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I've been here a couple of weeks now. Things are going very well. Butch is a great guy to work for.

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Posts: 1268 | Location: Newell, SD, USA | Registered: 07 December 2001Reply With Quote
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Bill, You move to Boron Ca. ?
 
Posts: 4821 | Location: Idaho/North Mex. | Registered: 12 June 2002Reply With Quote
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Nope....working out of his new facitily in Sturgis, SD.
 
Posts: 1268 | Location: Newell, SD, USA | Registered: 07 December 2001Reply With Quote
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thumb Good deal. Way too go!

Still got your GSP? for those pheasants in SD
 
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Great news Bill. I hope all the best for you and your family.

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Posts: 6315 | Location: Mississippi | Registered: 18 May 2002Reply With Quote
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Bill,

That rocks! Glad to hear it.




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Posts: 4869 | Location: Lakewood, CO | Registered: 07 February 2002Reply With Quote
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Hey Bill,

Glad it's going good for you....I have kept your secret. Big Grin


Good hunting,

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Posts: 6711 | Location: Oklahoma, USA | Registered: 14 March 2001Reply With Quote
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Congratulations Bill! Glad to see that your perseverance has paid off. You're right on the way for a few trips I will be making out to Western SD. I will for sure have to visit beer
 
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Glad it's going good for you....I have kept your secret. Big Grin


SECRET!!!!!! Did he make you swear to the crap too?

He gave me the same: “Don’t say ANYTHING to anyone about this I want to keep it real quiet!â€

Hey, if I was Bill I would be screaming it from the roof tops! Congrats, brother...knock em dead.

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Posts: 4574 | Location: Valencia, California | Registered: 16 March 2005Reply With Quote
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Congrats & Best Wishes!

I am sure you will be doing a great job....
 
Posts: 1999 | Location: Memphis, TN | Registered: 23 April 2004Reply With Quote
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SDH - Stocking double rifles.
 
Posts: 1268 | Location: Newell, SD, USA | Registered: 07 December 2001Reply With Quote
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Excellent! Congratulations.

Now, can you get me the "employee discount"?

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Great news! Best of luck.


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Posts: 11143 | Location: Texas, USA | Registered: 22 September 2003Reply With Quote
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Swear to what crap? I have no idea what yer talkin about! BTW, we ALL want the employee discount! Big Grin
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Good hunting,

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Posts: 6711 | Location: Oklahoma, USA | Registered: 14 March 2001Reply With Quote
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Bill, will you still be doing work on the side?


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Posts: 2278 | Location: Texas | Registered: 18 May 2004Reply With Quote
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For anyone that goes out to Visit Bill, I can highly recommend Cadillac Jacks Resort up the Road in Deadwood as a pretty nice place to stay while you are out that way.

Bill, how close is your spot to Dakota Rifles?
 
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See, if I was the mean guy that you think I am I would have made some comment like: “Hey, if 22WRF recommended the place it must be a real dive and the cheapest place in town!â€

But you know what?...I wouldn’t say anything like that to you.

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Bill, I am glad to hear you are with the company. Maybe Butch will fly you to Boron for the company Christmas party. Wink Good luck with the new job!
 
Posts: 18352 | Location: Salt Lake City, Utah USA | Registered: 20 April 2002Reply With Quote
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Bill, Congratulations and good luck. If that fancy Italian place is still up the road in Spearfish.. you might want to celebrate there! I envy your location, and the firearms genuis which is assembling in that area. It should be interesting times ahead. Good luck.






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Posts: 3611 | Location: LV NV | Registered: 22 October 2002Reply With Quote
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Lee - still working on the side yes. As much as possible.

22wrf - Im pretty close to Dakota. I think they are right up the street.
 
Posts: 1268 | Location: Newell, SD, USA | Registered: 07 December 2001Reply With Quote
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Seems like that Sturgis Deadwood ares is turning into the Kalispell of South Dakota. You have Dakota and Searcy and Saterlee Arms all within a few miles of each other. Plus, I think there are a couple of custom ammunition businesses in the area. Would be a great place for somebody who wants to get into business to start a barrel manufacturing place or something else to do with custom guns.
 
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Bill:

Do you know who did the stocking on our .577?



Whomever it was, FANTASTIC job!!!!!!!


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Posts: 2789 | Location: Bucks County, Pennsylvania | Registered: 08 June 2005Reply With Quote
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I didnt do that one. Not sure who did.
 
Posts: 1268 | Location: Newell, SD, USA | Registered: 07 December 2001Reply With Quote
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Hey Bill,

Hurry up on Keith A's left handed one...tha's all he talks about and I getting bored lsitening to him...LOL


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What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
 
Posts: 10181 | Location: Loving retirement in Boise, ID | Registered: 16 December 2003Reply With Quote
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Hey, there was a thread on the Double Rifle forum about a group buy.

I wonder if Bill could get us a 470 for say, oh, $2500?

Of course, there would then be 4 of us sharing it! Big Grin


Good hunting,

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Hey, Bill...I want to see a picture of that “highly technical, custom made†3rd leg at work in this new shop! beer
 
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Its at home Rick. Smiler
 
Posts: 1268 | Location: Newell, SD, USA | Registered: 07 December 2001Reply With Quote
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Bill

One of the years, I'm going to ride my HD to Sturgis, I'd sure like to stop by and see Searcy's shop while i'm there.


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Posts: 2788 | Location: gallatin, mo usa | Registered: 10 March 2001Reply With Quote
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Congratulations Bill. You made a sound decision.



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WHAT?????? How in the world could you possibly work without it? Okay, okay...probably just as good as you did before I gave it to you, right? beer
 
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Bill...if a guy is in the area can he get a plant tour?


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Posts: 28849 | Location: western Nebraska | Registered: 27 May 2003Reply With Quote
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Bill...if a guy is in the area can he get a plant tour?


Butch has an open door in Boron. I was assume the same holds true in Sturgis...


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Posts: 2789 | Location: Bucks County, Pennsylvania | Registered: 08 June 2005Reply With Quote
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Hurry up on Keith A's left handed one...tha's all he talks about and I getting bored lsitening to him...LOL


Just finished checkering this one. Its a lefty and the owners last name starts with an "A".

Heres a couple pics



 
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Mr. A should be pleased.....it's very nice.


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Seems like that Sturgis Deadwood ares is turning into the Kalispell of South Dakota. You have Dakota and Searcy and Saterlee Arms all within a few miles of each other. Plus, I think there are a couple of custom ammunition businesses in the area. Would be a great place for somebody who wants to get into business to start a barrel manufacturing place or something else to do with custom guns.


When i wisited the Black Hills area i also visited both Dakota arms, and about 30miles east i visited HS precision, I think they make superb barrels.


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Verry nice checkering
But why didnt you stop the 3 small lines on the right side inside the borderline Wink Just teesing Smiler

By the way, how mutch time do you use to make sutch a checkering. Do you use rotating tools or pushed, or a combination as the nice looking chechering lady at dakota
 
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The border was not at full depth yet. Those are gone now.
 
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Bill:

VERY nice!


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Welcome to the area Bill. I know you will enjoy
the Black Hills. When I get a chance, I'll try to find you in Sturgis and stop in for a chat. Drool over some of those guns.

Living in Spearfish, I know the area well.
Dakota arms, now Searcy. HS Precision in RC with Black Hills ammo. Superior ammo and Corbon. I believe there are some guys making tactical bases and rings also, forgot their names. Used to be Miller single shot rifles in St. Onge until they merged with Dakota. There are probably some others that I am forgetting.

I work in both Spearfish and Deadwood. I would highly recommend the Old Style Saloon No. 10. They have some tremendous Whitetail and Mule deer mounts in there along with a two headed calf and other oddities. Interesting enough, I've never been into Cadillac Jacks, but I sure have driven by it a bunch.
 
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SDHunter,

Thanks for the welcome! PM me for some contact info when you are ready.
 
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Beautiful work Bill, keep the pictures coming! Congrats on the gig too.
 
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