Another "Glam Tactical" From Russo and Lambeth
Forum member Steve C. (aka RemVS308) unveiled his handsome new .308 Winchester in the Pride & Joy thread in our Shooters Forum. Sporting a beautiful, exotic hardwood A5-L stock by Joel Russo, the gun features premium components all around. We’ve had to create a new descriptive category for this kind of rifle which combines a tactical-style stock and multi-shot action with fancy wood. We call it “Glam Tactical”. (CLICK HERE for another Russo “Glam Tactical” rig.) The stock on Steve’s rifle is laminated African Pomele Sapele wood. If you are interested in a Russo stock for your next project, email jkrussos [at] comcast.net, or call Joel at (717) 805-0940.
The barrel is a 1:11.25″-twist, MTU contour, 26″ Krieger. It was chambered by gunsmith Nat Lambeth and fitted to a Stiller Predator action with Jewell HVR trigger. Befitting a proper multi-purpose rifle, the gun has Pacific Tool & Gauge stainless bottom metal and a Wyatt extended magazine. Up front is a Harris bipod, fitted with KMW Pod-Loc and Zephyr Dynamics Pod-Paws (Zerphyr’s Paws are, unfortunately, out-of-production).
For optics, Mike’s rifle carries a 12-42x56mm Nightforce NXS scope in Seekins rings. Overall this eye-pleasing package combines the visual appeal of premium wood with serious long-range accuracy. So, is this gun a “beauty” or a “beast”? Maybe both — and that’s why it’s such an appealing rig.
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Tags: .308 Win, Lambeth, Nightforce NXS, Russo
Another AWESOME job by Joel Russo. Great piece of work by both men. Thanks for sharing.
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ERIC
Lovely, but impractical tactical.
Still developing loads, but the rifle shows good potential… 175 VLDs have produced a couple of 5-shot groups with around .75″ – .80″ of vertical at 500 meters (off a bipod, no less). I think that’s going to be hard to beat, but I have some 185BTs to play with before calling it settled.
Nat and Joel provided great advice during the build (most of which I had the good sense to take) and I highly recommend them both. Also, Dave Kiff (PTG) was very helpful with the reamer specs. And every vendor involved (Krieger, Stiller Precision, Wyatts, Larry Scott, Glen Seekins, Nightforce) delivered as promised. Everything went so well, it was almost spooky.
And thanks to accurateshooter.com/6mmbr.com for providing such a great resource. Can’t remember the last time I did anything rifle-related that I didn’t research here first.
I would like to thank Steve for being patient. He has a beautiful rifle that shoots well. It is a very sound rifle and should last him a lifetime. I would also like to say Joel Russo did some beautiful work. I look forward to being able to work with him again on another project one day.
Thanks to Paul and 6mmBR for displaying Steve’s rifle it is an honor to see it on your web site.
Nat Lambeth