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Tom, congrats on finally getting yours, there's still a couple of grouse hunts left this month. I'd like to get together sometime and see your exhibition upgrade. Give me a call.
Are you going to order a new car and wait 15 mo too?
I didn't think so!
Enjoy! Joe Z.
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Tom,
Glad to hear you got your RBL! In a way your a lotto winner, from my observations your the first deposit gun to be delivered.
The #307 is fairly easy to explain. CSMC is batch building these and your's was in a batch that higher #'s were finished and delivered before your's this has been seen several times already with deliveries.
The bigger question is how you were lucky enough to be put ahead of the September and October 2005 Paid in Full guy's that are still waiting for the call from Carol?
On second thought how you got ahead of the Sept 05 thru April 06 Paid if full orders.
You need to buy some lotto ticket's while your hot!
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I agree...It can't hurt to try and get them to restock it... (To be honest I've got nicer wood on some of my older field-grade M37s....)
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I patd $400. for a American black walnut blank from Cecil Fredi. The stock has more intensity in figure and is a mirrow image on both sides. Am not playing "mine is better than yours." FWIW, Ken Ken turned me on to Cecil. I have purchased 2 English walnut stocks from him and am currently looking at some wood for a mauser action. Here is one I purchased that was special. It is for a 44XL that I am going to restock. I paid $250 for this, because of the small dimensions.   Pete
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Any idea how many total orders are on the books? What's the highest serial number so far? (I wonder if it's exact sequence or random spot delivery... Anyone have an idea? Tom,
Glad to hear you got your RBL! In a way your a lotto winner, from my observations your the first deposit gun to be delivered.
The #307 is fairly easy to explain. CSMC is batch building these and your's was in a batch that higher #'s were finished and delivered before your's this has been seen several times already with deliveries.
The bigger question is how you were lucky enough to be put ahead of the September and October 2005 Paid in Full guy's that are still waiting for the call from Carol?
On second thought how you got ahead of the Sept 05 thru April 06 Paid if full orders.
You need to buy some lotto ticket's while your hot!
Last edited by nitrofever; 01/11/07 11:49 PM.
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Pete, Also check out Jim Preslik 4245 Keith Ln. Chico, CA 95973 (530) 891-8236 http://www.presliksgunstocks.com/This was $500 from him with a forend.  
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All these blanks that you guys are showing doesn't look very big. Is there enough wood to get a buttstock AND a forearm out of it? And no offense but the stock that Chuck has hanging on end, I agree, that's about a $500.00 piece of wood. A $2000.00 piece of wood will have the figure all the way through it, not just on the end. And those Hunterbid stocks don't have any feathering at all in them. So, I would say that is about right for those stocks. If you go to someone like Brent Umberger or a good stocker you will really see some fabulous wood. And it doesn't come cheap. That is why your more expensive guns cost so much. One of the reasons is the wood alone will run $2-5000.00. But on a $2500.00 gun, you are going to get a $500-750 piece of wood. And as far as the difference between the GL and the RBL and the marketing bit, you better believe that CSM will be getting a nice profit from the RBL. And that is all you should expect. I think you some of you are just expecting too much from a $2500.00 gun. On a $1500.00 gun now days, you'll end up with that paper wrap around a sawdust stock. Looks purty, though.  Good luck.
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Jimmy
separate piece for the forend.
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That's the problem, Chuck. Is it from the same blank? If it is from two different pieces of wood, that's is why it is so cheap. But, I don't want to argue. If you guys are happy, I'm happy.
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Ordered my RBL PIF on 11.29.05. Cancelled today and got my money back. Enough is enough. And when I asked about interest on my $3,000, she laughed outloud. I'm going to spend half the money and send my old Parker 16 VH to Turnbull for restoration. That way I can have another year with something to look forward to. $1500 won't buy much at Turnbull's these days. You will be lucky to get a partial restoration of an already decent VH 16 for $3000. Doug quoted $5K+ to redo my 16 VHE, and it was OK to start with.
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