Well my nephew little Chili is not so little anymore. He is turning 18 in couple weeks, and graduating highschool this year.
At 5'10 and 180 lbs he's been an all star running back on 2 seperate football teams( 2 leagues spring and fall). And is turning into quite a young man.
He has been shooting his Dads 30-06 for a couple years now and the ol savage model 10 in 243 has become his predator rifle.
I decided to find him a Bday gift that would be all his. I got the OK from the wife as this is both a grad and Bday gift so the budget was set at 500$.
A little shopping around and I tracked down a used but not abused Savage 111 in 270win. I picked it up for 400$ ,
First thing I done when I got home was run some wipe out thru it and was pleasantly surprised. It was quite clean and 2 patches came out with barely anything on them after sitting with wipeout for a few hrs.
I then pulled the cheap Savage stock, I filled the comb with low expanding foam to take out that hollowness they are known for, I then glass bedded the forearm , taking care to do the recoil lug and a couple inches forward cleanly. The barrel was free floated from there.
The black synthetic stock was then scuffed with a fine sand paper then washed with mild soap and water and left to hang dry over night. The next day I gave it a spray job with Krylon old English leather. After 4 coats it got 2 of clear.
I mounted a 3x9x50 bushnell elite in it . I think it turned out ok pics to follow.
At 5'10 and 180 lbs he's been an all star running back on 2 seperate football teams( 2 leagues spring and fall). And is turning into quite a young man.
He has been shooting his Dads 30-06 for a couple years now and the ol savage model 10 in 243 has become his predator rifle.
I decided to find him a Bday gift that would be all his. I got the OK from the wife as this is both a grad and Bday gift so the budget was set at 500$.
A little shopping around and I tracked down a used but not abused Savage 111 in 270win. I picked it up for 400$ ,
First thing I done when I got home was run some wipe out thru it and was pleasantly surprised. It was quite clean and 2 patches came out with barely anything on them after sitting with wipeout for a few hrs.
I then pulled the cheap Savage stock, I filled the comb with low expanding foam to take out that hollowness they are known for, I then glass bedded the forearm , taking care to do the recoil lug and a couple inches forward cleanly. The barrel was free floated from there.
The black synthetic stock was then scuffed with a fine sand paper then washed with mild soap and water and left to hang dry over night. The next day I gave it a spray job with Krylon old English leather. After 4 coats it got 2 of clear.
I mounted a 3x9x50 bushnell elite in it . I think it turned out ok pics to follow.
