Bren R.
07-31-2013, 04:25 PM
Here're a few photos of my 358 Winchester build.
The story of it is, my "uncle" (actually my ex's uncle) offered me a Savage 99C in 308 as a "parts gun"... when I got it from him, it'd turned out to be my old hunting rifle I'd sold off and replaced with a Savage bolt action.
I couldn't send the ol' dear out for parts, so it became a 358Win project.
Barrel was rebored by Ron K. Smith. CNC-machining of the grip cap and pistol grip inserts by our own Red River Rick. (Thanks, Rick!) Colour case hardening on the lever was done by Oskar Kob.
My custom designed skeletonized grip cap, machined by RRR and closeup of the forestock Cocobolo inserts:
77796
The Cocobolo "reveal" on the pistol grip cap:
77797
Test fitting:
77798
The forestock inserts weren't so bad to do traditionally, but with the pistol grip inserts being rounded, I leaned on RRR again to mill out the inserts and pockets:
77799
And nearly completely sanded to the grip profile:
77800
Stained and oiled/varnished finish:
77801
With laser checkered Savage logo on stock and gun reassembled, waiting to be reblued when my blueing guy is done with my Swede:
77802
Looks great and shoots a hot damn - wears a Williams peep sight for fast acquisition bush push hunting. And if the recoil pad looks a little strange, that's because it's a Pachmayr skeet shotgun pad. Comes up quicker and snags a lot less than a traditional rifle-style pad.
Bren R.
The story of it is, my "uncle" (actually my ex's uncle) offered me a Savage 99C in 308 as a "parts gun"... when I got it from him, it'd turned out to be my old hunting rifle I'd sold off and replaced with a Savage bolt action.
I couldn't send the ol' dear out for parts, so it became a 358Win project.
Barrel was rebored by Ron K. Smith. CNC-machining of the grip cap and pistol grip inserts by our own Red River Rick. (Thanks, Rick!) Colour case hardening on the lever was done by Oskar Kob.
My custom designed skeletonized grip cap, machined by RRR and closeup of the forestock Cocobolo inserts:
77796
The Cocobolo "reveal" on the pistol grip cap:
77797
Test fitting:
77798
The forestock inserts weren't so bad to do traditionally, but with the pistol grip inserts being rounded, I leaned on RRR again to mill out the inserts and pockets:
77799
And nearly completely sanded to the grip profile:
77800
Stained and oiled/varnished finish:
77801
With laser checkered Savage logo on stock and gun reassembled, waiting to be reblued when my blueing guy is done with my Swede:
77802
Looks great and shoots a hot damn - wears a Williams peep sight for fast acquisition bush push hunting. And if the recoil pad looks a little strange, that's because it's a Pachmayr skeet shotgun pad. Comes up quicker and snags a lot less than a traditional rifle-style pad.
Bren R.