nakneker
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Ive been home bound for the past 90 days due to a herniated disc and surgery and I am bored. However I've enjoyed the forum, learned a bunch reading current and past posts about many a subject. I get back to work next week, can't wait.
I thought it would be fun to post my first custom rifle. I built it at the age of 19 and had no idea what I was doing. Its an old 700 bdl, 16.5 inch douglas barrel chambered in 22-250, no taper. I just walked in to the local gunsmiths shop, told him what I wanted and he said "whatever floats your boat", and that was that. A month later I had it back. I was dirt poor at the time and used it for everything. It shot factory Remington 55SPs into very small groups at a 100. If you shot while sitting in the truck without hearing protection it hurt. If you shot it at night or dusk it looked like a flame thrower. The teeth marks on the butt stock are from a big coyote that came back to life as I was carrying him back to the truck, one of the best MMA matches never filmed.
About 5 years later I met a relaoder, he saw my rifle and kinda smirked. We put it on the chrono, it shoots about as fast as a .222 he told me. However, me and him became good friends and he taught me to reload. That has taken me down a rabbithole that never ends. Today I'm lucky enough to be able to build a few rifles and load for them. I've taught my kids how to reload, girls too. Its one of our family past times. I look back at my first custom and laugh at everything I didn't know. If I told someone what that rifle has done they would think me a liar and I'll leave it that. This rifle will never get parted out, my firends call it "stubby", thats the rifle they are talking about by the way.
I thought I would share one of my mistakes. Got a mistake of your own your not ashamed to share? I'd love to see it or hear about it.
I thought it would be fun to post my first custom rifle. I built it at the age of 19 and had no idea what I was doing. Its an old 700 bdl, 16.5 inch douglas barrel chambered in 22-250, no taper. I just walked in to the local gunsmiths shop, told him what I wanted and he said "whatever floats your boat", and that was that. A month later I had it back. I was dirt poor at the time and used it for everything. It shot factory Remington 55SPs into very small groups at a 100. If you shot while sitting in the truck without hearing protection it hurt. If you shot it at night or dusk it looked like a flame thrower. The teeth marks on the butt stock are from a big coyote that came back to life as I was carrying him back to the truck, one of the best MMA matches never filmed.
About 5 years later I met a relaoder, he saw my rifle and kinda smirked. We put it on the chrono, it shoots about as fast as a .222 he told me. However, me and him became good friends and he taught me to reload. That has taken me down a rabbithole that never ends. Today I'm lucky enough to be able to build a few rifles and load for them. I've taught my kids how to reload, girls too. Its one of our family past times. I look back at my first custom and laugh at everything I didn't know. If I told someone what that rifle has done they would think me a liar and I'll leave it that. This rifle will never get parted out, my firends call it "stubby", thats the rifle they are talking about by the way.
I thought I would share one of my mistakes. Got a mistake of your own your not ashamed to share? I'd love to see it or hear about it.
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