While we can talk about skill and ability all day long, in the end, luck can rear its head, for better or worse. I felt like I was getting stonewalled at every turn this past year. What a journey it had been…
MiniFix
8″ Barrel 300BK to 510yds – Factory to Table: Part 7
BY Ivan Loomis Published: February 21, 2020 { 6 comments }With everything assembled, it was time to get to the range and see what kind of performance I could get out of all those components I’d put together.
Factory to Table: Part – 5 ESD Sling
BY Ivan Loomis Published: June 15, 2019 { 8 comments }It is time for another installment of the Factory to Table Series. In Part 5 we will be making a trip to another corner of New Hampshire to visit Edgar, of Edgar Sherman Design. He will walk me through making one of his ESD Slings.
Factory to Table Part – 2: The Trash Panda Silencer by Q
BY Ivan Loomis Published: May 23, 2019 { 2 comments }Wanting to take advantage of the 300 Blackout cartridge, in Part 2 I wind up back at Q in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to build a silencer, this time helped by Mitch Lessard…
Factory to Table Part – 1: The MiniFix Pistol by Q
BY Ivan Loomis Published: May 19, 2019 { 0 comments }To take a 30,000 foot view of the MiniFix, and subsequently The Fix, it looks by all accounts almost like a bolt action dropped into a chassis. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. The rifle (and in this case pistol) was designed and built from the ground up, from scratch. The approach being to make a lightweight, accurate and ergonomic bolt action. They decidedly achieved this with the design.