Permanently Fill those Unwanted Holes

[Sam7sf]

I'm surprised the thread's title didn't make the OOC thread!

I was going to crack a joke first page but meh...lol.

 

[Axxe55]

I was going to crack a joke first page but meh...lol.

Courtesy dictates waiting until the second page before derailing!

 

[Axxe55]

Unsubstantiated rumor is, Nancy Pelosi is still a virgin!

 

[V-Tach]

Here is the bolt I did for him on the Remington 700.....I also polished the metal and re-blued the bolt/barrel/receiver..........

 

[robertc1024]

I'm really glad you did this write up. I have a Rossi 92 that some drunk monkey drilled holes in the top of the barrel to put a rail on it! The holes are so mis-aligned that they had to file out the holes in the rail. At least mine is stainless, so I won't have to do the re-finishing part.

 

[V-Tach]

I finished my friend's model 700 22-250 today and am awaiting him to bring his new scope to mount. It had come with a synthetic stock and he bought a used wood stock that had the polyurethane finish, It was chipped, scratched and dinged up pretty good, so I stripped it, did a little sanding and put several coats of boiled linseed oil on it.

Re blued the rifle, jeweled the bolt, refinished his used wood stock.......the lighting doesn't really do it justice, I think it turned out pretty good......

 

[glenbo]

It's beautiful. You do great work, highly skilled.

 

[TX OMFS]

Does peening the screws affect accuracy? I would assume the zero may change. Does it affect consistency?

Not that I shoot good enough for it to matter to me.

 

[V-Tach]

Does peening the screws affect accuracy? I would assume the zero may change. Does it affect consistency?

Not that I shoot good enough for it to matter to me.

Not to my knowledge....I haven't read or heard that it would affect accuracy or zero.....

I didn't use the 3 lb. sledge this time.....lol....

 

[Orbie]

V-Tach, please start more threads like this. I enjoy reading these and seeing the before vs after pics.

 

[Sam75022]

A friend of mine bought a Remington 700 in 22-250. It's an ADL model that came with rear and front iron sights. The previous owner removed the rear sight to fit a scope on it and left the front sight on. The rear sight holes had mismatched plugs in them.

The rifle has that black rough texture finish like the SPS models and he wants me to reblue it. Fair enough, but let's get rid of the rear and front sight holes forever since we are going to refinish it.. He said okay because he will only use the scope anyway. It has the black synthetic stock and we will replace it with a wood stock and I will jewel the bolt for him also...... It's currently black and the same finish as the rifle.

I stripped the rifle down and.....................

I cleaned all oil and debris and then chamfered the holes in the barrel, front and rear...................

Then I annealed the oval head screws................

Screw them in as tight as possible.................

Peen them down with a hammer.......................

First I used a Bastard Mill File.............

Then I changed to a smooth file................

Rear holes are done..................used 180, 240, 400 and will finish with 600 grit.........

Front sight holes ready for filing...............

Front sight holes are done.......

Now I will polish the barrel and receiver for refinishing.................

@V-Tach Great job! Love how you think outside the box to get idea to fill unwanted holes.

 

[MTA]

Thats how a 700 should look like. Amazing work

 

[Mike_from_Texas]

Very nice work!


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