Anybody else heard this one yet?

I just got off the phone with him. Swell guy.

He says he is getting so busy that he can't find enough skilled help in California. He plans to move across the street from Dakota Arms, Inc.

I also confirmed that I own a Searcy double rifle.

It is a Ruger Red Label 20 guage with a set of .338 Win Mag stack barrels.

Early Searcy work from back when he was converting shotguns.

Maybe by the end of the year we can all go look up Butch in Sturgis. It is becoming a Rifle Mecca.

BTW, my Searcy regulates best with .338/250 grainers at 2450 fps.

The city of sturgis must be offering some legal or financial advantages for gun makers to relocate there. Seems like many of the custom guys are relocating!

Maybe we can finally get him to engrave a Harley Davidson motif on his rifle receivers. Chromed barrels are probably still out of the question.

lawndart

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The city of sturgis must be offering some legal or financial advantages for gun makers to relocate there. Seems like many of the custom guys are relocating!

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Gov. Rounds said that South Dakota will continue to pursue companies in the firearm industry. “Just as Dakota Arms and Nesika are a great fit, the firearm industry is a great fit for South Dakota. Our state has always been a friend to the firearm manufacturing industry and we look forward to seeing Dakota Arms-Nesika, along with other firearm manufacturers, prosper in South Dakota.â€

I should have said that my Searcy-Ruger .338WM O/U seems to have been regulated for 250 grainers at 2450 fps. Must get my p's and q's straight.

It is the antithesis of a DG DR, but O.K. for stalking hogs and deer, and squirrels.

Roscoe,
I am sure the State of South Dakota is making it favorable to relocate, tax bennies, etc. With Nesika Bay and Dakota there together, it is the Silicon Valley of rifle making, or the Valley of the Dolls.

Lawndart,
I just wish the Harley boys would build one with a Searcy motif. Maybe a Jones underlever kickstand, and double barrel exhaust pipes with express sights? Chopper lump construction where?

Thanks, Ropes. I've seen some magazine advertising to that effect too. SD wants the gun businesses.

Slightly off track... how does he pronounce his last name? "SEER-see," "CERT-see," or "SEER-zee?"

Anyway, I'm glad South Dakota is taking this stance about gun manufacturers. I wish other states would follow the lead.

Russ

From Boron's summers to Sturgis' winters? Phew, I always though Butch was tough but . . . sheesh! is all I can say. Oh well, I only visit him in Reno so I can't complain. The desert is too far east for me to burn up $2.40/gal gas anyway.

I just talked to Butch,

He isn't moving himself he is opening a store front and an assembly facility in SD. He and Dirk are staying in Boron to produce finshed componets to send to Sturgis.

Sound like a fine idea. If you've ever been in Boron you'd know why it's hard to find good help down there, not to mention it's located in the Marxist Dictatorial Republic of California.

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Originally posted by Russell E. Taylor:
Slightly off track... how does he pronounce his last name? "SEER-see," "CERT-see," or "SEER-zee?"

Anyway, I'm glad South Dakota is taking this stance about gun manufacturers. I wish other states would follow the lead.
Russ

Russ,
Hearing him pronunce his own name, it sounded like "sur'-see" as in "Sir, see."

It sounded more like that, not "seer see." Not "Sears-see."

Sounds like it could have been a fine Irish name, now Americanized to "Sir'see."

He is so friendly he doesn't care how anybody murders it.

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Originally posted by surestrike:
he is opening a store front and an assembly facility in SD. He and Dirk are staying in Boron to produce finshed componets to send to Sturgis.

Hmmmm......may not be a good plan. I am not going to tell anyone how to run their business but the idea of production being split across two locations? Kinda tough for the guy whose name is on the rifles to keep an eye on all of it I would think. If it's that tough to find good help in Boron, seems to me you pack up the family and head up to SD. Who knows. I hope the new one's live up to the reputation Butch has set.

JMHO,

JohnTheGreek

Russ[/QUOTE]

Russ,
Hearing him pronunce his own name, it sounded like "sur'-see" as in "Sir, see."[/QUOTE]
As Butch and I have the same last name, I can confirm the "Sir-see" pronunciation. Unfortunately (for me, at least) we are not related.

As Butch and I have the same last name, I can confirm the "Sir-see" pronunciation. Unfortunately (for me, at least) we are not related.

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Originally posted by RIP:
.........<snip>.....

He says he is getting so busy that he can't find enough skilled help in California. He plans to move across the street from Dakota Arms, Inc. ...<snip>....

Now, that's just what he wants us to believe!

I think here's some of the real reasons Butch is moving to Sturgis:





And Butch thinks he's got us fooled!!!!!

-Bob F.

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Originally posted by Russell E. Taylor:
Slightly off track... how does he pronounce his last name? "SEER-see," "CERT-see," or "SEER-zee?"

Russ

Russ it is pronounced "SIR-SEE"

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Originally posted by BFaucett:

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Originally posted by RIP:
.........<snip>.....

He says he is getting so busy that he can't find enough skilled help in California. He plans to move across the street from Dakota Arms, Inc. ...<snip>....

Now, that's just what he wants us to believe!

I think here's some of the real reasons Butch is moving to Sturgis:





And Butch thinks he's got us fooled!!!!!

-Bob F.

Yep,
Maybe Butch will make it for the August rally?
I passed through there last August and one of the biker babes was wearing only a large necklace for a top and leather chaps and thong for bottom cover ... kind of ... well ... fun! Sturgis does have many good points.

I'll be doing my shopping for a Searcy double every August.

Thanks, guys, for the pronunciation enlightenment. I hate butchering a guys name.

Thanks again.

Russ

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Originally posted by JohnTheGreek:

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Originally posted by surestrike:
he is opening a store front and an assembly facility in SD. He and Dirk are staying in Boron to produce finshed componets to send to Sturgis.

Hmmmm......may not be a good plan. I am not going to tell anyone how to run their business but the idea of production being split across two locations? Kinda tough for the guy whose name is on the rifles to keep an eye on all of it I would think. If it's that tough to find good help in Boron, seems to me you pack up the family and head up to SD. Who knows. I hope the new one's live up to the reputation Butch has set.

JMHO,

JohnTheGreek

Not hard to do if you hire correctly.

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Originally posted by RIP:

Hearing him pronunce his own name, it sounded like "sur'-see" as in "Sir, see."

It sounded more like that, not "seer see." Not "Sears-see."

Sounds like it could have been a fine Irish name, now Americanized to "Sir'see."

I always knew you were a cunning linguist.

The only reason that Butch is moving anything is that I refused to come drink margaritas in Boron with him. I will go drink Jack Daniels with him in Sturgis. Butch is a whoose. I snapped my fingers, telling him that half-naked womens are more important that 120 degree heat and he folded in a second.

Kidding aside, the whole Sturgis firearms stuff makes one want to go up there, even if it's not a Harley thing.. Corbon, Searcy, Dakota, et al.

Butch will eventually end up there with the rest of his staff.. and maybe open a slop shute that is better than his in Boron... and I'm about ready to sell him my recipe for real grits and county ham... maybe he'll even sell hush puppies and fried bream. I wonder how that'd do with a double margarita at 10:00 a.m.?

Sadly for California, the pressures there give Butch little choice, both economically and legal wise. Let's all encourage the move.. it will be better for the consumer and the giant ol' fart.

Butch is a true American icon. Sturgis is a icon of American freedoms.. firearms, Harleys, big breasts and leather. A perfect match. God bless this country!
20 mule team to 20 Harley team.. that's progress, I reckon?

I think this will be a great move for the rifle industry. BUT ... if you really want to know why HE isn't moving there himself, it would be because a mild winter in Sturgis is 30 degrees below Zero! I know, I lived just outside Rapid City at Ellsworth AFB for 11 years. Stop and think a minute; 113 degrees in the summer and 40 below in the winter

That is just an occasional brief cold snap or hot streak for a few days at a time in some years, not every year. The last year has been very mild. Quite temperate and clement weather in SD most of the time.

RIP, I'll give you this year and maybe last year too ... but from January 1981 to November 1992, while I was there, it was anything but clement. When the high for the day is -20 degrees and it's at Midnight and lasts for 2 weeks straigt, oh and let's not for get the 3 day blizzard on June 5th that lasted 3 days -- it goes down hill really quick from there. You tack on the ususal SoDAk wind and the windchill plummets! I was on the flightline working when everyone was pulled off because it was too dangerous to be out -- windchill was -70 degrees. And have you seen Horizontal snow? Little frozen ice pelets that whizz into your face at about 30-40 miles per hour.

As my father observed, "... the only thing between you and the Arctic Circle is a barbed wire fence and 2 of the strands are down."

Asside from the weather, South Dakota is a wonderful place for hunters and varminters. I did plenty of both.

We deteremined that South Dakota has 2 seasons ... shovel and swatt ... the last referring to the SoDak state bird, the mosquito. And Deep Woods OFF will take the finish off your rifle stock ... ever tried to line up on a 300 yard prairie dog with a swarm of mosquitos buzzing around you.

Nice views of the aurora borealis in SD sometimes too. Those vast stretches of badlands and grasslands with no light pollution make the amateur astronomers happy. The Black Hills are nice for breaking the monotony.

SD does have some weather extremes, almost as bad as Fairbanks, Alaska in the temperature spread at the extremes, true.

Winds can be a factor too, eh? 28 mph average wind speed around Pine Ridge, SD, year round average. Good place for a wind farm.

Grove, you need a little experience with tsetse flies and fire ants while you are lining up on a Cape Buffalo before you are going to get any sympathy from members of this forum about mosquitoes while trying to line up a prairie dog. I do sympathize about the OFF and your wood stock however.

Wink ... wasn't looking for sympathy, just a little enlightening. Fire ants and tsetse flies are a whole different experience. Mosquitoes want to pack you off, but the fire ants are seriously looking to make you lunch.

As to the OFF on the rifle stock, well ... since in was obviously ruined I finished out the season then refinished it. However, the wife was not impressed when some of it spilled on her dining room table. That is some really wicked stuff and to think we put it on our skin.

Rip, yeah, the wind can be a factor around Pine Ridge ... done a lot of doggin' around there and the Bad Lands. Kind of interesting though when you try to line up on a dog that is due West and have to lead almost to Denver to make it there.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed being in South Dakota for the hunting and fishing. With more gun and custom ammo makers moving there it should only get better for us users.

I wonder if I can ride back to Missouri on my Softail with a .470 Searcy double rifle slung across my back!

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Originally posted by jstevens:
I wonder if I can ride back to Missouri on my Softail with a .470 Searcy double rifle slung across my back!

jstevens,
Easy Riders should always be so equipped.

Order at one rally, carry out at next rally.
I do recommend some sort of waxed canvas soft case with a shoulder strap to keep off the rain and dead bugs. Acid bug juice can rust a Searcy in about 1500 miles or less.

Also keep your big grin behind a wind screen or face plate so you don't get a buggy smile over your new Searcy.

H.S. Precision and Corbon is also in Sturgis with Black Hills Ammo down the road in Rapid City.

HS Precision is in Rapid City, just about 30 miles southeast of Sturgis, big plant, right next to Jack First the gun parts supplier, on Turbine Drive, near the Pepsi bottling plant.

Superior Ammunition is in Sturgis too, but good luck trying to find them, must be in somebody's basement.

My message didn't convey my thoughts (not the first time).

I have been through the Corbon and Dakota facility.

Got a friendly tour from both.

Not in somebody's basement but in Larry and Annie's former garage.
Find Larry Barrnett's house and you found the plant.

I'm going to be in and out of Boron for most of April and May working at one of our plants, so I'm hoping to be able to con Butch into a visit to his shop and BS session.

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Originally posted by Harry:
Not in somebody's basement but in Larry and Annie's former garage.
Find Larry Barrnett's house and you found the plant.

They have it pretty well hidden. I did a drive-by and couldn't spot their house number. Of course, The Rally was going on and I had other things on my mind too.

Sumbuddy got more pictures of biker babes?

Example of a babe who is out of RIP's reach:

As usual 500groans screws up again.