Houston warehouse

I can rember Don G

Telling me about that. He said he shot there. I have not heard from Don in years and wonder how he's doing
 
Like everyone else ,I wondered what else was done to the brass to fine tune the groups and make a rifle "arc".

A good read.

Hal
 
Houston Warehouse

Interesting read for sure..... I`ve read it many times.....I am amazed at the number and quality of shooters/equipment that have walked away smile`n or scratch`n their heads...... seems like what Wilur sez....
there is such a thing as a magic gun.......
bill
 
Jerry Dailey said:
Telling me about that. He said he shot there. I have not heard from Don in years and wonder how he's doing
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Don Geraci told me that he shot there on two occasions (all night sessions) and he did not shoot a single "zero" and he did not see any "zeroes" shot. Ralph Council once owned the famous Cooper rifle and told me that the bolt had to be replaced two or three times because it broke where the extractor was located. All of my information is second hand....but it came from people who were there. PS- Don Geraci has won the SS four times and he was the hottest shooter on earth at the time he visited the warehouse. Good shooting....James
 
He was talking about some Sako PPC brass I think I have a couple of dozen pieces but I don't know if it is the same lot. One of the two Hot Gun Texans, T. J. or Harold once wrote that for a barrel to consistently shoot in the "ones"' the brass necks must be bored..

I wonder....

One thing that stands out here in all this verbiage is the brass prep, consistency, was a top priority.

I wonder...


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JerrySharrett said:
He was talking about some Sako PPC brass I think I have a couple of dozen pieces but I don't know if it is the same lot. One of the two Hot Gun Texans, T. J. or Harold once wrote that for a barrel to consistently shoot in the "ones"' the brass necks must be bored..

I wonder....

One thing that stands out here in all this verbiage is the brass prep, consistency, was a top priority.

I wonder...


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Jerry,

When I was young and poor (now, I am just old and still poor) stool shooter T. J. provided my barrels, not new, but take off from his and others and set back for 50 bucks a piece. He prepared my PPC brass as well. I hung out at his garage a few times, on one occasion was when he was prepping brass. He did bore and turn the brass. He fire formed the brass twice, the last one before he made final cut. The final final step was tuning the brass with steel wool and test. Test is seating bullets by feel. I coped his wood arbor press utilizing a toggle clamp, not a lot of leverage to get the feel when seating bullets

I wish I were more interested in machining practices back then and learned from him.
 

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I was in T.J.'s garage once and he explained how he chambered a barrel. I learned a lot.

I didn't even know enough to know what questions to ask.

He had some high end lathes but I can't remember what they were.


Hal
 
Hal said:
I was in T.J.'s garage once and he explained how he chambered a barrel. I learned a lot.

I didn't even know enough to know what questions to ask.

He had some high end lathes but I can't remember what they were.


Hal
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TJ had Hardinge lathes. John Bunch and I spent many an hour in that garage.
 
Making a rifle to very accurately shoot is one thing.

Developing the talent, the finesse, the skill, to shoot a super accurate rifle in the wind and competition is a whole nuther' ball game,


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There's rifles that will shoot unbelievable groups when the wind doesn't blow. There's also rifles that need a little wind to shoot their best. What you need is a rifle that shoots either condition pretty good. Certainly there are those that will challenge every aspect of this post on pure logic and I can't argue....won't argue.
 
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