Once in awhile I will get an idea about a rifle and to really get a grip on what it will be like, I have to build it. Now I have heard how a modern gunsmith could be and should be using a computer to build and test a contemporary rifle and loads, how it would ultimately be cheaper to go this route. And I reckon that is probably true.

But I am just a country boy and a hands on kinda fellow. I would rather be at a work bench with a cold piece of steel in my hands, or working on a beautiful piece of wood. I would rather be outside on my shooting range smelling that gunpowder, feeling that stock up against my shoulder, feeling pride at the grouping I have just created with a rifle that I built.

I maybe wrong, but I just don’t feel like I could get that same satisfaction hunched over some computer key board squinting at some monitor, trying to figure out some program designed by a computer geek who has never shot a rifle or any other weapon.

So until otherwise convinced that the way I am doing things is wrong I will continue to do things the only way I know. One gun at a time. But the problem with building rifles just to see how they will perform is I begin to accumulate rifles that I never planned on selling.

As most of you know I specialize in creating custom rifles. Rifles that are built by me but are customized to my customers’ wishes and they take time to build, but occasionally a friend, fellow hunter or new customer will need something in a hurry. On these occasions I will offer them one these test rifles. So on this page I plan to keep a running inventory of what I have available, if you find yourself needing a rifle quickly check here to see what I have.