In June, 2014 George Coleman of Shell Shocked Rifles, Mt. Vernon, Ky ordered a Stiller 408 TAC action and I took delivery a few days later. Finding a barrel was not going to be easy and in the mean time I fell in love with a 284 Win that occupied all my spare time. A year later I finally went by Southern Precision Rifles, Bugholes, who is located only one hour from me. He had a couple of tapered 10 twist 375 barrels in stock but I wanted a 1.450 NO TAPER barrel. He said no problem and placed an order with Bartlein. Three months later I checked back and Bugholes had the barrel.
Now the search for a stock. I was told that the barrel was so heavy a barrel block was a necessity. I have never had any experience with a block gun before but that would have to change. I had a few conversations with Bill Shehane about possibilities. Took my time making a decision. Then one day I called a friend in North Carolina that I had traded around with a few times by the name of Samuel Hall. I told him my dilemna and he said he might have just what I needed. A one of a kind stock that had been made on special order for someone's project that never materialized and that he had purchased. It was a Scoville, carbon fiber, with an offset for torque. Sam sent me a pic and gave me a deal I could not pass up. He did not want to take a chance on shipping damage so Shayne Halliburton, my shooting neighbor, made a trip to N. C. to pick it up.
Now to fit the Stiller, 15 pound Bartlein, and 18 pound Scoville together. The Scoville was designed for an action no longer that about 9 inches. The Stiller was a whooping 10. 5 in. long. At this point I told Bugholes to go ahead and mate the action and barrel. I took the stock to Tracy Milsap, Big Bore Bat Shooter, and he said the block could be notched out enough for the extra length of the TAC 408 action.
Last week I took the barreled action and the Scoville stock to Tim Hewitt Gunsmithing, Lafayette, Tn. Tim only lives 30 minutes from me. I have a lot of gunsmithing talent living within as hour of my house. Tim said he could fit the action to the stock. Last Thursday he called me and told me to bring it in. On Friday he called and said it was ready. I picked the rifle up on Saturday after work. Tim did a beautiful job, just the way I wanted.
The rifle is still short the muzzle brake and trigger. Monday I called Harrells Precision and they had a 1.5 inch muzzle brake in stock. Shipping Tuesday. I called Cheytac and got dies one the way. I have the Cheytac solid 350 gr bullets. Their ballistic coefficient is 0.988. They should carry a long way at 3150 muzzle velocity. This bullet and caliber holds the current world record at 4200 yards hitting a plate 3 feet in diameter.
Tim Hewitt who fit the action to the Scoville with the almost finished product.
He will add muzzle brake later this week when it arrives from Harrells
35 pounds as pictured without brake, trigger, scope, and IVEY rings
40 MOA Stiller rail
Modification to block for 10.5 in. action
action extends into block
40 moa rail, 150 MOA Ivey rings, NF ACTAR Moar T with 120 MOA should reach out
and seize the distance
Now the search for a stock. I was told that the barrel was so heavy a barrel block was a necessity. I have never had any experience with a block gun before but that would have to change. I had a few conversations with Bill Shehane about possibilities. Took my time making a decision. Then one day I called a friend in North Carolina that I had traded around with a few times by the name of Samuel Hall. I told him my dilemna and he said he might have just what I needed. A one of a kind stock that had been made on special order for someone's project that never materialized and that he had purchased. It was a Scoville, carbon fiber, with an offset for torque. Sam sent me a pic and gave me a deal I could not pass up. He did not want to take a chance on shipping damage so Shayne Halliburton, my shooting neighbor, made a trip to N. C. to pick it up.
Now to fit the Stiller, 15 pound Bartlein, and 18 pound Scoville together. The Scoville was designed for an action no longer that about 9 inches. The Stiller was a whooping 10. 5 in. long. At this point I told Bugholes to go ahead and mate the action and barrel. I took the stock to Tracy Milsap, Big Bore Bat Shooter, and he said the block could be notched out enough for the extra length of the TAC 408 action.
Last week I took the barreled action and the Scoville stock to Tim Hewitt Gunsmithing, Lafayette, Tn. Tim only lives 30 minutes from me. I have a lot of gunsmithing talent living within as hour of my house. Tim said he could fit the action to the stock. Last Thursday he called me and told me to bring it in. On Friday he called and said it was ready. I picked the rifle up on Saturday after work. Tim did a beautiful job, just the way I wanted.
The rifle is still short the muzzle brake and trigger. Monday I called Harrells Precision and they had a 1.5 inch muzzle brake in stock. Shipping Tuesday. I called Cheytac and got dies one the way. I have the Cheytac solid 350 gr bullets. Their ballistic coefficient is 0.988. They should carry a long way at 3150 muzzle velocity. This bullet and caliber holds the current world record at 4200 yards hitting a plate 3 feet in diameter.
Tim Hewitt who fit the action to the Scoville with the almost finished product.
He will add muzzle brake later this week when it arrives from Harrells
35 pounds as pictured without brake, trigger, scope, and IVEY rings
40 MOA Stiller rail
Modification to block for 10.5 in. action
action extends into block
40 moa rail, 150 MOA Ivey rings, NF ACTAR Moar T with 120 MOA should reach out
and seize the distance
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Looks nice.
