mountainman56
Well-Known Member
For 40 plus years I've been thinking about building my own rifle. Now that I'm creepin up on retirement I decided to go ahead and start gathering up the equipment needed to keep me out of trouble when I have time on my hands. Took me 5 months of slowly acquiring the equipment needed to get started. After much reading and research, mostly on this forum and from knowledgeable folks willing to share their expertise I finally chucked the barrel in the lathe, checked everything repeatedly, thought about it some more and finally started cutting.
The finished product is a Savage 110 action, Bartlein barrel chambered in 280 AI, PTG oversize bolt body, PTG recoil lug, timney trigger, a tactical bolt (that is a little too much), muscle brake turned to barrel diameter and weaver 20 moa base. Bedded it in a Boyd's pro varmint in coyote color, then duracoated it in coyote tan.
All in all I'm very pleased and have managed a couple good groups while working up a load. I did post pictures in the gunsmithing section but being like a proud father I wanted to post here as well and show the rest of the crowd.
The finished product is a Savage 110 action, Bartlein barrel chambered in 280 AI, PTG oversize bolt body, PTG recoil lug, timney trigger, a tactical bolt (that is a little too much), muscle brake turned to barrel diameter and weaver 20 moa base. Bedded it in a Boyd's pro varmint in coyote color, then duracoated it in coyote tan.
All in all I'm very pleased and have managed a couple good groups while working up a load. I did post pictures in the gunsmithing section but being like a proud father I wanted to post here as well and show the rest of the crowd.
