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Another problem is people not being bright enough to know who to ask for answers to their questions. If you have an action question, ask the folks that make the action, not the stock.

It's a common problem with Yankees.

1.) Listening to people that don't know what the [bleep] they're talking about. This can include the gunsmith.

2.) Not listening to people that do know what the [bleep] they're talking about. This can include the gunsmith.


Travis

Shank length
Gearing for overall weight with no thoughts to balance
Throat/magazine disfunction
Too heavy of a contour

Excepting the balance problem, those have been my mistakes so far.

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This.


My first custom is a pretty basic .223. I have a really good smith here and I basically told him to put together what HE would like in a utility rifle. He did and it remains as one of my very faves...

Dealing with people who hate Yankees because their wife/ex-wife is from Philly and she is deeply entrenched in left-wing democratic beliefs, then because of this, has a greater than thou attitude towards everyone that lives north of the Mason Dixon Line!!


PS - For the record, BAT was contacted..........wanna see the email between me and Daryle Thom??? In fact, send me your email address and I'll forward it to you!!!!!!

Contacting BAT was not the issue, getting a return call/email from McMillan was.....remember big boy??

No, her family KNOWS how to say thank you. I'm just grateful they don't get puzzy hurt so quickly.

I have had many customs made and for me the #1 thing is to choose the right gunsmith, the first few I had built I had the wrong one

#2 is to have your own reamer made, not been happy with the reamer specs on most of my customs with rented reamers or one the gunsmith had on hand.

#3 might just be me, but using a Pac-Nor 3 groove barrel led to dissatisfaction every time I bought one. buy a better brand of barrel and be sure of the twist you want.

I did appreciate & still do appreciate your efforts/information, but obviously you don't think so??? You have to give someone the chance to say thank you, not jump his azz right off the bat (no pun intended)!!

Puzzy hurt.......not at all my man, just clarifying the record!! In fact who's puzzy hurt here and keeps re-hashing this BS after we kissed and made up??

This ain't even sporting. Trust me, you took my first post FAR too seriously.

We are all good....................I gotta laugh out of it!! In fact, I was expecting some type of post from you about that debacle waayyy before this one!!

no suggestion about mistakes. My advice for planning. I buy parts when I find deals. when I gather enough I get one done. Make no mistake if you ever resale you in for a loss

I autograph mine before selling. I always come out ahead.



Travis

That about covers it....what comes around goes around.

Barrel selection is the beginning and end of a good rifle.

That being said, I have never understood why someone would spend all that money on a custom that basically duplicates a gun that could be bought at Walmart.

Not budgeting enough money.

BINGO! We have a winner. The idea is to get a perfect gun so pay attention to those that have been there and done that. Most will tell you what they did wrong and what they did right. Lots of knowledge on here just for the asking. Why ask for advice and then totally ignore it?

Sounds about right. Choose a POS action and let it tell you what it could possibly digest reliably, then wrap it in something unstable, but fun to massage warm oils into.

Sounds like a girl I once knew

1. Weight. It's real easy for the weight to get out of control. Gunsmiths would always rather build them heavy because it's easier for them to make a heavy rifle that shoots.

2. Letting a gunsmith talk you into what he wants to do instead of what YOU want. I'm all for listening to and taking sound advice, but there comes a time when you've gotta just say "this is the way I want it, make it happen".

Assuming the rifle will be worth what you have in it.