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Last of an Era
Posted: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:16:00
by gunderwood
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:21:56
by allingeneral
That's a beautiful rifle!
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:22:43
by gunderwood
For the newbies, there is the thread from the last one he built me:
http://vagunforum.net/your-hardware/cus ... ter#p38062
Forgot to mention that the stock on it is music grade, claro crotch walnut.
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:27:05
by allingeneral
"Crotch walnut" - what does that mean, exactly? (I ask as I refrain from making an obvious wisecrack)
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:24:28
by Yarddawg
Beautiful gun my friend!
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:08:37
by gunderwood
allingeneral wrote:"Crotch walnut" - what does that mean, exactly? (I ask as I refrain from making an obvious wisecrack)
Crotch: In lumber, a piece of wood taken from the fork of a tree. Crotch Veneer is highly valued for its figuring.
Claro Walnut: Originally it referred to the Juglans Hansi root stock portion of a walnut log that was just below the graft line on California’s English walnut orchard trees. Today however, many dealers in western walnut refer to all stock as Claro to differentiate itself from its more common eastern cousin. Outside of California’s walnut groves many ungrafted trees grow entire logs of Juglans Hansi. Northwest Timber provides western (Claro) walnut in random lumber graded from furniture grades to instrument quality. Lumber, Billets and Blocks are the forms you will find our material milled to.
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:19:26
by gunderwood
allingeneral wrote:That's a beautiful rifle!
Yarddawg wrote:Beautiful gun my friend!
Thanks. I wish I had more money so I could have gotten a few more out of him before he retired. Although he is/has trained a new guy down in Arkansas, so I'll probably look into that. For now I need to save my pennies so I can put some nice glass on it.
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:39:47
by zephyp
Very sweet gun Garrett...bull barrel????
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:00:13
by gunderwood
zephyp wrote:Very sweet gun Garrett...bull barrel????
No, the other has a bull barrel. This barrel has taper to it, #7 IIRC.
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:29:58
by zephyp
gunderwood wrote:zephyp wrote:Very sweet gun Garrett...bull barrel????
No, the other has a bull barrel. This barrel has taper to it, #7 IIRC.
Kinda looked like one in the pic. Nice gun though...
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:21:05
by skeeterss0
love the wood on that gun...talk about natural camoflauge
Beautiful gun!
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:06:45
by TheGodfather
gunderwood wrote:Forgot to mention that the stock on it is music grade, claro crotch walnut.
First thought that came to my head when I saw that walnut was that it would've looked awesome as a guitar. Gorgeous!
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:26:29
by SgtBill
Garret that I another beautifull piece to ad to your collection.
Bill
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:00:32
by kanata67
nice.
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:04:00
by Diomed
One does not see that grade of wood on anything but wallhangers...
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:59:58
by gunderwood
Diomed wrote:One does not see that grade of wood on anything but wallhangers...
Usually, but I am not a collector. Everything I own I shoot, although I have considered putting them up as wall hangers between shooting sessions.
Edit: I should have planned better and bought 6mmBR Lapua brass and dies before the benchrest season. I'll find some, but a lot of the cheaper places are out of stock right now. Bore guide is on order and should be just a another week or two.
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:32:08
by DavidG
Garret,
Those are a couple of nice looking rifles. The wood is about as pretty of figured as I've seen. I'm sure you're proud of them.You gonna bring them to Bill's in May? I'd like to see them in person.
DavidG
Re: Last of an Era
Posted: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:01:14
by gunderwood
DavidG wrote:Garret,
Those are a couple of nice looking rifles. The wood is about as pretty of figured as I've seen. I'm sure you're proud of them.You gonna bring them to Bill's in May? I'd like to see them in person.
DavidG
Maybe. It depends on what else I'm planning to bring. While I'd love to own a truck, I don't because I can't justify the costs for limited uses at this point. Perhaps someday it will make enough sense. That limits how much I can bring and if I bring the 50BMG that takes up a bit of space. Also, they are setup for varmint bullets which aren't the best for paper punching, so I'm not sure there is much point in shooting them at Bills, but we'll see. Perhaps I'll bring one just for show and tell.
