Remington 788

[Shakey Jake]

Picked up the 788 yesterday. First thing to do is remove the stock, fill, sand, and stain. I used a color called cherry coral. The maker says to let dry 7 days before top coat.
Jake

[JEBar]

nice color .... brings out the grain in the stock

[Rifletom]

This is going to be a fun build/ watch Jake. Starting off good.

[Shakey Jake]

Took the barrel and action out to the garage vise. I used some "pool noodle" material as a cushion and took a couple of Brownell's Lewis lead removers through it followed by the JB bore paste. Cleaned up really nice and can see the lands and grooves really well now. Squeaky clean! Next is to use the crowning cutter and carefully sweeten up the muzzle. The only issue that I "may" have is to replace the bolt stop. We'll see.
Jake

[Shakey Jake]

Ordered a bluing kit from Midway to touch up some of the small parts. The blue on the barrel is actually good for the age. I'll touch up the muzzle after cleaning up the crown. I also decided to order a Timney trigger for it. It has the stock trigger and the Timney comes with a new stop bolt. Kills two birds/one stone. I'll post a pics after I've finished. I'm not one for taking a lot of pics.
Jake

[JEBar]

Timney has a good name .... I'm sure it will do a good job for you .... while we were in Texas in February we had the gunsmith who does all the work on our stuff to replace the trigger assembly of our 700 BDL .... don't know what brand he used but I do know that it has the best trigger pull of all our firearms

[Shakey Jake]

I cleaned up the crown on the barrel this afternoon. Waiting for the trigger and bluing.

[Shakey Jake]

Here's the wrap up of the project. Final sight-in target with last three in the 10X at 100 yards.
Jake

[JEBar]

what caliber .... really great 10X shots

[North Country Gal]

Great shooting and congrats on the refinish job. Looks like it was well worth the work.