cruffler
May 30, 2004, 11:15 PM
I was just given what could be the single most amazing rifle I've ever seen.
It was built by a friend of mine who wanted everything to be perfect. It's a .30-06 built on an Argentine M1909 Mauser action with a 26" Douglas Premium air-gauged barrel, a hand made, perfectly finished glass bedded claro walnut stock. . . I could go on for about an hour. An this puppy will SHOOT. We're talking 0.13" center to center groups at 100m. (Not that *I* have done this, but my buddy who built the gun has. . . I can aspire, right?
But that's another story.
I've decided that a gun like this deserves a special case. My first thought was a Bore Store, but then I remembered that I've had two guns RUST in Bore Stores. What I really want is a locking, hermetically sealed hard case for a single scoped rifle. There' are a LOT of them out there, but the problem with most is that they use an open cell foam that is hydrophilic. Long term storage is a death sentence for any fine blued firearm.
So, the question is, what, if any, locking hard case would you suggest, and why? I look forward to your comments.
Adam Firestone
"Life is a slow release from ignorance."
It was built by a friend of mine who wanted everything to be perfect. It's a .30-06 built on an Argentine M1909 Mauser action with a 26" Douglas Premium air-gauged barrel, a hand made, perfectly finished glass bedded claro walnut stock. . . I could go on for about an hour. An this puppy will SHOOT. We're talking 0.13" center to center groups at 100m. (Not that *I* have done this, but my buddy who built the gun has. . . I can aspire, right?
But that's another story.
I've decided that a gun like this deserves a special case. My first thought was a Bore Store, but then I remembered that I've had two guns RUST in Bore Stores. What I really want is a locking, hermetically sealed hard case for a single scoped rifle. There' are a LOT of them out there, but the problem with most is that they use an open cell foam that is hydrophilic. Long term storage is a death sentence for any fine blued firearm.
So, the question is, what, if any, locking hard case would you suggest, and why? I look forward to your comments.
Adam Firestone
"Life is a slow release from ignorance."
