Field testing this
rifle involved three days this week. It will be shipped now that
it's proven itself to be a Barnes.
Everything was assembled
and lubed ...
All details were correct
...
Scope was mounted,
and slugs were cast ...
My white beard comes
from little things like this. I take my completed, figured walnut
stock, and I clamp it up in the drill press vise - go to heroic
efforts so that I don't scratch anything, and then I drill a big
ole hole in it, in the correct place, at the correct angle, to
the correct depth. My tool steel, heat treated sling mount with
it's integral plug base is then inlaid 3/4" deep into the
bedrock of the stock and epoxied in. Yes ... I could buy (for
about $7 ) a sling stud, with a simple lag bolt thread, and screw
it into your stock. Rather, my version costs $65 complete ...
for the lay out, machining, heat treating, and proper installation.
Do it wrong and I've made a major mess of the finished stock.
Do it right, and it's solid and ready to carry a Barnes rifle
or support a bi-pod for accurate shooting.
Ready for the range
in the morning ...
And, at the end of
three days ... here's the proof of the pudding ...
The Barnes 45 caliber
Bishop is a 280 grain slug. It's doing a great job in this rifle.
Three slugs went thru there, shot from 50 yards away.
The Barnes Peppergrinder
is a 350 grain slug. That extra weight gives it a significant
punch from a rifle like the Nitro 2. Three slugs blasted thru
that hole - shot from 50 yards away! I'd say that's about ready
to ship...
