fore end with a 3/8 " dowel and colored Brownell's Acra Glass gel.
The stock and fore end were put in compression for 24 hours.
This is what things look like at the end of the 24 hours.
Time for this fore end tip to go on a weight reduction program.
2 1/2 hours later..................
I still have several more coats of stain to blend in the coloration of the stock with the remainder of the stock. All things in due time.
My 1st trip to the range with my freshly glass bedded 6.5 X 55.
I loaded 20 rounds all with the same load, 45.0 grs. of IMR 7828 with a Hornady 145 gr. Spire points using Win. Large Rifle Primers.
I may not be doing a lot of load development with this load. I may " be there " right now !
Not to shabby for a 115 year old rifle.
3 rounds fired at 107 yards. ( I know , many of you will say this proves nothing until I fire 10 rounds......problem is , here in Alabama we can't get the deer to stand still for the 10th round to be fired)
Last Saturday at the Birmingham Gun Show I bought a M-96 Swedish Mauser , 6.5 X 55 mm that someone had previously installed a turned down bolt, A Timmney Trigger, a low scope safety, scope bases and rings. The bore is pristine and I've glass bedded the rifle.
The stock had been partially sportered also. The top handguard and sling band were still on the fore end. If I'm to use this one as a sporter, all that had to go.
Once the mil hardware was cut off the fore end, it left the fore end a bit shorter than I wanted. I decided to install an ebony fore end tip to balance the symmetry of the stock.
Yesterday, I attached a block of ebony to the fore end with a 3/8 " dowel and colored Brownell's Acra Glass gel.
The stock and fore end were put in compression for 24 hours.
This is what things look like at the end of the 24 hours.
Time for this fore end tip to go on a weight reduction program.
2 1/2 hours later..................
I still have several more coats of stain to blend in the coloration of the stock with the remainder of the stock. All things in due time.
My 1st trip to the range with my freshly glass bedded 6.5 X 55.
I loaded 20 rounds all with the same load, 45.0 grs. of IMR 7828 with a Hornady 145 gr. Spire points using Win. Large Rifle Primers.
I may not be doing a lot of load development with this load. I may " be there " right now !
Not to shabby for a 115 year old rifle.
3 rounds fired at 107 yards. ( I know , many of you will say this proves nothing until I fire 10 rounds......problem is , here in Alabama we can't get the deer to stand still for the 10th round to be fired)
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