Ken what did you get me into, but I must say "Thank You" for selling me this action a couple of years back!
Well my Smith called yesterday and said my .25-06 was ready to hunt. All the work isn't done yet but she is good to go out for pronghorn this season before the final finishing touches are put on the rifle. I'll give him back the rifle to finish the work in December after the late doe season is over and I got about 6 weeks to get a load built before I head out looking for a buck!
My rifle started life as a Zastava action with double set triggers picked up from Ken on "Senior Member only" special. I picked up a factory second Monte Carlo Rollover stock from Richards Microfit. Barrel is 26" Lilja #5 contour Stainless Steel. Stock still needs a lot of work, and the teflon finish needs to be put on, but I think this rifle will hunt. I'm going to run a 2.5-8X36 Leupold VXIII this hunting season, but by next I hope to have a 2.5-16X42 Bushnell Elite 6500 sitting on top of this rifle.
Just picked it up today and snapped a few pics. Looks like I need to do some more barrel inletting in the channel. But hey it was a factory second stock and is still a work in progress!
Well my Smith called yesterday and said my .25-06 was ready to hunt. All the work isn't done yet but she is good to go out for pronghorn this season before the final finishing touches are put on the rifle. I'll give him back the rifle to finish the work in December after the late doe season is over and I got about 6 weeks to get a load built before I head out looking for a buck!
My rifle started life as a Zastava action with double set triggers picked up from Ken on "Senior Member only" special. I picked up a factory second Monte Carlo Rollover stock from Richards Microfit. Barrel is 26" Lilja #5 contour Stainless Steel. Stock still needs a lot of work, and the teflon finish needs to be put on, but I think this rifle will hunt. I'm going to run a 2.5-8X36 Leupold VXIII this hunting season, but by next I hope to have a 2.5-16X42 Bushnell Elite 6500 sitting on top of this rifle.
Just picked it up today and snapped a few pics. Looks like I need to do some more barrel inletting in the channel. But hey it was a factory second stock and is still a work in progress!