It's official! The Shooting Edge has kindly opened their classroom facility for me to carry out TWO (don't buy one, buy TWO of them philosophy) M14 Clinics at their business location. In the past Savage (a very kind and busy CGNutter) has been my pointman. Since I'm also visiting some Calgary buddy(ies), I've got wheels and a place to stay for a week. So this time, he's got a break from my stale jokes. 
This summer, I need to clear my head and spend more time out west because this Univ of Alberta boy misses the west, being stuck here in Bantario. Boy am I ever happy to return out west to spread the M14 LOVE ! Except this time I will be around for TWO clinics and also shoot some gophers!
* Date: Sat & Sun 24/25 July 2010
* Location: TSE The Shooting Edge, Calgary
* Cost: $ 35
* Timings: 0900 start - Likely finish up around 1600 hrs
Material Covered:
- 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: your M14, some basic tools, notebook, pens, digital camera, rags, ball peen hammer, punches, screwdrivers, more punches, TIG Welder, Service Truck (vise for rebarreling), 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 and all glass bedding materials....more to follow as I remember to remind myself.
* Registration: PM (don't use email) me on the board. I'll send you payment instructions. You can choose EMT (electronic money transfer for you online banking fans) or Snail Mail cheques/buried cash. We'll just stick with the fee ! I will use this forum (right here ) to monitor the numbers and payment details. With your payment, ensure that you remind me of your CGN handle and what location the clinic is in since I'm helping run several Service Rifle and Service CQB these days.
* I have to cap each clinic at 20 bodies because of some (rightly so) concerns about overcrowding in the classroom from June 2009... Hence the chance to run TWO clinics! Alberta has ALWAYS been sending me PM's to run clinics, so I gotta get off my butt and be there!
This summer, I need to clear my head and spend more time out west because this Univ of Alberta boy misses the west, being stuck here in Bantario. Boy am I ever happy to return out west to spread the M14 LOVE ! Except this time I will be around for TWO clinics and also shoot some gophers!
* Date: Sat & Sun 24/25 July 2010
* Location: TSE The Shooting Edge, Calgary
* Cost: $ 35
* Timings: 0900 start - Likely finish up around 1600 hrs
Material Covered:
- 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: your M14, some basic tools, notebook, pens, digital camera, rags, ball peen hammer, punches, screwdrivers, more punches, TIG Welder, Service Truck (vise for rebarreling), 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 and all glass bedding materials....more to follow as I remember to remind myself.
* Registration: PM (don't use email) me on the board. I'll send you payment instructions. You can choose EMT (electronic money transfer for you online banking fans) or Snail Mail cheques/buried cash. We'll just stick with the fee ! I will use this forum (right here ) to monitor the numbers and payment details. With your payment, ensure that you remind me of your CGN handle and what location the clinic is in since I'm helping run several Service Rifle and Service CQB these days.
* I have to cap each clinic at 20 bodies because of some (rightly so) concerns about overcrowding in the classroom from June 2009... Hence the chance to run TWO clinics! Alberta has ALWAYS been sending me PM's to run clinics, so I gotta get off my butt and be there!
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