baldie Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 Without a doubt, 2019, has been the year of the good old T3. Never known as many. Not hard to understand, its a damn good action, that makes a very nice custom rifle, with the right bits. The customer sent his old gun down for a calibre change. This is now a 6.5 Creedmoor. The barrel is a sassen 1-8" twist, and finished with an M18 x 1 thread and invisible cap, and an 11 degree target crown. The rail is a 20 MOA unit, and the barrelled action is done in Cerakote OD Green. Bolt shaft is bead blasted. Paint and DLC always wears on a bolt shaft....a simple fact of life. The customer wanted a more durable finish. Bead is actually a polish....which is why it should never be used under paint. Coupled with a wipe of oil, and cerakote on the action, you have the absolute slickest of bolts there is. Like a greased weasel. The stock is a McMillan A5. Into this went a Tier one floor plate, with my customary bedding, holding it in position, with aluminium pillars sandwiched in-between. The action was then bedded into the top, and the two beds meet and lock together. This gives an absolute rock solid action/floorplate, that is never going to move anywhere, regardless of how enthusiastic you get with the allen keys. I like to paint the insides, simply because I think it looks nice, and shows a bit of extra care. Finished with a 5 round Accuracy International magazine, and the customers own ASE Northstar mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One on top of two Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 Can’t belive it’s taken this long for people to wake up 😂 that in my opinion looks fantastic! We already know how it will shoot . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visiter1 Posted October 1, 2019 Report Share Posted October 1, 2019 love this gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave thorniley Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 fantastic looking rifle mint but why do i have to wake up? am i missing something. dt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevgun Posted October 2, 2019 Report Share Posted October 2, 2019 Its Lovely, the only thing i would change is the paddle that releases the mag, i have the same floor plate and paddle or latch if you like on my T3, it keeps snagging on stuff if your carrying it about and the mag drops out, i removed mine and trim the sides down , i also made it a tad longer because the mag wobbled about to much for my liking and reapplied cerakote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted October 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Yep, done it many times too Kev. The remington floor plates have a completely hidden latch now, for just this reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No i deer Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 My 284 is a T3 action coupled with a 1 in 9 twist 26 inch bartlein and it shoots great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 British Engineering at its best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 On 10/15/2019 at 2:38 PM, chaz said: British Engineering at its best! Indeed. Baldie's Cerakoting is perfection indeed and the T3s are superb rifles, and when coupled with a British Sassen barrel, I can't imagine anything better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyshooting Posted November 1, 2019 Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 This is a hansom rifle for sure. Mmm. I'd like that in my collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner Posted November 11, 2019 Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 I wonder how many rifle dave has re-barreled as a std ? Probably over 1k ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted November 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 Lord knows. This is this week's lot, going to proof on monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted November 15, 2019 Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 Busy busy 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentCountryGent Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 I know I'm late to the party but that rifle looks simply fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VarmLR Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 That is one nice T3 custom Baldie...lovely job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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