About 20 years ago, I travelled to Wylie Texas to interview a new action maker named Jerry Stiller. I was very impressed with the knowledge of this engineer. He showed me the actions that he was building at that time. All were aluminum with steel inserts and all were flat bottomed.
One of the actions shown was the Cobra, and it was a shortened version of his flagship the Viper. I have owned a Viper and they are great actions.
After "cutting back" on my shooting about a year ago, I was re-introduced to the Cobra. As many of you have read on this forum, my friend Ricky Reeves found this rifle at a yard sale. It was so ugly, that he named it Mutt. However, as another friend stated, "Pretty is as pretty does". The Mutt had a 6PPC barrel when I first saw it and it had already won two matches for Ricky. I decided to trade for it and I added a 6mm Dasher barrel. I won the very first 600 yard in which I participated with the Mutt using the new Dasher barrel. The Mutt just shot too well to leave it unpainted and looking like something the dog dragged up (as we say in the south). I had it painted by a friend at a local auto body shop and it looks decent now.
One of the actions shown was the Cobra, and it was a shortened version of his flagship the Viper. I have owned a Viper and they are great actions.
After "cutting back" on my shooting about a year ago, I was re-introduced to the Cobra. As many of you have read on this forum, my friend Ricky Reeves found this rifle at a yard sale. It was so ugly, that he named it Mutt. However, as another friend stated, "Pretty is as pretty does". The Mutt had a 6PPC barrel when I first saw it and it had already won two matches for Ricky. I decided to trade for it and I added a 6mm Dasher barrel. I won the very first 600 yard in which I participated with the Mutt using the new Dasher barrel. The Mutt just shot too well to leave it unpainted and looking like something the dog dragged up (as we say in the south). I had it painted by a friend at a local auto body shop and it looks decent now.