My new fly gun build and a nice fluke as well

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Re: My new fly gun build and a nice fluke as well

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chappo555 wrote:
blowemup wrote:Looking good Chappo ... i wonder if your old rifle will turn up to haunt you :auto:
The way you steer it I reckon you may towel me up with it.
fingers crossed i can find a projectile the new barrel likes ... looking forward to seeing how that Stringy bark blank of yours clears up.
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Re: My new fly gun build and a nice fluke as well

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So spent the weekend polishing up the action and go and grab the bag of bolt bits and well what do you know no extractor claw.

Now the process of trying to find one or import one.

On a positive note Krieger barrel has turned up.
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Expensive bit of pipe!!!
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3 days of sanding and profiling later..... its starting to look like the McMillan stock in shape.
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Re: My new fly gun build and a nice fluke as well

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Nice!
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Coming along nicely Greg, glad you could drop in again, figure you must have been pretty busy with the new job. :D
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Hi camel, yep work, doing a heap of renovations around the house and had the in laws around for three weeks. Reckon I'll go back to work tomorrow for a rest!
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Re: My new fly gun build and a nice fluke as well

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mmmmm looking very nice!
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8) 8)
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Re: My new fly gun build and a nice fluke as well

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very nice mate....
whats one of them actions worth ?

looks like an omark bolt,maybe the claw is the same?
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Not much change from $3.2k with the Aussie dollar so poor. I didn't pay that much thank god.
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David Kerr from WA got me an extractor last week then today Kelblys in the states process my export licence and have sent me two more plus a 20 Moa piccy rail.
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all this is way too cool 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Inletted the stock last weekend. Bedding getting done on oz day. Load test hopefully this saturday. Pics to come.
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Tease!
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