Well I sold the synthetic stock I had and purchased a walnut one from Numrich for half what I got for the synthetic one. Now that I've got the barrel on I need dies and a mold. I am looking forward to having an 8x57 to play with. I've got the steel to weld up a tank to blue it, I'm gonna want a matte finish so I was thinking of wire wheeling the snot out of it maybe a mild acid etch then blue. This is going to come in around $200 the action was given to me barrel $40 Lyman 57 $37 stock $49. Chemical to blue it might be the most expensive items I'd just DuraCoat it but I kind of want the tank for other part bluing.