Some of you guys may have noticed that I've been bored and rooting around in my storage areas and coming up with all kinds of stuff. Well, in that rifle case that I thought was empty...
I used to drive the bolt gun guys crazy with this thing. I actually shot it in precision matches. I never won with it, but I did way better than I should have and beat out a few guys with really expensive rifles. Here it is...https://photos.app.goo.gl/yxce19wfgiN3YU2u6
Ruger receiver (and that's it for the Ruger part), Kidd bolt, barrel and two stage trigger. The stock is some cheapie that I got for $50 and had to put a lot of work into it.
What made this rifle special at the time is that the barrel is completely free floated and I'm using the stock receiver. What I did was mill a slot across the back of the receiver....https://photos.app.goo.gl/74chgUghZiw7pi7n6
And then I bedded the receiver into the stock, which left this locking lug in the bedding....https://photos.app.goo.gl/oF3rrDaEghZFRuVR8
It locked up tight. I was able to shoot it without the action bolted into the stock. Of course, it's really heavy with that 18" bull barrel.
I also reamed the receiver to accept a collar which was then press fit into the receiver which allowed a very tight fit between the barrel and receiver. Yeah, I was dangerous with a lathe and mill.
This was my 100 yard golf ball killer using CCI Standard Velocity 40 grain solids.
I used to drive the bolt gun guys crazy with this thing. I actually shot it in precision matches. I never won with it, but I did way better than I should have and beat out a few guys with really expensive rifles. Here it is...https://photos.app.goo.gl/yxce19wfgiN3YU2u6
Ruger receiver (and that's it for the Ruger part), Kidd bolt, barrel and two stage trigger. The stock is some cheapie that I got for $50 and had to put a lot of work into it.
What made this rifle special at the time is that the barrel is completely free floated and I'm using the stock receiver. What I did was mill a slot across the back of the receiver....https://photos.app.goo.gl/74chgUghZiw7pi7n6
And then I bedded the receiver into the stock, which left this locking lug in the bedding....https://photos.app.goo.gl/oF3rrDaEghZFRuVR8
It locked up tight. I was able to shoot it without the action bolted into the stock. Of course, it's really heavy with that 18" bull barrel.
I also reamed the receiver to accept a collar which was then press fit into the receiver which allowed a very tight fit between the barrel and receiver. Yeah, I was dangerous with a lathe and mill.
This was my 100 yard golf ball killer using CCI Standard Velocity 40 grain solids.