This story is about an old rifle and a really "Good Dude" wanting to do something special for a friend and his new bride to be. I've been on this forum awhile now and when I travel I'm usually somewhere I can meet up with someone that I've talked to on the TFL before. This last December was no different, while I was back in Kansas City for a couple of weeks for work I got to meet Hooligan1 (H1) for the first time.
From meeting him I can tell he lived up to his internet moniker, probably more so when he was much younger. I'm sure he was the #1 hooligan from his neighborhood growing up, and raised his share of hell and gave his parents plenty of gray hair. I'm pretty sure his wife is a saint who saved him from a lot of trouble, by settling him down into the prankster he is today. I also got the pleasure of meeting a few of his friends, and they all said (when H1 was out of earshot) "He's the first to show up to help regardless if you've asked for it or not, and whatever he has he's likely to give it to you if he thinks you need it more than him."
H1 could beat Uncle Si in a look alike contest, but a Bud Light is more likely to be found in his hand than a tupperware tumbler full of iced tea when he's not working. His passions in life are his Wife, family, and friends first and then it's BBQ, hunting/shooting, and anything that keeps him outdoors. He may not be rich by any means, but from what I've seen of his life he's a very wealthy man. I felt very blessed to get to spend the short amount of time I did among his family and friends.
Now that you have the back story let us move on to the rifle. Like I said he was wanting to present as a wedding gift to the new bride a deer rifle. He had bought a sporterized 1891 Argentine Mauser off of the groom to be and was wanting to turn it into a 6.5X55 deer rifle so the young couple could hunt deer together. He enlisted my help to get this done, unfortunately I know next to nothing about these old Mauser rifles, but my google-fu is not weak and I shortly came up with an answer. This answer was one that H1 wasn't going to like so, I started to hatch a plan to help my friend be a hero.
I went out to my work shop and started digging through my boxes of "Gun Stuff" It took me about an hour to locate everything but I had the answer to the question Ol' H1 never asked. First thing I found was this barreled action, a Kimber of Oregon sporterized Carl Gustav M96 Mauser with Bold trigger, Dayton Traister speedlock kit, and Commercial bolt shroud.
The second item I found was a Richard's Microfit #102 Old Classic walnut stock inlet for the small ring intermediate action and #1 barrel channel.
Lastly, and this took the most time to locate I finally found a Shilen feather weight contour 1:8 twist barrel that I had stashed for a rainy day.
So I boxed this all up and shipped it off to Indepndence MO to the FFL that H1 uses free of charge only asking for pictures. I know that H1 was surprised that I did this, but after meeting the guy you can't want but to help him as well. The reason is he makes you want to be as selfless as he is in taking care of other people. To be continued.........
From meeting him I can tell he lived up to his internet moniker, probably more so when he was much younger. I'm sure he was the #1 hooligan from his neighborhood growing up, and raised his share of hell and gave his parents plenty of gray hair. I'm pretty sure his wife is a saint who saved him from a lot of trouble, by settling him down into the prankster he is today. I also got the pleasure of meeting a few of his friends, and they all said (when H1 was out of earshot) "He's the first to show up to help regardless if you've asked for it or not, and whatever he has he's likely to give it to you if he thinks you need it more than him."
H1 could beat Uncle Si in a look alike contest, but a Bud Light is more likely to be found in his hand than a tupperware tumbler full of iced tea when he's not working. His passions in life are his Wife, family, and friends first and then it's BBQ, hunting/shooting, and anything that keeps him outdoors. He may not be rich by any means, but from what I've seen of his life he's a very wealthy man. I felt very blessed to get to spend the short amount of time I did among his family and friends.
Now that you have the back story let us move on to the rifle. Like I said he was wanting to present as a wedding gift to the new bride a deer rifle. He had bought a sporterized 1891 Argentine Mauser off of the groom to be and was wanting to turn it into a 6.5X55 deer rifle so the young couple could hunt deer together. He enlisted my help to get this done, unfortunately I know next to nothing about these old Mauser rifles, but my google-fu is not weak and I shortly came up with an answer. This answer was one that H1 wasn't going to like so, I started to hatch a plan to help my friend be a hero.
I went out to my work shop and started digging through my boxes of "Gun Stuff" It took me about an hour to locate everything but I had the answer to the question Ol' H1 never asked. First thing I found was this barreled action, a Kimber of Oregon sporterized Carl Gustav M96 Mauser with Bold trigger, Dayton Traister speedlock kit, and Commercial bolt shroud.
The second item I found was a Richard's Microfit #102 Old Classic walnut stock inlet for the small ring intermediate action and #1 barrel channel.
Lastly, and this took the most time to locate I finally found a Shilen feather weight contour 1:8 twist barrel that I had stashed for a rainy day.
So I boxed this all up and shipped it off to Indepndence MO to the FFL that H1 uses free of charge only asking for pictures. I know that H1 was surprised that I did this, but after meeting the guy you can't want but to help him as well. The reason is he makes you want to be as selfless as he is in taking care of other people. To be continued.........
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