-Edit, just finished the trigger job, cut then used dremel to flatten spring end, lubed everything with Tetra grease, dang fine trigger indeed!
-Edit, final cut on barrel ended up at 15.1 inches, moded KAW Valley linear comp to make it 16.25"
-Weight, 5.3lbs.
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Thanks, it is turning out better than expected. Totally stripped, recoil pad, sling swivels off, it measured within a few grams of 2lbs before I started on it, now almost exactly 1.5lbs. I normally get a bit to carried away, like I should of left it a bit longer up front than I did but I can work with it as old shoulder injuries make it hard to reach out very far. Also I started drilling through the bottom as you can see just before the screw on front edge of the bottom plastic(soon to be metal) then stopped after two holes...
I will probably fill the stock with expanding foam and use some low weight material in the bottom of the forend, a blend of lightweight bondo and epoxy should do the job as quite strong when blended, maybe some fiberglass bondo/lightweight bondo/epoxy mixed together using, 20/60/20 percent and test it out.
All the factory flashing, sharp angles on the forend, etc, were rounded over and sanded smooth, around the bolt area, bottom, etc....all done and then heat gun treated to make them nice and clean looking.
I might take another 1/2 inch off the stock if I find the right recoil pad I would want to use, need a very low weight one but also nice and soft, again old shoulder injuries, part of why I am not looking to make this rifle super light. LOP is 13", I like 12.5".
I would prefer a bit lighter and more compact scope, illuminated, 2-8, etc but might have to with a 1-8 though none I know of that I would buy, budget wise, are really lower in weight. I really like a daylight bright red dot type scope like the Leupold's I have, just wish they were more than 1.5-4, 1.5 I can live with just fine so a 2-8 should be OK as well.
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I have had an MTD chassis in a shopping cart for awhile now but wanted to give the factory stock a go first and it seems it will be all I need.
Rick
-Edit, final cut on barrel ended up at 15.1 inches, moded KAW Valley linear comp to make it 16.25"
-Weight, 5.3lbs.
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Thanks, it is turning out better than expected. Totally stripped, recoil pad, sling swivels off, it measured within a few grams of 2lbs before I started on it, now almost exactly 1.5lbs. I normally get a bit to carried away, like I should of left it a bit longer up front than I did but I can work with it as old shoulder injuries make it hard to reach out very far. Also I started drilling through the bottom as you can see just before the screw on front edge of the bottom plastic(soon to be metal) then stopped after two holes...
I will probably fill the stock with expanding foam and use some low weight material in the bottom of the forend, a blend of lightweight bondo and epoxy should do the job as quite strong when blended, maybe some fiberglass bondo/lightweight bondo/epoxy mixed together using, 20/60/20 percent and test it out.
All the factory flashing, sharp angles on the forend, etc, were rounded over and sanded smooth, around the bolt area, bottom, etc....all done and then heat gun treated to make them nice and clean looking.
I might take another 1/2 inch off the stock if I find the right recoil pad I would want to use, need a very low weight one but also nice and soft, again old shoulder injuries, part of why I am not looking to make this rifle super light. LOP is 13", I like 12.5".
I would prefer a bit lighter and more compact scope, illuminated, 2-8, etc but might have to with a 1-8 though none I know of that I would buy, budget wise, are really lower in weight. I really like a daylight bright red dot type scope like the Leupold's I have, just wish they were more than 1.5-4, 1.5 I can live with just fine so a 2-8 should be OK as well.
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I have had an MTD chassis in a shopping cart for awhile now but wanted to give the factory stock a go first and it seems it will be all I need.
Rick