Project: Blue Rifle
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The time period shown with your rifle (1977 thru 1980) was kind of the peak of my interest in BR. All of my shooting was done in the NW and I only got to read of the guys in the other regions. I was not on solid financial footing at the time, so travel was difficult! It wasn't until the mid-80's that gunsmithing became a truly profitable endeavor for me. Anyway, seeing those old match reports and awards kind of takes me back.
It was my Dad who got me into BR shooting, and later on, into "F" class as well. We shot together, as long as he was shooting (into his late '80's), and it was time well spent.
Interestingly enough, one of Dad's rifles, which I am planning to restore, is also a sleeved XP-100, in a Lee Six stock, about the same shade of blue. It was originally a 6x47, but will likely become a 223. WH
It was my Dad who got me into BR shooting, and later on, into "F" class as well. We shot together, as long as he was shooting (into his late '80's), and it was time well spent.
Interestingly enough, one of Dad's rifles, which I am planning to restore, is also a sleeved XP-100, in a Lee Six stock, about the same shade of blue. It was originally a 6x47, but will likely become a 223. WH
DaveTooley
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My first BR rifle was a Hart sleeved 700. I shot that in 1978 into 1979. I had Ferris Pindell put a 22 PPC barrel on it for me. I still have the brass for those barrels. The top of the heap was to have Gale McMillan build you a rifle. He made his own sleeves, very well executed. You got his stock and one of Pat McMillan's barrels. He used mostly XP-100's. That's one rifle I should have kept.
That is pretty cool that you knew Ferris Pindell, Did you also know Lou Palmisano?
DaveTooley
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I had met Lou a couple of times at Kelbly's . Ferris was a talker. Spent a lot of time behind his car with the trunk open talking about the latest and greatest idea. I wish I had lived closer or had more money. I would have loved to spend some time in his shop. I didn't have two nickels to rub together but had a great time shooting in the south east and could occasionally scrape up the money to go to Kelbly's for a big match.
Pretty cool Dave!
That is a very nice project with a great result. If that is the 14 twist, you need to enter a short range BR match with it. Then, you need to fit a fast twist 6BR barrel to it and shoot it in "F". WH
" I Love Big Barrels And I cannot Lie!"
ISS
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Great story. I have a sort-of similar rifle. My folks got married in 1947. I was born two years later. Farmers. My Mother saved her butter and egg money for a year and bought him a nice little Savage SxS 20 gauge for their second anniversary that summer. Her brother was a crop duster, and would fly over the farm to the field my Father was working, and they'd go for a plane ride. He had a very nice Mossberg 84B 22. They hunted squirrels and rabbits in season. If they ran, my Father would shoot them with the 20 gauge. If they stood still, my uncle shot them with the 22. My uncle took a serious liking to the 20 gauge for hunting birds every fall. He used his Father's Winchester single shot 12 gauge. It was a bit rough on birds under 40 yards.
Anyway, he talked my Father into trading. That Thanksgiving, the big dinner was at our house. My Mother is bragging that Savage up, and tells my Father to get it out of the closet and show it off. My Father balks at the notion, since he knows his goose is cooked; just like the Turkey on the table. She finally goes in their room and gets the soft case out of the closet. Brings it out to the gathering, and 'lo and behold; it's the 22.
We did not have to run the wood stove much that winter. It was also seven years later before my younger brother was born! I have the rifle now, and it will leave my house at the estate sale.
Yours is a lot nicer, but mine is funnier.
ISS
Anyway, he talked my Father into trading. That Thanksgiving, the big dinner was at our house. My Mother is bragging that Savage up, and tells my Father to get it out of the closet and show it off. My Father balks at the notion, since he knows his goose is cooked; just like the Turkey on the table. She finally goes in their room and gets the soft case out of the closet. Brings it out to the gathering, and 'lo and behold; it's the 22.
We did not have to run the wood stove much that winter. It was also seven years later before my younger brother was born! I have the rifle now, and it will leave my house at the estate sale.
Yours is a lot nicer, but mine is funnier.
ISS
LVLAaron
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sub half inch, with new brass and my culled 105 bullets (too long, too short, etc). I'll make a lot of excuses because SR BR is not a skill I possess.
cool build
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