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    Well, if it is a brand new receiver that already had 8-40 screw holes, that presents a problem. You can go up to a #12 hole and make...
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    That is the truth. I missed an issue with a chambering job and it did not show up until I was about to hand it over to my customer. He...
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    bluegrassdan replied to the thread GUNWERKS.
    If I remember right, they do all of their own barrels in house.
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    bluegrassdan replied to the thread Input on damaged rifling.
    OK, understand now. Ruger #1's are great rifles, but re barreling one can be challenging (that's machinist code for "this is going to...
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    bluegrassdan replied to the thread Input on damaged rifling.
    My shooting team mate has a Savage model 12 in .308, barrel is dark, rough as hell but will clean a 1000 yard F class target with boring...
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    bluegrassdan replied to the thread Input on damaged rifling.
    Oh crap, that is NOT good. Not to sound like captain obvious or sounding like I am questioning you intelligence, but can I ask why you...
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    bluegrassdan replied to the thread Input on damaged rifling.
    Wow, that's a LOT of fouling right there. Has it been taken back to bare steel to see what's under all of that?
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    bluegrassdan replied to the thread Input on damaged rifling.
    To be honest, I would have been pretty skeptical that it would shoot. I have seen some bad barrels, this one is in the top 5 for sure...
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    bluegrassdan replied to the thread Input on damaged rifling.
    Probably the single largest source of questions we get is from customers who get a bore scope and think that every barrel is supposed to...
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    bluegrassdan reacted to Fire_9's post in the thread Input on damaged rifling with Like Like.
    What difference does it make if it shoots as well as you say it does? Borescopes have got to be the biggest pain in the ass for barrel...
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    I just finished this one for a 2026 Moose hunt in Canada. The scope will be swapped out for one that is meant for hunting, this Arken is...
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    bluegrassdan replied to the thread Building your own stock.
    This was a winter project and is still in the finishing stages. All in about 70 hours worth of inletting and shaping from a slab of...
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    bluegrassdan replied to the thread GUNWERKS.
    Well, that kind of depends on your idea of "worth" doesn't it? I build rifles for my customers that I would put up there with the best...
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    bluegrassdan replied to the thread Newfoundland Moose.
    I was thinking either sex is fine with me, I hunt to fill the freezer, a bull rack is just a bonus. I have walked in my knee high rubber...
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    bluegrassdan replied to the thread Newfoundland Moose.
    I have a hunt scheduled in the Deer lake/Southwest Pond area in Late September 2026. This is my first Moose hunt and I am looking for...

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