The Ultimate .22 Hornet

[pertnear]

I am truly amazed that someone has the skill & artistry to create a rifle like this. I tip my hat to you TBR!

[Bayou City Boy]

Incredible looking rifle, sir........ And literally built from the ground up. You are very talented......

Maybe I missed it, but is this just a hobby or do you do custom work for a living?

-BCB

[Teddy Bear Rat]

I appreciate all the kind comments. I did attend gunsmithing school in the late 70's but have never attempted to make a living as a gunsmith...I think I made the right choice there . Anyway, just hobbyist work for me, and now mostly for the kids and grand kids.

BTW, R-CA, love that Peregrine rifle!

TBR

[flyrod]

That is really neat! Thanks for sharing. When you get around to building the next one, it would be interesting to see some pictures of the process. I hope the kids appreciate the amount of work that goes into them!

[Rick in Oregon]

TBR: My hat is off to you buddy....that is some absolutely superlative work. You are quite a talented gentleman; beautiful little Hornet!

[moorepower]

I would have a hard time taking it out of the glass case above my bed. That's Mona Lisa Hornet. My perfect Hornet would be a K95 Comtessa, but unless I win the lottery, most likely won't happen. Possibly a base K95 when I retire

[Eagle_view]

Wow, what a great little rifle. As other have said you do great work. I dearly like shooting a single shot for almost anything.

Thank you for sharing, maybe someone else will be so inspired.

Lowell

[Teddy Bear Rat]

I truly appreciate everyone appreciating my little projects; and by appreciate, I mean understand what is involved in building a scratch rifle. The kids and friends are intrigued and interested in the progress of one of these rifles but don't really have enough knowledge or experience to appreciate the time and conjitatin' that goes into such a build. That's why your comments mean so much more to me, because you do appreciate the effort.

At the time I built this little Hornet, I don't recall what the availability of digital cameras and the ability to "post" pics on forums like this was...probably was not possible at the time. I did take a few pics of the receiver and finger lever as I was machining it, but not sure I can even find those now. I was able to post in-process pics on other more recent projects on RFC and elsewhere. The brass 10/22 scratch build, that will be going to my oldest grandson soon, seemed to garner the most interest, and I documented every single detail in that build. It feels kind of weird posting links to them, but my moniker is the same there, so, if interested, you could probably find them.

Again, thanks for the kind remarks.

TBR

[pertnear]

TBR, one thing that was never mentioned, how does it shoot? No matter, it's AWESOME!

[Teddy Bear Rat]

I thought I did mention it. I got 3/4" 5-shot groups at 100 yards. That was using a massive (relatively) 36x scope precariously perched on that little 4.5# rifle, but I could never duplicate that with the 4x mini-Redfield.

TBR