Cost: $100 for 2 day attendance
Timings: 0900 start - Likely finish up around 1600 hrs each day... Saturday evening: PICK My Brain Session in the restaurant or clinic venue depending on where we are.
Registration and Payment: You can choose EMT (electronic money transfer for you online banking fans), the EMT instructions are in the [Contact Me] Page. If you choose the Snail Mail payment by cheques/buried cash, email me, see the [Contact Me] link/page.
Material Covered Saturday:
- Tools for tweaking, tools to avoid, tools that are nice to have but expensive, tools that are overrated and too expensive
- Gadgets that are nice to have, need to have, and useless to have (but I had to buy it to show you)
- Tools that you can make yourself instead of buying, tools that you can have buddies (owe you favors) make up for you
- Stripping the boomstick (you will be surprised at what I can show you)
- Assembling the boomstick, and what to look for so that worthwhile tweaks can be or should be made
- Tweaks that work, tweaks that don't work, expensive tweaks so yer #### does not fall off
- Useless tweaks unless you have more money than shooting ability (many stories to follow at the clinic)
- Common pitfalls, expensive tweaks that work, more ways to ensure that yer #### don't fall off
- Lunch and then tweaking in the afternoon, shimming, pounding out more shims (all hands on activities)
- Lots of networking and socializing all the time. This is priceless (even if the $ 35 only covers my costs).
Things to bring for SATURDAY: your M14, some basic tools, notebook, pens, digital camera, rags, ball peen hammer, Allen keys both metric & SAE, punches, screwdrivers, more punches, TIG Welder, Service Truck (vise for rebarreling) We had one at the 2008 Edmonton Clinic, fired brass for us to measure, plastic or rubber mallet, wood block or 2, Black and Decker Workmate (clamping ability for your barreled action or stock), masking tape, duct tape, Loctite (blue and red stuff), I'll bring the Devcon / JB Weld and all glass bedding materials, big cold chisel for knocking off flash suppressors, large dead blow hammer.
Things to bring for the shooting session on SUNDAY or DAY 2
- At least 100 rds of your .308 ammo (ensure it is safe...)
- spotting scope , tripod, or spotting scope stand (I will teach you how to use it)
- shooting mat, for you competition shooting types
- drag bag/mat for you tactical shooting types
- Shooting jacket NRA or ISU for you competition shooters or newbies (I will teach you)
- 1907 sling on your M14/ M1A (I will be happy to show you)
- Optics tools (hex wrenches, Allen keys, screwdriver set)
- Weather appropriate clothing (overdress is better than under dressed)
- HAVE you rifle zeroed for 100m /yds if you can (I can / will help you on Sunday)
- Shooting optics? Bipod or rest? Bring what you need to shoot accurately, rear bunny bag for you tactical types
