[Henry Schmidt]

Found an old Stevens 325a 30-30 bolt action rifle in a garage along with four other weapons.
Dave Lucas found a home at with a student gun-smith for an old British shotgun, restored my LC Smith 20 SxS and I played with this one.

The plan was to make a rifle that could be disassembled with a simple screwdriver to fit in a back pack. The longest piece is 26"

The process required that I index the barrel, remove the front strap and install a rear mount on the action, install a scope mount, replace the bolt handle and modify the stock to float the barrel and shorten the stock.

Some of the process is pictured below. It's not art but it was fun.

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After