Winger Ed.
04-12-2020, 11:25 PM
When I got out of the Service in Dec 1980 and came home, my Mom said I was just in time for deer season.
I didn't have a rifle at the time, so she took me down to Best Buy, and got one. A Rem700 ADL in .270Win.
Shortly after that, I was down in the Texas Hill Country on the piece of the family ranch she'd inherited.
I hunted with it, very successfully for over ten years-- until that one day....
I was carrying a deer out, and fell going down hill. The rifle ended up on the bottom.
I shattered the stock, crushed the scope and trashed the barrel enough I couldn't hardly hit the ground with it.
It sat in the back of the safe a long time, until I started rebuilding it one thing at a time for over 3 years.
Back when Brownell's first had drop in barrels, and everyone was all crazy over the cryo-treated ones-
I got a heavy contour cry-oed, Shilen, short chambered for .30-06, and had it put on.
I don't know how long I spent cold bluing it, and it came out, OK, but not great.
I traded a buddy and got a high end, late 80's era Simmon's Presidential series 4x12 40mm scope.
Its on a one piece Redfield base with their rings that have the screws coming up from underneath.
Brownell's had a really cool, Alum. block, big fat, laminated stock-- for the ADL version I had, and grabbed one of them.
I put a Titanium firing pin and speed lock spring in it.
I sent the bolt out for a SAKO extractor.
Rather than spend big bucks for a trigger group, I found aftermarket 'guts' for the factory one much cheaper.
Its adjusted for 2 pounds, and is totally safe.
The stock wasn't checkered, and when I found out it was going to cost $400-- just for that,,,,, I couldn't do it.
Instead, I got the basic checkering file kit for about $50, practiced on the old split one, a baseball bat, and did it myself.
It came out well enough to justify getting and putting in the recessed sling swivels.
The project came out well,,,,, at least my Mom approved.
On a good day, I can keep all the holes touching at 100 yards.
And is heavy enough that the recoil is very mild and its a pleasure to shoot.
I didn't have a rifle at the time, so she took me down to Best Buy, and got one. A Rem700 ADL in .270Win.
Shortly after that, I was down in the Texas Hill Country on the piece of the family ranch she'd inherited.
I hunted with it, very successfully for over ten years-- until that one day....
I was carrying a deer out, and fell going down hill. The rifle ended up on the bottom.
I shattered the stock, crushed the scope and trashed the barrel enough I couldn't hardly hit the ground with it.
It sat in the back of the safe a long time, until I started rebuilding it one thing at a time for over 3 years.
Back when Brownell's first had drop in barrels, and everyone was all crazy over the cryo-treated ones-
I got a heavy contour cry-oed, Shilen, short chambered for .30-06, and had it put on.
I don't know how long I spent cold bluing it, and it came out, OK, but not great.
I traded a buddy and got a high end, late 80's era Simmon's Presidential series 4x12 40mm scope.
Its on a one piece Redfield base with their rings that have the screws coming up from underneath.
Brownell's had a really cool, Alum. block, big fat, laminated stock-- for the ADL version I had, and grabbed one of them.
I put a Titanium firing pin and speed lock spring in it.
I sent the bolt out for a SAKO extractor.
Rather than spend big bucks for a trigger group, I found aftermarket 'guts' for the factory one much cheaper.
Its adjusted for 2 pounds, and is totally safe.
The stock wasn't checkered, and when I found out it was going to cost $400-- just for that,,,,, I couldn't do it.
Instead, I got the basic checkering file kit for about $50, practiced on the old split one, a baseball bat, and did it myself.
It came out well enough to justify getting and putting in the recessed sling swivels.
The project came out well,,,,, at least my Mom approved.
On a good day, I can keep all the holes touching at 100 yards.
And is heavy enough that the recoil is very mild and its a pleasure to shoot.