I have been talking to Mike on and off for a couple years now. My experience with him has been extremely positive. If you don't know who Mike Bush is and his Black Ops (formerly Underground Skunkworks) you need to find out.
Mike flew in from Montana for the day with some friends of his bringing with him his new 40x 22lr repeater, a 19" 308 and 20" 300wm. I brought some friends to a local private range and we made a day of it.
First of all mike is a complete professional presents himself really well, super friendly, and fit in perfectly with the small crowd i brought out. We got to the dirty stuff and verifying zero's and moving back.
the 22lr 40x is amazing, one of the most enjoyable guns I've ever had the opportunity to shoot. Definitely the best "trainer" I've seen. The magazine is really easy to use and it feeds awesome. You will see a trend in this post, the attention to detail Mike puts in his builds is AMAZING! You will be hard pressed to find a single flaw in the bedding or fine finish in a single rifle coming out of his shop i am sure. I have a cz453 in a manners and i'm telling you now I'm figuring out how much i can get for a kidney to get a 40x from Mike.
The 308 and 300wm were sister guns, finished just like the 22lr in the same proprietary finish Mike does on all his guns.
the 20" 300wm was a incredible gun, whatever Mike is doing to his chamber and barrels works. Mike explained he is seeing over 2900fps with military mk248 190grn match out of his 20" barrels. He made a believer out of me as a friend of mine and I put about 8 rounds in under 3" at 700 yards.
The 308 was more of the same and almost "boringly" accurate. Attention to detail as with all three was amazing. Mike does some very cool things to his guns. His stock texturing is awesome, I am a huge fan. As with the finish he does. Its deep and very flat, I am not a huge fan of gloss anything on my guns. He installs a integral slide rail under the stock so pic rails can be moved up and down the rail to any desired position, again inletted perfectly into the stock. his proprietary NV mounts were well made, and really nice, he had options for stocks that usually would not be able to take the badger NV mount that i am also a big fan of. All three fed perfectly with everything we shot. No binding at all in any of the defiance built actions he uses.
His bottom metal is really well thought out and easy to use. All the edges have been rounded and its inletted perfectly to the t4a's that they all sat in.
My AW made a appearance and tried to hold its own against the Black Ops weapons.
Can't thank Mike enough for taking the time to come down and visit little ol' me. Had a great time.
Me standing with the man himself (I am the little guy on the left) I'm sorry i'm not more "tactical" I'm not high speed enough to wear cammis at the range. Stand by for some guns from black ops to be in my safe soon.
Mike flew in from Montana for the day with some friends of his bringing with him his new 40x 22lr repeater, a 19" 308 and 20" 300wm. I brought some friends to a local private range and we made a day of it.
First of all mike is a complete professional presents himself really well, super friendly, and fit in perfectly with the small crowd i brought out. We got to the dirty stuff and verifying zero's and moving back.
the 22lr 40x is amazing, one of the most enjoyable guns I've ever had the opportunity to shoot. Definitely the best "trainer" I've seen. The magazine is really easy to use and it feeds awesome. You will see a trend in this post, the attention to detail Mike puts in his builds is AMAZING! You will be hard pressed to find a single flaw in the bedding or fine finish in a single rifle coming out of his shop i am sure. I have a cz453 in a manners and i'm telling you now I'm figuring out how much i can get for a kidney to get a 40x from Mike.
The 308 and 300wm were sister guns, finished just like the 22lr in the same proprietary finish Mike does on all his guns.
the 20" 300wm was a incredible gun, whatever Mike is doing to his chamber and barrels works. Mike explained he is seeing over 2900fps with military mk248 190grn match out of his 20" barrels. He made a believer out of me as a friend of mine and I put about 8 rounds in under 3" at 700 yards.
The 308 was more of the same and almost "boringly" accurate. Attention to detail as with all three was amazing. Mike does some very cool things to his guns. His stock texturing is awesome, I am a huge fan. As with the finish he does. Its deep and very flat, I am not a huge fan of gloss anything on my guns. He installs a integral slide rail under the stock so pic rails can be moved up and down the rail to any desired position, again inletted perfectly into the stock. his proprietary NV mounts were well made, and really nice, he had options for stocks that usually would not be able to take the badger NV mount that i am also a big fan of. All three fed perfectly with everything we shot. No binding at all in any of the defiance built actions he uses.
His bottom metal is really well thought out and easy to use. All the edges have been rounded and its inletted perfectly to the t4a's that they all sat in.
My AW made a appearance and tried to hold its own against the Black Ops weapons.
Can't thank Mike enough for taking the time to come down and visit little ol' me. Had a great time.
Me standing with the man himself (I am the little guy on the left) I'm sorry i'm not more "tactical" I'm not high speed enough to wear cammis at the range. Stand by for some guns from black ops to be in my safe soon.
