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Did these myself, plate to seal off the hole was cut from 1/16” stiff carbon fiber sheet from Amazon. A 2 part epoxy and screws secured it to the stock then body worked, textured and painted.
Convert his stock to ADL, really isn’t all that complicated.
Both of these stocks started life with BDL bottom metal, one HS Precision and the other a Christensen.
Have a B&C M40 for a Win 70 S/A with varmint barrel channel. Never been out of the house. Bought for a project then changed directions.
$220 shipped ConUS….
I still have about 50# left but I’ll have to wait till our deer hunting seasons close before I can put them back out. They’ll consider it baiting if put it out now and we aren’t allowed to do that here in Indiana.
I heard the “deer love peanuts” thing last year and had the opportunity to get some raw nuts this summer.
I put them out in front of one of my cameras to see ***. The deer never touched them but there were more raccoons than I’ve ever seen in one spot before. They would clean up 10# over 2...
There’s not much if any load on the screw. The breech plug as in any muzzle loader contains the pressure.
Whether it’s a 45, 50 or 54 there isn’t any difference in the early 700MLs other than the size of the bore.
Any of them would be a suitable for a smokeless build.
The Arrowhead or Badger...