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dale
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10 and done
      #116544 - 09/10/08 06:19 AM





















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Cinghiale
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Re: 10 and done [Re: dale]
      #116551 - 09/10/08 10:13 AM

Dale,

Congratulations on a great job. A rifle that aches to go out hunting! Please keep us informed of the progress of this gun in the field.

Regards,

MOG

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Re: 10 and done [Re: Cinghiale]
      #116584 - 10/10/08 10:48 AM

Dale,
Tell Dad that he did a fantastic job on this one all the way around. You are one lucky guy!
Bob H.

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Re: 10 and done [Re: Birdhunter50]
      #116655 - 11/10/08 11:55 AM

Amazing!!!!

That's inspiration for me to build one. My compliments to the craftsman.

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Re: 10 and done [Re: dale]
      #116692 - 12/10/08 01:39 AM

Dale,

Your posts are among my favorites here and I am always delighted beyond my wildest expectations when I visit them. To call this magnificent would be an understatement.

Thanks for sharing pictures and very good hunting! This of course means that there will be mroe pictures, so you may consider this a selfish wish from my behalf.

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The Ark was made by amateurs. Experts built the Titanic.

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rigbymauser
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Re: 10 and done [Re: mehulkamdar]
      #116698 - 12/10/08 03:08 AM

Fantastic.

If I had a little double like that, I could easely trash all my bolts ..

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Re: 10 and done [Re: rigbymauser]
      #116720 - 12/10/08 08:31 AM

You did a hell of a job on that one, a awsome piece indeed.

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Andreas

"Yeas it kicks like a mule he said, but always remember that its much worse standing on the other end"

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dale
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Re: 10 and done [Re: 450_366]
      #116915 - 14/10/08 04:11 PM

Gentlemen,

Thank you, I really appreciate your kind remarks. I love the rifle. It is heavier than most 9.3x74r doubles but the recoil is nothing, the barrels don't heat up bad and it shoots great. Honestly though about the only part I got to do was sand and polish and I usually screwed that up. It means a lot to me because Dad made it and I sat with him hour after hour as he worked on it. Each time I look at the gun I remember how long each part took and all the things he had to do to bring each little part togeather for the final result. Today is Dad's 80th birthday and he swears it's the last one.

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Re: 10 and done [Re: dale]
      #117056 - 16/10/08 01:33 PM

Dale,
That turned out to be a fine looking rifle with great attention to detail.I'm looking forward to shooting it too.
Oh by the way......do you think I could talk your Dad into building me one?
congratulations

Fred

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bigdog
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Re: 10 and done [Re: WVFRED]
      #117228 - 19/10/08 03:47 PM

Thats a great looking gun. It should be a real pleasure shooting out in the field. Enjoy it.

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Kyle, I love you buddy, Dad

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dale
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Re: 10 and done [Re: bigdog]
      #117425 - 22/10/08 05:57 PM

Thanks Bigdog.

Fred, I wish you could have made it this past weekend. We had a great time. I took the 9.3 and Tom brought his new one. It's a gem and a tackdriver. After seeing how it shoots a man will never get it from him. :^)

I had him shoot mine. Austin and I had scattered a bunch of small plastic pop bottles out around the 50 yd. target. I put the peep on and had him fire two then as fast as possible he put on the zeiss shot two and again as fast as possible changed to the leupold and fired two. He hit all six and I loved the hell out of it. No, I didn't shoot after that. :^)

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Yogi000
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Re: 10 and done [Re: dale]
      #117909 - 30/10/08 06:16 AM

A 9.3X74R !!! wow that is what I want, too... a beauty by the way and tell your dad he has many fans and he better keep going. He is no quitter.

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buckbrush
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Re: 10 and done [Re: Yogi000]
      #118144 - 02/11/08 02:29 PM

where is the balance point on this rifle? Is it well ahead of the hinge pin, 3" , 4" ...

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Re: 10 and done [Re: buckbrush]
      #118146 - 02/11/08 03:14 PM

Dale-

Great looking rifle.
I especially like the little rear aperture sight.
Nice touch.

Have you hunted with it yet?
Make a nice dinner for your old man on my behalf.



Cheers
Tinker

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"It IS a dangerous game, and so named for a reason, and you can't play from the keyboard. " --Some Old Texan...

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Re: 10 and done [Re: tinker]
      #118182 - 03/11/08 03:56 AM

In a double rifle for hunting about anywhere, the 9.3x74 would have been my choice too. Very nice!

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Daryl


"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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dale
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Re: 10 and done [Re: DarylS]
      #118305 - 04/11/08 06:39 PM

Gentlemen,

thanks, I have to admit I'm well pleased with the way it finaly turned out. Buckbrush, you nailed it, 3" past the hinge pin. A knife edge point is right at the back screw of the forend iron.

A few thoughts. We could have hollowed out the rib and thinned down the barrel profiles a lot more to cut the weight but after a lot of shooting and thought, I do believe they both contribute to the accuracy. The gun sure isn't finicky. I wanted it regulated with 286gn. bullets but the cost was a killer. After I had ran through several boxes, I tried some 270gns. with intentions of using the second sight blade for cheaper plinking bullets instead of for a longer distance. I figured we could use one scope for the cheaper bullets to play with but I wanted an iron sight to play with as well. I thought if nothing else we could make a new blade and refile it if necessary. To my astonishment and delight they shot the exact same poi. At this point I started using the 270 bullets and periodically doublechecking against the 286. It never changed.
Some of the cases have been reloaded 8 times and so far I've only lost one case to seperation.

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WVTOM
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Re: 10 and done [Re: dale]
      #119001 - 17/11/08 11:34 AM

I watched that gun come together and shot it !! Dale---bring it to the farm for doe season--if you miss I will tell.

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