When I normally take a bolt rifle apart I put the barrel in a padded vise upside down and remove the two action screws. When I did this one, as I remove the last screw by hand I hold the barrel and stock together in my other hand.

I then took a hold of the bottom metal and just lifted out as if it were sitting on the bench. The stock also just lifted off without any pressure points.

I turned over the stock and saw some really...really nice inletting, just a super job.

MP Sadly Deceased as of 2/17/2014