Sailormilan2 Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Yugo M48, with Parker Hale target barrel shortened to 23 1/2", ATI stock, and Bold trigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefly Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Looks like the 39.75 grs. and 168 Hornadays would be hard to improve on.That was some dang good shootin.That sure is a purty bolt handle too. Now,about the rifle rest.Is it made from a leaf out of a axle spring? It's a handy,good looking rest.Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenden Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Nice gun and good shooting. Gives me ideas on what to do with my ati stock that i love/hate. Brenden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z1r Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Ive seen third, forth & fifth builds maybe even tenth that don't look & perform as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carzngunz Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Nice job! Great looking rifle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailormilan2 Posted May 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 The rifle rest was one I bought years ago. I found it is a little too flexible for serious bench shooting. I have religated it to holding rifles for pics as well as holding rifles while bedding compound cures. What I find interesting about the ATI stock, is that if used as I am using it, it looks very similar to many "Tactical" stocks out there. The forend is broad and flat, so makes it easy to sand bag. The barrel channel the stock is hollow, so I wrapped the barrel with black electricians tape and filled the barrel channel with expanding foam. Once that had hardened, I coated it with epoxy bedding compound to strengthen it. The recoil pad on the ATI stock have about as much give as a rock and is rounded, so it was replaced with a standard style recoil pad. The rifle is currently finished in KG Coatings bake-on Flat Black. I am giving serious consideration to refinishing it with black/dark grey Manganese Parkerizing, then painting it with KG Coatins Olive Drab/Green. The Manganese style park has a rougher texture than the older medium grey zinc park, and gives a better surface for the paint to stick to prior to baking. I am also thinking about redoing the bolt handle with one of those tactial sytle handles, primarily to get a little longer handle. The tactical handle is about 1/2" longer than standard, and would give a little more leverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cold shot Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Hey sm2, good looking rifle, the range report looks good too...Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradD Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Nice job, Dale. What's the KG2? Do you have a link for it? My synthetics are marred by the bore foams. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailormilan2 Posted May 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Here is a link to KG Coatings. http://www.kgcoatings.com/ Link to page of their colors. http://www.kgcoatings.com/Color%20Chart.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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