Custom rifles I built.

[Guest GunTroll]

I recently graduated from Colorado school of trades for gunsmithing and these are some pics of some firearms I built while attending.

First up is a stock Remington 700 tacticool .308 win before.....

And now after....

I kept the original barrel from factory because I saw no need to replace. I did thread the end for the flash hider (Vortex). Installed a Sako style extractor. Lapped lugs. Trued the action. Designed and built the oversized bolt knob. Installed an over sized recoil lug. Got a B&C stock and I duracoated this camo pattern. Bedded the recoil lug with dev-con. Parkerized the action/barrel, bolt knob. Blued the bolt body. Installed the accessories...scope,bipod,etc. And got this firearm out of a factory gun.

The proof is in the pudding...

Another project was this Rem 788 in 22-250.....

before

And after.....

Installed an A&B barrel and rechambered it to 22-250 AI. Oversized recoil lug. Timney trigger because the factory one is horrible on this model rifle. MPI syn. thumbhole benchrest stock blank that I painted, inletted, bedded with dev-con. A Lot of work on this stock. Trued the receiver. On and on with this one. It is a punisher on the prairie dogs out here in CO where I'm currently at.

I have built many more and re-done/refinished many as well. I'm real found of bolt guns so I hope to make that my staple in this business.

Enjoy,

GT

Edited June 18, 2009 by GunTroll

[TGO David]

Very nicely done. That 3-shot group speaks for itself!

[Jasongar8]

Guns look great. Very nice group, sub MOA?

-Jason G

[Kegger]

Sub MOA?

That's three bullets in one hole.

[bteague2]

Very nice. How did you like the CO school of trades?

[ShaunM]

Very nice . Good luck with the gunsmithing.

[MikeW]

Nice work!

[Guest GunTroll]

Very nice. How did you like the CO school of trades?

As with anything in life. Good and bad. If you go there with a goal or direction in gunsmithing (for me accurate bolt guns hunting/tactical/benchrest/varmint style(s) ) you can get a lot out of it. Got to take the good with the bad however. They claim to want their students to be general gunsmiths with a heavy emphasis on repairs. I like custom ground up builds. Not to say I can't do repairs but was told by some gunsmiths out there to be specialized in a specific field. For me thats custom builds.

Staff was great. Most are hired straight out from graduation. That way they get em' cheap. But some are real geniuses and have many years under their belt instructing and gunsmithing. Over all good school. Only 14 months straight with no breaks. Thats were they differ from community college type schools with a two year program.

[Guest JHatmaker]

Those look great, especially that first one. Looks professionally done.

[Guest flyfishtn]

Very nice work and I wish you well in your endeavors post graduation.

[KahrMan]

Very nice work.

[Guest GunTroll]

Here are a few other that I have refinished/modified/"pimped" up.

This S.Armory M1A I just painted,added a rail for the bi-pod,installed the cheek riser. Great gun!

This is a Llama 1911 in 9mm that a friend wanted to test me with . He wanted to see what I could do.....

Before.....

Very ugly beat up thing! Not a great gun anyways but my friend liked it and I treated it accordingly.

After.....

I put new sights in. Grip safety, thumb safety,trigger,hammer,jeweled the barrel hood, bead blast blued, re-checkered the grips and re-finished them. replaced all the internal components. This was not a super easy 1911 to work on due to it being a Llama and most parts don't just "drop in". Well most don't in a 1911 anyways but this gun especially.

[Garufa]

That Llama looked just fine the way it was. But that's how I roll.

Still mighty fine work!

[Guest GunTroll]

Ha ha! I know what you mean. I cringe at the thought of re-finishing some firearms. Looses value and charm. Customer is always right and cash talks!

[MikeW]

Which rail did you use to mount the pod on the M1A?

GI stock or aftermarket?

[DavidCBaker]

You're moving to TN, right? What part?

When you get here, shoot me a PM and I'll see if I can get you a fun paying project to work on.

[Guest GunTroll]

Which rail did you use to mount the pod on the M1A?

GI stock or aftermarket?

Here is a picture of the one I went with. I just simply removed the front sling loop and installed this rail with sling loop. I did have to remove some material from the inside of the for-end to allow the op rod to move without contacting the screw heads.

I tried to find a link for you but it seems perhaps the company I bought it from isn't selling it anymore? Desert Warrior dot com is where I found it. After buying it I think I could have come up with a better idea on my own for less.