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44marty Super Member
Joined: Mar 20, 2009 Posts: 775 Location: Cheshire, MA; USA
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:29 pm Post subject: Re: My new best friend |
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Sorry Suz - forgot to include the link
www.natchezss.com/
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Maqwa Member
Joined: Apr 27, 2010 Posts: 77 Location: North Bay Ont. Canada
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:51 pm Post subject: Re: My new best friend |
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44 Marty
your right on - on all of this .
Hope it helps with any one that reads this and could use the info.
One can always learn something new each day wanting too or not .
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stovepipe Super Member
Joined: Sep 25, 2008 Posts: 4877 Location: Pine, Az.
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:06 pm Post subject: Re: My new best friend |
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Marty is a darn good guy...even if he is a little crimp happy....doh! hehehehe.
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44marty Super Member
Joined: Mar 20, 2009 Posts: 775 Location: Cheshire, MA; USA
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: My new best friend |
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Thanks, Stovey
My daughter just showed me how to crimp a grilled ham and cheese sandwich - time to go eat.
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Suzanne Super Member
Joined: Jun 27, 2009 Posts: 3323 Location: Eugene, Oregon
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Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:09 pm Post subject: Re: My new best friend |
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Ok I got the new stock installed. Had to do some inletting but it was pretty close already. I didn't like the barrel channel because it wasn't tapered like the barrel. Way too much space between the barrel and the wood, so I sawed off the wood and added my own with a narrower barrel channel, it looks much better. I used lace wood and also took off the cheapo butt plate and made a lace wood butt plate. I also epoxy bedded the action. The recoil lug area of the stock was too generous anyway. It shoots good with the bi-pod but I haven't bench rested it yet.
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The last photo is my shooting range, I wish I knew how to make the pictures bigger. I think I've tried all the options on Photobucket. Any suggestions? The very center of the photo you can see a small whitish block, that 's the 100yd spot.
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Suz
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slimjim Super Member
Joined: May 16, 2009 Posts: 8314 Location: Fort Worth TX
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 3:08 am Post subject: Re: My new best friend |
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Suz, a beautiful piece of work! Nice job. Glad it shoots well for you.
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Maqwa Member
Joined: Apr 27, 2010 Posts: 77 Location: North Bay Ont. Canada
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:41 am Post subject: Re: My new best friend |
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Suz That is a work of Art .Now every time you pick up that firarm you can take pride in something you built.
I have not heard of Lace wood . Is this a hard wood ?Where do the tree's grow?
Maqwa
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5002 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:21 pm Post subject: Re: My new best friend |
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Suz, it looks like you did a VERY nice job there. I'll be waiting for some shooting reports. I really ought to get mine out and play with it.
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Suzanne Super Member
Joined: Jun 27, 2009 Posts: 3323 Location: Eugene, Oregon
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:59 pm Post subject: Re: My new best friend |
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Maqwa! HERE'S a really good set of photos of lace wood and I think he tells about where it's from (Australian I believe). It's a hard wood but very easy to work, I've only used it as decorative trim on furniture, but had this 4x8 in. chunk layin around and it was perfect for what I needed.
Pumpkin!! Yeah, I'll try and shoot some this weekend. My birthday on Friday and I'm going to the coast, but I'll probably shoot on Saturday although we're getting some weather this weekend. The tuna are coming in close and Jon wants to see about a charter. I haven't been to the coast in 2 years, can't wait.
Thanks ALL for the nice comments!!
Suz
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44marty Super Member
Joined: Mar 20, 2009 Posts: 775 Location: Cheshire, MA; USA
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:56 pm Post subject: Re: My new best friend |
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Awesome job on the K-31, Suz. Good luck fishing!!! Don't forget to bring wasabi.
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Maqwa Member
Joined: Apr 27, 2010 Posts: 77 Location: North Bay Ont. Canada
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:56 pm Post subject: Re: My new best friend |
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Thanks for the info Suz.
Happy Birthday for Friday . Having a cake ,and going out for dinner ?Going fishing is always a good time .Enjoy
No Birthday candles for this old boy anymore . At 61 one would get too winded trying to blow them out at once to make a wish .
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15715 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:30 pm Post subject: Re: My new best friend |
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Suz....HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATE for Friday.
Here's hoping you have a really great day and weekend fishing. Hope you do heaps better than I do...all I ever seem to do is fatten the buggers up with my bait for others to catch.
Back on topic...that lacewood is certainly one of the species we have out here. We have some fairly nice looking timbers in our scrub land.
Cheers, Vince
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Suzanne Super Member
Joined: Jun 27, 2009 Posts: 3323 Location: Eugene, Oregon
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Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:46 pm Post subject: Re: My new best friend |
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Ok Pumpkin (these are not contest photos, I just used left over targets) I went out today and shot with my bench rest at 100yds and 50 yds. I'm showin my second 100yd target because my first one was messy. Had to adjust the scope and then shot my second one. I kept noticing flyers but don't know if it's the first shot or not as I can't see my shots through the scope. I allowed a cool down after 4 rnds. Only shot 3 targets. I thought it would shoot tighter groups but it's better than it was when it was in the military stock without any bedding.
This is the 50yd from the photo above
This is the 100yd
Dental rulers are handy. Not too bad except for the errant ones.
There was something weird going on in the forest and I noticed it the last time I was out there too. I can hear trees falling but with out any chainsaw sounds or wind or anything. I can hear the tree cracking, the crash through the limbs and the thump when it falls. Today I heard it twice. It's like there's an elephant pushing over trees. Lord help me!
Suz
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slimjim Super Member
Joined: May 16, 2009 Posts: 8314 Location: Fort Worth TX
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Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: My new best friend |
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Suzanne wrote: |
It's like there's an elephant pushing over trees. Lord help me! |
Better always have your biggest gun with you when you head out to the forest!
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5002 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:38 pm Post subject: Re: My new best friend |
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Bigfoot?
What ammo are you using Suz? I found that the Swiss military stuff was awfully accurate, 1.5" group at 100 yards. My handloads haven't touched that, yet...
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