I'm gonna miss her

[fishing4sanity]

I had a custom rifle built for a good friend, went all out, made it like I would for myself (along with input from him). Well it's finally done and letting it go wasn't easy. I now wish I would have had them make two identical ones, other than one being right-handed. He asked my son to help him get a load developed for it, and I made the mistake of shooting some of the test loads before he took it home. Shooting 4 shot tests, I ended up getting the two smallest groups I've ever shot in my life. I told him if he gets tired of it, I'll hunt with a left-handed rifle. Here are a few pics if you're like me and just like looking at guns - even ones that aren't yours. As he drove away I'm not sure if I got dust in my eye or just emotional.

 

[sneakypete]

Great looking gun! Very nicely done! What caliber is it?

 

[fishing4sanity]

6.5 GAP / 6.5 SAUM If you buy the Hornady made brass it's stamped as a 6.5 GAP.

 

[mtmuley]

Hunting rifle? mtmuley

 

[fishing4sanity]

Mainly hunting, but should be fun stretching it out at the range too.

 

[noharleyyet]

Interesting when accurate. Always like rifle images.

 

[the nikster]

Do you need any more friends? That is a beautiful gift.

 

[Elkhunter24]

That's a nice looking rig!!

 

[mtmander]

nice looking and accurate , great

 

[fishing4sanity]

nikster, I could always use more friends, especially friends with fish like the one in your avatar. These are the two best groups of my life, each is a 4 shot group. The guy behind the rifle (me) has plenty of shotgun looking groups, so I'm attributing these to the rifle and the great work at Short Action Customs.

 

[El Jason]

Think you could tighten up those groups a little bit ?

 

[fishing4sanity]

Think you could tighten up those groups a little bit ?

My son asked if I wanted to "prove it" afterwards - nope, I'll take my "blind squirrel finds a nut" luck and move on. I'll get a chance to shoot the rifle again, but repeating that ain't gonna happen.