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Let's see your "well used" rifles.

slate84

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I'm not usually one for picture thread but I saw a picture on here a while ago where someone asked if the scratch on the crown of there new AI would hurt it to which someone posted pictures of a high round count AI that had see better cosmetic days but made it all the more beautiful to me. Put a couple "character" marks on my rifle this weekend and proud to say its from use. I'd love to see other peoples rigs to help inspire that beauty is in the group, not the finish.
 
AIAE MKIII 24" .308, SWFA 5-20HD, LDSP Innovative can.
Got my first hits Sunday at 1066y using 168 Amax TAP.
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Let's see your "well used" rifles.

I'm not usually one for picture thread but I saw a picture on here a while ago where someone asked if the scratch on the crown of there new AI would hurt it to which someone posted pictures of a high round count AI that had see better cosmetic days but made it all the more beautiful to me.
You mean this one:
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Haha! I grabbed that image off of Google images, but you can imagine what that experience might have been like. It looks like an AW50 said "goodnight".


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There are plenty more worn than mine,but this was my .308 before Beef Supreme on this board rebuilt it for me. The pics were of a bottom metal installation by another smith I wasn't happy with before I sent the DBM back and installed a Surgeon DBM myself, but shows the condition it was in. When Beef Supreme rebuilt it, I smoothed the stock out and had it dipped Multicam.

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It's all pretty again now, and back to shooting like it should.

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I have a lot of worn bluing on my rifle, she is a hand-me-down model 70 made about 1976. Unfortunately, pretty is just a can of krylon away and it looks new again so I have nothing to show. =P
 
My rifles are well worn,I dont treat them bad or purposely go out to damage them but a rifle is a tool in my opinion and they get scratched and dinged when hunting ect so dont sweat it.These rifles are no range queens.From a rotten(but succesful) trip to the mountain
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some long range work
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I like the last one in the hard frost
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Sharps 50-70

This guy could tell some stories. Sharp's 50-70 conversion. 144 years old and still sends a 500g slug downrange accurately. This gun ended up at Stembridge Movie Rentals in California. Sold at their big auction several years ago, including rental paperwork showing it was used in the movie "Tom Horn" with Steve McQueen.
 
You win.

This guy could tell some stories. Sharp's 50-70 conversion. 144 years old and still sends a 500g slug downrange accurately. This gun ended up at Stembridge Movie Rentals in California. Sold at their big auction several years ago, including rental paperwork showing it was used in the movie "Tom Horn" with Steve McQueen.
 
My rifles are well worn,I dont treat them bad or purposely go out to damage them but a rifle is a tool in my opinion and they get scratched and dinged when hunting ect so dont sweat it.These rifles are no range queens.From a rotten(but succesful) trip to the mountain
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Not to bust balls, but a rectangular box covering your face would be more tacticool.
 
Stop by, they're good people. I've taken an AAC and a SAS there to compare to their cans. They don't make any lightweight cans for a precision role, but they sound very good. The guy who went with us to hear mine vs theirs bought both a 223 and 308 can that day. I wouldn't mind having a mini grunt.
 
Preparing for a Rifle's Only course
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Same rifle, after replacing the riveted extractor...
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The barreled action was purchased second hand so I don’t know how many rounds it has seen but I have about 2k on it now.
 
I had a 1965 Rem 700 in 7mm Rem Mag that was beat up bad. Even tried to close it in the pickup door once. Last year I rebuilt it into a 300 Win Mag so I can't show pictures of the original rifle.