Patient client requested a Rebarrel and makeover of their well used foxing rifle that will double as a longer range practice rifle.
Once stripped out, the action was checked and whilst didn’t need bolt lugs or action face recutting, I lapped the lugs for better contact with the lug abutments
The bolt was then sent to JR Firearms to be helically cut - as Eve, Jack did a brilliant job with it. A shame I can’t do it in house but I’ve no equipment for helical milling.
The barrel, a Spiral fluted Phoenix 8 twist (from memory) was prepped and set up in the lathe, then machined to fit the action, the chamber cut using a 243 Min spec match reamer
The muzzle cut and threaded for mod and a protective cap was fitted.
Proof testing complete, the action was then bedded into a KRG Bravo chassis
The chassis was supplied by the client and was used, so was stripped down to parts whilst the main spine was bedded using Devcon to allow a 100% contact fit with the action.
Noticable there was some galvic corrosion on the skin attachment bolts where steel and untreated alloy had been allowed to react
So I treated the bolts and threaded areas of the spine with CF50 corrosion inhibitor
The Bravo chassis is similar in concept to the Sako TRG chassis - stiff yet light
Will be interesting to see how it shoots
Some images of the finished rifle and some of the work in progress
Once stripped out, the action was checked and whilst didn’t need bolt lugs or action face recutting, I lapped the lugs for better contact with the lug abutments
The bolt was then sent to JR Firearms to be helically cut - as Eve, Jack did a brilliant job with it. A shame I can’t do it in house but I’ve no equipment for helical milling.
The barrel, a Spiral fluted Phoenix 8 twist (from memory) was prepped and set up in the lathe, then machined to fit the action, the chamber cut using a 243 Min spec match reamer
The muzzle cut and threaded for mod and a protective cap was fitted.
Proof testing complete, the action was then bedded into a KRG Bravo chassis
The chassis was supplied by the client and was used, so was stripped down to parts whilst the main spine was bedded using Devcon to allow a 100% contact fit with the action.
Noticable there was some galvic corrosion on the skin attachment bolts where steel and untreated alloy had been allowed to react
So I treated the bolts and threaded areas of the spine with CF50 corrosion inhibitor
The Bravo chassis is similar in concept to the Sako TRG chassis - stiff yet light
Will be interesting to see how it shoots
Some images of the finished rifle and some of the work in progress









