Wife's guilted maple M-96, in 6.5x55. I was working on it one day and my wife walked into the shop, you building that for me, in her best expectant voice....Yes Dear. There went my Mauser.

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“To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is best to plan for all eventualities then believe in success, and only cross the failure bridge if you come to it."
Francis Marion - The Swamp Fox