Post by GLSHOOTER on Aug 17, 2012 14:38:32 GMT -8
Time to show what has been cooking for a few months at BHW for me. I decided back a few months ago that since I had a 6X45 and a 6X68 I needed the last of the series to complete my 6 MM entourage. I also want to share what this one says about my past.
Since I am so involved in the long range aspect of shooting PD's and F-Class I wanted a full bull barrel profile with a 24" tube. I wanted the option of trying a bit bigger bullet in matches than the other two and I knew that the LBC case will put out a bit more performance than the 6X68 even though they are virtually identical in their case capacity.
Of course I can't stand plain since Kiz and BHW came onto my radar screen so I spent a few days thinking about what I wanted engraved on this one. I have reached a point in my life where a smile flickers when I think of my myriad of experiences over the years and I wanted to focus a bit on my career that I just retired from.
Before I retired I was on SORT, FBOP SWAT, as the medical person and as a trainer for and as a M/O wit h the team. I was the oldest member on the teams in the US on my retirement and have nothing but good memories of the years I trained and operated with them.
They have a motto like many close knit groups and the one on the barrel is the FBOP's that we went by. I never had much use for Latin but the translation on this one is, "Fortune Favors The Bold" Not original to SORT but it does bring up what many have learned.
Ruminations over here we go.
The RW&BT showed up and the nice lady carted this one to the door for me.
The box has made a full six round trips now from here to Ritch Johnson at RPG, Forum Sponsor, up in St. George, Utah. The extra cost for shipping tape is about $2.50 per trip at this point. Ritch and I are recycling big time. It is the box that one of my DCM M1 Carbines came in.
I got out the knife and started cutting tape. This was not the quietest and slowest activity in the house so I had company PDQ. This is Koko. He does initial inspection and QC on any packages I receive. He noted that beside the upper that this one had a batch of 28 gauge Remington hulls for use against his arch enemies the Morning Doves. After inspection he gave me a Four Paws Rating for Ritch's work and the new upper.
I didn't have a lose scope to mount but a lower was not hard to come by that will suffice temporarily. This one is pretty stock except for the trigger job I've done on it. Kind of cloudy today but a batch of sunshine hit so I strolled out to the mint patch for a photo op.
The upper is an RRA and the FF tube is a Young Manufacturing unit. I didn't put the BCG or charging handle in it for the pictures but it will be an Aero unit. To show what Kiz has wrought and the specs on the barrel I took a shot to show what will be slinging bullets down range shortly.
And the motto that keeps me trying even today.
Kiz added the griffins, or gryphus in Latin, as a nice finishing touch and I thought her choice was very apt. I think that this is not the last BHW barrel I'll have with those in place.
I'll be making brass this weekend and hopefully Fortune and Sting will make a trip to the range next week for a shakedown session and get their initial rounds down range. I'll have a lot to say as these two make their preferences known.
Any thoughts?
Greg
Since I am so involved in the long range aspect of shooting PD's and F-Class I wanted a full bull barrel profile with a 24" tube. I wanted the option of trying a bit bigger bullet in matches than the other two and I knew that the LBC case will put out a bit more performance than the 6X68 even though they are virtually identical in their case capacity.
Of course I can't stand plain since Kiz and BHW came onto my radar screen so I spent a few days thinking about what I wanted engraved on this one. I have reached a point in my life where a smile flickers when I think of my myriad of experiences over the years and I wanted to focus a bit on my career that I just retired from.
Before I retired I was on SORT, FBOP SWAT, as the medical person and as a trainer for and as a M/O wit h the team. I was the oldest member on the teams in the US on my retirement and have nothing but good memories of the years I trained and operated with them.
They have a motto like many close knit groups and the one on the barrel is the FBOP's that we went by. I never had much use for Latin but the translation on this one is, "Fortune Favors The Bold" Not original to SORT but it does bring up what many have learned.
Ruminations over here we go.
The RW&BT showed up and the nice lady carted this one to the door for me.
The box has made a full six round trips now from here to Ritch Johnson at RPG, Forum Sponsor, up in St. George, Utah. The extra cost for shipping tape is about $2.50 per trip at this point. Ritch and I are recycling big time. It is the box that one of my DCM M1 Carbines came in.
I got out the knife and started cutting tape. This was not the quietest and slowest activity in the house so I had company PDQ. This is Koko. He does initial inspection and QC on any packages I receive. He noted that beside the upper that this one had a batch of 28 gauge Remington hulls for use against his arch enemies the Morning Doves. After inspection he gave me a Four Paws Rating for Ritch's work and the new upper.
I didn't have a lose scope to mount but a lower was not hard to come by that will suffice temporarily. This one is pretty stock except for the trigger job I've done on it. Kind of cloudy today but a batch of sunshine hit so I strolled out to the mint patch for a photo op.
The upper is an RRA and the FF tube is a Young Manufacturing unit. I didn't put the BCG or charging handle in it for the pictures but it will be an Aero unit. To show what Kiz has wrought and the specs on the barrel I took a shot to show what will be slinging bullets down range shortly.
And the motto that keeps me trying even today.
Kiz added the griffins, or gryphus in Latin, as a nice finishing touch and I thought her choice was very apt. I think that this is not the last BHW barrel I'll have with those in place.
I'll be making brass this weekend and hopefully Fortune and Sting will make a trip to the range next week for a shakedown session and get their initial rounds down range. I'll have a lot to say as these two make their preferences known.
Any thoughts?
Greg