baldie Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Finished this today. This started life as a pile of s/h parts. The donor was a T3 in a very sorry state, rusty, pitted and shot out. Gutted it, and put the action in the lathe and cleaned it all up. Onto that went a Sassen 1 in 8" fluted blank, and chambered in .243 win. Threaded M18 x 1 and invisible capped [excuse the tape gum on the muzzle, its now clean ! } Zero Cant third eye rail, and the whole barrelled action and Jet-z mod created in Milspec OD green. The bolt was fluted and fitted with my custom handle. The trigger was stripped, stoned, tuned and resprung. The blade and safety catch painted to match the bolt in Armour black. The trigger registers a safe 4 oz on the electronic scale. Thats lighter than a £350 Bix n andy I fitted to another tikka earlier this week. Onto the stock. Again a S/H item that was fully bedded. That was machined out, good job too, the recoil lug wasn't in there and had simply been filled with Devcon. It worked, but I don't like the idea. Can't beat the real lug. The old floor plate had been bedded too. That came out, and a tidy job done in Stainless devcon. Once machined up, I like to paint the inside of the action area....serves no purpose than to make me feel better. Smoothed the new mag internals and polished the lips, and it was good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrema Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Outstanding rejuvenation of a tired old firearm. It'll make an excellent stalking rifle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDBenelliM1 Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Really tidy rifle. Keep toying with the idea of a 6.5 but then I think sticking with .243 is a better idea, especially with a fast twist. Cant wait to see what it can do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCetrizine Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Did you leave a little rectangle of unpainted barrel for the proof house to stamp into? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhunter Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Christ what a difference, that was my old foxing rifle in .22/250 had almost 2500 (warm) rounds down the barrel and still held a decent group. It was quite badly neglected once I had my br built! Excellent job Baldie look just right. Sure Gaz will post some groups once he's got it up and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Another Baldie masterpiece :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 I've been waiting to see this post for a long time, watching David's work for some years I knew he was going to build my next rifle and there it's is absolutely stunning, just what I asked for with little extras added which just makes his work outstanding ? Cheers Dave see you very soon ? Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pork chop Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 very nice Dave,similar to your old 6.5x47.very tempted to let you paint my 22br Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trucraft Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Great looking rifle Gaz. Bet you can't wait to put a scope on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannywayoflife Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Fast twist 243's are like lasers bloody lovely looking rifle and sure it will be a tack driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Yes can't wait Got my 8-32x56 NXS np2dd on quick release And a drone x10 to swoop about Or I may just get Dave to do me a matching 223 for night work ? But I'll see how I go ? Just got 100 75gr Hornady to get me going as I need it up and running ASAP then I'll sort load out for it ? Cheers Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hancock Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Funny how people have dissed the "classic" calibres over the last few years and IMHO good to see a very nice looking .243. Gaz enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 Cheers David It's now home safe ? Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtb Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 Nice looking rifle gaz have fun Rgds mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montey Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 Very nice functional looking rifle good to see the good old 243 being used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted August 14, 2016 Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 Yes can't wait Got my 8-32x56 NXS np2dd on quick release And a drone x10 to swoop about Or I may just get Dave to do me a matching 223 for night work But I'll see how I go Just got 100 75gr Hornady to get me going as I need it up and running ASAP then I'll sort load out for it Cheers Gaz My Drone doesn't return to zero when it has been off the rifle, typically around 3 MOA out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 My Drone doesn't return to zero when it has been off the rifle, typically around 3 MOA out. I know my mates does, I've got to run a few more tests yet with mine, may just need a tweak Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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