Thread: Same Woman - different dress

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Jeez thats some handy work KJ. Id never thought id see the day I 'd like a Weatherby Nice looking wood too. What is it?

Haha, me too.

The wood is Walnut, that has been seasoned for 30+ years. It was a reject bit that I got off Ted Stone about 25 years ago and never did anything with. It has a few faults in the wood...but I've designed around them as best I can.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Thats a substantial weight loss
Who did the barrel for you?
Be interested to see if its got "fussy' with the loads it likes now or not.

Arthur Cleland did this one for me. I'd usually do my own lathe work, but most of my tools are in long term storage at the moment. Lukily to make a stock you only need a router ($65 from placemakers), a ''cheese greater'' rasp, a saw and some sand paper.

I worked up two loads for it when it had an 18'' heavy barrel and both shot well, one was sub-sonic which is really the entire purpose of this build with a 240SMK projectile, and another in super-sonic with 110gr projectiles. Both shot very well, but what else would you expect from a Trueflight barrel. The new profile should still shoot well, I'm never going to get it hot as its not designed to be a high volume shooter.

kj