I have been a Sniper's Hide member for just over five years and it has been the worst thing and the best thing that ever happened to my weapons knowledge base; bad for the pocket book but great for knowledge. I would like to take a quick time out to thank Lowlight for a great informational site. Without this site I would have never got to meet and befriend Mike Bush, the Owner and CEO of BlackOps Precision, along with Tim Cronin and Colton Bagnoli, the master gun dudes behind the scenes that make these rifles as crazy accurate as they are. I would love to make this a sticky for BlackOps owners to exchange rifle pics, loads, and other items of information that BlackOps precision owners would require to build that perfect load but that isn't up to me.
I first came upon BlackOps Precision a couple of years ago when I was looking for my first custom build. I did a lot of research and talked to quite a few builders then I came across Mike Bush. I called BlackOps and got a hold of Mike in an airport, traveling who knows where, but he was kind enough to walk me through my options for a build which turned into a BlackOps Perseus.
I liked that one so much that it wasn't even a year later when I was calling Mike Bush again looking for another build. And, this is where it gets trick,y but, also shows the class act of Mike and crew. I ordered up a Recon in 308 and Mike took the order and off he went. About six months into the build I was talking to Mike and discussing my loading and how with my 20" 308 was getting 2580 fps but I wanted more. Now, he could have said, well juice up the load, but what he did was to take a whole different turn and approach. He told me he would think about what to do and email me back. He emailed me and told me I should go with a Creedmoor for my build. Which I said, well, I thought you were close to already finishing the 308. What he said next blew me away, he said, that's OK, we will finish that rifle and and I will sale it to someone. Now, this is a left handed rifle so it isn't the easiest to sale. He said they will start a new Creedmoor build for me...which he did, and let me tell you something, that rifle is an absolute hammer.
This is it and I couldn't be more happy; but, lets face it, not everyone would do that for a client and maybe Mike wished he didn't for me too. But, he did, and I am forever grateful for an owner that took the time to educate a rifle junky.
I am sure I am not the only guy with a Mike Bush story so feel free to chime in.
I first came upon BlackOps Precision a couple of years ago when I was looking for my first custom build. I did a lot of research and talked to quite a few builders then I came across Mike Bush. I called BlackOps and got a hold of Mike in an airport, traveling who knows where, but he was kind enough to walk me through my options for a build which turned into a BlackOps Perseus.
I liked that one so much that it wasn't even a year later when I was calling Mike Bush again looking for another build. And, this is where it gets trick,y but, also shows the class act of Mike and crew. I ordered up a Recon in 308 and Mike took the order and off he went. About six months into the build I was talking to Mike and discussing my loading and how with my 20" 308 was getting 2580 fps but I wanted more. Now, he could have said, well juice up the load, but what he did was to take a whole different turn and approach. He told me he would think about what to do and email me back. He emailed me and told me I should go with a Creedmoor for my build. Which I said, well, I thought you were close to already finishing the 308. What he said next blew me away, he said, that's OK, we will finish that rifle and and I will sale it to someone. Now, this is a left handed rifle so it isn't the easiest to sale. He said they will start a new Creedmoor build for me...which he did, and let me tell you something, that rifle is an absolute hammer.
This is it and I couldn't be more happy; but, lets face it, not everyone would do that for a client and maybe Mike wished he didn't for me too. But, he did, and I am forever grateful for an owner that took the time to educate a rifle junky.
I am sure I am not the only guy with a Mike Bush story so feel free to chime in.
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