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This is a tough announcement to make. But I wanted to thank the customers who made this work worth doing.
04/12/2024

This is a tough announcement to make. But I wanted to thank the customers who made this work worth doing.

04/27/2023

I have loved straight pull actions for years. Sadly, the action is not very common in the United States, so the options to get your hands on a good one are often limited. My main pest-control rifle took a dive and is currently waiting on parts…which was all the excuse I needed to build this. The rifle is utilizing a Voquartsen Summit action, which is a side lever, blueprinted version of a R***r 10/22. I expected this to be a quick and dirty job that I could slap together in an afternoon with off-the-shelf parts, but as it happens, the chassis from Midwest Industries had multiple compatibility issues with the receiver, which required modification of both the receiver and the chassis. The result is a unique rifle that you can’t find anywhere else. Once I pro-tuned the 10/22 magazines for better feeding, the rifle was shooting .6 MOA with CCI stingers. What would you change about this rifle?

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04/09/2023

Sometimes it’s the little things that make a world of difference. One such little thing is ambidextrous controls on an AR. Specifically the bolt catch, which allows you to split the work of reloading and locking back the bolt between your strong and weak side hands. Being able to do this without having to move your strong hand from its firing position is a time and hassle saver (if you ever need to clear a gun while prone, you’ll know why).

I need to remind myself to use my weak side for my optic switch though. Always room for improvement.

04/05/2023

These days, many gun manufacturers think that creating a woman’s rifle simply means shortening the length of pull (or rebranding a youth model), painting it pink, and marking up the price. This is not a good approach for getting a woman shooter set up with serious hunting and defense tools. For a gun stock to perform well, it needs to naturally align the shooter’s eye with the firearm’s sights, encouraging good form for steady handling and recoil control. On average, women have a shorter length of pull (LOP) than men, as well as different shoulder, cheekbone, and neck dimensions. A woman’s higher cheekbones means that their firearm needs to have a higher comb in relation to their gun sights. The additional neck length and more aggressive shoulder slope translates into needing more drop at the toe of the stock to encourage natural head placement. Unfortunately, I see a lot of women kinking their necks hard to get down to their optics. Finally, to compensate for shorter arm length, adjusting the LOP is only half of the equation – you need to balance out the weight of the barrel as well. Ounce for ounce, the barrel exerts the most leverage on the shooter, and removing a few inches off the overall length - or using a lighter weight carbon-wrapped barrel - can make a world of difference for shooter endurance.

There is quite a bit more to this discussion, and I plan on going into further detail about how we manage all of these elements in a cohesive system. More videos to come, so stick around.

04/04/2023

This Blue Ridge Rifle 6.8 Western was custom-built for a petite woman shooter and has been made with top-of-the-line components throughout.

The platform is designed around the Terminus Zeus action, which has been custom inletted into a PSL155 stock from H-S Precision. This stock gives the ability to truly fine tune the fit to this particular shooter (side note: there is so much more to rifle-fit than just the LOP). The 18-inch long barrel creates a nice balance between maneuverability in brush and muzzle velocity. The muzzle brake - along with the weight of the rifle (which hits at around 8-9 lbs.) - helps tone down the recoil for this hard-hitting cartridge. A crisp 2.5-lb, 2-stage trigger, paired with a Schmidt and Bender PM2 Ultra Short 3-20 scope, will help the shooter extract the most accuracy possible from this awesome platform.






Later today, we will be unveiling the latest Blue Ridge Rifle creation! This 6.8 Western rifle was custom-made for a ve...
04/04/2023

Later today, we will be unveiling the latest Blue Ridge Rifle creation! This 6.8 Western rifle was custom-made for a very petite shooter (LOP 12.5").

If you are a Washington State resident who has been considering building an AR10, now is the time to do it. While suppli...
03/27/2023

If you are a Washington State resident who has been considering building an AR10, now is the time to do it. While supplies last, we will waive transfer fees on matched M5 upper/lower sets. When these parts are gone, they are gone for good. Get them now while you still can!

This 6.8 Western was custom built for a petite customer and made to fit her like a glove. It is a delight to shoot, and...
03/02/2023

This 6.8 Western was custom built for a petite customer and made to fit her like a glove. It is a delight to shoot, and can handle any big game animal in North America at any practical hunting distance. The MDT HNT26 chassis can accommodate a range of LOP sizes and keeps this whole system light enough to carry all day while providing a rock solid platform for the Terminus Zeus action. The brake on the Preferred Barrel works to keep muzzle rise and recoil to a minimum for this hard-hitting magnum. The fully-adjustable Trigger Tech Diamond 2-stage trigger is set to a crisp 3-lbs, but it feels lighter. Topped with an Eotech Vudu 1-10 scope, this rifle is built to acquire targets quickly and precisely, near or far.

If you are looking for a purpose-built rifle to fit you and your mission, I’m always happy to help.

This 6.8 Western was custom built for a petite customer and made to fit her like a glove. It is a delight to shoot, and...
03/02/2023

This 6.8 Western was custom built for a petite customer and made to fit her like a glove. It is a delight to shoot, and can handle any big game animal in North America at any practical hunting distance. The MDT HNT26 chassis can accommodate a range of LOP sizes and keeps this whole system light enough to carry all day while providing a rock solid platform for the Terminus Zeus action. The brake on the Preferred Barrel works to keep muzzle rise and recoil to a minimum for this hard-hitting magnum. The fully-adjustable Trigger Tech Diamond 2-stage trigger is set to a crisp 3-lbs, but it feels lighter. Topped with an Eotech Vudu 1-10 scope, this rifle is built to acquire targets quickly and precisely, near or far.

If you are looking for a purpose-built rifle to fit you and your mission, I’m always happy to help.

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Washington state seems to want to overtake California in terms of who has the most restrictive gun laws. This year’s rou...
01/27/2023

Washington state seems to want to overtake California in terms of who has the most restrictive gun laws. This year’s round of legislation includes bills that would require you to get a government-issued permit prior to going through the normal background check process to exercise your 2nd amendment rights. There is also a sweeping “assault weapons” ban that includes way more guns than you think…such as most pistols used for self defense. Don’t take my word for it, go read the text of the laws as proposed and then contact your representatives to let them know what you think.

01/17/2023

In this final segment of our series on pistol gunfit, we discuss how a firearm’s overall form is a determining factor that will affect your comfort of carry. This is an element of the fit that you may need to balance against the grip dimensions we discussed in segment two. For an EDC pistol, try to think in terms of finding the smallest pistol you can shoot well.

The biggest impact on your comfort of carry is going to be dictated by barrel length. For example: I’m a tall skinny guy and I carry in the appendix position. For years, I carried a gun with a 4.5-inch barrel, which, while doable, was not terribly comfortable when I sat down (especially while driving). Switching to a slightly shorter 4-inch barrel made a huge difference in my comfort level. If you are shorter, or more heavyset, you might want to consider going with a shorter barrel length. Since we are all built so differently, the best advice I can give you is to try to holster the pistol and sit down. If you can do that comfortably, you should be ok.

As discussed in the last episode, another aspect of comfort of carry revolves around the size of your grip. The length of the grip might dictate that you fit your holster with a claw to eliminate printing - this claw will exert a bit more pressure on your body and mildly increase your discomfort over time. Again, it pays to scale down the size of your EDC to the smallest gun that you can shoot well (for me, those tend to be compact framed fi****ms).

Making sure your gun is comfortable is a great step towards ensuring that you have the gun if and when you need it.

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