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My new to me 40X RF #11760098 01/22/17
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas B butchlambert1 OP Campfire Outfitter
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Re: My new to me 40X RF butchlambert1 #11760171 01/22/17
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,163 tn. domit Campfire Regular
domit Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,163 tn.	i like, get better scope

Re: My new to me 40X RF domit #11760181 01/22/17
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas B butchlambert1 OP Campfire Outfitter
OP butchlambert1 Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas	Originally Posted by domit i like, get better scope 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.

Re: My new to me 40X RF butchlambert1 #11760195 01/22/17
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,670 Kansas 7_08FAN Campfire Regular
7_08FAN Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,670 Kansas	Nice find Butch. Looks high-grade. What's the story on the gun? "Mark the birds and handle your Dog"

Re: My new to me 40X RF butchlambert1 #11760215 01/22/17
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas B butchlambert1 OP Campfire Outfitter
OP butchlambert1 Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas	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. Last edited by butchlambert1; 01/22/17.

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Re: My new to me 40X RF butchlambert1 #11760313 01/22/17
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,799 K Kaiser Norton Campfire Regular
Kaiser Norton Campfire Regular K Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,799	Originally Posted by butchlambert1 Certainly not ugly. What's that thing hanging on the muzzle in the top pic? Kaiser Norton The Kaiser- "If it ain't broke, I can fix that!"

Re: My new to me 40X RF butchlambert1 #11760351 01/22/17
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas B butchlambert1 OP Campfire Outfitter
OP butchlambert1 Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas	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.

Re: My new to me 40X RF butchlambert1 #11760491 01/22/17
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,653 Either Texas or Idaho E EdM Campfire 'Bwana
EdM Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 33,653 Either Texas or Idaho	Nice. Seems like a lot of drop for a purely scoped rifle? Conduct is the best proof of character.

Re: My new to me 40X RF butchlambert1 #11760535 01/22/17
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas B butchlambert1 OP Campfire Outfitter
OP butchlambert1 Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas	Could be Ed. I haven't shot it yet. I do have shorter bases coming that were supposed to be here last Thanksgiving.

Re: My new to me 40X RF butchlambert1 #11761414 01/22/17
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,209 E. WA / N. ID high_country_ Campfire Outfitter
high_country_ Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,209 E. WA / N. ID	Get some blue tape on it and let'er buck. She's a peach. Glad you finally got it. Originally Posted by BrentD 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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Re: My new to me 40X RF butchlambert1 #11761465 01/22/17
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,044 Kpt.,TN , Montgomery, Co, VA bea175 Campfire 'Bwana
bea175 Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,044 Kpt.,TN , Montgomery, Co, VA	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.

Re: My new to me 40X RF bea175 #11761696 01/22/17
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,961 Park Rapids, MN M mmgravy Campfire Regular
mmgravy Campfire Regular M Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,961 Park Rapids, MN	Agree totally with you on that one!! Butch, that is a sweet rifle....

Re: My new to me 40X RF mmgravy #11762157 01/22/17
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 319 Michigan D Dick_Wright Campfire Member
Dick_Wright Campfire Member D Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 319 Michigan	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. Dick

Re: My new to me 40X RF butchlambert1 #11762511 01/22/17
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 7,132 TC1 Campfire Tracker
TC1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 7,132	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!

Re: My new to me 40X RF butchlambert1 #11762543 01/23/17
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas B butchlambert1 OP Campfire Outfitter
OP butchlambert1 Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,344 Poetry, Texas	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.

Re: My new to me 40X RF butchlambert1 #11762692 01/23/17
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,209 E. WA / N. ID high_country_ Campfire Outfitter
high_country_ Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,209 E. WA / N. ID	I see the grandkids arguing over that one. Originally Posted by BrentD 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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