So lets start with the new/old.
This is the second 6.5 Go Wild my ffl buddy ordered last year or so. His gun, in our attempt to build up two Americans as a joint project.
This is the one i did for that project, which some of you may remember.
This rifle got traded to a friend, who put it back into the go wild stock and gave it to his friends son. Last I heard it took a pair of goats at 690yds with a single shot each.
I was given the twin to that rifle earlier this week, to cover a handgun I supposedly paid for but cant remember asking him to order, or paying for......Any way I have a new gun, not complaining.
Since i knew i was getting the rifle, i ordered a boyds provarmint stock in forest camo from r&s precision sports (10/22racerifle.com). I also ordered the boyds aics mag kit at the same time.
Yesterday I asked my buddy to add a vg6 gamma to his next order. so the brake is going toc change.
I fitted and bedded the stock last night. I put pillars on this one, but ran out before getting to the .300 i also did last night
The action on the go wilds are actually extremely smooth, since the receiver is cerakoted, and the bolts actually receive some post machining polish.
I replaced the trigger spring and stoned the sear so pulls got minimal creap and breaks at 1.75lbs.
I mounted rhe 2.5-15x50 Athlon Midas on there for now, but eventually ill probably move the 6-24x50 Bushnell nitro over to it.
Gonna try run some factory ammo thru it tomorrow, and hopefully it shoots as well as my old one.
Project 2 continuation, The swap barrel American.
I was thinking id order barrels for this first, but i found a couple boyds stocks i wanted in the rapid fire section.
This is another ProV, but it simple black. Ill probably hit it with some paint eventually but it does what i want for now.
I went thru and re polished the bolt, and cleaned up and set the trigger at 2lbs even.
also since i stole its scope for thr 6.5, i put the Weaver Kaspa Tactical i got frome a friend on it. The weights between the RAM and Go wild are surprisingly close...think its 3-4oz different.
And last but not least, my very neat, and now very expensive marlin 795 got a new stock as well.
So this little guns had a list of modifications.
The trigger components were swapped out by the previous owner for Mcarbo parts.
The bottom metals been replaced with a milled DIP unit
I made some 4rnd magazines, and a model 60bolt handle as well as installed a 22" Model 60 barrel.
The rifle was very pleasant to shoot in that configuration, but still suffered from tiny stock syndrome. Thus when i saw a boyds rimfire hunter in blaze (which ive always wanted to try) on close out i snapped it up along with the stock for the .300.
This stock was all but drop in. I did have to make a spacer ro keep from over tensioning the rear action screw, but other than that it went right on.
This is the second 6.5 Go Wild my ffl buddy ordered last year or so. His gun, in our attempt to build up two Americans as a joint project.
This is the one i did for that project, which some of you may remember.
This rifle got traded to a friend, who put it back into the go wild stock and gave it to his friends son. Last I heard it took a pair of goats at 690yds with a single shot each.
I was given the twin to that rifle earlier this week, to cover a handgun I supposedly paid for but cant remember asking him to order, or paying for......Any way I have a new gun, not complaining.
Since i knew i was getting the rifle, i ordered a boyds provarmint stock in forest camo from r&s precision sports (10/22racerifle.com). I also ordered the boyds aics mag kit at the same time.
Yesterday I asked my buddy to add a vg6 gamma to his next order. so the brake is going toc change.
I fitted and bedded the stock last night. I put pillars on this one, but ran out before getting to the .300 i also did last night
The action on the go wilds are actually extremely smooth, since the receiver is cerakoted, and the bolts actually receive some post machining polish.
I replaced the trigger spring and stoned the sear so pulls got minimal creap and breaks at 1.75lbs.
I mounted rhe 2.5-15x50 Athlon Midas on there for now, but eventually ill probably move the 6-24x50 Bushnell nitro over to it.
Gonna try run some factory ammo thru it tomorrow, and hopefully it shoots as well as my old one.
Project 2 continuation, The swap barrel American.
I was thinking id order barrels for this first, but i found a couple boyds stocks i wanted in the rapid fire section.
This is another ProV, but it simple black. Ill probably hit it with some paint eventually but it does what i want for now.
I went thru and re polished the bolt, and cleaned up and set the trigger at 2lbs even.
also since i stole its scope for thr 6.5, i put the Weaver Kaspa Tactical i got frome a friend on it. The weights between the RAM and Go wild are surprisingly close...think its 3-4oz different.
And last but not least, my very neat, and now very expensive marlin 795 got a new stock as well.
So this little guns had a list of modifications.
The trigger components were swapped out by the previous owner for Mcarbo parts.
The bottom metals been replaced with a milled DIP unit
I made some 4rnd magazines, and a model 60bolt handle as well as installed a 22" Model 60 barrel.
The rifle was very pleasant to shoot in that configuration, but still suffered from tiny stock syndrome. Thus when i saw a boyds rimfire hunter in blaze (which ive always wanted to try) on close out i snapped it up along with the stock for the .300.
This stock was all but drop in. I did have to make a spacer ro keep from over tensioning the rear action screw, but other than that it went right on.
