Wife got a new rifle

ksubuck · Feb 9, 2015

My wife has been wanting something that she can shoot all day at the range with me. She had her heart set on a little pink camo Savage Axis youth gun. I told her the length of pull would be way too short for her. So, I shopped around for something we could work with.

Found a Rem 700 ADL 223 Rem at the local sporting goods store for 429.00, ordered a dip kit, reinforced and full length bedded the stock, and spent the weekend cussing and inhaling paint fumes. And here it is...

Now we are waiting out the weather for a bit before we hit the range. It better shoot MOA

FOTIS · Feb 9, 2015

DrMike · Feb 9, 2015

Very attractive. That turned out quite well. Fumes were bad, were they? Did you float to bed that evening? Or were you able to walk under your own power? The job came out looking pretty good, though.

gerry · Feb 9, 2015

She will be pleased, that is a much nicer gun than the Axis is and you gave it the personal touch which is always a good move. Great job, it turned out quite nice.

ksubuck · Feb 9, 2015

More than floated to bed. They accused me of having too good of a weekend off at work today.

She loved it when she got back in town yesterday. I may have found a way to bring new rifles in the house. Hope the guys at the range understand if I show up with a pink 338 Lapua someday. Hehehe

JD338 · Feb 9, 2015

Very nice!

JD338

Wis65x55 · Feb 9, 2015

Hope the guys at the range understand if I show up with a pink 338 Lapua someday. Hehehe[/quote]
If it shoots cloverleaves they shouldn't harass you too badly!
Keith

Silentstalker · Feb 9, 2015

That turned out great!

6mm Remington · Feb 10, 2015

That's pretty darn cool! It appears there are ways out there to get more rifles into the house after all! :mrgreen: :lol:

sask boy · Feb 10, 2015

It looks real good

. I have a saying that l live with it is happy wife is a happy life :shock:!

Blessings,
Dan

cloverleaf · Feb 10, 2015

Hey if your wife wants a rifle....then whatever color she wants. Looks like you did a great job. Where do you find the "dip kit" and how tough is it to do? Are the results durable? CL

ksubuck · Feb 10, 2015

Got the kit through camodipkit.com. It has a learning curve, but it got easier as I went. Seems pretty durable once dry and hardened. They recommend dipping before the base coat of spray has hardened so it got a bit tacky and I smudged a couple of spots when rinsing. Will know how durable it really is once it starts getting hauled around.

I do like how it looks a lot, not to brag. Probably wouldn't dip a nice new scope, but a nice old scope that needed a facelift worked great. Might have to dip one or two more old synthetic stocks in more classic man camo patterns.

ksubuck · May 2, 2015

We started and finished barrel break in and fire forming today. I hope I don't have to clean another rifle for a long time.

Used 55g BTips over 23g Varget for the process.

The trigger is mushy with some creep, may need to upgrade that. Otherwise it will be a pretty accurate rig. Here are the last 5 10-shot groups.

gerry · May 2, 2015

Looks like it will shoot and I have to say it again that gun looks very nice.

Vince · May 2, 2015

Good shooting rifle that looks good too.

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DrMike · May 3, 2015

Tight groups can only enhance the beauty of a rifle. Looks as if that particular rifle/load combination will work just fine for a beautiful rifle.

sask boy · May 6, 2015

Yes that rifle will work indeed. You may want to upgrade that trigger to a Timney and then you will never have to touch it again.

Blessings,
Dan

SJB358 · May 7, 2015

That's a great shooter right there! Very nice. I hope she likes it.

ksubuck · Sep 5, 2015

My wife has finally found some time to get to the range with me recently. Barrel is broken in, wife is broken in with the rifle, and today she started OCW on the 55 BTip over Varget.

23.0gn Varget