Budget Stevens 200 build

[bennettk90]

oh yeah. sorry for the language. didn't even think about it.

[bennettk90]

i'll post a pic of the drawing i made with the measurements.

[bennettk90]

here's my first attempt at sponge camo. figure i'd try it out on my factory stock before i paint the new one from stockade i hope to receive soon.
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[stangfish]

Thanks for letting us follow your build. I never think to take pictures and document that but I always enjoy it when someone does it! Put it together and lets see it.

[SlimySquirrel]

Mate!

That is an awesome product!

That Trigger guard is sweeeeet!! Nice work... You might get orders coming in...

Did you see the Stock on the Axis build in the articles.. looks nice but there is a wait which is not nice!!

[bennettk90]

here is the painted stock clear coated and assembled. i use rustoleum for most of anything i do. easily removed and colors are available. however, when i paint the stockade stock i will use a base coat of duracoat flat black. that way no matter what i paint it later, i can always go back to the good old flat black base.
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[soaxin]

That looks awesome. Stupid question but how'd you do it? Lol

[bennettk90]

First i started with khaki base coat, sprayed random brown splotches over the khaki. Now comes the Creative part. Get some natrual sponges, home depot has them in the paint department. Lay down some paper towels for your workspace. Spray camo black in a spot on the paper towel and soak it up with a piece of the sponge and splotch light spots in the innermost spots on the brown. The theory of my sponge style attempt of the atacs camo, is to start by starting dark in the middle of your brown splotches and progressively work out with lighter and lighter colors. First start out with the colors provided by the spray cans, and then blend everything by spraying the colors together mixing them and blend your pattern. You want the splotches to be made up of so many colors that the pattern blends with so many different types of backgrounds. Then place random small splotches all over but lightly. All done with sponges. Blend blend and splotch until you like the pattern.

[bennettk90]

i think i practiced on about 5 cardboard cut outs of ar15's before i liked the pattern. you also have to remember to break up the outline of your rifle by alternating the colors at the outline of your rifle. notice the dark/light/dark/light on the top and bottom of the rifle. it fools the human eye. would have worked better if i had painted the whole rifle but since i am only practicing for my expensive stock, just the furniture for now. if you havent checked out atacs look it up it is a pain to try and re-create. i plan to wrap the scope in athletic self cling bandage before i paint the whole thing. dont like painting nice things.

[bennettk90]

got my criterion barrel the other day...wow... i could use it as a club and just beat things to death..it is one heavy hunk of steel...should shoot nicely.
on another note. I just got back from the range and the savage shoots awesome. i have a fellow shooter that went with me and he shot his tikka t3. we swapped rifles for a minute. he described my bolt action as smooth as butter. he said that it was smoother than his new tikka. (i heard they were supposed to be slicker than snot). i almost bought one instead of my savage, but i knew i would end up changing stuff anyways because i cant help but fiddle with stuff (as if you readers hadnt noticed that already). i'm glad i bought my savage. the tikka was definitely nice though. tight and slick, especially with a cold hammer forged barrel.

[bennettk90]

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[bennettk90]

sighting in my scope

[bennettk90]

new barrel.
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[bennettk90]

made an action wrench and a barrel clamp minus the wood blocks. recycled a beat up thompson rod from work and an old broken pneumatic piston assembly for extra leverage. and the little guy helping daddy.
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[bennettk90]

ya gotta love scrap diving.

[jbjh]

ya gotta love scrap diving.

Waste is the enemy of profit, I say!

Good work, by the way.

[bennettk90]

Thanks.

[mpeters]

Any updates?

[bennettk90]

Nope..still waiting for the stock from stockade. Its taking a while

[mpeters]

No kidding . Have you been in touch with them to see when it should get to ya?