taran butler 3 gun

adamg said:
Have you met him? Shot with him? I know people who have shot with him and they did not share you opinion.
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After speaking with Jesse Tischauser, I wanted to go with an M2 built by Accurate Iron. Well they did not want to go through the trouble (even though I told them I would source one out myself, send it to them in the US and then send it to a US based FFL) did not even respond after the initial "Don't want your business, we are too busy to deal with Canadians" no matter how much I begged them.

I was feeling abit down, but I was able to order a Benelli M2 3 gun edition through Clay at Prophet River, so I got that going for me which is nice. (these are done by Benny Hill at triangle sports, close enough) but I still wanted that sweet lightened bolt (turned down by Accurate Iron again)

I discovered that Taran Butler did the original bolt work on the Accurate Iron guns and began his own line of custom parts. I tracked his number down and called him up. I Spoke with him on multiple occasions on the phone as he was the ONLY Benelli aftermarket manufacturer to deal with me. He was polite, friendly and made sure I was setup right (even sent me a Taran Tactical T-Shirt for free) and when some stuff got lost by the FFL (verified by tracking numbers) When I called him up he resent, direct to my door via USPS express, another package on his dime that included the missing bolt handle, bolt release, oversized safety, and the T-shirt (they were shipped regular post mail to the ffl and were not insured). Did he have to do that? no, but he did anyways. Luckily my bolt carrier did make it and was not involved in the shipping fiasco.

Even though he was busy, he always took the time to chat with me about shooting and gave my some advice, etc.

Have I shot with him? no, but neither have you.

Have I met him? no, my situation does not really count, but this sure comes close and this was *MY* experience, not some second hand bs.

Who are your friends? are they acquaintances? forum friends? whats the story?.

Onagoth said:
You can buy a lot of ammo with the money he charges to do over a shotgun.
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Accurate Iron charges around $1400 to $1500 for "the full meal deal" and that is if you can convince them to do work for you. Taran is on par with that.

But yes, absolutely you can get alot of ammo for that cash. But I wanted to build the ultimate Benelli and that was my sacrifice!

hek76 said:
he does an awesome sylvester stalone impression
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Starting at :45 and 1:40

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He also suffers from "awesome hair" as well :D
 
Cyanide Ride said:
After speaking with Jesse Tischauser, I wanted to go with an M2 built by Accurate Iron. Well they did not want to go through the trouble (even though I told them I would source one out myself, send it to them in the US and then send it to a US based FFL) did not even respond after the initial "Don't want your business, we are too busy to deal with Canadians" no matter how much I begged them.

I was feeling abit down, but I was able to order a Benelli M2 3 gun edition through Clay at Prophet River, so I got that going for me which is nice. (these are done by Benny Hill at triangle sports, close enough) but I still wanted that sweet lightened bolt (turned down by Accurate Iron again)

I discovered that Taran Butler did the original bolt work on the Accurate Iron guns and began his own line of custom parts. I tracked his number down and called him up. I Spoke with him on multiple occasions on the phone as he was the ONLY Benelli aftermarket manufacturer to deal with me. He was polite, friendly and made sure I was setup right (even sent me a Taran Tactical T-Shirt for free) and when some stuff got lost by the FFL (verified by tracking numbers) When I called him up he resent, direct to my door via USPS express, another package on his dime that included the missing bolt handle, bolt release, oversized safety, and the T-shirt (they were shipped regular post mail to the ffl and were not insured). Did he have to do that? no, but he did anyways. Luckily my bolt carrier did make it and was not involved in the shipping fiasco.

Even though he was busy, he always took the time to chat with me about shooting and gave my some advice, etc.

Have I shot with him? no, but neither have you.

Have I met him? no, my situation does not really count, but this sure comes close and this was *MY* experience, not some second hand bs.

Who are your friends? are they acquaintances? forum friends? whats the story?.



Accurate Iron charges around $1400 to $1500 for "the full meal deal" and that is if you can convince them to do work for you. Taran is on par with that.

But yes, absolutely you can get alot of ammo for that cash. But I wanted to build the ultimate Benelli and that was my sacrifice!



Starting at :45 and 1:40

[youtube]A28y0zaPWx4[/youtube]

He also suffers from "awesome hair" as well :D
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hes just awesome all around, just ordered his taran tactical sights for my glock :)
 
I can see how sometimes a guy like Butler could come off as less than polite or whatever...

I have seen him in action at several 3 gun matches and really...
You gotta cut the guy some slack if he doesn't schmooz or horse around with you at a match.
For a certain number of shooters there is a lot riding on their performance and unlike the rest of us hacks... They take it very seriously. They have to concentrate.
There's money and reputation at stake.

I'm not sure I'd want to be in their position. I love shooting, but as soon as it becomes a job... I dunno.
I think that would zap at least some of the fun out of it for me.
 
I've shot lots with Taran, he's a great guy. He's even invited my to come train at his range. His parts are very high quality and I think the prices are reasonable.
 
667 said:
I can see how sometimes a guy like Butler could come off as less than polite or whatever...

I have seen him in action at several 3 gun matches and really...
You gotta cut the guy some slack if he doesn't schmooz or horse around with you at a match.
For a certain number of shooters there is a lot riding on their performance and unlike the rest of us hacks... They take it very seriously. They have to concentrate.
There's money and reputation at stake.

I'm not sure I'd want to be in their position. I love shooting, but as soon as it becomes a job... I dunno.
I think that would zap at least some of the fun out of it for me.
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Very good points.

I shoot for fun but some people I've met along the way are quite the serious hedgehog, but really are nice outside of their "work"

Though all that being said, I think I'd like to try doing something I love for a job... You know, for a change!!!
 
Surveyor780 said:
You know who else loves Taran Butler? The guy running the camera.

Unreal shooting though, the guy is a machine.
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Really? I never noticed :)

The plate rack is the one that always impressed me the most ( can't find the vid, but he makes 1:89):

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Here is a vid showing highlights from the plate rack and confirming 1:89 (and also three targets from the hip under 1)

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Here he is having some impromptu fun with Bob Vogel (notice the times and the different shooting styles)

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