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Maybe consider pillar bedding too.

Acraglass. You can get it from Brownells. It looks like he did a good job. I’ve seen those old pre 64 rifles that had a barrel that wasn’t free floated and they would bed the full length.

I haven’t seen one like that. You could look around for a different one, but you probably won’t find anything. Hang on to it. You could use it to experiment or practice refinishing and bedding. You can mix up the bedding compound and tint it brown and do a nice repair. All of the screw ups would be hidden. Boyd’s might have a solid wood stock, but I think they take a little work to fit properly. If you get one of those, practice on this one and if it turns out to be junk, you could chitcan it.

I recommend him pleading guilty and asking for mercy. It can’t turn into something against the officer making him a victim as bad as we want that to be. If he does that, the judge, if he is an old timer, will cut him some slack. It seems like more often than not, the kid is always misunderstood and is a good boy and the system failed him/her. They seem to be too coddled. Back to the judge being an old timer. He will remember when things were different and if the kid fuked up, the parents will help him accept responsibility rather than protect him. Kind of like when we would get swats/paddled by the principal and the parents wouldn’t call the 6 o’clock news, they would instead work on our behavior and decision making process.

I always liked New Mexico. I spent a lot of time in Farmington. I guess it has all the things I enjoy like high deserts and PJ. It was the best place for me to get minor corrective surgery done too.

Post as you are building this. I’m interested in things like this. What things will you do yourself? It sounds like you have a lathe. Will you cerakote it on your own? If so, what colors? I don’t think I will be able to help much on the build as you probably know more than me. I have others build for me and all I can do is accuracy work like bedding and trigger work or replacements. I dream about this stuff all the time and will try to add to the topic but it might be laughable at times. It seems like PT&G has items you could use. https://pacifictoolandgauge.com/howa-weatherby-bottom-metal/1603-howa-1500-weatherby-vanguard-long-action-la-stealth-detachable-magazine-bottom-metal.html

It would be nice if you would write another one. You’ve been around a long time and it would be something nice to read. I have trouble with writing, I don’t write good. I admire those that do. I have a lot of ideas, mostly comedy and I wish I could get them down.

Outdoor Writer, how many books have you written?

You have to do something with this rifle. It being a Smith and Wesson, has a cool/unique factor to it. I would do it just so I could talk about it. My 06 type rifles are model 700s except the 338-06, that’s an old Ruger M77 tang safety. With Rugers, I can never get the trigger right but this one has a trigger shoe that helps a little. Those are the poor mans trigger job. I love these topics and hearing about guns like the 40xb. Most don’t even know what a 40x is. My Creedmoor is a Remington 40x with a Jewel trigger and a Nesika style bolt release.

That’s true. It’s pretty much up to our appetite. When you compare a 7mm Remington Mag to a 7 RUM or a 6.5 Creedmoor to a 6.5x55 or 260 Rem or a 300 WBY to a 300 WIN Mag or RUM, all anyone can come up with is about 120 FPS or 4% of 3000. But when a new sexy sounding cartridge like a 28 Nosler or 300 PRC hits our ears, we think that it would be a great idea to get one of those. I’m just as guilty as anyone. I bought a 6.5 Creedmoor because I just had to have it. I also bought a 22K Hornet because it sounded like the right thing to do. The 06 cartridges have always appealed to me. I have the .270, 280 AI, 338-06 AI and 25-06. The Ackley improved cases are attractive to me because you get a little more at minimal expense. You aren’t burning 20 more grains of powder or modifying the bolt face or magazine or buying new brass to get there.

You might want to consider the 280 AI. I already have one as my main hunting rifle so that’s why I would go with the 30-06 AI. My reason for the 30-06 AI is more novelty than practicality. The 280 AI is much more practical.

I’ve been thinking about building a 30-06 Ackley Imp. It seems like all I hear about lately is everyone going to something new like 28 Nosler, PRCs, or 6.5 or the like. Those are boring to me now and to be honest, I now skip over most topics that mention them. With the 30-06 AI, you get the old with the sort of new. If it’s going to be a heavy barrel with a chassis, that could be a good combo. And the 30 caliber bullets are still good. What I’ve seen the last few years I have been considering one is that you can shoot the 168grn bullet a little over 3000 FPS with a barrel greater than 24” and the 190grn is up there too.

Seekins, Bergara, Christensen. You can find them on Eurooptic. If it’s for the kids or wife, you may want to consider a build. Maybe use a Defiance action with either a Krieger, Bartlein, Brux or Lija barrel and a Mcmillian or other stock with the adjustable LOP and cheek riser.

You could order one from Shilen. http://www.shilen.com/chambers.html

It’s nice to read about people buying quality. Typically I read about low end enthusiasm here like someone WTB a Savage or Mossberg MVP in the hopes they can get them for less than the $300 they go for new. Or someone is looking to buy a scope and are asking what garbage you are willing to sell. Hopefully in the future the rifle threads have more Cooper, Dakota, Nesika, Mcwhorter, Sako, Anschutz, Christensen etc. and fewer Tikka, Ruger and Savage.

Colt 1917?

I love that store. It’s been there as long as I can remember. I bought a few guns from that place. Red Rabbit, do you remember when it was a grocery store as well as a gun store? I can remember gallons of milk, pornography, and booze and cigarettes for sale. I always thought a good name for the store would be Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

I was going to put up a few dirty Christmas songs to be funny, but then I thought about all of the “there’s kids on this site” backlash.

Also consider Anschutz, Cooper, Dakota or Lithgow for 22 WMR. You will have to order these, but they’re good.

You can go to Sportsman Warehouse or Bass Pro when you get to Mesa. There are a few others like Healy Arms in Tempe. You should have no problems finding at least a few of those choices.

There’s no clear winner. Most on here study optics to death and you will only get opinions. My opinion is that the European optics are the best even in rifle scopes like Swarovski, Leica, Zeiss and Schmidt and Bender. But be cautious. Even they sell low end products so beware of the model. I just made up my mind that I’m not going to buy any Leupold or Vortex anymore. I just ordered a Swarovski from cameraland that he has on special. I know there are a few good American companies, but I think the only one I will buy is Nightforce.

Is $4000 low or average price? I’m asking because I genuinely don’t know. I still don’t think I would do that for a Varmint.

I’ve only seen one in all my life. I’m 42. I called it in by accident 18 years ago. I’ve seen tracks on two other occasions. I glass a lot and cover a lot of ground and have trail cameras set up. I just don’t see them like others here do. It’s the same with bears. I’ve only seen one of those. It could be the areas I spend most of my time. Those areas aren’t historically lion or bear rich.

I don’t agree with you SirRoyal. But I have some respect for you. I know in order to have the title Sir, you must have done a few things right. Most I hear about are accomplished in the arts, theatre, medicine and things like that. Do you mind sharing with us your story? Have you seen the Queen since the Knighthood ceremony?

I don’t know how much time you have, but if you’re in Heber, you could give Nichols Sportsman a shot. It’s in Holbrook, about 45 minutes away. I try to buy all of my reloading stuff from him.