Thanks guys - especially K98, your enthusiastic post have me the needed jolt to make a bit of progress today. Your build sounds fantastic - a matching numbers action is higher grade than mine - start a build thread! You obviously have correct taste in rifles…

Anyway, I started off tidying up a few messy bits like where I contoured the trigger bow short of the stock line. Also the cutout in the receiver for the bolt handle needed a sand and gave the front trigger a little return like the Oberndorf ones had.

I’ve just started the rust bluing run for all the small parts (everything bar the barreled action). 2% ammonium chloride solution, gives a nice rich blue after 7-10 cycles.

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