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ShipwreckXIII · March 26, 2011, 08:09 AM

Thank you for the reply. I have a 30 in. .308 Shillen Match Grade barrel blank. At the moment I do not know what contour to turn it down to. I am thinking of turning the whole barrel down to the diameter of the action, so in the future when throat erosion is bad all I have to do is cut the shank off and start anew. I have the apporate and needed tools for the job.

The stock I plan on making and checkering my self. I have a very nice bastogne (I do not know how to spell it) rifle blank. I plan on putting in some cross pins, will regular drill rod do for this?

I did not even think about the safty interfearing with a scope, thank you for that. The bolt however I plan on bending carefully. I have a Timney single stage trigger. I plan on putting it in and setting it for a nice 3 lb. pull. On a side note I am doing all the work.

March 26, 2011, 08:09 AM	#3
ShipwreckXIII Junior Member Join Date: March 26, 2011 Posts: 8	Thank you for the reply. I have a 30 in. .308 Shillen Match Grade barrel blank. At the moment I do not know what contour to turn it down to. I am thinking of turning the whole barrel down to the diameter of the action, so in the future when throat erosion is bad all I have to do is cut the shank off and start anew. I have the apporate and needed tools for the job. The stock I plan on making and checkering my self. I have a very nice bastogne (I do not know how to spell it) rifle blank. I plan on putting in some cross pins, will regular drill rod do for this? I did not even think about the safty interfearing with a scope, thank you for that. The bolt however I plan on bending carefully. I have a Timney single stage trigger. I plan on putting it in and setting it for a nice 3 lb. pull. On a side note I am doing all the work. Last edited by ShipwreckXIII; March 26, 2011 at 08:15 AM.