bigngreen
Well-Known Member
Kirby, with all the Backcountry ultra lite rage going on do you have anything for those kinda hunts???
Real NiceI 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.
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.These days everyone seems to be an expert, however you actually are.
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.Kirby, with all the Backcountry ultra lite rage going on do you have anything for those kinda hunts???
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!!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