Neanderpundit

You can click this one to embiggen it. it’s a full length pic that should show off the proportions of the rifle well.

Since it’s not exactly horizontal, it’s hard to see just how much it drops at the heel- it’s a LOT. The buttplate is also at something of an unusual angle, and the combination of these measurements fits me remarkably well. And I can shoot it, which I attribute at least partially to the fact that the stock fits.

These are the issues that prevent it from being complete- though it is eminently shootable now.

1:The little notch in the wood in front of the bolt handle is where they gouged out the stock for the old williams sight. I would fill this, if I though I could match the wood, but in fact I may sand below the notch and call it good. I think I can do that and not damage the look of the stock.

The safety knob needs to be cleaned and polished, the mum on the back of that (actually just a checkering pattern that looks like the pattern of seeds on a sunflower) is sharp but dirty, and a little careful brushing and a dip in muratic acid will prep that for bluing.

The new quarter rib needs to be silver soldered on. The original sight was chiseled off, and the barrel has some nicks from that operation. So the barrel will probably be garnet blasted before bluing. If I can find a checkering file at the show tomorrow, I may groove the top of the rib.

The stock needs to be finished. I may put a recoil pad on it, if I can find someone to teach me how to stretch goatskin on one, so it’s not just a piece of ugly rubber.

The floorplate and latch are crudely finished, and I’ll clean them and polish them before I blue them. I may have someone laser the Kanji for “Iron uncle” on the bottom of the floorplate.

And I may- may, mind you, find a timney trigger to put on it. I say may, because the original two-stage is not too damned bad.

And then it will be ready for anything anyone can throw at it.