Making Weight

[CWS]

I made weight with an uncut 1411 several years ago with a Fajen thumbhole silhouette (like ter's) that I skeletonized. It was maple, which helped... and came down to 1.5#. This was an interim move between where I was and where I was going... a bite at a time, it became a Frankenhunter in later years... but served well for a few. Buy ter's and a dremel tool.

[Evelio Mc Donald]

tmccoy
Some of the Anschutz barrels have a build in choke in the front of the barrel, cutting this section out will ruin the accuracy of the gun. The way to do it, is too cut the chamber section and Re-chamber. Cutting off about 4" will remove about 9 to 10 ounces. The weight on your scope is about right, you may want to look at your scope rings, BKL rings are the lightest in the market, and very popular with Sil. shooters. You may also want to look at replacing the butt pad with a light rubber shoe sole material.

[tmccoy]

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Evelio,
Thanks for your input. I suspected that shortening at the muzzle could compromise it. I only have experience in home smithing centerfires and was tempted to cut and crown it, but wanted an opinion. I would have someone with experience set it back for me. What would a setback roughly cost? Probably leaning towards a lighter stock as a first step. What are sources of a light standard stock?

Thanks again for everyones input,
Travis

[Innocent]

Travis,
Not to disagree with Evelio but I have a 54 action that did have the choke mentioned and the late Karl Kenyon did bore it out and I will state it DID NOT ruin the accuracy of the rifle, having shot it both before and after the work was done.
I would recommend that if you have that done, it be done by someone with experience. I go back to my original suggestion of look for another rilfe and let this one be, unless you are just determined to spend the money to do a project gun.
As for answers to who builds lighter hunter style stocks. McMillan. There are some Pharr RTS's out there, rare and expensive when you can find them. Treebone carving has wood versions of the Pharr. Supposedly Pharr is getting back into some stock production, but as alluded by Malinios, it has been two years and still nothing. Steve Wooster from Washington, makes some very nice lighter custom stocks and you can find him on Steel Chickens.

Mary

[Dee]

Probably a lot less chance of it not shooting well by going with the shortening and rechamber job especially if you are going to pay someone to do it either way. You could always consider just pulling the barrel and getting a replacement barrel but that is also mo money. Not sure what the value of your rifle is as it sits but as mentioned the hacking up of things usually only makes the value drop. I know of a 54 Match action in a hacked composite thumbhole stock right now that isn't selling for around $900. It had some barrel OD turning done to it and the bridge of the thumbhole cut out to try and make it a hunter rifle legal, it is fugly.

If your rifle has good value and you don't have a reason to hang on to it perhaps just selling it while it has top value and getting a 1712 is the way to go. Then you can shoot both classes and not end up with some true Frankenstein rifle that you will pass on to your relatives only because no one would ever buy it off you


Dee

[DavidABQ]

As a shooter, hang on to that one, use it in the local club matches until you can get another 17XX or similar rifle. Great action etc, but by the time you modify to meet all the requirements, you will have spent the same money and have one already there like a 1710 or 1712.

Mary

This is really the way to go.

[AddictedToSB]

Travis,
Supposedly Pharr is getting back into some stock production, but as alluded by Malinios, it has been two years and still nothing. Steve Wooster from Washington, makes some very nice lighter custom stocks and you can find him on Steel Chickens.

A "first run" Pharr stock was laid up while we were at Nationals, and he has someone making a few more to see how they turn out. Will check with him next week to see what the current status is.

Steve's forum name is sdwooster. Personally, his stocks fit me better than the Pharr stocks. My advice is to try to find some people in you area that have the stock you are thinking about on a gun they'll let you shoot to see if you like it.

[tmccoy]

Went ahead and ordered a McMillan stock, since I knew I could get it. Their weight will come in under 2.5lbs which will give me a few ounces to spare. Just when I just had a new Highpower tube gun built this summer, I had to go and pick up silhouette. Something else to sidetrack funds and my meager spare time on! But the simplicity of it is also why I loved offhand service rifle shooting. Definitely a lot simpler to go practice!

Thanks again for all the input

Travis