After some chatter on the hide wondering if Robert is alive, talking, and actually building rifles I figured I needed to check in on him. So I made the trip to Georgia yesterday to see the old boy. Yep he is alive and well. So you guys can quit loosing sleep thinking about him at night and let your mind wonder to someone that is a little prettier and has a little more hair.
I actually got to bring a rifle home with me too. (never mind the magic marker in the cheekpeice....Its guarenteed not to affect the accuracy and if I would have made him remove it well it would have slowed him down. Your welcome guys!!!
Here is just some quick teaser pics. I did shoot 5 different loads down the gun I had loaded before getting the rifle. I had no idea the chamber length so I ended up jumping the 140 Berger Hybrids .067 and they shot good by most smiths standards but not Roberts. THe gun averaged .277 for 5 groups with crazy mirage and some lack luster handloads. Ill work on the loads in the next couple of weeks and Im sure it will be a one hole gun as all the rest of Roberts guns I have shot are. Oh the rifle is a 6.5X47. Oh and to all the guys who shoot with me....No this is not the same rifle I have been shooting for just over a year. I wanted two rifles and the only way to pull the wool over the wifes eyes were to use exactly the same parts, colors, everything. So now I have twins!!
A HUGE THANK YOU Robert for building me this rifle. I wont complain about the long wait. But if it aint a one hole gun Im sending it back!!!! All joke aside. Robert is a very good friend of mine. I respect him more than he knows. He is the most humble person I have ever met. (Some times to humble if you ask me) But with Robert you get more than a stupid accurate rifle. You get to spend time with a truely great person if you make the trip to his shop. There are very few smiths that build rifles that are consitently as accurate as the ones that leave his shop. It should be on every serious shooters bucket list to own one of his rifles.
I actually got to bring a rifle home with me too. (never mind the magic marker in the cheekpeice....Its guarenteed not to affect the accuracy and if I would have made him remove it well it would have slowed him down. Your welcome guys!!!
Here is just some quick teaser pics. I did shoot 5 different loads down the gun I had loaded before getting the rifle. I had no idea the chamber length so I ended up jumping the 140 Berger Hybrids .067 and they shot good by most smiths standards but not Roberts. THe gun averaged .277 for 5 groups with crazy mirage and some lack luster handloads. Ill work on the loads in the next couple of weeks and Im sure it will be a one hole gun as all the rest of Roberts guns I have shot are. Oh the rifle is a 6.5X47. Oh and to all the guys who shoot with me....No this is not the same rifle I have been shooting for just over a year. I wanted two rifles and the only way to pull the wool over the wifes eyes were to use exactly the same parts, colors, everything. So now I have twins!!
A HUGE THANK YOU Robert for building me this rifle. I wont complain about the long wait. But if it aint a one hole gun Im sending it back!!!! All joke aside. Robert is a very good friend of mine. I respect him more than he knows. He is the most humble person I have ever met. (Some times to humble if you ask me) But with Robert you get more than a stupid accurate rifle. You get to spend time with a truely great person if you make the trip to his shop. There are very few smiths that build rifles that are consitently as accurate as the ones that leave his shop. It should be on every serious shooters bucket list to own one of his rifles.
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