This post chronicles the process of building a rifle for a very special gal named Alexia.
Like all stories this one has a beginning, it starts with a letter from Alexia herself:
Alexia’s Letter:
Finding a rifle:
Below is the donor rifle we found in a local gun shop, a nice clean 60’s Rem. 700 BDL in .243.
Selecting a Barrel:
For the barrel: One of Ron’s excellent barrels, 6 mm, 3 groove, 1X9 twist, Stainless steel #1 contour.
Action Blue Printing and Brake installation:
Getting the action blueprinted and the barrel and brake installed at Ken Sedon’s Shop
Firearms Machine Services Kalispell, MT
406-755-5116
Metal Finishing:
Off to Jeff for his Ceramic polymer treatment
Pictures and email from Alexia:
Hi Bob and Jill. Attached you will find 3 pictures one is when I was 3 years old that we used to hunt in Florida all the time, the other one is when I was 7 with my first doe, and the last one is a present picture. Hopefully, I will get many other pictures with my new rifle this year. Thank you, send pictures!
Love,
Alexia 
Alexia’s Completed Rifle
BEFORE
AFTER
Alexia’s completed rifle features:
The finished weight of Alexia’s .243 rifle as shown is 5 lbs 4 ozs.
Components:
- Rem. 700 BDL action
- Benchmark barrel
- Timney 700 trigger
- Vais Micro-brake
- Smithed by Ken Sedon at Firearms Machine Services
- Talley Ultralite scope rings
- Metal finishing – Falcon Gun Finishing
- Stock – Lone Wolf Summit XL , kevlar/graphite construction
- Zebra pattern done at Hydro-dip
Rifle Project Manager: Bob Culbertson