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#477958 04/16/17 07:35 AM
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I started this rifle nearly two years ago when I found the Unertl scope at a gun show. After buying it, I decided it needed a rifle. I took this picture just before sending it out to Charlie Grace in Colorado for checkering and rust bluing.

I used a Ruger No. 1 action, a Douglas barrel chambered in .222 Rem. and a Kepplinger trigger. The nice piece of Circassian walnut came from a friend. I made pattern stocks and had Charlie pre-carve the walnut to my patterns. Then I did the stock work to the point shown.

Charlie says I will have the gun back shortly. Then I plan to shoot in our local benchrest matches this summer.

I have a ton of pictures showing the process. I will post same if there seems to be some interest.


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I would be interested. It may even give me the momentum to finish up on some of my own projects.

Thanks!

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Well done
Looking forward to more info on this project
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Always enjoy a build project. Partial to single shots.
This one looks great.
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I started with the scope and an action. After I got a barrel, etc, I took it to the local gunsmith and got this back. This shows the metal work partly completed with take-off stocks from another No. 1.

The gun was originally a .458. Now it is a .222 Rem.

The gun in the background is a CZ sporter that I stocked for a friend.

The smith, K.P. Wood of Central Michigan Gunsmithing, is a custom maker himself and a one time member of the ACGC.

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I, then, got out the Bondo and reshaped the stocks to my liking. My goal here was not elegant but to have plenty of wood when I got it back from pre-carve to make it look exactly like I wanted. I planned to do elegant at that time (I hoped). It took quite a bit of Bondo to build up the cheekpiece.

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This shows the fore end pattern as it looked when I sent it to Charlie Grace for pre-carving. I had to add wood to the front to make it long enough for the varmint rifle that this is intended to be.

I wanted Charlie to install the ebony tip to my dimensions so I got a marking pen and made a fore end tip for him to copy.

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Since this was to be a varmint/target rifle I shot it in the pattern stocks before shipping it to Charlie in Colorado. I wanted to see what I had before spending a lot more money on it.

My first competition bench guns, forty years ago, were .222's and I had a fair idea on how to make them shoot. I used IMR 4985 and real benchrest bullets that I had moly coated. I sighted it in at 50 yds. and shot a group. It was excellent, a one-holer, so I went to my 100 yd. target. The group there was about 3/8" and I was a happy camper.

I have had my own 50 and 100 yd. range just outside my office door for many years. It's really handy at times like this.

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This was taken by a friend who drove down to watch Charlie machine carve my stock. Charlie had bought the machine from Dale Goens a while back.


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I love the look of your Ruger! It's what I think Ruger should offer for the forearm shape and style! And the barrel length and contour is also much better than what Ruger offers!
I dislike the forearm shape my old Ruger #1 has, and seeing yours I think I better get off the stick and cut the end off and add an ebony tip!
That long spacing on the scope blocks should make tiny changes in adjustment even easier!

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