Spook did mine as well, although I got him to spin on a stainless 1-9.5 twist barrel I had laying around since 1-8 really is not needed with 220 and below. #7 contour threaded 5/8x24tpi and 17" oal. Have a 2-8x scope on it now and awaiting a few thing to finish before load deveopment next week. He may have some 1-8 twist tubes laying around he can sell you if you want him to do it. I have a ffl/sot in alabama if you want it ceramic coated like mine also.

The thing with a howa/weatherby action is that you have to cut a relief to get the barrel out and then switch your lathe over to metric to cut the threads, as spook said the other day when I was talking to him it is more than what most smiths want to do with a build.

pic of howa.
http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...kablackout.jpg

Guys, thanks for the responses. I'm starting to get a sense of where I'm going.

TitleII - I like your setup. What stock are you going with? I'm looking at the Hogue - I like them and it seems to be the most inexpensive option. I read a good tip here or on another forum about filling the stock cavity with spray foam to take out the hollow sound.

The factory synthetic (aka cheap plastic) stock that came with my vanguard action will be replaced asap.

Great forum - appreciate everything you guys have shared here to help a newb like me.

Crawdaddy

I milled out a cheap plastic stock for now to use

I have a weatherby/Howa action with a 1x8" 16" Schillen barrel .
I just yesterday fired the best 10 shot 100 yd group I have ever fired using 190 gr BTSP Hornady bullets. These thing are a lot of fun....Pics are posted in the Reloading forum.:grin:

Squirrel Eater, (Me too, by the way...)

Those are some outstanding results!!! How about some pics of your rifle?

Crawdaddy

I have some posted on this site ? some where...I'll post some this eve. Its a 16" barrel on a Howa action with a Boyds stock all the groups have been fired through a Hairtrigger falcon762 can:grin:

this has rapidly become my favorite rifle!

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Here is mine

Well I have a Winchester M70 short action that I was building for my dad before he died and it has a shilen match 308 barrel. I had already chambered it and headspaced it for 308 and if I tried to cut it off the contour to rethread and chamber it would look like crap so I may just get another contoured blank and build a 300 Blk on it. The barrel is all rusted anyway from sitting in the white in my barn for the last few years in a box of stuff.:frown: And I looked tonight....the guts to the bolt are missing...:confused:

All I had left to do was finish inletting it into this fancy grade birds eye maple stock.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...8/PICT0034.jpg

WOW. You guys blow me away.

I8a, that's a darn nice looking rifle, and it shoots even better than it looks!

Mike, I don't think I've ever seen a birdseye maple gunstock. That'd be a nice project to finish out in memory of your dad.

Keep us posted on your progress with that one!

Crawdaddy

Any body know where to find a 223 bolt for a Win M70? Gun was a youth model 308.....