dh1633pm
Contributing Member
This roller is just about finished. Started its life out just about 30 miles or so from where I live as a No 5 Remington in 7 MM. Where it went in the middle is anyone's guess. It was rusty, barrel shot out and blackened from years of abuse. The action however was pretty tight. Still is. I hated the idea of having to desecrate a nice rifle, so to lesson the blow I bought a good to very good No 5 without a shot out barrel. So I still have an original.
I sold all the extra parts on ebay to help fund the endeavor. Someone even paid a good price for the old stock, such as it was. I bought a Green Mountain Barrel Blank with a .451 bore. I had the barrel cut back to about 16 inches plus a hair extra. Chambered it in 45 Colt. I then had the barrel drilled for a rail.
Then came the hard part, all the edges of everything was pitted and crappy. But with some sand paper, a dremel, and some files, I was able to get it looking much better. I ordered replacement screws and a trigger spring.
The stock I ordered online. The forearm was just a block of walnut. I did the rest. It is pretty squared off. I didn't want a small forearm. I used my table saw and cut it a little at a time until it was just right.
The buttplate is brass. I put some green felt between it and the wood just to see how it might look. I made the buttplate from a piece of brass I got years ago from someone that worked at Revere Copper and Brass. I shaped it myself using a belt sander and a grinding wheel. I used a buffer wheel to make it shiny again.
I used boiled linseed Oil to finish the stock. The metal is a dark gray color using Alumihyde II from Brownells. I baked it in the oven last Saturday in an empty apartment in our multi family rental we own. One hour at 300 degrees. Seemed to cure pretty nicely. Ran the stove fan on high and opened the windows. Pretty stinky.
I thought about using a bee's wax finish on the stock, but I haven't figured it out yet. But I have processed the wax obtained from a bee keeper I know.
Let me know what you think. I have shot the rifle, although not in its final form. It shot well with the scope, but the field of view isn't right. I need about 4 - 5 inches and the best that scope will do is about 3 or 3.5. I want a fixed power with a little longer field of view so I don't have to mount it so far back. I also need it to fit as low as possible.
I sold all the extra parts on ebay to help fund the endeavor. Someone even paid a good price for the old stock, such as it was. I bought a Green Mountain Barrel Blank with a .451 bore. I had the barrel cut back to about 16 inches plus a hair extra. Chambered it in 45 Colt. I then had the barrel drilled for a rail.
Then came the hard part, all the edges of everything was pitted and crappy. But with some sand paper, a dremel, and some files, I was able to get it looking much better. I ordered replacement screws and a trigger spring.
The stock I ordered online. The forearm was just a block of walnut. I did the rest. It is pretty squared off. I didn't want a small forearm. I used my table saw and cut it a little at a time until it was just right.
The buttplate is brass. I put some green felt between it and the wood just to see how it might look. I made the buttplate from a piece of brass I got years ago from someone that worked at Revere Copper and Brass. I shaped it myself using a belt sander and a grinding wheel. I used a buffer wheel to make it shiny again.
I used boiled linseed Oil to finish the stock. The metal is a dark gray color using Alumihyde II from Brownells. I baked it in the oven last Saturday in an empty apartment in our multi family rental we own. One hour at 300 degrees. Seemed to cure pretty nicely. Ran the stove fan on high and opened the windows. Pretty stinky.
I thought about using a bee's wax finish on the stock, but I haven't figured it out yet. But I have processed the wax obtained from a bee keeper I know.
Let me know what you think. I have shot the rifle, although not in its final form. It shot well with the scope, but the field of view isn't right. I need about 4 - 5 inches and the best that scope will do is about 3 or 3.5. I want a fixed power with a little longer field of view so I don't have to mount it so far back. I also need it to fit as low as possible.
