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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Need a barrel, a smith and some direction
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<blockquote data-quote="gunwalker" data-source="post: 468832" data-attributes="member: 28547"><p><img src="http://s812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/slow04_photos/?action=view&current=DSCF0718.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />http://s812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/slow04_photos/?action=view&current=DSCF0718.jpg</p><p></p><p>This is the gun he built for me. It is a Howa 1500 action with a Timney trigger. I had Rocky chamber and install a Shilen select match grade barrel in a 6.5-06AI. It is a #6 contour and 26" long. The gun is on a hybrid Axiom stock, the front half of the stock is solid machined aluminum, and from the pistol grip back was a prototype. On top it has a Vortex Viper. This gun turned out really heavy, heavier than I expected. The #6 contour alone is 6 lbs and the rifle weighs about 14.5 lbs. I am not sold on the stock yet, it reduces the recoil to next to nothing, but when it "Springs" back it jumps to the right and you cannot keep a sight picture. It was my idea and I'm thinking of going to a lighter stock, it alone is about 4.5 lbs and most of the weight is in the front. Rocky was really good to deal with, I already had the barrel and he was really quick getting it back to me, about two weeks.</p><p></p><p>Sorry the link didn't work quite right, copy and paste and it will work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gunwalker, post: 468832, member: 28547"] [IMG]http://s812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/slow04_photos/?action=view¤t=DSCF0718.jpg[/IMG]http://s812.photobucket.com/albums/zz41/slow04_photos/?action=view¤t=DSCF0718.jpg This is the gun he built for me. It is a Howa 1500 action with a Timney trigger. I had Rocky chamber and install a Shilen select match grade barrel in a 6.5-06AI. It is a #6 contour and 26" long. The gun is on a hybrid Axiom stock, the front half of the stock is solid machined aluminum, and from the pistol grip back was a prototype. On top it has a Vortex Viper. This gun turned out really heavy, heavier than I expected. The #6 contour alone is 6 lbs and the rifle weighs about 14.5 lbs. I am not sold on the stock yet, it reduces the recoil to next to nothing, but when it "Springs" back it jumps to the right and you cannot keep a sight picture. It was my idea and I'm thinking of going to a lighter stock, it alone is about 4.5 lbs and most of the weight is in the front. Rocky was really good to deal with, I already had the barrel and he was really quick getting it back to me, about two weeks. Sorry the link didn't work quite right, copy and paste and it will work. [/QUOTE]
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