Has anyone had any experience with one of Gene's synthetic Extreme Hunter? Just got one of Gene's price list and found it listed on
one of back pages.

Any info and/or pics would be greatly appreciated!

No experience, but I am speaking with him about possibly building a similar sounding rifle in Stainless Steel.

I haven't seen his price list nor any of his brochures yet. I am sure that the saying, "You get what you pay for" applies with him.

CL, got your message but was in Calgary on business yesterday and today. I'll try and get ahold of you later tonight.

Chuck

Gene's in league with D'Arcy Echols in terms of quality and craftsmanship, and they are good friends and colleagues. Gene is another Colorado School of Trades graduate, and he also apprenticed under Jerry Fisher as a stockmaker.

I wouldn't be the least-bit afraid of having Gene build any sort of rifle, especially his 'Extreme Hunter'. Like Echols, Gene is a very serious rifleman and deeply experienced big game hunter from the old school, and he does indeed know rifles as do few other craftsmen, and he is an expert hunter who's been on some incredible wilderness hunting expeditions. This experience does indeed make a big difference in the quality of the rifle that he'll be able to put into your hands.

He's not just another practitioner who's producing rifles, running a test-load through the barrel to makes sure it goes bang, then shipping it off to the trusting client, without a foggy clue as to what it's actually capable of. It'll be a broken-in, tested, and proven rifle when you recieve it. It'll be ready to hunt with.

Gene's one of the world's best custom riflemakers, make no mistake about it.........

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Thanks Allen! I spent a good deal of time on the phone with Gene yesterday picking his mind about everything. So now I gotta add another riflesmith to my rifle pool.

Thanks!