The ugly duckling build

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The ugly duckling build

Post by on_one_wheel » 02 May 2016, 5:55 pm

I picked up a very cheep Remington 700 synthetic in .223 that someone had taken to with spray can and paint brush, it looked to be in good condition with little wear on the back of the lugs and crisp looking rifling.
The barrel has been threaded perhaps to fit a muzzle break to control the savage recoil of the almighty. 223 ?
Here's how it looked.
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Totally dismissed, a few hours rubbing away the paint with thinners, through clean inside and out, linished and polished the bolt, replaced the trigger spring with a lighter one and tuned the trigger, (couldn't get it below 3.5 pounds without having heaps of over-travel with the standard spring) made a copper washer to bring the thread protector level with the end of the barrel, fitted an adjustable cheek rest, stiffened the forestock slightly, re-assembled with new action screws cut to perfect length as the old ones were cut too short and only went in 3 threads, fitted some nice scope bases, rings and scope ... here's how it looks now
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Now for the load development
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Re: The ugly duckling build

Post by Gwion » 02 May 2016, 6:57 pm

I can't see a rifle in the first pic......
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Re: The ugly duckling build

Post by on_one_wheel » 02 May 2016, 8:33 pm

Trust me, it's there :lol:
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Re: The ugly duckling build

Post by brett1868 » 02 May 2016, 8:40 pm

Scroll down a bit and cover your eyes cause it ain't pretty. The transformation looks good though :)
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Re: The ugly duckling build

Post by Gwion » 02 May 2016, 8:44 pm

Hehe... was a silly cammo joke. Certainly is a good result. :thumbsup:
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Re: The ugly duckling build

Post by Chronos » 03 May 2016, 6:27 am

"linished and polished the bolt"

Tell me you didn't say you linished the bolt?

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Re: The ugly duckling build

Post by on_one_wheel » 03 May 2016, 10:12 am

Chronos wrote:"linished and polished the bolt"

Tell me you didn't say you linisher the bolt?

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Sure did, it had the surface finish of a bitumen road, now it slides smooth as my jeweled BDL

I've only removed the slightest bit of material from the section between the lines.
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Dose it give you concerns Chronos?
When I say linished I mean linished by hand not attacked on a linisher.
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Re: The ugly duckling build

Post by on_one_wheel » 14 May 2016, 2:23 am

Here's today's findings with it's load development.

I recon I'll be pushing it a bit harder next session and work .25 gn incriminates between 25gn and 26gn looks like that's near where I need to be.

Looks interesting mapped out.
Temp 23 deg C
RH 35%
Average group size
Size in mm
Powder charge in grains
Fps ???? ( whish I had a chronograph )
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Re: The ugly duckling build

Post by <<Genesis93>> » 14 May 2016, 8:56 am

brett1868 wrote:Scroll down a bit and cover your eyes cause it ain't pretty. The transformation looks good though :)


:unknown: from this distance, and my fading eyesight, the original doesnt look that bad... the guy probably spent weeks planning and days executing the camo job.... and the stock's a bit plain looking now....

When are you painting it? :lol:
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Re: The ugly duckling build

Post by Chronos » 15 May 2016, 11:01 am

on_one_wheel wrote:Dose it give you concerns Chronos?
When I say linished I mean linished by hand not attacked on a linisher.


Yes the term linish gave me concerns, to linish means the use of a powered abrasive belt and generally that means heat and large amounts of metal being removed

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Re: The ugly duckling build

Post by on_one_wheel » 15 May 2016, 4:20 pm

Chronos wrote:
on_one_wheel wrote:Dose it give you concerns Chronos?
When I say linished I mean linished by hand not attacked on a linisher.


Yes the term linish gave me concerns, to linish means the use of a powered abrasive belt and generally that means heat and large amounts of metal being removed

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verb (transitive)
to polish and smooth the surface of a material by grinding or sanding

Ok I can see why you'd be concerned. .. all good though I wasn't able to create any sparks linishing by hand, but I was able to create a beautiful finish that looks as if it were finished mechanically.

I have done it exactly the same way on crankshafts before, I love getting a great finish by hand, it's much more satisfying.
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Re: The ugly duckling build

Post by RDobber » 25 Jul 2016, 11:26 am

Chronos wrote:"linished and polished the bolt"

Tell me you didn't say you linished the bolt?


Just the locking lugs, so the visible bit of the bolt is nice an shiny :sarcasm: :lol:
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