The rifle shows some very nice work and slim lines, hope you put it to use and kill some deer with it.
Something that don't understand is why would the maker, (or for that matter any maker, I've seen others done the same way) take the time to rebarrel, make a nice stock, contour the trigger guard, blue everything, but leave the lock screws and sling hole in place? It's like seeing a dead fly in the mashed potato bowl. It would take little more effort to weld them up, recut the action screw holes and replace the original action screws. Another option would be to just replace the Mauser bottom metal with Springfield bottom metal. Not much more work to do that, either. Doing one or the other, in my opinion, would have made a much better looking finished product and only add a small percentage to the overall cost of the gun. I don't know, maybe it's just me.
