Tipsy Tuesday #44 Steve Evans Journey with Custom Rifles

[realunlucky]

Tipsy Tuesday#44 Steve Evans and his journey to build the perfect custom rifle. While Steve has only been into big game hunting for a handful of years, he has built multiple high end custom rifles. He shares experiences along the journey of what to look for in a smith, parts and calibers. Matt Cashell then reviews the Vortex Razor UHD 32mm. Sam then shifts the talk toward the other Rokslide.com gear reviews and recaps the latest Western news.

Huntnful review thread- https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/custom-rifle-journey-review-pic-heavy.344621/


Listen to the Episode here - https://www.rokslide.com/tt44-steve-evans-journey-with-custom-rifles/

 

[Quandary]

Thought the commentary of the show host on the disaster of hunting Elk with a small caliber was interesting. One more comment, having a rifle built for you by a smith is not "building a rifle". While very interesting to hear about all the rifles the guest had built by someone else it is not building a rifle. Finding the parts, buying the parts, putting the parts together is building a rifle.

 

[realunlucky]

Thought the commentary of the show host on the disaster of hunting Elk with a small caliber was interesting. One more comment, having a rifle built for you by a smith is not "building a rifle". While very interesting to hear about all the rifles the guest had built by someone else it is not building a rifle. Finding the parts, buying the parts, putting the parts together is building a rifle.

Thanks for the listening and offering feedback.

To be fair I do think it was overconfidence by the shooter with the wind call and BC of the bullet didn't offer that margin of error at that distance, more than anything to do with caliber. Little doubt others could have successfully made the shot.




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[Team4LongGun]

Thought the commentary of the show host on the disaster of hunting Elk with a small caliber was interesting. One more comment, having a rifle built for you by a smith is not "building a rifle". While very interesting to hear about all the rifles the guest had built by someone else it is not building a rifle. Finding the parts, buying the parts, putting the parts together is building a rifle.

Dude-relax. It’s just as much a figure of speech as it is a term/phrase.

 

[Team4LongGun]

Great stuff Sam, excellent topic. I followed along his journey on the thread as I have several custom/semi customs and enjoy the process.

I’m in the process of “building” a 22ARC currently and the topic was timely. Happy New Year

 

[Quandary]

Thanks for the listening and offering feedback.

To be fair I do think it was overconfidence by the shooter with the wind call and BC of the bullet didn't offer that margin of error at that distance, more than anything to do with caliber. Little doubt others could have successfully made the shot.




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That is what was so interesting, pointing out that while put in the right spot small bullets kill just fine but the margin for error is small.

 

[Clark33]

Thought the commentary of the show host on the disaster of hunting Elk with a small caliber was interesting. One more comment, having a rifle built for you by a smith is not "building a rifle". While very interesting to hear about all the rifles the guest had built by someone else it is not building a rifle. Finding the parts, buying the parts, putting the parts together is building a rifle.

Did you come over from LRH just to be a negative Nancy? Things must be pretty boring/slow where you are.

 

[Quandary]

Did you come over from LRH just to be a negative Nancy? Things must be pretty boring/slow where you are.

I don't think any of that is negative. First, I think it is interesting to hear about the difficulties the host was having with a small bullet in the wind. It points out one of the challenges of shooting smaller bullets. It is a good reminder that we need to weigh the positives and negatives and decide what works best for you and your situation. Second, it is interesting to listen to Steve talk about all the rifles he has had built for him and the things that he has learned and that work for him. Finally, I merely pointed out that there is a difference between building your own rifle and having some else build it for you. I don't see anything negative in any of that. What am I missing?

 

[realunlucky]

I personally think all feed back is good, different perspectives make us all more rounded whether we incorporate it or not.

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[j3h8]

Thought the commentary of the show host on the disaster of hunting Elk with a small caliber was interesting. One more comment, having a rifle built for you by a smith is not "building a rifle". While very interesting to hear about all the rifles the guest had built by someone else it is not building a rifle. Finding the parts, buying the parts, putting the parts together is building a rifle.

"Assembling" a rifle is not building either.

 

[Quandary]

"Assembling" a rifle is not building either.

That is true enough. However it should be pointed out that the many, most? the majority? of gunsmiths "assemble" rifles as well. Of course there are gunsmiths that chamber barrels themselves. Personally (as long as you start with a quality action) I'd rather have the barrel chamber by say a Bartlein, CarbonSix etc where they are likely using much better milling machines than the typical gunsmith, particularly if you provide them with a new reamer. There are of course exceptional gunsmiths, but the cost and wait time goes up accordingly.

Perhaps I am lucky but the rifles I have "assembled" with quality parts, BAT, Lone Peak, Trigger Tech, Hawkins, CarbonSix, Benchmark, Manners, MPA, XLR shoot and function as well as my TS Custom (which is great). I get the hesitancy of people to tackle a rifle project on their own. The components aren't inexpensive, fear of the unknown etc. For example I have a friend that takes scopes to a gunsmith 2 hours away for mounting. The thought of doing it himself scares him to death, much less "assembling" a rifle. But if you have the time, a little mechanical competency, the right tools and a sense of adventure it is a lot of fun.

The feeling of satisfaction gained by a successful hunt with a rifle for which you selected and acquired the components, "assembled", mounted the scope, developed and loaded the ammo (also "assembly") is immense.

 

[j3h8]

That is true enough. However it should be pointed out that the many, most? the majority? of gunsmiths "assemble" rifles as well. Of course there are gunsmiths that chamber barrels themselves. Personally (as long as you start with a quality action) I'd rather have the barrel chamber by say a Bartlein, CarbonSix etc where they are likely using much better milling machines than the typical gunsmith, particularly if you provide them with a new reamer. There are of course exceptional gunsmiths, but the cost and wait time goes up accordingly.

Perhaps I am lucky but the rifles I have "assembled" with quality parts, BAT, Lone Peak, Trigger Tech, Hawkins, CarbonSix, Benchmark, Manners, MPA, XLR shoot and function as well as my TS Custom (which is great). I get the hesitancy of people to tackle a rifle project on their own. The components aren't inexpensive, fear of the unknown etc. For example I have a friend that takes scopes to a gunsmith 2 hours away for mounting. The thought of doing it himself scares him to death, much less "assembling" a rifle. But if you have the time, a little mechanical competency, the right tools and a sense of adventure it is a lot of fun.

The feeling of satisfaction gained by a successful hunt with a rifle for which you selected and acquired the components, "assembled", mounted the scope, developed and loaded the ammo (also "assembly") is immense.

Appreciate you appreciating my facetious nature.

Yes hunting with something you have assembled yourself is as near to keeping your cake but eating it too that one can get.