I posted this in another thread but wanted to post it again here. The odds of this happening have to be phenomenal. Lucky me!
I just bought a couple of guns from a friend that was really an unbelievable deal..or situation. One was literally the first BR rifle I ever built for a customer and the guy had never fired it without me in 20 years! It still has less than 200 rounds fired on it! It's a Rem XP-100 with a Kreiger barrel in an old style McMillan stock and has a Jewell trigger.
Being my first ever customer build, ie paying job on a BR rifle, I am going over it a bit and just finished touching up the inner lug abutments and receiver face, mostly just checking my work. It wasn't bad! There are some things that I do want to improve, though. The bedding doesn't look the best and I need to re time the primary extraction/bolt handle. I still remember the day I put the handle on it....It moved a bit in the fixture. I've done a few since then but Dan gets most of them, still. Lol!
I'll check the chamber work in a few days on it but it looks good with a bore scope. Bottom line...there are times when re-working a factory action does make sense.. and to me...this is one of them.
What are the odds of this happening? My first build, still unfired since I fired the gun 20 years ago.
He thought he'd get into shooting and just never did. He called a couple of days ago wanting to sell a few guns...He has some really good stuff, BTW, and this was one of them. I had no idea that he'd never fired it and I gave up a long time ago, trying to get him to bring it to a match.
Another issue with it is that he put the gun in a gun case right after he picked it up. I had just cleared it and told him specifically not to do that. He thought it felt cured, put it in a case in spite of what I said...and something came up on his way home, and he forgot about it. Needless to say, the finish looks like crap. I plan to sand it and re-clear soon.
I'm gonna resurrect my first paying BR build and plan to shoot it soon in UBR Modified class.
Anyway...I thought this was a cool story and wanted to share it here. Yes, there are very good times to true up a factory action.
Yesterday was a good but expensive day. The other gun I bought from him is one I've tried to buy from him for several years...A Cooper model 22 in a Christensen Arms stock and with Christensen barrel. It's a 7-08 and shoots like a br rifle. I hear mixed reviews on these barrels but this one stacks bullets in a hole, with the right load. I had planned to keep it but probably spent more than I should've and may let it go. I bought it because of its weight and how well I knew it shoots. It shoots hunting weight bullets very well but with h380 and 110 Speer TNT's....Just WOW!
I may help him sell a few guns on here. He's got some very nice stuff.
I just bought a couple of guns from a friend that was really an unbelievable deal..or situation. One was literally the first BR rifle I ever built for a customer and the guy had never fired it without me in 20 years! It still has less than 200 rounds fired on it! It's a Rem XP-100 with a Kreiger barrel in an old style McMillan stock and has a Jewell trigger.
Being my first ever customer build, ie paying job on a BR rifle, I am going over it a bit and just finished touching up the inner lug abutments and receiver face, mostly just checking my work. It wasn't bad! There are some things that I do want to improve, though. The bedding doesn't look the best and I need to re time the primary extraction/bolt handle. I still remember the day I put the handle on it....It moved a bit in the fixture. I've done a few since then but Dan gets most of them, still. Lol!
I'll check the chamber work in a few days on it but it looks good with a bore scope. Bottom line...there are times when re-working a factory action does make sense.. and to me...this is one of them.
What are the odds of this happening? My first build, still unfired since I fired the gun 20 years ago.
He thought he'd get into shooting and just never did. He called a couple of days ago wanting to sell a few guns...He has some really good stuff, BTW, and this was one of them. I had no idea that he'd never fired it and I gave up a long time ago, trying to get him to bring it to a match.
Another issue with it is that he put the gun in a gun case right after he picked it up. I had just cleared it and told him specifically not to do that. He thought it felt cured, put it in a case in spite of what I said...and something came up on his way home, and he forgot about it. Needless to say, the finish looks like crap. I plan to sand it and re-clear soon.
I'm gonna resurrect my first paying BR build and plan to shoot it soon in UBR Modified class.
Anyway...I thought this was a cool story and wanted to share it here. Yes, there are very good times to true up a factory action.
Yesterday was a good but expensive day. The other gun I bought from him is one I've tried to buy from him for several years...A Cooper model 22 in a Christensen Arms stock and with Christensen barrel. It's a 7-08 and shoots like a br rifle. I hear mixed reviews on these barrels but this one stacks bullets in a hole, with the right load. I had planned to keep it but probably spent more than I should've and may let it go. I bought it because of its weight and how well I knew it shoots. It shoots hunting weight bullets very well but with h380 and 110 Speer TNT's....Just WOW!
I may help him sell a few guns on here. He's got some very nice stuff.
