This job is close to being finished. All it requires is a bit of fine-tuning of the regulation and then final polishing and a rust blue. unfortunately, the last few months have been so darned cold and miserable that I decided to wait for warmer weather before sitting at the range and trying to shoot carefully over a Chrony while keeping careful records. I guess I'm getting soft in my old age.

To keep busy, I've started another build, this one a 6.5x57 Rimmed. I've finished turning, polishing, and chambering the barrels and am waiting on a throating reamer from Dave Manson to accomodate Nosler 140 grain Partitions, seated well out in the case. After searching for many months, last week I found a Zabala .410 bore in like-new condition for a host gun. More to come on this project.

One thing that I HAVE managed to get accomplished on the 9.3x74R job is to put together a case to hold both the rifle and the shotgun. I want a case with the nice looks and practicality of an English-fitted one, but one that is bullet-proof for travelling by air. I was fortunate to buy one of Cabela's heavy-duty aluminum cases, just before they discontinued them. I did away with the dense, grey foam that they come with, and English fitted the case in red felt. I'm very pleased with the results as I personally think that it looks good, is practical, and I could drive over the sealed case with my Yukon and not hurt a thing. Here are a couple of photos to show how it turned out: