She's finally done

[jmg8550]

I just finished my 6.5 Creedmoor build after almost 2 years from start to finish. Most of the time was spent saving money, and gathering parts, albeit a few setbacks.

Specs are as follows:
Remington 700 LH short action (not trued)
PT&G Stealth M5 bottom metal
Criterion Remage prefit in Varmint contour
NSS recoil lug and barrel nut
Grayboe Renegade fiberglass stock converted to LH
Steiner rings, EGW 20moa base
Vortex Razor genII 3-18x50 scope
Stock Remington X-mark pro trigger
Bradley adjustable cheek rest

I had the barreled action Cerakoted, and the muzzle threaded by an aquaintance up here in Cheyenne. He also set the headspace and installed the barrel for me (no money for tooling). I converted the stock to LH with some help, bedded the action, and painted the stock myself. A SilencerCo Harvester 30 is in jail right now, maybe I'll see it next summer.

Anyway, here she is

[Spdu4ia]

Just out of curiosity why didn't you have the action trued? Looks nice , hows she shoot?

[jmg8550]

This was a budget build, and the place I would have it done at said it probably doesnt ​NEED it. Spent quite a bit of the budget on the optics, I figured that I should go for a top tier scope. It'll probably be the last high end one I buy unless something groundbreaking comes along.

Haven't shot it yet, I literally finished it today. The clear coat is dry to the touch, but still needs 48hrs to be completely cured.

I'll post updates when I get to the range. I have several loads to test and some factory stuff to break it in and zero on.

[Madusa]

very cool

[Great-Kazoo]

I like that paint job. Thanks for not doing it in FDE

[Grant H.]

Looks good.

If my Criterion barrel is any sort of predictor, your rifle will shoot really nice.

[Lars]

That turned out great, nicely done. The 6.5 is an excelent round, I have one in a bolt and one in a gas gun and struggle to decide which one to shoot first.

[Hummer]

That's a very nice rifle, and a fine scope. Paint the scope too, you know you want to.

[jmg8550]

Can't bring myself to painting the scope. I like the color of it, and I'm not big into painting them after working at Burris in the repair dept. and occasionally having to remove the paint to fix them.

[Chief_of_Scouts]

Very impressed. As a lefty, that is a gun I would like to add to my toolkit.