A buddy of mine got a great deal on this almost complete but abandoned custom. Ironically it was exactly as I'd have done it (save perhaps stock & barrel contour) so when he offered it to me for a son I couldn't resist. The Swede BM unit was stock military, the root of the bolt knob needed tidying, and it was in the white.
I haven't had a good experience w/ cheap blue, didn't have the cabbage for rust blue, and was contemplating Cerakote when a friend brought over his Metalife plated rifle. Seeing it and reading the info available on their site (link below) I was/am sold!
Mike McCabe contoured the trigger guard for me, and a local guy finished off the knob weld.
Blueprint:
Yugo 48 Intermediate Mauser action
S&K Rings & Sculpted Bases/Rings (all plated)
Dakota 3- position "M70-style" safety
Custom knob
#3 CM Shilen 1-in-10" twist tube trimmed to 21" chambered to .257 Roberts
Boyd's Classic Nutmeg laminate
Mahovsky's Metalife Plating
M8 6x 42mm w/ Euro #4 reticle
(I purchased a silver VX-II 3-9x 40mm which came with a Plex reticle, and was forwarded to the custom shop for a LR hunting reticle and it'll go on this rifle when it returns)




Contouring of the Swede BM unit:

cartridge designation:

Today on 1st range visit:


1st 2 groups on paper; 100 gr SGKs & IMR-4350 showing promise!

Planning to work up 100 gr NBT & Solid-Base loads for Mi deer and 110 NAB &115 NPT loads, the best of which I'll take with me to the Black Hills of South Dakota where my 11 yo son and I are whitetail hunting in November!
I haven't had a good experience w/ cheap blue, didn't have the cabbage for rust blue, and was contemplating Cerakote when a friend brought over his Metalife plated rifle. Seeing it and reading the info available on their site (link below) I was/am sold!
Mike McCabe contoured the trigger guard for me, and a local guy finished off the knob weld.
Blueprint:
Yugo 48 Intermediate Mauser action
S&K Rings & Sculpted Bases/Rings (all plated)
Dakota 3- position "M70-style" safety
Custom knob
#3 CM Shilen 1-in-10" twist tube trimmed to 21" chambered to .257 Roberts
Boyd's Classic Nutmeg laminate
Mahovsky's Metalife Plating
M8 6x 42mm w/ Euro #4 reticle
(I purchased a silver VX-II 3-9x 40mm which came with a Plex reticle, and was forwarded to the custom shop for a LR hunting reticle and it'll go on this rifle when it returns)




Contouring of the Swede BM unit:

cartridge designation:

Today on 1st range visit:


1st 2 groups on paper; 100 gr SGKs & IMR-4350 showing promise!

Planning to work up 100 gr NBT & Solid-Base loads for Mi deer and 110 NAB &115 NPT loads, the best of which I'll take with me to the Black Hills of South Dakota where my 11 yo son and I are whitetail hunting in November!