Jacobite said:
I still like the top one. Give me the skinny on her if you would be so kind.
Jacobite ,
It began life at the Winchester factory in 1945 making it older than I . It spent time in Europe and got left there by an uncle we both know . It was saved by Saint Orest of Markmanship for the benifit of mankind and though it was weary worn and sad , it has a solid heart . I had a wied idea kicking around in my head ( there is a lot of room there and much kicking was done ) .
I the year of 2000 we had a real ugly wind come through attempting to move hills and valleys and was unsuccessfull in moving much dirt . Trees however did not far so well .Now here's where the skinny of the top rifle comes in . The wind left a somewhat large double trunk Cherry tree laying in the beanfield . After figuring that the planter couldn't drive over a twenty-three inch trunk . I thought why not turn it into a Garand stock ?
After cleaning the logs and brush out of the field a sawyer came out and planked the logs out and I dreid them for about two years untill I couldn't take it anymore and stuck them in a big wooden crate with a space heater for a couple months . The heat in the box was measured with a candy thermometer .
You may have noticed I am rather partial to Wenig stocks . I don't work for them , I just really like the shape of the wood as they make it . Wenig milled out the stock set from my blank and I sent that and the rifle to Dean's for the final finsh of wood and metal . I was happy with the groups I was getting and it ran fine but Dean , ever the craftsman . Steered me into a new gas cylinder and said a new barrel would help . Being short of cash I had him use a nearly new HRA barrel from the HRA he was working on for me . ( collectors , please don't skin me

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It took about four months to melt the glacier in the backyard so I could shoot it and when I did the mirage helped me get the nine at four o'clock The shot at ten is my fault .
Knobcreek , I'd love to help ya out . But the truth to tell , every one of those rifles was done by Dean . The fitting and timing of the two in the middle was done by me . The top and bottom dean traded barrels and put a .308 on the HRA on the bottom .
Does that clear things up a bit ?
Jack