FINALLY! I picked the rifle up last evening. I had the gentleman in Idaho wait till after the holiday to ship it, then it took 4 working days arriving Monday, but my dealer is closed on Mondays, so delivery was late yesterday afternoon.
I was very anxious waiting 2 weeks after paying for it, but was pleasantly surprised when we uncovered it from the factory box.
The wood is nicer and darker than the pictures he had. Then this morning, undressing it, bore scoping the six groove hammer forged barrel, it only got better after running some wet patches thru the barrel. Truly still in the cosmanine protectant from the factory. Then an absolutely gorgeous bore appeared.
Then after wiping down all the metal and lightly rehydrating the stock lightly cleaning it with some boild linseed oil, and dry rubbing it down. I am happy to say this is way better than my expectation!
So attaching the new bases and Pickatiney rail, I set the Burris signature rings up to accept the new 8-32X56 Sightron with an 1/8moa dot for my target needs. I decided it was time for some picks from archery targets.
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Then in the man cave to do some chamber analysis. Things stil getting better, no problem reaching the rifling with the 64 grain Bib 790 jacket bullets I plan on shooting in it! So plan B will no problem as the 68 grain fb Denoffs with an even longer base to ogive will definitely work.
So now i have some 6ppc USA Norma brass loaded with 28.5, 28.7, and 28.9 grn of N-133 and getting ready to put some shots down range to bust its cherry, my first ever 35 year old Virgin! If that goes well and everything looks mild I'll work from there and take it to 29.2, a sweet spot for many of my 6ppc'