Boerrancher
10-23-2012, 08:40 PM
The last custom build I made from the action up. I made it in the winter of 01-02, a couple years after Cait was born form an old 38 action I had laying around. I reworked the trigger to make it adjustable, found a 6mm Douglas blank fitted it and chambered it to a 6mm-06. I took a nice walnut blank and a couple pieces of maple for the end caps and went to work with a hammer, chisel, and a draw knife. I made the stock short for a woman or a kid, and when I was completely finished with it it went in the back of the safe after I loaded a box of shells for it and tested it.
A few weeks ago Cait come to me and ask if she could deer hunt this year, and I told her she could. She has been bugging me since then about what rifle she was going to use. This evening while she was out squirrel hunting I pulled the rifle out of the safe along with the ammo for it. When she got back I gave it to her and we went out on the back deck and I let her shoot it off hand at my 10 x 10 gong set up at 100 yards. There is no rest on the back deck so she had to shoot it off hand. I let her shoot it 8 times and she hit it every time. I think she is ready to deer hunt with it. Here are a few pictures of her with the rifle and the rifle.
Best wishes,
Joe
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/Boerrancher/Boolits/Firearms/Caits6mmA.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/Boerrancher/Boolits/Firearms/Caits6mmB.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/Boerrancher/Boolits/Firearms/Caits6mmc.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/Boerrancher/Boolits/Firearms/CaitsArisakaB.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/Boerrancher/Boolits/Firearms/CaitandherArisaka.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/Boerrancher/Boolits/Firearms/CaitsArisaka.jpg
A few weeks ago Cait come to me and ask if she could deer hunt this year, and I told her she could. She has been bugging me since then about what rifle she was going to use. This evening while she was out squirrel hunting I pulled the rifle out of the safe along with the ammo for it. When she got back I gave it to her and we went out on the back deck and I let her shoot it off hand at my 10 x 10 gong set up at 100 yards. There is no rest on the back deck so she had to shoot it off hand. I let her shoot it 8 times and she hit it every time. I think she is ready to deer hunt with it. Here are a few pictures of her with the rifle and the rifle.
Best wishes,
Joe
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/Boerrancher/Boolits/Firearms/Caits6mmA.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/Boerrancher/Boolits/Firearms/Caits6mmB.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/Boerrancher/Boolits/Firearms/Caits6mmc.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/Boerrancher/Boolits/Firearms/CaitsArisakaB.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/Boerrancher/Boolits/Firearms/CaitandherArisaka.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk155/Boerrancher/Boolits/Firearms/CaitsArisaka.jpg