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For Sale Custom Rifle Win 70, B&C, Whidden, Timney
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I do not know this rifle, however I am tempted to make the purchase. WHAT I CAN SAY is that if Dennis Olson put this rifle together, it was put together properly and it will/or would shoot once it was done. He is one of the last "ole school" gunsmiths out there. Dennis has put together a number of rifles for me over the past years, Ruger 77s tang safety rifles, all are MOA or sub MOA. The last that I knew he has retired, and I am sorry to see him go, great gunsmith, and a good man to do business with. Raoul
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Just to be very clear…..I'm not questioning Dennis's work.
It has about 1000 rnds on the barrel. It shot several sub-half MOA groups in the first 100 rounds….while fireforming with bullets. Then shot 3/4 MOA for a while. I ran out of powder and bullets, then found the brass thin……that started a full rework of loads p(and fireforming) that never shot well. Like 2" 5shot groups. Scope, mount, bedding, everything checked out. I've never seen that before….i'm calling it shot out.
"I do not know this rifle, however I am tempted to make the purchase. WHAT I CAN SAY is that if Dennis Olson put this rifle together, it was put together properly and it will/or would shoot once it was done. He is one of the last "ole school" gunsmiths out there. Dennis has put together a number of rifles for me over the past years, Ruger 77s tang safety rifles, all are MOA or sub MOA. The last that I knew he has retired, and I am sorry to see him go, great gunsmith, and a good man to do business with. Raoul"
It amazes me sometimes about how a text or an email can be taken out of context. This reply was a compliment to Dennis and to his work, and... meant to be a complement to your rifle!! And...not anything more. Please read what I wrote closely.
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Sorry, I took it as a compliment to the rifle/Dennis's work. I read every word you wrote.
I guess I'm just hung up on how to sell it. I'm not really trying to sell as an Olson custom because it has so many rounds on it. That expectation would lead to finding the gun shoots 2" groups and being disappointed. If you bought it as a shot out rifle, then a person would expect 2" or bigger groups.
On the other hand, the work is good. It may be something like a carbon ring, copper fouling or specific bullet profile I'm overlooking. I doubt it, but who am I to say.
I guess I'm just hung up on how to sell it. I'm not really trying to sell as an Olson custom because it has so many rounds on it. That expectation would lead to finding the gun shoots 2" groups and being disappointed. If you bought it as a shot out rifle, then a person would expect 2" or bigger groups.
On the other hand, the work is good. It may be something like a carbon ring, copper fouling or specific bullet profile I'm overlooking. I doubt it, but who am I to say.
Yup I totally agree with you on a carbon ring. Dennis has another gunsmith working on helping him to catch up on his unfinished projects, Matt Cockrell; MC Gunsmith. Matt came highly recommended by Lilja barrel company, he was their barrel guy for like 23 years. He recently built a Ruger 77 for me, his workmanship was impeccable. If you really like the rifle it might be worth letting him take a look at your gun. What is the year of manufacture of your gun? Is it a pre64 or a Classic?
