Recent content by maverick2

Looking for some feedback from those here who buy/sell firearms regularly. I've got a buddy that was recently diagnosed terminal, and he's going to start parting with stuff in an effort to help his financial state for the time he has left. One of the things going on the block is his gun...

BTW, here's what this thing looks like right now:

Chiming in with an update on this thing. Once I was able to get out and shoot this thing, I was plagued with vertical stringing in my shots, noticeable right after the cold bore shot and continuing for every shot thereafter. Some days the vertical stringing would be minimal (like bug holes in a...

Progress is kinda slow. Took the rifle out to shoot and figured out the holes drilled and tapped for the scope are NOT factory... A little bit off (OK, a LOT bit off...) Not enough windage and elevation adjustment with my desired scope to zero in, so needed to change rings. Burris XTR...

What's make/model rifle are you turning into a 7mm STW??? Very cool caliber! As far as the cheek rest, I made it. About $20 worth of Kydex, expanding spray foam, and some epoxy, and about 4 hrs spread over a couple evenings. Pretty easy gig -- I'm liking it so much I'll make a second for my...

Hahaha. I like how your father operates! (Has he bothered to let you know how it shoots so far as he's breaking it in?)

Ah, nice to get some good feedback on the Benchmark barrels. Thx! I'll post some results after I get a chance to shoot it. May be a while though -- picked up 5 inches of snow last night and it's not very pleasant out there.

I went with Hell's Canyon Armory for the carbon fiber barrel. They use Benchmark Barrels for their blanks, and had a standard barrel/shank configuration that matched the action size of the 99 almost perfectly. (And they are local to where I live, so I was able to deal with them in person...

I had a 6.5 CM and loved it for what you are planning on doing with this rifle. (I preferred it over the 25-06 I had.) One of the things I noticed with the 6.5 CM is it doesn't seem very particular about the ammo I put thru it. That rifle seemed to shoot 0.3 to 0.5 MOA with whatever I fed it...

It's funny that you mention the AR platforms. I like to tinker with my stuff to customize it to me for fit and function, so you'd think an AR platform with all the options available out there would be tailormade for me. But interestingly enough, they hold zero appeal for me. I've never...

Very good point about the forearm. I'll end up trimming the current hunk of wood down quite a bit, and will cut the barrel channel very deep on the wood yet to add, so will shave a bit more weight off. I'm actually not too concerned about overall weight, but am pretty particular about not...

Thanks. Finding a 99 (or building one) in a 358 is on my bucket list. Assuming I'm able to make this shoot the way I want, this rifle and a second one in 358 will pretty much handle all my hunting needs.

This is turning into one of those “off-the-wall” projects, but I’m having fun with it so will share it here as I watch the snow come down in buckets outside (and sip on a light whiskey as I feel sorry for the Easter Bunny for having to go out on a night like this). Of all the rifles I’ve ever...

The epitome of fun for me is to find a coyote trotting out across a snowy open field and me "exercising" him a bit with my rifle -- I can put a lot of lead in the air in a short period of time with my 99. I hope this project works out. From an accuracy standpoint, the best I've been able to do...

This made me chuckle a bit. I started hunting with lever actions (Savage 99) and then gravitated towards bolt actions when I developed an interest in long range coyote hunting. Over the years, a lot of bolt actions have come and gone from the gun safe, but the lever actions have never left...