Project: First Projo

So i'm at the Shot Show right, and this guy comes up to me and says "go look" and I say "ok" so I look and what do I see?

The CRKT Booth huh.... Ok. What swag do they have?

A stainless Steel Spork thingy. Niiiiiiiice. Thanx. Hey What is that? My daughter would love that! I can have one? Really? Thank you good sir!

The wooden knife is just that, a wooden knife! It comes as a parts kit and when my daughter and me finished it I was very happy. She wants to take a soldering iron and put our names on the side. Its the small things that really make you happy i guess. Kudos to CRKT for comming up with such a great product! You have made a customer for life.

Shot Show Chassis Hunt

Well after much planning, rushing, and finally getting bumped into by everyone it happened. I survived another year of shot show madness. Among the sea of retailers, manufacturers, leo's, mil's, spooks, nuts, vets, "entitled folk", bloggers, and salesman there I was, your everyday regular joe trying to see what interesting bits there were to see. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I haven't talked about my new project! In my last post I talked about a new AR patterned bolt action that I was in the process of designing. Another shooter was helping with the adaptation of a bigger mag and blah blah blah..... Why talk your ear off with crap that didnt pan out? Its just another project on the back burner. So I still want a bolt action. Just not ready to take that kind of time to design a receiver. What I did want to talk about was the chassis I saw. I got an EDM'd blank for a bolt action from gary breiling and the chassis is the first thing I wanted to focus on. First up, Eberlestock's Chassis. A very sleek and pricey package. This is one that I really considered for my build. I'm going with either a 300winmag or 338lapua. I haven't yet decided. But being able to accept both short and long remmy actions is a plus. And the fact that everything has been shrunk down, minimalised, and streamlined really makes me want it that much more!

Next The JAE stock for the rem 700. Been reading about how this is unobtainium but I dont think they would have shown up to shot without having something to sell. Would have been a real contender for the crown IF it was able to fold! Otherwise its just a nice looking aics.

Racs on racs on racs!!!!!! Unobtanium. and I'm sorry about the song reference...... moving on.

Ahhhhh the Whiskey 3 Chassis. I like this one cause it has that "i'm a European sharpshooter" sorta look to it. Very sexy. But it has no mount for a forward mounting NV (yet). And there's no long action version either (yet). Am I willing to wait? Of course! I can be patient for sexiness.

I don't think a lot of people saw this coming. Desert Tactical's Sword Chassis. A soon to be available chassis that's been in my thoughts for a while. Not a lot is wrong with it in terms of function. Don't know whether they have plans for a long action or not but hey!!! Why didn't they release a bullpup version of their chassis? They do make bullpup bolt action rifles so whats the deal? I know the guy workin the booth told me about connecting rods for triggers and difficulties in terms of installation but doesn't he KNOW who I am???...... I'm the goddamn gunman!

The Tac21 chassis. There's a lot of good things going on in this pic..... a lot of good things. This chassis was actually what I was going to build! An "armalitatized" bolt action. (note to self, copyrite the word armalitatized!)

Now the tubb 2000 shouldn't be on my list of chassis since its considered a complete gun and mcmillan doesn't sell a chassis for a remmy. But since i'm starting from a blank, it doesn't mean that the receiver i'll build will conform to the remington gameplan. I might make a chassis similar to this.

hmm..... ummmm. I actually forgot what company this was! They're based out of Atlanta. The booth guy was very nice and professional. hmmm. NOPE. I cant remember shit. If its not tacmod, mcree precision, or xlr industries then i'm sorry. moving on.

Finally the AICS. And I know I'm missing the AX but hear me out. You really cant go wrong with the original. Its what made a lot of people opt out of getting a wood or a fiberglass stock in the first place. Which is why i haven't posted one of those types of stocks here today. The AICS deserves honorable mention and with the release of viperskins.... you never know.

Now to sum this up i'm sorry if I didn't post anything on the AX, the SABER-FORSST, MANNERS, any other tube gun. Honestly my search did start with competitionshootingstuff's remington RTM. Unfortunately I didn't see any of you guys at the show. I know some of you were there but my girlfriend had to drag me away when Chris Costa Showed up. I wanted to compare chest hair and my girlfriend somehow couldn't see something like that going down.

Crap a year has gone by!

I had almost completely forgotten that I had a blog in the first place! Let me run down the reasons I've been too busy to update the blog 1. I have a full time job. 2. I have a full time family. 3. I have a life! But seriously I've been seeing a lot of things that I probably should have posted. for example.... I went to SHOT show, saw a great deal of vendors, mfg's, and wholesalers excited to get my business. I got about 10 pairs of surefire ear-pros for free there. Those plugs are great. Project urban sniper has had 440 rounds through it so far. a thing of beauty. pay no attention to the rig to its left but i did build that for around 50 bucks, camelback included.

I've been talking with a fellow gunner and we put our heads together for a new project. I don't want to bring madness in terms of you guys asking me questions about time lines and crap like that so I'll just say this. 338 lapua, mag fed, bolt action upper, AR accessories galore.

J-crew. I've actually halted tests cause I'm going to be selling soon! I've built an eCommerce site with ONLY the best in clothing and gear. But the problem is i cant do anymore reviews until i have all my vendors lined up. I have to keep this fair. and believe me when i say I would never push crap! Prototyping brings perspective onto things and while I was playing around with plastic i thought why not build a 45?

Well I cant promise that I'll update regularly, and i cant promise that I'll post all of my projects but..... wait there are no buts. I cant guarantee anything!

Project "a-crew": a short on jackets.

A while back I wrote about urban clothing with tactical uses. 
I found several useful types of clothing and learned that most 
of us already know what works.

First off let me say that I don't see myself using really 
expensive pieces of clothing. I can understand the benefits 
and the necessety that these items provide sometimes so don't 
give me crap about it. Let me just start on what I've messed 
with.

Jackets:
I've settled on the blackwater spec ops jacket. Out of all 
the jackets I've been using it gave the most amount of utility 
while still looking really good. It's becomming my go to jacket 
when the weather turns bad.

Some background. I've tried the thick patrol jackets and the 
patrol jackets with thinsulate pile on the liner. They are 
pretty rugged and lite but get in the way when you reach for 
anything, get wet if you stay in the rain to long, and just 
feel wierd. Not something I want to wear too long.

Athletic type thin jackets. A step in the right direction 
but still cuts it short...... Way short! Even when layering 
it doesn't even cut it as a top layer. And if I was going to 
use it for cold weather that I knew I was going to work in 
I'd wear a long sleeve shirt and pop on a windbreaker after. 
Or wear that blackhawk jacket!

It is pretty sweet. If your carrying it lays over your sidearm 
nicely, so you don't print as much. Doesn't work much for 
bigger fellas but then again what does. I have a lot of portly 
friends so I get to say that!
One gripe I have with the spec-ops jacket is the lack of a 
hood, and a dump pouch style pocket up front. Other than that 
the zippers seal themselves after you close them, the top 
material sheds water like a ducks ass, and the material on 
the inside won't get me too hot when I start running around. 

This is the beginning of my "A-crew" tactical clothing review. 
My next one will be on footwear. I've tried a few here and 
there. Timberlands, bates, and the usual milspec stuff along 
with some newbalance, and Nike sneakers just to mix it up a 
bit. I'm not quite there yet but when I figure it out 
you'll be the first to know.

-- Shark Out

Teaching the next generation

The other day I took four kids to the range. Ages ranging from 8 to 24. Three of them shooting for the first time, the other shooting for the second time. I gave them the basics on safety, and proper shooting technique. And I got them all shooting steel at 500yards. 

I'm so damn proud!

They used the 308. Well..... All except for the 8 year old, 
she used the 223.

Ya know, I've built many a rifle in my day and ya know what? 
I felt as though I've accomplished more in this one day then 
I ever had learning this stuff in the first place. 

Clothes make the man.

Well a new idea hit me today. I caught a glimpse of a movie with Russel Crow and there was this scene where some guy pops an AR together, gets dressed in some bdu's and goes off to kill Russell Crow.... In the city....... I thought WTF!?! Why would anyone get dressed in bdu's to go do some dirty work..... In the goddam city!?!

Ya see kids this is why I don't watch movies that often. Some jackass comes up with the concept of curving bullets and WAM! They make the movie "wanted"! Which by the way I will never watch. Or "titanic". Or the "twilight" series.

But getting back to the point I thought why isn't there a better way of dressing appropriatly for a night on the town? Someones gotta think up something right?

:)

And so begins my next project, project "Urban Outfitterrrr......wait. I can't use that. How bout project "A.crew"! Kinda like J.crew but not gay! :)

I'll post my findings later on.

Clothes make the man.

Happy new year

Well the new year is almost here. Projects Have come and gone but I'm still left with many questions.
- should I consider building a single stack 1911 for 3gun?
- should I further improve my current rifles for matches yet to come?
- should I just start hoarding ammo?
There's a lot on my plate for the comming year. In fact my next idea was a ultimate midrange rifle. Something in the 6.8 spc family.
Yeah I'm sorry I'm not goin with the Grendel. It seems the spc has won the battle. I am afraid of loading issues which has been seen at the long range matches.

More to come later, happy new years everyone!

-- Post From My iPhone

Project Urban Sniper: Complete

After a long while of talking, planning, gathering, machining, and procrastinating, my urban sniper is now complete. This one took a while to finish but I'm glad its over. Some of you may be wondering "Hey! This guy promised perfection!" I'll tell you this much kids, perfection lies not in the part but in the whole. A 260 rem may make a better shooting rifle, but since i wouldn't be shooting it as much it would take out of me learning to be a better shooter, and that my friends is what separates safe queen hoarders and those who want to progress in their craft.

Well thats enough bullshit. On with the pics!Yes! Those are 5 lowers ready for the anodizers. And how pretty they looked when they came back. After the rifle was assembled, tested, sexually assualted, and put away, it was time to really test it. Which takes us to..............

The Mojave Desert. A cruel bitch when it comes to weather conditions. But not when shooting is involved! Its like Disneyland......... But with guns!!!
All the guys came down for Randall's class. The drive was okay.

After setting up and breifing it was time to shoot.The guys had some pretty nice rigs, almost all of them were bolt actions.
Mine however was not quite the norm. I went with a collapsible stock for mobility and surprisingly enough the recoil was less than a full size buffer in an A2 stock.shooter to my right. Howdy!shooter to my left. Nice AICS stock. several shooters had aics stocks on their rigs that day.Randall was spotting for the first half of the shoot. We zeroed at 100. and took down the come ups for several targets between 250 and 1005 yards.
these were the 100 yard targets at the bottom there. im not even going to attempt to show any target beyond 600 yards. Way to far! But me being the only inexperienced long range shooter there, the other shooters had to direct me to the targets. Wow it was far!Amongst the 100yard targets the first one was the pool ball target. You had to shoot stripes or solids when the round started and short time to complete it. The winner of the match and his rig. He did pretty damn good. He did get a stuck casing off a bad round. But that didnt stop him at all. He got a camel-bak from another shooter for winning. Thats the other thing about the guys I shoot with, all a bunch of class-acts!And there I am. In all my glory! Well thats it for this rite up. I will be taking this puppy to test at a 3-gun match so i'll take pics of that one.

The last leg of the race..

Seems that when you're close to completing something the last bit of it just seems so friggin long. The last bit of oxidizing, anodizing, engraving, and testing is about to take place. Sticking to .308 was painful for me, but if i'm going to be shooting with other people then there is no other choice. I hope one day the .260 rem will get the respect it deserves, but till then, make mine a 308.

pics of the setup when milling the lowers

yup.... milling aint easy..... if you dont have the right tools.