T3 Lightweight Hill Rifle

[Ronin]

Client specced a lightweight, point able hill rifle (in 308) , capable of being carried in rough terrain on long days in open country.

So we came up with this:

T3x, re-barrelled with 10 twist Tikka profile Sassen Cut Rifled barrel

Finished at 20" and threaded M14 x 1mm

DPT magnum mod (lightweight and quiet)

Excellent PSE E-Lite stock, finished in a customised colour, with added flush cup, pica-tinny rail for quick detach bipod if needed.

Contessa 10 MOA rail fitted to the action with fixings protected with Dynax-S50

Action was skim bedded with Devcon by me

The 308 chamber was cut using a Match reamer but Ive extended the throat a little due to the client wishing to use non lead and in past experience some brands of non lead ammunition do not chamber in typical factory barrels.

This is rectified by extending the throat

All up weight with mod is just shy of 6.5 lbs making a very lightweight usable rifle

 

[trucraft]

Nice work.
Ideal for Purpose.

 

[Steff]

Very nice. Only the stock camo hides away in the pattern of the floor tiles .

And I hope the customer doesn‘t mess it up with a huge and heavy scope.

 

[ColinBr]

Excellent work again

 

[ejg]

Very nice Andy,
I am just building myself something very similar as a long range fox rig in 22-250 1/8.
edi

 

[User00026]

Well created, looks fit for purpose. Shame you couldn’t CNC a barrel channel to fit the profile, but that’s just me picking out minute details

 

[Ronin]

The stock colour certainly blends into the background “urban” floor -I hadn’t the time to get out and take images in a prettier setting (when I’m out and not working and in the workshop, Im on the deer myself now till March )

Stock barrel channel - the PSE stocks all come with oversize channel to allow customers to fit up to parallel profile barrel

This reduces the cost and whilst I get what your saying - a close fitting profile does not help a working rifle when it’s used in all weathers and environments - the barrel channel is deliberately large for the second reason that crud and debris can be removed easily (or doesn’t stick in the first place )

CNC - I can but dream of having the space or need

 

[Suilven]

Excellent! Any idea what scope the customer plans to get?

 

[Ronin]

I think a variable Zeiss or Swarowski

Hopefully I will receive feedback images once the client has zeroed and started working with it

 

[Utectok]

That’s lovely dare one ask the price? I’m seriously tempted lol

 

[Ronin]

There wouldn’t be a great deal of change from 2k factoring in the client supplied the donor action

I’m afraid that quality costs and there was nothing spared on this build - my work being perhaps the least costly component (other than the contessa rail)

 

[Claret_Dabbler]

Did PSE ever inlet any stocks for a Sako 75?

 

[User00040]

Did PSE ever inlet any stocks for a Sako 75?

Yes, but only one!

 

[K.H - Tikka]

Great looking rifle!

 

[HappyHunter]

Wow! That seriously floats my boat!!!

 

[JH83]

That’s about perfect to my mind as an all rounder for uk use. A 4-16 Schmidt would top it off perfectly. I’m sure it will shoot tiny groups.

 

[Ronin]

Believe a upper end Zeiss is going on top and awaiting load development pics

 

[Stalker_AG]

"Action was skim bedded with Devcon by me"


Very interested in how you do this? Would you be so kind as to share?
Any more pictures of this process?

 

[wildfowler.250]

Did PSE ever inlet any stocks for a Sako 75?

I’d messaged them around 10 months ago and they said they were working on it but that it would take a long time.

Would be great if they did because it seems a hell of a costly gamble of time,(waiting on the order) and cash buying a mcmillan. Although their new game warden/hunter stocks look class

 

[User00040]

I’d messaged them around 10 months ago and they said they were working on it but that it would take a long time.

Would be great if they did because it seems a hell of a costly gamble of time,(waiting on the order) and cash buying a mcmillan. Although their new game warden/hunter stocks look class

McMillan don't inlet for Sako 75's anymore.