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New to the forum here, I'm more of a CF / milsurp guy but I seem to have been bitten by a ML bug lately.
A few seasons back I picked up a "used" LRH that is about 95% with only a couple scratches on the straight stock. When I made the purchase it included a .45 cal barrel that appears unfired. Both the LRH and .45 cal barrel have been boxed up since I bought them. Anyway, the .45 is a 1/18, blued, bull barrel ser# 21 but it is just the barrel. I have thought about trying to find the components to complete it or just canibilize the parts off the other LRH. If I were to buy a wood stock, would a Mountaineer stock work ok? Just no slot for the rear "action screw", right? Or would I be be better off waiting for a used rifle to pop up and buy it? I figure $200 for stock, close to that for a bolt, and I would still need a trigger. Or would you just swap parts back and forth.
I think the LRH will prob just be a range gun, little to heavy for the woods. I have a couple of mk85's that have served me well for about 25 years. But like I said I have been bitten and am considering a knight UL or maybe even one of the new Cooper's.
A few seasons back I picked up a "used" LRH that is about 95% with only a couple scratches on the straight stock. When I made the purchase it included a .45 cal barrel that appears unfired. Both the LRH and .45 cal barrel have been boxed up since I bought them. Anyway, the .45 is a 1/18, blued, bull barrel ser# 21 but it is just the barrel. I have thought about trying to find the components to complete it or just canibilize the parts off the other LRH. If I were to buy a wood stock, would a Mountaineer stock work ok? Just no slot for the rear "action screw", right? Or would I be be better off waiting for a used rifle to pop up and buy it? I figure $200 for stock, close to that for a bolt, and I would still need a trigger. Or would you just swap parts back and forth.
I think the LRH will prob just be a range gun, little to heavy for the woods. I have a couple of mk85's that have served me well for about 25 years. But like I said I have been bitten and am considering a knight UL or maybe even one of the new Cooper's.