Been away for to long, time to catch up

[bigngreen]

Kirby, with all the Backcountry ultra lite rage going on do you have anything for those kinda hunts???

 

[codyadams]

Great to see you back Kirby. It is fantastic to have such a great resource for information here on the forum! And a class act to boot. These days everyone seems to be an expert, however you actually are.

I know I have personally p.m.'ed you a couple times with questions I had, and you always took the time out of your day to help out, which I do not expect from anyone as busy as you. And not only do you answer, but you teach with a humble manner. That not only shows that you actually have the hands on knowledge, but also sincerely care that the people you're giving the information to actually learn useable information, and feel mutually respected as well.

So Kirby, thank you for being you, your a great guy to have in our group here. See ya round'!

 

[SteveLM]

Nice to see you back Kirby and thank you again for the knowledge and advice that you have shared with me in the past. You're a credit to this forum!

Have you ever considered building an autoloading 50BMG?

 

[TXTrained]

I will admit, there was a span of around a decade where i was spending hours each day posting threads, replying to comments and questions and just hanging out on LRH.com. In fact it was LRH.com that helped me get my business started 20 years ago now….. for the past several years however i have not had much of a presence here on LRH other then being a sponsor and occasionally popping in to see what was going on. Need to change that so i am going to do better at posting interesting customer projects as well as any new testing or developments with my products.

wanted to start today with just a bit of gun porn from some projects that have left the shop recently.

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This is one of my APS Stalker Tac rifles. Standard features include:
- APS Stalker Hunter receiver
- Bartlein Stainless steel custom Stalker contour barrel, 27" length, fluted
- My small Painkiller muzzle brake
- Bead blast matte finish on barreled receiver
- Sunny Hill hinged floorplate internal mag system (single shot and detachable mag available also)
- Jewell trigger set at 1 lb pull weight
- McMillan A5 tactical stock with Adjustable CP and forend rail for bipod mount
- Pillar bedding

this one has a 50% white, 30% grey and 20% black marble finish. Usually not a huge fan of the arctic camo type colors but this one is quite striking. This one like many of my customer rifle builds are chambered in commecially available rounds. This one the great 300 RUM. Legit 1000 yard reach and extremely mild to shoot with very little recoil as my small PK brakes were designed specifically for use with this 90-120 grains powder charge range and hitting 1/2 moa targets at 1K yards or more is quite consistently easy.

Real Nice

 

[Good]

Yeah, good to see you Kirby. I still love the PK on my 30-06. I too enjoy the pictures and stories surrounding the high-end builds and look forward to reading about more in the future.

 

[jessej]

These days everyone seems to be an expert, however you actually are.

Not only is he an expert. He has been an expert for a long time. Years ago when I had my first custom built, for a few months Kirby's name was spoken daily by me and a couple guys while trying to decide on my build.

 

[Fiftydriver]

Kirby, with all the Backcountry ultra lite rage going on do you have anything for those kinda hunts???

My Stalker UL rifles can get down into the 6.5 or maybe slightly less then that weight range for bare rifle. That said, i will not compromise shooting comfort and performance for the same of a few extra ounces. Anyone that has shot a true UL rifle knows they are extremely difficult to shoot in real world field conditions. Many are also uncomfortable. 6.5 lbs is about as light as i feel one can still PILOT a rifle out to 800 yards. I build rifles for all around use but focused on the long range aspect of hunting or at least having that option available. As such, i build rifles that any capable shooter can be effective with out to this range. Is 800 yards considered long range, well in a packing rifle i would say yes. For one of my Raptor LRSS rifles not at all. I also offer my Stalker UL Mag model which is chambered in all of my magnum wildcats as well as most commercially available magnums. They will range in that 6.75-7 lbs range. The added stress of recoil requires stronger stocks and that adds a bit to weight.

this is one of my Stalker UL rifles in 7mm WSM with a bare rifle weight just a bit under 6.5 lbs. that is with full length barrel and full dimensioned stock. And it will most certainly deliver the 1/2 moa goods at 800 yards.

here is one of my Stalker UL Mag rifles

This one had a 6.75 lb bare rifle weight and chambered in my 7mm AM. 26" barrel, again full dimension stock. We set this one up around the 168 gr Barnes LRX and 180 gr Berger. The berger clocked 3450 fps with great brass life, the Barnes was all over 3600 fps and with recoil in the same class as a 243 Win.

only way i see cutting weight down more is to chop barrel length or use aggressively whittled down stocks that dont feel good to handle or shoot. If that is wanted, there are many makers out there offering that. My Stalker UL and Stalker UL Mags are easily portable and legit 1/2 mile rifles and most importantly, pack the energy and retained velocity to get the work done at those ranges With serious chamberings.

 

[GBWS]

Great to see you back Kirby! Remember talking to you about your Allen mags when you first started making them. Looking forward to your post!

Aloha

 

[Fiftydriver]

Great to see you back Kirby! Remember talking to you about your Allen mags when you first started making them. Looking forward to your post!

Aloha

We will see how much the shop will allow me to post but want to do more for sure. Kept getting emails from guys asking me if i was still building rifles, still alive, used to see my posts all the time and never do any more, so figure i need to get back out there and let guys know i am still alive!!

 

[Outlaw6.0]

Glad to see you back here Kirby. I kinda missed the old days

Keep posting more of that Allen Mag gun porn!




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[orkan]

Kirby, seeing your crazy wildcats 20 years ago is part of what made me want to get into this business. I thank you for your continued contributions to the industry. It's nice to see another successful man fly in the face of what is practical and continue to push right up to the edge, and past it.

Innovation lives there, and any man that lives it as much as you do, I welcome as a brother!

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[dogz]

Dang....I like this one!

 

[Boman]

Welcome back Kirby, great to see you back posting. I've read your stories and drooled over your rifles and cartridges for years. I even had saved up for one but then life hits. Cant wait to see the beautiful work you're doing now.

 

[Bob the nailer]

Welcome back Kirby! Always enjoy reading your posts. Are you still tooling around with Front Ignition? I'm having good results with my 22-284 Front Ignition, also if you ever reprint the Allen Magnum wildcat cartridge book I'll take a copy or two.