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jeffsvice
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I'm cleaning up an old Remington 700 varmint special... pillar bedding and refinishing the stock. The original pressed "checkering" is all but gone - in some areas all that's left is a faint outline of the border and fleur-de-lis and some light dimpling. I'm rerunning the checkering with a 22 lpi checkering set that seems to match the spacing of the exising dimples close enough. So far I've avoided any major mistakes and have completed the grip on both sides and the one-half of one of the fore-end panels. I started with a gunline premier set - and managed to find a reason to buy a couple more cutters and handles... but that could change at any moment - one can never have enough tools right?
My question - so far I've learned by doing, and probably learned wrong on some things... Is there out there in gunsmith land, an instructional treatise on checkering that might make my time more productive that you guys will recommend. At my current rate, I'll be finished around Christmas (next year).
My question - so far I've learned by doing, and probably learned wrong on some things... Is there out there in gunsmith land, an instructional treatise on checkering that might make my time more productive that you guys will recommend. At my current rate, I'll be finished around Christmas (next year).