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magshooter1
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Posted: March/16/2010 at 19:18 |
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I took about 8 months but, I finally got the S&W 1500 .338-06 finished. Sent the action off to E. R. Shaw and had them remove the original .270 W.C.F. barrel and replace it with a 24" #2 1/2 contour barrel. Did the metal prep myself. Kenneth at El Dorado Pawn & Gun blued it for me. Refinished the floorplate and trigger guard using Birchwood Casey's Aluminum Blue. Floated the barrel (had to redo the channel for the heavier contour anyway), recontoured the bottom edge of the cheek peice, and refinished the stock with a traditional Tung Oil finish (I don't know how many coats (I lost count)). Topped it off with a Burris Fullfield 3.5x10x50 in Leupold Dual Dovetail bases and rings and now I just gotta load up some ammo and get it to the range.
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tahqua
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Good work Chris, it looks great! Let us now how it shoots.
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pyro6999
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that looks pretty nice.
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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neilbilly
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NICE!!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing. |
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If God didn't want me to play with it, he'd of made my arms shorter.
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SVT_Tactical
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Very sharp looking stick
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ckk1106
Optics Master Joined: December/14/2007 Location: Arizona Status: Offline Points: 1439 |
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Cool caliber. I just got a 338 Fed.
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Tip69
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cool
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take em!
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billyburl2
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Very nice rifle!
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If it is tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
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martin3175
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Well done |
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Kickboxer
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Looks very nice. I like the .338-06.
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cyborg
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Very nice....
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Longhunter
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This caliber (.338-06) always seemed to me to make a lot of sense. Hope it does everything you're looking for.
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8shots
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Nice job. Let us know how she shoots.
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SVT_Tactical
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After all that work on the gun if your tired and need someone else to test the loads, just send it this way, I'll take care of it for you lol
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bugsNbows
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Very nice work indeed. You should feel proud. Hope she's a shooter.
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If we're not suppose to eat animals...how come they're made of meat?
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300S&W
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Gotta luv those Howas!
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pyro6999
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makes more sense than the 30-06 does for sure, really you could eliminate the 30-06 and the .270 from the line up and it would be good with 25-06 .280 .338-06 and 35 whelen. what do you think of that wayne van zwoll? |
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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Tip69
Optics Master Extraordinaire Tip Stick Joined: September/27/2005 Location: Nebraska Status: Offline Points: 4155 |
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now you've crossed the line pyro!!
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take em!
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Texas
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That is a beauty for sure. Please post a report when you get it too the range, we are all interested in how she shoots! Is that the original stock? If it is, what did you use to strip the original finish?
Best of luck on the shooting trip!
Texas
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Texas
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Pyro, we don't really need any of those, all we need is a 220 Swift/22-250 Rem and a 375!!! LOL Wouldn't be as much fun though, would it?
Texas
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"There are some things which cannot be learned quickly and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things..." Ernest Hemingway
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