"Componants were hard to find" is putting it mildly. At the time I built this rifle, John Buhmiller was the only source for .500" or .510" caliber center fire barrels. When I built my .577, there were no .577 center fire barrels available. Another shooter and I had to split an order for multiple barrels (10) from a barrel maker in Colorado in order to get him to tool up for them. Then, the delay was interminable, despite our paying for the work up front.

Finally, I was rescued by Les Bauska, who had taken over John Buhmiller's barrel making equipment after John passed away. After I didn't need them any more, I finally got the barrels from the Colorado maker.

They also forget that shooting a rifle with significant recoil off hand is not like shooting a .22 caliber from the same position. This is why my stock measurements came off my favorite international skeet gun. I use the same position shooting a rifle like mine, designed for instinctive shooting, as I do with my shotguns: weight on the forward foot, head forward, rifle brought up to the cheek with the butt firmly located on the shoulder.

I have seen shooters in high power competition shooting their AR15's with the toe of the butt stock resting on top of their shoulder (forbidden by the rules), or with the toe of the stock just barely engaged with the pad of the shooting jacket. Other shooters, using match rifles, have the adjustable butt plates lowered to the point that the effect is the same. All very well, when shooting at paper, but hardly the position for the hunting field, dangerous game or otherwise.