I picked up a "beater" Stevens 44 in .25 RF a couple years ago, with the intention of eventually building a .22 RF silhouette rifle. Later, I decided to build a "multi-purpose" rifle, with a stockset for offhand, and a different one for hunting/silhouette.
I just recently got the barreled action back from Mr. HST. Glenn extensively reworked the action: fit a .22 RF breechblock, lapped and trued the breech face, worked over the trigger, and fit a ball-n-spur lever casting. He then fit and match chambered the 28" #3 Green Mountain barrel, and turned it to half-round contour. Not satisfied, Glenn recut the sides and receiver ring of the action to true it up, and remove all pitting. Once again, I sent him a sow's ear and got a silk purse in return!
Last year I acquired a blank of what the supplier referred to as "albino Bastogne" walnut. The sanded wood looked much the color of curly maple, but much harder and more dense. It darkened to a nice golden brown with the first application of sealer...a unique piece of wood. I designed the offhand buttstock around a Remington schuetzen buttplate casting I got from Gail at CPA, and made a typical Stevens 1-screw forend to match.
(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) The hunting stock will be another light-colored piece of wood, English walnut this time, in a Stevens Model 45 pattern with a shotgun buttplate.
Both iron sights (tang/globe) and a Unertl 6x small game scope are going to be installed.
Greg
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