The young fella had his extractor break on his rifle at the start of summer so we took it to the local smith to hook us up. Thompson Center was very good to deal with and sent us 2 by the way.
Anyway the smith is a talkative ol bugger and used to be a competitive shooter, just about had the young fella talked into buying one of his custom rifles, until the ol guy came out to the car to talk to the wife that was sitting patiently (NOT!!) waiting for us. He brought up the idea and the ol girl was not happy with the idea at all. `your not buying anymore guns for a while`
Well the boy and I saw a loophole and decided to re-barrel instead :twisted: , pillar bedded, blueprinted the action, worked the trigger the best he could and a med heavy 26`barrel. Just picked it up last saturday, can`t wait to hit the range, I figure the boy will be outshooting his old man very soon.
Anyway the smith is a talkative ol bugger and used to be a competitive shooter, just about had the young fella talked into buying one of his custom rifles, until the ol guy came out to the car to talk to the wife that was sitting patiently (NOT!!) waiting for us. He brought up the idea and the ol girl was not happy with the idea at all. `your not buying anymore guns for a while`
Well the boy and I saw a loophole and decided to re-barrel instead :twisted: , pillar bedded, blueprinted the action, worked the trigger the best he could and a med heavy 26`barrel. Just picked it up last saturday, can`t wait to hit the range, I figure the boy will be outshooting his old man very soon.
