Well, my 257Roberts project is nearing completion. I am going to order a Boyds Pepper laminate stock and do the finish work on it. In the meantime, it's functional.
The action is a VZ-24 Mauser 98 with turned handle and Bueller safety and drilled & tapped. Timney Featherweight trigger. Barrel is an Adams & Bennett 257 F14 contour. A gunsmith down here installed the barrel, squared the action, set the headspace and recessed the crown. The finish I used on the barrel and action is Alumahyde II by Brownells. It's not bad, but thinner than I would have preferred. The stock is a Corelite synthetic. I bed the action and floated the barrel. I painted it with Rustoluem textured paint. Redfield one-piece base and rings. Leupold Vari-X II 3x9x40 scope.
