260 Ackley build

Creedmore · Oct 17, 2013

This is the rifle I've been putting together for my daughter. Picked her up last night. Can't wait for the weekend range time. :mrgreen:

.260 Ackley Improved
Stainless Remington 700 Long Action, trued
26" Shilen Select Match barrel #5 contour 1:8
3-gill brake (by our own IdahoCTD, thanks Nathan! )
Timney trigger
Boyd's Lightweight thumbhole. Still needs a little work and bed of Devcon, that will happen tonight.

Going to wear a Talley 20MOA base and Minox 4-20x50.

Turned out very nice!

HTDUCK · Oct 17, 2013

COOL !!!!

( You need to buy another stock though, neither of us are left handed like your chilluns )

Can't wait to see it in person !

truck driver · Oct 17, 2013

Very nice yes very nice indeed.

SJB358 · Oct 17, 2013

Wow! Very nice!

Creedmore · Oct 17, 2013

HTDUCK":14335wfa said:
COOL !!!!

( You need to buy another stock though, neither of us are left handed like your chilluns )

Can't wait to see it in person !

Yeah, I don't know how both of my offspring turned out left-eye dominant. I blame my wife's side of the family for that. :lol:

She picked out the stock. I offered any variety of wood, fiddleback maple, bastogne walnut, etc. But she wanted the blue laminate, and turned out pretty cool I must admit.

DrMike · Oct 17, 2013

Very attractive rifle. I should imagine your daughter will be extremely pleased.

Guest · Oct 17, 2013

Nice rifle.
I'm interested in how much the AI picks up for you. Neat chambering.
Dewey

BK · Oct 28, 2013

Creedmore":1wojdiqh said:
HTDUCK":1wojdiqh said:

COOL !!!!

( You need to buy another stock though, neither of us are left handed like your chilluns )

Can't wait to see it in person !

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Yeah, I don't know how both of my offspring turned out left-eye dominant. I blame my wife's side of the family for that. :lol:

She picked out the stock. I offered any variety of wood, fiddleback maple, bastogne walnut, etc. But she wanted the blue laminate, and turned out pretty cool I must admit.

Well, it's not purple, but it IS very cool!

Just messing with you. Very nice rig.

Guy Miner · Oct 28, 2013

Pretty flashy! You did well. Hope it shoots as good as it looks!

Guy

Creedmore · Oct 28, 2013

Thanks, fellas. I've been tinkering with the load over on the Reloading forum, and we've got a shooter for sure.

Took my daughter Katy out for some range time yesterday, and Bambi is in very serious trouble! :grin:

DrMike · Oct 28, 2013

That is assuredly a fine looking rifle, and Katy appears to handle it with a fair degree of confidence. I'd say Bambi might want to watch his step. :grin:

SJB358 · Oct 28, 2013

Very cool CM! Awesome. Hope she smokes a good one!

.300winmag · Oct 29, 2013

I like the way that rifle looks! Nice build!

IdahoCTD · Oct 29, 2013

Good looking rifle and brake

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Creedmore · Nov 5, 2014

Update!

Last season, she didn't see anything worthy of a bullet. So it was a long off-season in anticipation of drawing blood.

We went to Missouri for the youth hunt last weekend, and got the job done. Watched a heart-stopper size buck get away from us. Then she got a chance at a good size cull buck.

Katy made a great shot on this buck at 200 yards quartering-towards. I gave her the green light to take the shot because he was about to disappear into the CRP. I watched the impact through binoculars and I expected to find him DRT or maybe a short distance. Bullet entered the point of the shoulder and scrambled a lung but the 120gr Ballistic Tip didn't exit. We stopped searching at nightfall and resumed the next morning. Recovered him about 150 yards away, no blood trail.

I realize that it's asking alot of a 120BT to plow through heavy bone and pass-through so I'm not too disappointed in the bullet. Just glad we found him. Figure he weighed around 175, dressed.

DrMike · Nov 5, 2014

Congratulations to Katy! She did a marvellous job. The bullet did what could be expected.

IdahoCTD · Nov 5, 2014

That is pretty cool to see our youth carry on the tradition. Congrats to her. I only have 7 more years before my oldest can go hunting with me

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SJB358 · Nov 5, 2014

Way to go CM! Probably swap out for 125 and keep most everything else the same. Bet you'd have a harder time finding the bullet than the deer!

Congrats to your daughter. Great shooting and cool rifle.

HTDUCK · Nov 5, 2014

Glad we finally got it all to come together Pard !

Seeing that smile Sunday was the high point of the weekend !

Creedmore · Nov 5, 2014

HTDUCK":1co5awnq said:
Glad we finally got it all to come together Pard !

Seeing that smile Sunday was the high point of the weekend !

Yessir, that grin would light up the night. She was concerned, no doubt, Saturday night. I kept telling her "don't worry, he is dead. I watched the bullet hit. We just have to give him time."

When we received the "found him" text on Sunday morning, the grin was priceless. :grin: