Ok finally got it together and pics taken.
Heres what I did to the poor thing. LOL

-Bullberry Varmit tapper 7mm08 bbl with break and hanger bar that has been Gun Garaged in his Dura-Coat Stainless Steel. (was blued)
-Ga Jim Grey/Black JimBo T/R grip (with Slim Jim tapper)and 8" hanger bar Hunter-like forend with bull bbl channel for over-emphized floating look finshed in MinWax Helmsman Spar Urathane.
-DIY trigger job, Bellm #5 sear spring installed (1.2# pull) and stoning.
-Weaver black matte base with sanded flats and ends for 2 tone look.
-3 Leupold vertical split rings, black matte with all flats sanded to aluminium for 2 tone look, insides lapped.
-Bushnell Elite 3200 2-6x32 with FireFly retical.

Phew I think that covers it. LOL

Before:


After:




Fully lapped rings, inside and out:

Nice looking rig!!!! What bullet are you shooting?
nmhunter

Shoot it?!?! Heck...it's been months and he has yet to fire a shot from it!! hehe But that barrel has put on some serious miles back and forth across the States.

great lookin gun before....n absolutely awesome after

great job on the setup.....now shoot the dang thing!
H4895 n 120gr noslers work well in mine.

dan........whats the best loads ya got with the 154gr sst's so far? got a bunch o them to try sometime here.

um how dose one lap the out side of the rings??

Varget worked well...best for accuracy. H4895 did good also. H414 did the best for velocity. I won't give the charges...I'm using reformed Lake City .308 brass so commercial 7-08 brass will yield max loads that may be a few grains different.

Shawn the setup turned out real nice. I guess the barrel does have a few miles on it. I think you got a winner there. Congrats.

Good looking rig!!

Now see if it shoots as good as it looks.

I saw a gun like this once in a 'girly' magazine!! Just kidding. as I understand, it is a fine looking paper weight! If that thing shoots half as good as it looks, it will easily hold 5 or 6 MOA!

nice looking rig, shawn. i'm glad all the waiting is finally over....you sure have put alot of time into the gun and it shows. now for the fun part.....

Well I though this past weekend was bench time but the rain decided differently.
Now I have 4 nights of 12s to get threw before I can go at it again.
I hope to let her bark on Thursday or Friday.
I will post pics of my groups if I have any worth posting. LOL
It will be my 1st time shooting an Encore pistol....

That is one fine looking rig.