Sawtooth Rifles - Build #9: 7x57 Mauser - Light Weight Hunter
We were interested in the concept specified for
Build #8 and decided to make another one for a demo rifle for an upcoming
deer hunt. It was built with slightly different components but came out within a few ounces.
Spec's:
Action: Remington 700 LA
Barrel Blank: Shilen , 7mm, 1:9", CM, #1 contour, finished at 21"
Stock: Bell and Carlson Mt. Rifle Stock
Bottom Metal: Rem ADL Aluminum
Trigger: Tuned Remington, set at 2.5 lbs.
Rings/Bases: Talley Lightweight integral mounts.
Optic: Vortex Viper 2-7x33 BDC
Finish, Metal: Sniper Grey Cerakote
Finish, Stock: Cerakote with Sniper Grey base coat Patriot Brown, OD Green, Verde Green and Armor Black
Total Weight with mounted optic: 7lb, 3 oz.
There wasn't a lot of picture taking going on during this build, as we were more interested in getting it done and shot a bit before the deer hunt. Here is more of a "before and after" photo essay:
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| Blueprinted receivers. It is the one on the left. |
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| Pile of parts. |
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| Chambered and installed barrel, stock modified to fit the barrel, ready for bedding and Cerakote. |
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| Barreled action ready for bedding. |
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| Stock roughed up, ready for bedding. |
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| Sniper Grey base coat on the stock. |
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| Getting close, 3 out of the 4 camo colors applied. |
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| The lineup. |
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| Finished parts, ready to assemble. |
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| 7 lb, 3.8 oz with an empty tank. |
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| Assembled. Lets hunt! |
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| Lewis' hand engraving. |
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| #9 has a healthy appetite for 140 Accubonds and IMR 4350. We got groups closing in on 1/2 MOA. |
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| At the range with #7. |
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| Somewhere in Colorado. |
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| This is the background were thinking of with the colors on the stock. |
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| Checking the zero after a couple days on the mountain. |
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| Scratch what was said above, this is actually the background we were thinking of for this rifle :) |
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Kewords: SR#9
