I have never posted in this manner before, but recent events warrant posting a warning for potential customers.
I as well as 2 other friends of mine sent rifles to be rebarreled or built to clint cooper at duplin rifles. I recieved a rebarreled rifle and had 2 barrels made. When i went to shoot them at the range I found 1 barrel shot 10-12 minutes high and 15 min right and was unable to be zeroed at a range closer than 600 yds. And even then it was a target right. I never shot the other barrel originally. I sent both barrels back to be fixed and checked, and after several weeks got the rifle back with only 1 barrel. I had 2 different chambers in the barrels 1 for mid range w/ 155's and 1 for 200grn at long range. I got back the mid range palma chamber barrel, that had now been throated out (an obvious mistake)to shoot the 200's and it shot 16 minutes high. I didnt get the other barrel until clint mailed my buddy his sons gun, and that one when put on still had bad marks in the breech and still shot very high and 15 mins right. When I confronted clint about this I was told I was wrong, and he worked on the barrels, and i must have screwed up or sent the wrong barrels?? 1 barrel is 31' and the other was 30" and they were sent seperately, so there was no way I confused them.
But basically it wasnt his fault and my action was junk, and I dont know how to put a barrel on.
So now I am stuck having to send the barrels off to be fixed and I have to figure out how to chamber them now as i will lose an inch or more on each to be redone properly.
As for my friend Mike and his sons gun, I wont go into all the exact details as i want him to jump on and tell exactly what happened, but i do know the rifle he had built shot was low and when zeroed at 100yds he only had 15-18 minutes elevation left on his nightforce. Also the fit and finish was horrible. stainless and blued steel screws were mixed in on the rifle, the wood had scratches and marks on it, the bedding looked horrible (as confirmed by kelbly's who ended up fixing his gun) and it appeared that the barrel wasnt even hand tight when it was sent to Mike and spun off freely at kelbly's. mike doesnt swap his own barrels he just builds new guns so that wasnt his fault it came that way from clint.
mike son gun came last week, and the main issue with that was it was packed badly and the Nightforce scope was badly damaged, and had a bad gouge in the trigger guard as well as other marks. But the main issue was the sons's gun was built for F-TR and it was overweight. clints response, its only overweight by an ounce or so just work on the stock. As far as the damage, he refuses to cover the broken scope as he says it must be my fault for examining the scope even though i wasnt even there when Mike opened the case.
Again, I am sure my friend Mike can jump on here when he gets time to make sure all the info is correct, but i can provide photos of the damage as well as documentation of all the different gunsmiths who have worked on the different rifles and rebarrels to repair them.
potential customers beware.
I as well as 2 other friends of mine sent rifles to be rebarreled or built to clint cooper at duplin rifles. I recieved a rebarreled rifle and had 2 barrels made. When i went to shoot them at the range I found 1 barrel shot 10-12 minutes high and 15 min right and was unable to be zeroed at a range closer than 600 yds. And even then it was a target right. I never shot the other barrel originally. I sent both barrels back to be fixed and checked, and after several weeks got the rifle back with only 1 barrel. I had 2 different chambers in the barrels 1 for mid range w/ 155's and 1 for 200grn at long range. I got back the mid range palma chamber barrel, that had now been throated out (an obvious mistake)to shoot the 200's and it shot 16 minutes high. I didnt get the other barrel until clint mailed my buddy his sons gun, and that one when put on still had bad marks in the breech and still shot very high and 15 mins right. When I confronted clint about this I was told I was wrong, and he worked on the barrels, and i must have screwed up or sent the wrong barrels?? 1 barrel is 31' and the other was 30" and they were sent seperately, so there was no way I confused them.
But basically it wasnt his fault and my action was junk, and I dont know how to put a barrel on.
So now I am stuck having to send the barrels off to be fixed and I have to figure out how to chamber them now as i will lose an inch or more on each to be redone properly.
As for my friend Mike and his sons gun, I wont go into all the exact details as i want him to jump on and tell exactly what happened, but i do know the rifle he had built shot was low and when zeroed at 100yds he only had 15-18 minutes elevation left on his nightforce. Also the fit and finish was horrible. stainless and blued steel screws were mixed in on the rifle, the wood had scratches and marks on it, the bedding looked horrible (as confirmed by kelbly's who ended up fixing his gun) and it appeared that the barrel wasnt even hand tight when it was sent to Mike and spun off freely at kelbly's. mike doesnt swap his own barrels he just builds new guns so that wasnt his fault it came that way from clint.
mike son gun came last week, and the main issue with that was it was packed badly and the Nightforce scope was badly damaged, and had a bad gouge in the trigger guard as well as other marks. But the main issue was the sons's gun was built for F-TR and it was overweight. clints response, its only overweight by an ounce or so just work on the stock. As far as the damage, he refuses to cover the broken scope as he says it must be my fault for examining the scope even though i wasnt even there when Mike opened the case.
Again, I am sure my friend Mike can jump on here when he gets time to make sure all the info is correct, but i can provide photos of the damage as well as documentation of all the different gunsmiths who have worked on the different rifles and rebarrels to repair them.
potential customers beware.
