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To: Squantos
I am very picky an will pursue perfection till I pass from this life. No accusations from me friend.

I've got no problems with that, although I'd call myself a "practical perfectionist". In my working life, I've found that 90% of a job takes just 10% of the time. It's up to my boss to decide if perfection is needed, and it usually isn't.

At home, for myself, family, and a few friends, I will spend endless time to get a computer or weapon as perfect as I can make it. They all say, "that's amazing, why don't you do that for a living?" Of course, nobody is willing to pay $80 an hour (the going rate for just about any kind of custom one-on-one labor) when they have no idea what I actually did, or why it took so long to do it.

I still get a chuckle reading the Ruger Mark x sites with everyone moaning about how it's impossible to get it to function reliably with low power/subsonic ammo. Heck, the first time out of the box, I had 100% failure-to-feed with RWS subsonic ammo. $200 of Volquartsen parts, a bunch of Nanolube, and two weeks of studying sources of drag and friction gave me a handgun that now functions reliably with every kind of creampuff .22 ammo I can find.

It's not rocket science, it's experience, study and analysis, and a willingness to bust your ass to get the job done. OTOH, maybe that is the definition of rocket science. :)

Meanwhile, a final photo from last week, where I finally took my CZ 452 in .17HM2 to the range for first tests with the Timney trigger, and mounting the scope on the CZ 455. These are tough rifles to photograph, because it is so hard to show how gorgeous the wood really is.


3,785 posted on 04/01/2012 2:30:27 PM PDT by 300winmag (Overkill Never Fails)
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To: 300winmag

Agree agree agree..... on the photos, have you considered changing you background to blue for the weapons shots. I know the targets are your current background but I am told that blue brings out firearms , especially those with great furniture, much better..... maybe a test !....:o)

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HbVQUq73pFA/TXZkCQ4YnnI/AAAAAAAAAeA/ceEPIgkBx8w/DSCN1572.JPG

Stay safe !


3,786 posted on 04/01/2012 3:15:01 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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