Would cams work?

[turmite]

Hu I know all too well the revealing thing, and how it works. I have been ripped by one of the top European gun manufacturers, "friends" and and at least one other stock maker who is no longer in business. He was located in California and also sold wood. I ordered a big piece of wood but not big enough for a rifle stock. He asked me what it was for and dummy me, I told him. Four months later I saw his ad in one of the gun mags selling what I had told him about. Oh yea, I know all too well how that game works.

My reason in asking was pure curosity (sp). I just could not get my mind wrapped around the idea of why you would want to automate the neck process, other than just having done it!

I would very much like to see the rest you are talking about if you have a pic.

My email is on my site and the url is www.turnercustoms.com It is bad out of date so I will attach a jpg here for you to see. I don't think you can send them via pm's.

Mike

ps this particular stock is balsa/carbon fiber composite with a paint job instead of the carbon showing. I also attached one of my designs that you might find interesting.

[turmite]

Skippy???

[shootingarts]

Mike,

I would have to dig for an image of the rest and the proto-type was rude and crude just to prove the concept. The part that was stolen was the jaws that move parallel to each other that folks think is so wonderful. I thought it was pretty nice too. The remainder of the rest design allows it to move freely in two axis without being able to cant the rifle. It is impossible to position a front and rear rest so that there is a bind between the two of them. Also the rear bag aligns the rifle with the target but isn't used to control recoil in any way. Two low round ears with minimum contact on the stock are best.

I'm still less than happy about the idea being stolen and actually something less than my best design for parallel jaws being implemented. If I get seriously into NC I may well build the different versions of my rest just to go head to head with the people who lifted my idea. Like most things, the original designer knows the design best. The rest top I saw looks pretty crude compared to my current design. A lot of man hours in making my rest though. NC would bring the cost down within reason.

This is by far the best score and live varmint rest I have ever shot from and as an unexpected bonus turned out to be outstanding for group shooting, telling me that our bag set-ups on the bench probably aren't as perfect as we think they are.

The balsa/carbon fiber would have been a major temptation not long ago. The AR stock I will have to talk to you about someday. I have lost interest in getting the last hundredth of an inch out of a rifle and the AR's are my fun gun of choice. I buy reconditioned and primed brass by the five gallon bucket and treat the chrome lined barrel like a rimfire on steroids. The Lilja barrel gets a little more respect though.

Hu

[shootingarts]

Tool Time Road?

I sent you an e-mail from the link on your site.

Hu