This rifle is built from the ground up, 24" barrel in 6.5 Creedmoor/ 20" barrel in .308 Win.
The stock is polymer/carbon fiber reinforced. The trigger is adjustable from 2.4oz to 4lbs.
$2200.00
This rifle has so many cool options, not enough space here to fully cover it. Guns & Ammo has a wonderful article on this flagship for 2019.
And…here’s part 3, the rifle handling refresher. Still valid info after twenty-some years, methinks.
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An excellent article, as always. I will start using ear plugs and muffs at the same time. I keep ear plugs with me, in a bag, in case I experience loud music at a wedding. Well, I was at a birthday party Saturday night, and the music was too loud. I had left my ear plugs in my car, which was parked a block away. Should have gone to get them, but I didn’t, and danced anyway. However, I left the party earlier than I would have if I had had the ear plugs in.
I also appreciate the real life warning stories which accompany your advice in that article. Reminds me of the photos you have in “In the Gravest Extreme.” Those photos are very instructive. I’ve led a sheltered life, and never see hideous things except in movies, so those photos really help me learn, and remember what I learn.
In the mid-70’s a co-worker related his experience with a rifle, at home. His son had brought a .22 semi-auto into the living room. “Is that unloaded?” “Yes.” “Give it here.” He pointed it at a fish aquarium – and pulled the trigger. His wife was rather upset at the mess. (They did save the fish.)
Me? Was talking to the chap playing Virgil Earp, on the boardwalk outside the Crystal Palace. He passed me the shotgun used in the reenactment, muzzles pointed at the sky. Kept that alignment and opened it. A double ‘thump’ on the boardwalk – two chamber inserts that allowed 45 Colt blanks to be used in ‘the gunfight’. Always properly clear any weapon. I believe it was you Mas, who wrote, “If you’re not familiar with a particular weapon, ask the owner to show you how to properly clear it.”
I’ve been shooting since I was eight years old, and am quite comfortable with firearms.
That said, this article, along with the first two installments, was well worth the time I spend reading. A periodic refresher, as mentioned above, is a good thing.
It made me think carefully about what I already “know” and taught me a few things in the process. Food for thought, as they say.
Another “trained professional” here who just read this and valued every sentence. I like that you added those brief anecdotes to Colonel Cooper’s 4 safety rules. I hear them parroted alot recently but with a complete lack of thoery and practice. Colonel Cooper’s El Presidente drill is another stroke of genius when you learn the how and why of its conception and development. I also really like the Hostage Rescue Shot drill from Scott Reitz’ ITS schoolhouse, an amazing sink or swim 1 round drill. It allows for very comprehensive debrief and learning experience for the student regarding Colonel Cooper’s 4 rules, going from dark to light really reveals alot for the student and the teacher, its as stressful as it is simple, no margin for error, as close to immediate and tangible results as you can get on the range. You can find it on youtube.
An excellent article, as always. I will start using ear plugs and muffs at the same time. I keep ear plugs with me, in a bag, in case I experience loud music at a wedding. Well, I was at a birthday party Saturday night, and the music was too loud. I had left my ear plugs in my car, which was parked a block away. Should have gone to get them, but I didn’t, and danced anyway. However, I left the party earlier than I would have if I had had the ear plugs in.
I also appreciate the real life warning stories which accompany your advice in that article. Reminds me of the photos you have in “In the Gravest Extreme.” Those photos are very instructive. I’ve led a sheltered life, and never see hideous things except in movies, so those photos really help me learn, and remember what I learn.
I kept earplugs handy when I chaperoned my teenagers or their friends at their events. Musicians are REAL PROUD of their speakers.
“Dad, you’re embarrassing us again!”
“It’s part of a father’s job description.”
Refreshers always a good plan.
In the mid-70’s a co-worker related his experience with a rifle, at home. His son had brought a .22 semi-auto into the living room. “Is that unloaded?” “Yes.” “Give it here.” He pointed it at a fish aquarium – and pulled the trigger. His wife was rather upset at the mess. (They did save the fish.)
Me? Was talking to the chap playing Virgil Earp, on the boardwalk outside the Crystal Palace. He passed me the shotgun used in the reenactment, muzzles pointed at the sky. Kept that alignment and opened it. A double ‘thump’ on the boardwalk – two chamber inserts that allowed 45 Colt blanks to be used in ‘the gunfight’. Always properly clear any weapon. I believe it was you Mas, who wrote, “If you’re not familiar with a particular weapon, ask the owner to show you how to properly clear it.”
I’ve been shooting since I was eight years old, and am quite comfortable with firearms.
That said, this article, along with the first two installments, was well worth the time I spend reading. A periodic refresher, as mentioned above, is a good thing.
It made me think carefully about what I already “know” and taught me a few things in the process. Food for thought, as they say.
Thanks Mas.
Another “trained professional” here who just read this and valued every sentence. I like that you added those brief anecdotes to Colonel Cooper’s 4 safety rules. I hear them parroted alot recently but with a complete lack of thoery and practice. Colonel Cooper’s El Presidente drill is another stroke of genius when you learn the how and why of its conception and development. I also really like the Hostage Rescue Shot drill from Scott Reitz’ ITS schoolhouse, an amazing sink or swim 1 round drill. It allows for very comprehensive debrief and learning experience for the student regarding Colonel Cooper’s 4 rules, going from dark to light really reveals alot for the student and the teacher, its as stressful as it is simple, no margin for error, as close to immediate and tangible results as you can get on the range. You can find it on youtube.