I didnt want to intrude on Frank's thread so Im starting a new one for the tour.
Spent a nice afternoon with Morris Matthew, Mark, and Travis the company armorer/gunsmith. Do any of you remember that line from 'The Wizard of Oz' where Dorthy is back in Kansas and says "If I i go looking for my hearts desire again, I wont look any further than my own back yard."? Well, I just learned that about rifles. Ive lived in this neighborhood for 15 years and had heard of Ashbury but had no idea there was such a resource in my own back yard.
Ive got a load of photos Ill have to figure out how to get up here but for now Ill just recap. Ashbury has been around for some 20 years and if what is left of my feeble mind recalls correctly, got their start working with ranging optics mated to gps devices to call in air strikes. As that got taken over by bigger fish, Ashbury moved into precision long range rifles and furniture. What they do is take existing barreled actions, Remington and Savage, and improve them and mount them in their own modular chassis.
Travis showed me some parts taken from a just received Remington 700 and the same parts that had been cleaned and deburred/polished etc. I was surprised to see all the gunk in the out of the box one. So they clean them, polish them and fit them together so they maximize the potential of the machinery. Looking down the barrel of an uncleaned one first I thought it looked pretty good...THEN I looked down a cleaned on and holy shit it was like a different world. With all those little imperfections removed, the grease taken out of the threads etc. it just shoots truer. The analogy I was given is that its like taking your car to the custom shop. You get the same car back but its been maximized.
Then the chassis. The folding stock locks tight...I mean really tight, like no slop at all. Ya'll will be getting an email shortly but the chassis is amazing. Multiple configurations of each section, depending on what you want and how much you want to spend. All the sections are interchangable so you can start with a benchrest stock and then change to a hunting, or 3 gun type stock...and do it yourself. I really liked the multiple grip and adjustable trigger length...I can see how that could really help with the release. Unfortunately I dodnt get to see the Sniper's hide edition as it just went into production today but I did see some of the chassis parts, and an engraved side plate. Got to sit on a stack of 25, about to become, Sniper's Hide rifles.
What Ashbury told me is that Frank wanted a rifle that was 'Range Ready' so he didnt have to spend valuable class time sorting out problems on the students rifles. I do believe theyve acheived that goal. I look forward to seeing the final product before long.
Thats going to do it until I can figure how to down load the photos and a video.
I want to than k Frank for not permanently banning my ass years ago, and congratulate him on making a great choice in Ashbury Precision Ordinance. Without being part of the Hide I would never have had this great afternoon.
Maggot out.
Spent a nice afternoon with Morris Matthew, Mark, and Travis the company armorer/gunsmith. Do any of you remember that line from 'The Wizard of Oz' where Dorthy is back in Kansas and says "If I i go looking for my hearts desire again, I wont look any further than my own back yard."? Well, I just learned that about rifles. Ive lived in this neighborhood for 15 years and had heard of Ashbury but had no idea there was such a resource in my own back yard.
Ive got a load of photos Ill have to figure out how to get up here but for now Ill just recap. Ashbury has been around for some 20 years and if what is left of my feeble mind recalls correctly, got their start working with ranging optics mated to gps devices to call in air strikes. As that got taken over by bigger fish, Ashbury moved into precision long range rifles and furniture. What they do is take existing barreled actions, Remington and Savage, and improve them and mount them in their own modular chassis.
Travis showed me some parts taken from a just received Remington 700 and the same parts that had been cleaned and deburred/polished etc. I was surprised to see all the gunk in the out of the box one. So they clean them, polish them and fit them together so they maximize the potential of the machinery. Looking down the barrel of an uncleaned one first I thought it looked pretty good...THEN I looked down a cleaned on and holy shit it was like a different world. With all those little imperfections removed, the grease taken out of the threads etc. it just shoots truer. The analogy I was given is that its like taking your car to the custom shop. You get the same car back but its been maximized.
Then the chassis. The folding stock locks tight...I mean really tight, like no slop at all. Ya'll will be getting an email shortly but the chassis is amazing. Multiple configurations of each section, depending on what you want and how much you want to spend. All the sections are interchangable so you can start with a benchrest stock and then change to a hunting, or 3 gun type stock...and do it yourself. I really liked the multiple grip and adjustable trigger length...I can see how that could really help with the release. Unfortunately I dodnt get to see the Sniper's hide edition as it just went into production today but I did see some of the chassis parts, and an engraved side plate. Got to sit on a stack of 25, about to become, Sniper's Hide rifles.
What Ashbury told me is that Frank wanted a rifle that was 'Range Ready' so he didnt have to spend valuable class time sorting out problems on the students rifles. I do believe theyve acheived that goal. I look forward to seeing the final product before long.
Thats going to do it until I can figure how to down load the photos and a video.
I want to than k Frank for not permanently banning my ass years ago, and congratulate him on making a great choice in Ashbury Precision Ordinance. Without being part of the Hide I would never have had this great afternoon.
Maggot out.
