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This is a virgin Remington 700 RR prefix stripped receiver. It has no wear marks at all and has never had a bolt installed. I pulled the barrel off this receiver for the previous owner 2 years ago. The barrel is new and un-fired. I just hand screwed it on for the picture. This will be for Vintage Sniper matches. The stock should be an original M40 stock. I have the buttplate and sling swivels stashed away somewhere. I'll need a complete bolt, M40 compliant barrel, scope mount, magazine, stock metal, maybe a new recoil lug and trigger assembly. Can I use an upgraded recoil lug in the VS matches? Any advice will be appreciated while I comb through the M40 archives. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tony. Owner, TonyBen, LLC, Type-07 FFL www.tonybenm14.com (Site under construction). e-mail: tonyben@tonybenm14.com | ||
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Yeah, that M14 video guy...![]() |
I will be going with a Bartlein barrel. Would this be the proper bolt? It appears to be new, unused. [URL unfurl="true"]https://gunrepaircenter.com/F98079/[/URL] I have the buttplate, but no sling swivels. ![]() ![]() I forgot to include a picture of the brass pin in the left side of the stock. ![]() The stock was damaged during my move in 2022. It had some serious dents. ![]() I spent an hour or so steaming out the dents last night with a wet rag and an industrial heat gun. Here's the same spot after about an hour of steaming and sanding. ![]() Here's another area that I'm working on. The dents were much worse but they're almost gone. After this, there will be no more dents. There were three dents in this image. ![]() This stock is abandoned property. I was stripping this stock for a customer about 10 years ago. He was supposed to bring me the action to be bedded after the stock was done but he disappeared. I haven't touched it in 10 years since I stripped it. It still has some stains I need to remove. I don't even remember how I stripped it. I might have used oven cleaner. ![]() ![]() There is still some leftover bedding that needs to be removed by hand in some spots. I'm talking about the little bedding spots outside the actual intended bedding area. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I'm also thinking I should finish the action and bed the stock before I stain and finish the wood. No sense in committing all this time on a wood finish only to risk damaging the finish during the bedding process. Realistically, I don't have the budget to go all-out on a historically accurate clone. I'll go with the Bartlein barrel and I don't mind using reproduction parts, as long as they're as good or better than the original. I just want to build a rifle that qualifies for the vintage sniper matches. I'll probably use a current production Leupold 3-9x40 hunting scope. I'd like to use the best trigger allowed, so if anyone knows what's the best performing trigger, please let me know. Does anyone know where I can get the correct bottom metal, magazine, follower and action screws? I'm new to M40's and I couldn't tell what's right or wrong. Are PTG bolts as good or better than the factory bolts? Tony. Owner, TonyBen, LLC, Type-07 FFL www.tonybenm14.com (Site under construction). e-mail: tonyben@tonybenm14.com | |||
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Looking forward to seeing the finished project. ![]() | |||
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I have always liked he M40A1. The Unertl 10X scope was bad ass on the rifle. US optics made a clone of it and Scmidt and Bender did a 3x 9 if i remember correctly. I can't wait to see the progress on this one. What color on the stain on the stock.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Blue Dog, | |||
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Yeah, that M14 video guy...![]() |
Well, the project is coming along faster than I expected. I managed to get in on a group buy that had just closed over on Sniper's Hide for a Bartlein barrel. I PM'd Frank at Bartlein and he made an exception for me and got me in on the buy after it closed. I paid $400 for the barrel which included shipping. The barrel will be ready around July. I sold off a M14 scope mount and bought a new Remington factory replacement bolt from PTG for $270 after shipping. After discounting what I made from the scope mount, I only paid about $60 out of pocket for it. I have a friend who's really good with stocks and he's going to do the final finishing of the stock. Here's all I'm missing for the build: -Bottom metal and internal magazine (will source from PTG ~$165) -Trigger (Will go with a Triggertech Primary trigger ~$165) -Trigger pins -Bolt stop and spring -Sling swivels -Scope mount and rings (Current production Leupold base and rings ~$70) -Scope (will go with a Trijicon or a modern Leupold ~$300 to $550) Other costs to me will include the blueprinting bushings and alignment rod to blueprint the action. (~$400) After that, it's all just time spent spent on the lathe blueprinting the action and turning the barrel. I'll probably start selling off some other M14 parts that I have to fund this project. But I also have my final personal M14 to start building and I have to prepare for that too. Tony. Owner, TonyBen, LLC, Type-07 FFL www.tonybenm14.com (Site under construction). e-mail: tonyben@tonybenm14.com | |||
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