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Well, the scope is a very rare Remington Custom Shop scope. Only 3 were made. This is a 24X that was Mike Walker's personal one. Jim Stekl and one other person got the other 2.
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Nice find Butch. Looks high-grade. What's the story on the gun?
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John Ambler in Co. gave the receiver to me with a new PT&G bolt assembly. Richard Gorham chambered the Shilen barrel. It was sent to a "former" forum member for stocking. He disappeared with my metal work, wood, and money. He was arrested sometime later and convicted. I received my metal work back. Supposed to get restitution, but at $30 a month it will be years before I receive the money. It has a Shilen trigger and the custom scope bases should be here last Thanksgiving. Evan Koch from Minnesota did the fine stock work from a Roger Vardy blank.
Oh yes, Dan Armstrong did the bolt handle and Tommy Kaye engraved the bolt knob and Turnbull did the rust blue.
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Certainly not ugly. What's that thing hanging on the muzzle in the top pic? Kaiser Norton
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I could say it is a suppressor or tuner. Actually it is a fixture that I made for photography. It is a vertical fixture with a heavy base and a 1" rod sticking up with shrink tape around a rod that screws into the 1" rod. Slide the rifle over the pin. You can see a piece of Delrin that protects the crown. All pics were in the vertical position.
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Nice. Seems like a lot of drop for a purely scoped rifle?
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Could be Ed. I haven't shot it yet. I do have shorter bases coming that were supposed to be here last Thanksgiving.
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Get some blue tape on it and let'er buck.
She's a peach. Glad you finally got it.
I would not buy something that runs on any kind of primer given the possibility of primer shortages and even regulations. In fact, why not buy a flintlock? Really. Rocks aren't going away anytime soon.
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Rem 40x in 22 lr in my opinion is one if not the best 22 ever built
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Agree totally with you on that one!!
Butch, that is a sweet rifle....
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Young Evan does good work, doesn't he? Knowing the history, I got a kick out of the guy who thought you needed a better scope. That one is an irreplaceable treasure.
I think the turtles and snakes in your pond are going to catch 'ell.
I've thought the whole gun was a tad large. However, with that scope everything seems perfectly proportional.
If you need help accuracy testing, send it up to Michigan. I have a lot of different kinds of .22 ammo. You will probably find that the twenty bucks a box stuff shoots best. I can even test it on the snakes and turtles in our lake.
Lovely gun... you done good.
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Man, what a beautiful rifle. I know it was a rough road to get it finished but the results are stunning. Congrats on a beautiful gun Butch!
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Dick, Terry, and others,thanks. Dick, I know that you would do it justice. I am loaded with great ammo, just need a good pilot behind it.
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I see the grandkids arguing over that one.
I would not buy something that runs on any kind of primer given the possibility of primer shortages and even regulations. In fact, why not buy a flintlock? Really. Rocks aren't going away anytime soon.
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