my calfee

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cwop

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i have been shooting the calfee and after comparing it to my gene davis 52d or homebrewed suhl with a stock by stith and bedding job by tom christenson faboulus by the way.

i have concluded the trigger is a joke no where 2oz. do i send it to brian voelker to fix it right or is there any other recomentdations. since it is a 40x base i would suppose brian is the top 40x man around.

any other ideas to straighten this out? dont tell me to make a tomato stake out of it.

bob
 
Make a bean pole out of it?

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

I would think any reasonable gunsmith would be able to adjust your trigger.
 
if i send it to brian what do i call it then and do i have brian put his stamp on the barrell too?

just a thought

bob
 
cwop

It's clear at this point. You are never going to be happy with that Calfee gun. You know once something lets you down, you always have that doubt in the back of your mind. You will think of that trigger everytime you go to send a round. It will ruin your shooting. Not to mention your enjoyment. Just think of it as a cancer for you.

Now send me a PM with a reasonable price for that gun and get it out of your house and your head only then will you be able to continue your successful shoot career.
 
It's 40X based, why not put a Jewell on it? Probably cheaper than sending it to a gunsmith.
 
why would i sell it. i havent called brian yet but it wont be a huge expense to fix it as every time i have talked to him his prices are very reasonble and after all he makes some winning rifles too so he must know what he is doing.

i like the rife it shoots but just needs a more smooth 2 oz trigger. i think it just needs a little more refinement and brian will do it.

bob
 
Does it have the stock trigger in it that has been modified or maybe it already has a jewell in it and can easily be adjusted yourself.

Beau has good advice.
If it has the stock trigger just put a jewell in it yourself, I think they are $165 or so.
By the time you drive it or send it to Brian and pay for his services it would probably be cheaper.

If you are insistant you want to deal with that trigger keep in mind you don't need a rimfire smith to take care of that for you. I suspect a good centerfire smith can take care of your trigger. I'm thinking someone like Boby Love in Jefferson City.

If you want to try the Kelbly trigger I have one you can try in it, they are a little more expensive but a fine trigger. I work in Jefferson City.

Feel free to call me sometime, my cell is 573-291-4701.

Charlie
 
ok i will put mr taylor on my list. i did break down and looked at a jewell 158.00 my cost not too bad. i looked at my other 40x the cheap one and it has a jewell trigger on it.

man am i spoiled. the other writer has it right just get a jewell and get it over with but i am very surprized the calfee does not have a jewell on it! strange indeed for a high dollar precision rifle!

bob
 
Not really as strange as you may think. Calfee used to put Bond triggers on an XP but would not adjust them. As far as I know, he's never adjusted a trigger for anybody. Liability you know.
 
Good question. But I do know that the trigger adjustment used to be left up to the owner. I never really thought about the relaxed trigger and I don't know how old cwop's rifle is.
 
Not really as strange as you may think. Calfee used to put Bond triggers on an XP but would not adjust them. As far as I know, he's never adjusted a trigger for anybody. Liability you know.

Beau,
If I were cwop I'd put that Jewell trigger from the junk 40X on the good one. It is not rocket science. You gave him the best advice. You're a good man for that and many other things. I just want to be tongue and cheek and not upset you but be funny on this one. Bill's never adjusted a Benchrest Central viewer either, without a lot of liability......no offense Beau, but Bills adjusted every trigger on every gun that he's done extensive testing on before delivering. If he's looking to get it to what he thinks or calls Killer then he adjusts the triggers, or they never need adjusting. It's not rocket science when you've been competing for some time to know. A newcomer may think he just torques the two screws of a trigger onto a barreled action and starts testing on these spec rifles, tests and re-tests against blind tests and then expects that his shooters adjust the trigger. Someones full of horses#!t and we all know he is but you're a better man than that. Did you adjust Gingersnap's trigger? I mean no disrespect Beau, but protecting an obviously ecentric, derailed, somewhat mystical man that claims one thing one day and denies it the next seems futile.

Carp
 
Carp,

I take no offense and I understand what you're saying, but yes I adjusted Gingersnap's trigger and Bill did not adjust it at all. Same thing with two XP's with Bond triggers and an Anschutz 54.18. Bill would not adjust the trigger nad his reasoning was liability. That's also I think the reason he never built a trigger, which he can probably do. Obviously, I can't speak for every rifle and James makes a good point about the relaxed trigger. However, if cwop's rifle is one of the older ones, it's unlikely to have much trigger work by Bill. However, a Jewell will fix it quickly.
 
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Beau,
In cwop's case I agree. None of us know how old the gun is. I hope you got your new gun up to your standards. Congrats and well wishings on your new ARA range in KY! Someday I hope to be able to travel there.

Carp
 
Beau,
Just looked at the schedule for ARA and I'll do my best to get there (assuming no conflicts with my better half). Are there any hotels near?

Carp
 
Carp,


There is one thing I would like to add here. I'm not trying to protect Bill. He's more than capable of doing that himself if he chooses. For some reason, he often chooses not to present his case even if he's being crucified. Sometimes I do like to at least present a view of the other side. I tend to have taken the unpopular side of things like that most of my life because there are always two sides.

But I think we can all read between the lines. Bill, seemingly out of the blue, makes a statement that he will charge $50 for a history of a rifle. If that's truly just something on his mind for no reason and he posts that, then he is eccentric. However, cwop takes great offense at the request for the $50 and has since voiced his displeasure with Calfee and the rifle. Reading between the lines, and I do not have any inside information here, I would say that cwop asked him about the history of the rifle probably in detail. I would like to know the extent of what he expected for nothing. Minor information, I can see giving it if you know it. A detailed history takes some time.
 
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