Long, long ago... 1973
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I own a few rifles that Guntech worked on as a gunsmith. One I bought second hand is a Remington 700 with 18” possibly Bartlein barrel. The bolt was fluted and a tactical bolt knob was added. It’s possibly smoother than my accuracy International bolts. Yes I was very surprised. Does great work. When the previous owner told me who the gunsmith was, I bought it right away.
Just wanted to add that there are also a number of your functional trophies out there in firearm owners hands. Thank you!
Just wanted to add that there are also a number of your functional trophies out there in firearm owners hands. Thank you!
East of Calgary, and south of Strathmore.
It was in a field on a farm belonging to the Dirks family.
It was also the "home" of Benchrest Shooters of Canada. 7 of us started that in 1974. Only two of us are still around.
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I'm from way too far north of there, but must have been close to Blackie? We go down and shoot a little at a friends facility down there once in a while....
I will guess Al Murdoch was one of you original 7?
i met Al on 78 good guy helped me out with many shooting problems learned a lot from him
Al was a great guy, I learned a lot about loading from him and built a few rifles for him. There were a dozen of us who donated a concrete bench each to the club. One of the 12 (Chuck Stancer) had access to a concrete forming company. We paid for the mould and when it was handy for them they would cast a benchtop with steel plates. It ended up about $25 per top and Chuck would weld on 3 pipe legs. Al and Terry McCracken ands Corney Dirks (farm owner) were the driving force behind getting the Namaka club formed. Al and Terry were behind getting registered bench rest shoots going requiring a moving backer behind each target.
i wasn't a serious benchrest shooter but Al would let me use the range
