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My 35 Whelen on Pre-64 Win action is finished and got to come home today. I am pretty excited and couldn’t be happier. Cant wait to get to the range!
It all started when I bought a pre-64 Winchester barreled action in .270 off gunbroker. It was pretty well used with no stock. I took it to Steve at Alaska Custom Firearms in Anchorage http://new.alaskacustomfirearms.com/about.html and I explained to him what I wanted and we worked up a plan. He ordered a 22” Douglas XX stainless barrel and would coat all the steel parts in flat black Nitride. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitride. Nitride is expensive compared to the spray on finishes but is much more corrosion resistant and doesn’t scratch or flake off.
Then I went in search of a stock. I had planned to try and find a composite/Kevlar stock. Instead I found a maple wood stock that I really liked from the guys at pre-64 win.com https://pre64win.com/. It has a palm rest on right side and good wood grain but no checking or sling studs. So I bought it, and sent it directly to Sherry Abraham at Custom Checkering http://www.checkering.com/
Then I bought a set of QD scope rings from Alaska Arms https://alaskaarmsllc.com/. I drove up to Big Lake, Alaska, picked them up and took direct them to Steve at Ak Custom.
Then I went in search of a scope....after lots of research and a couple of scope purchases that will go on other rifles.... I finally bought a new Swarovski Z3 3-10 x 42 from Amazon Prime for $100.00 less than I could get it at Cabelas. And I took that to Steve as well.
Steve called me and talked about sights and sling studs. We settled on a good adjustable rear site, and banded front site with a hood and a banded front sling stud with a traditional screw in sling stud in the rear stock.
Then the wait started... patiently....
waiting....![Whistling :whistle: :whistle:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@14.0.2/assets/72x72/1f617.png)
Yesterday Steve called me and said it was done! Everything assembled and he took it the range and test fired.So far I can’t be happier. Everything has turned out great. I just need to make some time to get on the loading bench and start working up some loads![Thumbs Up (y) (y)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@14.0.2/assets/72x72/1f44d.png)
It all started when I bought a pre-64 Winchester barreled action in .270 off gunbroker. It was pretty well used with no stock. I took it to Steve at Alaska Custom Firearms in Anchorage http://new.alaskacustomfirearms.com/about.html and I explained to him what I wanted and we worked up a plan. He ordered a 22” Douglas XX stainless barrel and would coat all the steel parts in flat black Nitride. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitride. Nitride is expensive compared to the spray on finishes but is much more corrosion resistant and doesn’t scratch or flake off.
Then I went in search of a stock. I had planned to try and find a composite/Kevlar stock. Instead I found a maple wood stock that I really liked from the guys at pre-64 win.com https://pre64win.com/. It has a palm rest on right side and good wood grain but no checking or sling studs. So I bought it, and sent it directly to Sherry Abraham at Custom Checkering http://www.checkering.com/
Then I bought a set of QD scope rings from Alaska Arms https://alaskaarmsllc.com/. I drove up to Big Lake, Alaska, picked them up and took direct them to Steve at Ak Custom.
Then I went in search of a scope....after lots of research and a couple of scope purchases that will go on other rifles.... I finally bought a new Swarovski Z3 3-10 x 42 from Amazon Prime for $100.00 less than I could get it at Cabelas. And I took that to Steve as well.
Steve called me and talked about sights and sling studs. We settled on a good adjustable rear site, and banded front site with a hood and a banded front sling stud with a traditional screw in sling stud in the rear stock.
Then the wait started... patiently....
![Whistling :whistle: :whistle:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@14.0.2/assets/72x72/1f617.png)
![Whistling :whistle: :whistle:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@14.0.2/assets/72x72/1f617.png)
Yesterday Steve called me and said it was done! Everything assembled and he took it the range and test fired.So far I can’t be happier. Everything has turned out great. I just need to make some time to get on the loading bench and start working up some loads
![Thumbs Up (y) (y)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@14.0.2/assets/72x72/1f44d.png)
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