Bill Calfee
Gun Fool
The best bungee cord is your shoulder
CYA friends:
I was talking with Todd Wooten after the triple crown.....
He had taken Merlin and kicked out some great numbers, the first time he ever fired the gun....
And while taking with Todd I discovered something about him......he's a very quick study.
He advised me he needed to "hold" Merlin........
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CYA friends, after Todd said Merlin needed to be held, I said to myself, "YES"!
See, the best bungee cord in the world is your shoulder......
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A couple of points.....
The two absolute baddest RFBR guns I ever built required them to be held.........and they were so bad..
But, I could not get either of the owners of these killers to shoulder them....
One of them still turned out pretty good......the other really never shined......which was such a shame.
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2nd point....
Two of the baddest RFBR shooters ever, Harry Deneen and Jerry Graves, shouldered their guns...
Jerry looked like a bear crouched down over that 40-X with it sucked into his shoulder....
And Harry had his left hand grabbing the fore end of the stock and the front rest at the same time, all while that ole Suhl was sucked into his shoulder...hard.
One other point.......I've built a small number of small bore position guns in my career......some were quite successful, Tarl Kempley as an example.
But, none of those position shooters would test ammo from the bench.....none.....
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And now Todd Wooten's discovered one of Merlin's secrets.....
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Finally, I don't know whether Merlin will be shot, or not, at the Muller PSL Saturday......I've not talked to either John or Todd.
But if they do, it'll be interesting to watch that little underdog, old school rifled, .825" perform.....
Your friend, Bill Calfee
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One of the two killers I talked about above, that needed to be held, used this same model stock that's on Merlin...
The best bungee cord in the world is your shoulder.
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I didn't use this stock on Merlin cause I thought it was pretty......I used it cause it worked.
CYA friends:
I was talking with Todd Wooten after the triple crown.....
He had taken Merlin and kicked out some great numbers, the first time he ever fired the gun....
And while taking with Todd I discovered something about him......he's a very quick study.
He advised me he needed to "hold" Merlin........
__________________________
CYA friends, after Todd said Merlin needed to be held, I said to myself, "YES"!
See, the best bungee cord in the world is your shoulder......
_______________________
A couple of points.....
The two absolute baddest RFBR guns I ever built required them to be held.........and they were so bad..
But, I could not get either of the owners of these killers to shoulder them....
One of them still turned out pretty good......the other really never shined......which was such a shame.
_______________________
2nd point....
Two of the baddest RFBR shooters ever, Harry Deneen and Jerry Graves, shouldered their guns...
Jerry looked like a bear crouched down over that 40-X with it sucked into his shoulder....
And Harry had his left hand grabbing the fore end of the stock and the front rest at the same time, all while that ole Suhl was sucked into his shoulder...hard.
One other point.......I've built a small number of small bore position guns in my career......some were quite successful, Tarl Kempley as an example.
But, none of those position shooters would test ammo from the bench.....none.....
__________________________
And now Todd Wooten's discovered one of Merlin's secrets.....
________________________
Finally, I don't know whether Merlin will be shot, or not, at the Muller PSL Saturday......I've not talked to either John or Todd.
But if they do, it'll be interesting to watch that little underdog, old school rifled, .825" perform.....
Your friend, Bill Calfee
_________________________
One of the two killers I talked about above, that needed to be held, used this same model stock that's on Merlin...
The best bungee cord in the world is your shoulder.
____________________________
______________________
I didn't use this stock on Merlin cause I thought it was pretty......I used it cause it worked.
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