.62 Rifle Build, 2nd Try

[Notchy Bob]

I think you’re going to like that rifle…

Notchy Bob

 

[PathfinderNC]

I think you’re going to like that rifle…

Notchy Bob

It’s a lota rifle there, Ol’ 62

 

[Johnny Too-Tall]

Annndddddd thennnnnn.. I am patiently waiting the next step.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Well, it’s coming along. Today the trigger plate went in and then I spent the next five hours installing the butt plate. It was tedious but got it in and pretty happy with it.

 

[BS]

What pre-carve stock did you choose to use for this build?

 

[PathfinderNC]

What pre-carve stock did you choose to use for this build?

It’s a shaped stock from Pecatonica River. They milled a straight 3/4” barrel channel groove and cut and drilled the ramrod hole. Nothing else was done. It’s their Early Fowler stock.

 

[PathfinderNC]

I got the barrel pinned in and the tang bolt installed.
Of course there was a crisis- the drill bit for one barrel lug snapped inside the lug. Luckily I was able to tap it out and no harm done.
Next up will be to work at the forearm.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Had a few shop hours today. Got the trigger guard shaped to about the correct angle to fit the gun. I didn’t use the trigger guard provided by TRS; it was a little narrow and wouldn’t cover the trigger plate in areas. So I got a 1742 (?) Brown Bess trigger guard which seems perfect.
Then I started rasping away at the forestock. So much more to go, but no hurries.