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.

Nice find Butch. Looks high-grade. What's the story on the gun?

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.

Certainly not ugly. What's that thing hanging on the muzzle in the top pic?

Kaiser Norton

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.

Nice. Seems like a lot of drop for a purely scoped rifle?

Could be Ed. I haven't shot it yet. I do have shorter bases coming that were supposed to be here last Thanksgiving.

Get some blue tape on it and let'er buck.


She's a peach. Glad you finally got it.

Rem 40x in 22 lr in my opinion is one if not the best 22 ever built

Agree totally with you on that one!!

Butch, that is a sweet rifle....

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

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!

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.

I see the grandkids arguing over that one.