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Hi Forrest, money for 4 went out today. Terry -------------------------------------------- Well, other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? | |||
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Wow! I haven't been paying attention to the thread for the last 2-3 weeks and....Bam! the rifle is done and the raffle is on. I absolutely KNOW that we will sell all thousand tickets. My check for 4 is in the mail TOMORROW! I cannot begin to express how proud I am of everyone who has been involved in this undertaking. Forrest....[Mike just shaking his head]. I've got to meet you someday. MKane160 You can always make more money, you can never make more time...........LLYWD. Have you signed your donor card yet? | |||
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Money for two sent to day and sent the link to a few of my friends.All the best once again. Best- Locksley,R "Early in the morning, at break of day, in all the freshness and dawn of one's strength, to read a book - I call that vicious!"- Friedrich Nietzsche | |||
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Loud-n-boomer is putting together a CD that will have several high resolution photos of the finished rifle and knife as well as many of the work-in-progress photos. Hopefully, the CDs will be finished before DSC, but in any case they will be available shortly. ______________________________ "Truth is the daughter of time." Francis Bacon | |||
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Forrest, I found your post with the info on buying tickets, so no need PM'ing me with the info. Thanks for the heads up. That Rifle and Knife are MAGNIFICENT!!!! And, Kudos to you for doing the leg work to make the raffle happen. Not an easy job by any means. Also, 22WRF, kudos to you for the scope donation. I know where to buy my next Filson shirt...  I wore the one that I bought from you every day Deer hunting this year!!!!!!! Don Don | |||
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Not if I buy all 1000 tickets...  Don | |||
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Forrest, The check has been mailed. Any luck finding a booth to display the gun at the DSC? Doug | |||
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Forrest, check went in the mail today for 4 tickets. KevinH | |||
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Thanks for all the early support. You’ve earned a special treat… Here are three snippets from Gary Bolster’s high resolution photos of our rifle. It’s not fair to most gunmakers to enlarge photos to this size – our craftsmen have nothing to fear from the magnifying glass.    ______________________________ "Truth is the daughter of time." Francis Bacon | |||
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I take that back. Duane must have been drunk when he did this inletting. I want my money back!  At least Roger's work is perfect. ______________________________ "Truth is the daughter of time." Francis Bacon | |||
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That bolt handle is magnificent!!!!  The rest of the engraving as well. Very appropriate to the remembrance of Sheryl Searcy. Whoever wins this beautiful rifle should give it to the wife to hunt with. | |||
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22WRF, I have a plan. My wife is getting the Ottmar rifle. This one's for me, notwithstanding the poor inletting. I am sure that I will get over it.  Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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I'm in and funds sent... Dave | |||
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I'm in.. check goes out Friday. | |||
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just checked back in after several months. what a great idea. count me in for a ticket | |||
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Don't get your hopes up this time, Lucky Boy. The Texas boys have put their money where their mouths are - and quickly too. I got six envelopes (all from Texans) at my house today with a total of $930 in contributions. Now if we could only do that well in the other 49 States... The International contingent is in second place with $460 in contributions from four participants. StuC has them all fired up. Thanks Stuart. ______________________________ "Truth is the daughter of time." Francis Bacon | |||
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Since Forrest has decided to open the nitpicking to the world, shouldn't that action screw slot be in line with the stock and not all skewed like that? Forrest, if you've got some kind of Leatherman multi-tool in your glove box you might want to tighten that up when you get the rifle. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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I can only afford one ticket at the moment, but a check will be mailed today | |||
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Most knowledgeable gunmakers will inlet to allow for a bit of shrinkage of the wood. If you will notice both of the action screws are slightly to the left of lining up. This rifle will spend most of it's life with indexed screws. Forrest- check's in the mail for 4. Roger Kehr Kehr Engraving Company (360)456-0831 | |||
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Count me in for four tickets!! Will send it out today. I've never won anything in my life but it is for a great cause. Absolutely beautiful rifle. What else can be said? mike | |||
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Now I know my problem. So if I get drunk first I'll be able to inlet like that????  Forrest, Check was Mailed on the 2nd. As usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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Alaskans do need to step up to the plate, hopefully mine small contribution will help a bit. We shouldn't let such a small, tiny, little state like Texas lead the pack. After all, it isn't even half the size of Alaska...  As far as hopes go, well, it only takes one... | |||
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Oh man! The only thing worse he can say is that the Alamo was only a fictitious story  577NitroExpress Double Rifle Shooters Society Francotte .470 Nitro Express  If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... | |||
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Check sent.Crossing my fingers.  | |||
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Make that 7 Texans......and I will take 12 tickets please. I will give you the money at lunch. | |||
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Looks like I will be buying lunch... The pony express delivered 7 envelopes today. One from Michigan for $100 One from Arizona for $30 One from Washington for $100 (even Duane is buying tickets!) One from our good friend in Mass. for $300 One from Wisconsin for $30 and Two more from Texas for a total of $400 I also got 22WRF's Zeiss scope that he is donating for the Bonus Raffle. You've really gone above and beyond for us Kevin. One other package arrived today via FedEx - our rifle and knife. Both are even better than the photos. I'm going to take them to Rusty's gathering at Bayou Rifles on Sunday morning. If any of you have an itch to see the rifle and knife, make plans to join us starting at 9:30 AM. The raffle tickets won't be delivered until Monday, but I'll be more than happy to accept your checks and contact info then have my daughter fill out your raffle ticket stubs on your behalf next week. I'm tempted to bring out some 7X57 ammo and sell shots for $10 each. I guess I'd better sleep on that idea.______________________________ "Truth is the daughter of time." Francis Bacon | |||
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Forrest: A check for four tickets and the PowerPoint presentation showing the building process for the rifle should be in the overnight to you on Monday. I hope to have a CD put together with discussions and high resolution photos on the process of making and engraving the rifle by the middle or the end of next week for the Silver Lining Scholarship to sell to raise additional funds. Dave Dave One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know. - Groucho Marx | |||
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Hey Dave, That rifle would be perfect for caribou! Of course, if you bring it, it has to stay in Alaska... | |||
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100$ on the way Forest (on behalf of Glen and Sheryl's daughter, Julie) I'm not sure if I'll make it to the drawing, but please know that this effort has meant the world to Julie. She is so happy that we will be able to help so many aspiring teachers. Duane, Roger, Mark, Forest and all who donated time, money and parts, you have our thanks. Eric Anderson (Shery's son-in-law) | |||
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Eric, you and Julie should make plans to come to the Houston Safari Club show held in the Woodlands (Jan 17-19). We'll have the rifle there as well. I'm sure there are a lot of folks here who would love to meet you two and hear about the Scholarhip Fund. Well, it must have warmed up a little because it looks like a few of our yankee friends were able to make it out to the mail box. I received 17 checks in the mail today... Three from Minnesota totaling $400 (plus a certificate from Jim Kobe who is donating a barrel fitting and chambering job for our Bonus Drawing) Two from Missouri totaling $200 One from New York for $100 One from Indiana for $100 One from West Virginia for $100 One from Montana for $100 One from Alaska for $100 (This one was from Michael Petrov, and I take his purchase as a real vote of confidence in the quality of our rifle. Thanks Michael) One from Mississippi for $100 One from Virginia for $100 One from Ohio for $100 One from South Dakota with $100 CASH - this will come in handy for me. One from Michigan for $100 One from France for $100 I only received one check in the mail today from Texas, but it was for $200. This still keeps the Texans firmly in the lead for total donations. To cap things off, I picked up a $1000 donation today from another Texan - our good friend and giant of a man, mufasa. The Texas lead is not insurmountable, but some of the other states need to step it up a bit. Today's total is $2,900 - about three times the daily total for the last couple of days. I'm praying for 7 days straight just like today. The Postal Service seems to be getting mail here quickly. It's not too late to get your checks in before the DSC bonus drawings. We could also use some other prize items for the bonus drawing. This is the perfect opportunity for you to get rid of those Christmas gifts that you didn't really want, or to clean out your reloading room of all those items you've had on the shelf for too long. Thanks guys and girls. Cross your fingers that our raffle tickets arrive on time Monday... ______________________________ "Truth is the daughter of time." Francis Bacon | |||
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I guess it's time for one more close-up. This one shows Mark Stratton's scope mounts and Tom Burgess' bolt handle and his treatment of Ed LaPour's safety. Everything about it is just so nice.  ______________________________ "Truth is the daughter of time." Francis Bacon | |||
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Forrest, Just sent you a PM!! Phil | |||
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Forrest, Make sure you be sprinklin' some Holy water on them tickets you be sendin' me.. I need Devine help winnin' the rifle.... Don | |||
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I can't BELIEVE that my check is the only one coming from Tennessee. Should be in your hands tomorrow, Forrest. I mailed it Thursday. Now, come on, Tennessee. We're VOLUNTEERS! MKane160 You can always make more money, you can never make more time...........LLYWD. Have you signed your donor card yet? | |||
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My check for 2 tickets might be the smallest one coming. But mine will be pushing for coming from the most unique place and greatest distance from home. Mine is being sent from a war zone 8000 miles from home. It will be going out in tomorrows mail. I just hope the Army's mail system gets it there in time!!!! William Berger True courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway. - John Wayne The courageous may not live forever, but the timid do not live at all. | |||
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If it doesn't you can have two of mine. | |||
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Bill's gonna have plenty of tickets; don't you worry about that. If any of you want to join me in sponsoring tickets for active duty soldiers, just let me know. Forrest ______________________________ "Truth is the daughter of time." Francis Bacon | |||
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ForrestB.... I hope that I am not the only Canadian w/tickets!! If so, I challenge all Canucks to ante up for at least what I got, 4 tickets. Thanks, LeRoy. | |||
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