No 4 7.62 build

[tbonesmith]

Howdy guys, this ones going to be pretty involved...
I've got the bones of the project together, but I still need a 7.62 mag and a 7.62 extractor, I'm sure they'll turn up in due course, hopefully in short order.
So, I've got a good set of wood, with a short butt that I might replace with a normal, a 7.62 proofed receiver with bolt and fitting bolthead, a Shultz-Larsen heavy target barrel, threaded for an M17 receiver, all small parts, bar the extractor, and a number of open sights to pick from, I'm leaning towards a PH5C.
I will thread and chamber the rifle to suit the receiver, shorten and profile the barrel to the approximate dimensions of the Lithgow 7.62 heavy No4 profile, fit the barrel, solder on the foresight block, open out the barrel channel, stock up the forend in the standard method around the action, but centre bed the barrel at the centre band (in a morticed timber block), fit the butt, fit the guards, cleanup the woodwork and soak it in hot boiled linseed oil, test for accuracy. Adjust the trigger, and setup the target sights, or maybe the standard sights??
Additionally, I'm going to give phosphating prior to painting the metal parts a run on this rifle.
Anyway, I think there is a very nice rifle at the end of this.
Here are the major components as they stand now.

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