Building an F Class FT/R rifle----The long process starts

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Barrel, nut, and recoil lug showed up today. Decided to soft attach them. Still need to square the face and am waiting for the new bolt body and face to headspace.

 

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Decided to do a little bit of work while my kid takes a nap today.
Turns out I need a sharper cutter.
Put the trigger back in, and tested. My 110 is now a top bolt lock.
Now to get to cleaning up the ugly looking cut.
(Mind the dirty work bench, I'm bad at cleaning up)

 

[Hosted]

Looking good, builds are so much fun. PM me if you're ever looking for another place to shoot, I've got 500 yards set up at our farm west of Kendallville and would be nice to have someone come out and shoot so it would make me get my stuff together and start shooting again.

Every time I see a Palma rifle like Sloughfoot's I drool and think I'd love to shoot Palma!!!

 

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The next piece of the puzzle just arrived on my desk this morning
PTG Bottom Metal should arrive later this week, then it is just a wait for the stock to show up...

 

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HEHEHEHE next piece is in

 

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Been long enough.
Had a couple things show up on my desk today

 

[ChristianPatriot]

That's a gorgeous stock

 

[USMC-FF]

Really enjoy watching this build. Good job!

 

[dhamby]

I won be interested in hearing your thoughts on that sightron.

 

[redwingshooter]

I won be interested in hearing your thoughts on that sightron.

Me too on this one, I was a little surprised at the optic choice and will be interested to hear about its performance.

 

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Well, I forgot to take some pictures. On Saturday, I squared the face of the action and corrected an issue with the muzzle crown.

Last night I decided to work on the stock inletting and ran into a major issue. My vice does not have enough horizontal travel. Additionally, it appears that the stock is too tall to fit in my vise. So I have to figure out a to hold it in there.

 

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A little bit of progress tonight... I've got a baseline for the depth of the vblock now. Need to take a couple measurements to get the proper trigger depth and will finish inletting for the block.

 

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Doing some quick math to figure out the depth to the bottom of the vblock.

 

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Sorry no pictures for this update...

Last night I finished inletting for the vblock and drilled the pillar holes. Ran into a little bit of a problem. Either for barrel channel was not cut perfectly square, or the forehand of the stock is not straight.... Either of these are an easy fix at this point. I will try and get some pictures tonight.

 

[sloughfoot]

If you run into a problem that you cannot resolve or make sense of, contact Norm Meredith. He understands the magic that goes into riflestocks and is also a club member.

My pitiful lack of knowledge recognizes that rifle stocks are not straight all the way through, depending on their intended use, but still must be straight in certain areas of the stock.

 

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If you run into a problem that you cannot resolve or make sense of, contact Norm Meredith. He understands the magic that goes into riflestocks and is also a club member.

My pitiful lack of knowledge recognizes that rifle stocks are not straight all the way through, depending on their intended use, but still must be straight in certain areas of the stock.

Cool thanks. The area where this isn't straight will not mess with the performance, it is just going to be an aesthetic annoyance...

 

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A picture of some slow progress....
As a side note, the issue with the barrel channel has been resolved. It looks like the hole that was drilled for the rear action screw from the factory was offset to one direction. This should not be a problem to fix.

 

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Another minor update....

 

[redwingshooter]

Looks awesome!

 

[THE BIG SITT]

Very nice!