Thread: Remington 788 Restoration

As nice as rimu is its pretty bloody soft.

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Originally Posted by Spanners

Talking about wood, got a bunch of rimu from the house renos that would be big enough to make a stock. Got some matai too. If you want to score some let me know and come get it before someone chops it up for firewood

Must be I'll, coz I can't believe I am passing on free wood. But I've got wet Tassie Blackwood all over, and some Rewa Rewa and Matai arriving on Tue, so no storage Agree with VC about Rimu being too soft for a stock.

Originally Posted by tui_man2

1200 if going to blue

Ta abe, still some minor scratches, round 2 of the sanding tomorrow

Had another go at sanding the barrel. This time I alternated between lengthways and across with successive grits.

Also filed the crown and used the brass screw head & honing compound trick from the Larry Potterfield video.

Two applications of Birchwood Casey Paste Blue, pretty happy with the results... Cold blueing is apparently not much of a rust preventor, I did read about heating up the barrel with boiling water before applying it. Will see how it goes, might end up being a paint project down the line.

Looking forward to seeing the final product

All done and back together Sling studs and limbsaver installed.

When I sanded the stock, I cleared out a bit of material so that the barrel does not touch anywhere.

That came up mint ebf!

You put it together wrong.
The back handley thing is on the wrong side

Are ya going to blue the trigger guard and that?

Originally Posted by Bryan

That came up mint ebf!

Ta, was a fun project. Not too shabby for a $400 TM bargain and a bit of elbow grease.

Originally Posted by Spanners

You put it together wrong.
The back handley thing is on the wrong side

yada yada, it is so that only "special" people can shoot with it

Originally Posted by Toby

Are ya going to blue the trigger guard and that?

not for the moment, i'm leaving the trigger guard and bolt as is.

Originally Posted by ebf

yada yada, it is so that only "special" people can shoot with it

Spesssschii..…

Bloody good stuff mate ,as a lefty myself good to see an old remmy brought back to its former glory

Looks good to me ebf. :thumbup:
While no blueing is much of a rust protector in my experience with cold blue some are better than others in this respect .

As a right handed shooter I actually find left handed bolt actions better to shoot off a bench.
Right hand stays on grip and supports rifle/holds on target and left works bolt.

But other than that they are gay

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

As a right handed shooter I actually find left handed bolt actions better to shoot off a bench.
Right hand stays on grip and supports rifle/holds on target and left works bolt.

Same for me VC, my target rifle is right-handed, only ever shoot it prone, left hand stays on grip.

But for hunting/off-hand, I prefer left-handed

ebf, you have inspired me to.......

Go collect the old 788 from the old man and bring it back home.To.........


Send to you to tidy up.

But seriously you've done an awesome job there. How does it shoot?

Took it to the range before starting all the work. Kicked like a mule, and did 2moa with Highland SP. Will have another go next week, and see what difference the stock work and DIY crowning makes.