out on my home rifle range with my custom built longrange hunter chambered in 7mm Remington Mag. Shooting groups out to 200 yards with reloads I loaded with Barnes 145gr. LXR BT bullet, Winchester Super X cases w\neck turned, R22 Powder, Winchester LR Primers.
built off a Savage 100E long action blue printed with 26" Hart #4 Barrel w\JP Enterprise Recoil Eliminator, Timney Trigger set @ 2lb, Choate Vertical Grip Stock, Vortex Optic w\ Kenton Custom Ballistic Turrets, 10 M O A EGW 1-Piece Picatinny Base. Shoots extremely well zero'd @ 200yards, less than 1\2| M O A @ 100 yards.
my custom built sporterized Type 99 Arisaka. it's chambered in 7.7X58jap, Barnes .311 150gr. TSX (triple shock X), Norma cases I turn the necks, Winchester LR Primers, IMR 4064 powder.
Type 99 Arisaka Japanese battle rifle in WWII. This rifle went threw major transformation. The only original parts that are from the Japanese battle rifle is the action & bolt assembly & the trigger guard w/ floor plate, everything else is total custom. I kept this project rifle in its original caliber 7.7X58 Jap. I wanted some nostalgia meaning to the rifle as many soldiers sporterized them as hunting rifles when they took them home as souvenirs. Me I went all out, custom stock (Bishop) I bought partially in-letted 75% finished. I shaped it then finished it in a dark walnut w/tru-oil, installed pillar system, bedded the action. Installed a Timney trigger. The bolt assembly I took completely a part and polished all the parts, then applied a coating that is a dry film lubricant then baked it on. I burnish the coating to bring it to a greyish tone and slicks the finish. The action I sent off to a client of mine Bob Bailey of Bailey Signature Firearms to have the custom barrel work done. Bob's work is beyond awesome.
The action was fitted with a Shilen Barrel "bull type". The finish I put on the barreled/action is a moly coating by KG Gun Kote of KG Industries. The colors I used were Matte Black Gun Kote, & Gun Metal Blue Gun Kote (satin finish) . The matte black gun kote was used on the interior of the receiver & bolt handle. The gun metal blue moly was used on the exterior of the action, barrel assembly, the trigger guard & floor plate, all the mounting screws. The KG Gun Kote Gun Metal Blue finish has that look, feel and finger prints exactly like regular traditional gun bluing, but has the durability of a military moly coating. I am a firearm re-finisher by trade.
The scope base was made from a solid stock of picatinny rail. I used my bench top milling machine to cut the exact radius on the scope base (underneath) as the same radius of top the receiver. Then drilled & tap the receiver. I also notch the rail system above the ejection port of the action so the empty cartridge dispenses with ease. The rings that hold the scope was a chore, I wanted vintage style 1" high mount rings for the nostalgia look and since I heated and turn down the bolt handle (from a straight style to a bend) for that same nostalgia reasons. The rings for the scope took me 7 months to find. Not many of them around anymore, lots of copies but very few of the actual authentic vintage Weaver "Hinged High Mount Rings". I found some on ebay of all places. These were used and bit rusty do to the age, so I re-finished them in a KG Gun Kote Matte Black along with the picatinny scope mount rail. The scope on this rifle is Vortex. I am a huge fan of Vortex Optics, just about every firearm I own has Vortex Optics on them. This particular rifle has their Diamondback series 42mm X 3 X 9 variable w/ duplex reticle. This rifle is a pin pusher, it can dang near put a bullet in the same hole @ 100 yards, if I'm doing my part behind the gun.
The leather sling I had custom made was by Levergun Leather Works, Athol, ID. The work he did was magnificent, the best I've seen. The sling has silver concho's on it with lots of tooling.
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Both rifles I have some money into, both rifles I done all the finish work on, both rifles are extremely accurate.