Shooting Projects

ELR Custom build

ARC Coup de Grace action for a multi-caliber build in 300AAC, 308WIN, and 300 Norma Mag

Smokeless Muzzleloader

  1. Concept: A 750yd, .50-cal tack driver that is legal to hunt extended seasons with and capable of any big game, but cheap to shoot and fun
  2. Rem700-style custom action:
    1. Mack bros EVO II
    2. Defiance Outcast
    3. Savage 110
  3. Arrowhead Breech plug
  4. High-twist for monolithic copper
  5. Barrel from Hart with the breech plug work (right here in LaFayette!)
  6. Muzzle brake it, because why not, you can have any features you want on a muzzleloader!
  7. Make a custom laminate stock: mostly, for fun
    1. Build up from laser cut wood veneer, laminate with epoxy and CNC mill
    2. Floated barrel and bedded action
    3. Built-in weight adjustment
  8. Examples

Specialized Ammo

  1. Lead-free
  2. Force-on-force training
  3. Cast, powder-coated, slick-sided, gas-checked subsonics

Handmade Recurve Bow

  1. Specs
    1. takedown
    2. PVC or laminated wood
  2. References
  3. Nick Tomihama’s builds
    1. Books
      1. The Traditional Bowyer’s Bible, Volume 2
      2. Traditional Bowyers of America

Ballistic Sgian Dubh: Spetznatz meets Highlander

  1. A 6” drop point ka-bar blade style, with a short section of the back sharpened to make the tip double-sided
  2. Paired set with armpit sheaths
  3. Pre-cut and ground from O1 steel blank
  4. Reciever and tang turned on a metal lathe
  5. Black/blued blade and handle finish
  6. Removable 50# compression coil spring
  7. Hole in tang for kunai mode