OK, some pics
Until I can get a decent camera you’ll just have to put up with the crappy cellphone pics. Thing is, my cellphone takes better pics than the camera I do have.
Click to embiggenate. Next is a closer shot of the receiver:
The receiver is not too heavily polished, I used tripoli cut and color, and white alumina color compound. This is just what it looks like clean.
This is the new buttplate, ground to fit. I wet it just a bit so you can get an dea how it will look when done, there’s still a lot of sanding to do.
Lookin’ good!
Nice. Pretty grain in that stock. Feels good to do the work, eh?
M
When are you gonna install the shoulder thing that goes up?
Levity aside, damn, that’s going to be one hell of a nice piece when you get it all done. For that matter, it already IS!
Craftsmanship is it’s own reward. I hope someday to give you a tour of the hacienda here. Took me a year and a half to get it right after Hurricane Ike, but I think you’d approve.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
That’s something to be proud of.