Rapid Stock project

[Renegade]

Done....for now

Guys,
Here are the last few pics of the Rapid project. I've got three coats of Spar Urethane on it, and have decided to wait till I can control the climate in the shop a little better to add a few more coats. It looks pretty good, but the grain on the walnut and sapele isn't filling like I'd like it to. It slides real nice in the bags the way it is, and if I don't point them out, you probably won't notice the slight runs and sags in the poly.

The pictures are taken on my new "workbench" in the shop. I've got heat, satellite radio and digital cable TV out there, and if I wasn't a newlywed, I might never come in the house

I've also added a couple of pictures of a modification I made to one of Swifts single shot adapters. It works really well for loading from the bench. I took one picture through the scope that shows three X's and one of the $%^& high shots I keep getting. First target off the new "workbench" in a 10+mph wind off the 60 acre cornfield next door was a 246-6x. All four misses went high on me, same thing it does indoors. Very frustrating!

 

[lead head]

prictures

Great pictures Todd. The newley will wear off one day and you will have a dog house to go to.
Larry

 

[steve]

Looks like you cleaned the shop!
Boy I sure wish I could sit in my nice warm shop and shoot
Good luck and great work.
Steve

 

[mistermike]

Nice job Todd. Now you can spend your time shootin' and tweakin and tweakin' and shootin' ... you'll get that rifle up to par in no time.

Best,
Michael

 

[Renegade]

Workshop, doghouse, man cave, all the same place
Steve, you'd be proud of me. I spent the first day without work cleaning the shop, and half of the second day burning scrapwood in the firepit. You can eat off the floor in there now.
Michael, I hope so! Paul's next match is on my daughters Birthday, so I've got a month and a half to tinker before the next match. I hope to be able to give Doug, Norm, Paul and Dave some competition!
Todd

 

[Dave Shattuck]

Todd,

Great work! Sorry I didn't jump in sooner, but haven't been at the computer until now since my knee fix. Man, you do good work!

Too bad you'll be missing this Saturday's shoot as I'm hoping on making it, weather prmitting and all, but the birthdays sure do come first.

Can't wait to see this classic in the flesh.

Dave

 

[Renegade]

Dave,
Glad to hear you're up and about so soon! You might get to see the stock this weekend after all. Ali has an indoor track meet on Sat., so we did her birthday stuff on Christmas Day. I'll know later in the week whether I'll be able to make the match or not.
Todd