I have one with similar set up but with forged upper/lower. Mine shoots just like yours, smooth with hardly any kick (but I put muzzle brake on-loud as hell indoors). Thinking about getting a billet set.

I agree. Blue will look much better. :thumbsup:

If I had a shop like that, my wife will never find me. :)

My comments in blue -- had to add this because otherwise it appeared I had no message... DOH!

When I was sighting in my Oly Arms Ultramatch in '92 there was an old guy and his two 30 something kids at the range one stall away and right next to steel roof support pipe.........they were shooting a .378 Weatherby Mag with a muzzle brake. The shockwave off that brake was violent and wrang the pipe something fierce too. I was flinching in anticipation of their trigger pull, had to relocate to dial my gun in. The SOB's shot 2 boxes of shells making them a LOT tougher than me. I was hoping they'd break a collarbone and have to quit!

Haven't been too fond of breaks ever since. :D

Maybe someone interesting will drop by to help out...

If only more often....

:thankyou:

Got this update this morning from the job site foreman:



Hi Greg,
As promised attached from a really bad photographer this week’s snap shots.
Finished installing the garage doors yesterday and they’ll have power Monday or Tuesday, they look awesome with the window panel in the middle.
The barn doors are hung and with a few minor adjustments will be ready for paint Monday.
Windows arrived today and we’ll set them early next week then tackle the awnings.
Extractor fan is installed and ready to be wired.
Electricians are still working away bending and pulling wire, hopefully they’ll be done with everything by the middle of the week. BAF’s not spinning yet, but so close. Something to do with pulling wires for the garage door openers.
Plumber is all caught up, waiting to set finish.
Boiler and hot water is all vented and piped ready to fire up next week.
Welder will be in setting the handrail and the lower panels in the barn doors.
Roofer has only the bathroom to do with the corrugated metal and seal the Extractor fan.
Drop ceiling panels are in and ready for their final coat.
The goal is to be done with all the construction side of things next week so we can get the painters in for their touch up and the a big clean up….







BIG IMPROVEMENT is the new insulated overhead doors (tore out the beat to death rollup versions)






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The blue overhead beams in the "office area" were painted black -- and now just need the windows to be installed. The wood column construction was required because that's where the plumbing came out of the concrete floor for the radiant heat. The boiler used to be here but we moved that to a closet downstairs under the stairway.... this will be finished out with barn wood and the corrugated metal used elsewhere in the shop.







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This is the "reception area" as you come in via the man door.... I will just put one of my gas pumps and some related "stuff" on the walls etc. Maybe a leather sofa so it "looks like" a room.... but it's basically just wasted space. So we just put the barn wood wainscot on --- and gave it a BLACK dropped ceiling and some track lighting to clean it up.





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This is the "barn doors" between the upstairs office area and the upstairs storage area. This gives me a large opening and since they don't swing out they use less room to open if needed (since they don't swing!).... I needed to be able to have access --- so might as well attempt to make them at least be "kool".







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Coming along nice, those doors make it look like a different building!

YEAH THEY DO!!


I'm now thinking I may have to paint the exterior in my racing colors.... except that if you saw where the building sits -- that would just be a pure waste of effort and money. The area ain't exactly "race car alley". It's really pretty nasty and people just pile crap outside of their buildings etc. So making it look killer outside... as much as I want to... would just attract unwanted attention.

Looking good! Very Man-Cavish! :thumbsup:

I would keep it as low key as possible as well.


You could have a full time security guard live in the "wasted" room lol