35 Remington Pump Completed

[loadnplenty]

As of right now the barrel and action are sitting my local gunsmith getting re crowned and also getting a new fron sight installed. I debated on whether or not to go with a front sight, but thinking ahead if i ever decided to sale it this might be a deal breaker. personally i think it will look better with one. So untill I get everything back I will be caoting the stock. And then i wil give Rust Blueing a shot after i get some practice.

 

[loadnplenty]

Cool.. are you going to crown the barrel and drill and tap the site?

I left the option open for my gunsmith to either drill and tap it or go with a dove tail, or if possible to se the original. I figuered if I gave him the option he would do which he thought was best.

 

[Sharps40]

Now thats a real no **** project there. I like the direction this is going, that old walnut is looking real fine without all the paint. Good on ya for rescueing a 760. These guns work great in 3006 as the pressure levels (not the extra velocity stuff) do not jam the rotary lugs...a problem in the 760s in caliber 270 which are a bit harder on the rotary locking bolt and occasionally stick shut after a shot with perfectly safe loads from the factory. 35 Rem will never ever stick the bolt in this action. Superb brush caliber, hits hard and even at 16.5" will still range to 150 yards for hunting the powerlines.

You are gonna find out why the 760 carbine is such a high priced gun after all these years...because its a pure hunting sex machine. Put that front sight back on, its the right move, ya might be in the swamps and wanna hunt with irons in the thick.

Small, light and tight, thats the ticket. I love this gun! The PumpStalker. (Which does actually sound kinda sexy!)

 

[Sharps40]

Alright LoadnPlenty,

Yer linked in live on North Carolina Gun Owners. We're watchin with baited eyes and drooling lips. Do it up good and do it up yer way.

See link to go back and forth....

http://www.ncgunowners.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=12089

 

[Sharps40]

Linked ya in at the do it yerself threads on NC Hunt and Fish too....folks there will be interested. No pressure, take yer time....looks great.

http://www.nchuntandfish.com/forums...ut-the-35-Rem-PumpStalker&p=884486#post884486

 

[loadnplenty]

Sharps no pressure huh lol. My plan is to put the synthetic stock on the rifle. Possibly a youth model butt stock. Main reason for redoing the walnut is practice for the day I find a rifle with a nice piece of wood. I am debating on whether or not to try and wet sand the wood tomorrow to see if that will help fill in any of the imperfections. I will have to see how much time I have I guess.

 

[Sharps40]

Sometimes ya gotta call the dents character marks.....wet towel and soldering iron on the dents to steam em up...too much more sanding and ther'll be big divets...just kiss the tops of the raised dents with fine paper. If the dents havn't creased the wood fibers, they will raise up close to level, sometimes proud. But, like a truck bed, some scratches are needed to convince you its okay to take the new "Pretty" out and bust brush.

 

[Jerandjen07]

Cool I love Brush guns!!!

 

[loadnplenty]

Sharps They aren't really dents. They are more fine lines that went kinds deep from who ever brushed off the old finish. You are right if it starts looking to good I won't want to take it out lol

 

[Sharps40]

Ah, I see now. Might have to leave em there then.