I orderd the 10th eddition of COTW .. I will receive it when published. I also looked in to the CZ rifle and it looks like it will be pretty inexpensive to build .. I will talk to my local gun smith and see what he wants to rebarrel it .. With the 250 bt this should be one hell of a whitail wacker .. And black bear too ..Bill

PS. Where can we get a reamer ? Or is it possible for you to do it and send the barrel ? ...Thanks Bill

I can do the action and barrel work, for that matter I can build you a complete rifle if you want. By the way one of my customers has a Ruger #1 witha 29" octagon barrel, the first 2 1/2" are the muzzle brake. it also has octagon scope rings, kind of neat. The rifle is chambered for the .366 D.G.W. and it shoots under 1/2" . If you are intrested he is selling it to get money for a bolt action .366 based on the CZ action.
If you are intrested in having me do some work for you then Email me your mailing address and I will send you one of our brochures.
Thanks for your intrest.
Your Friend
Jud

Even in cases in which the entire energy of a bullet is expended within a target, there is nothing like the effect we would expect from, say, 147 ft/lb of energy in a 1-pound target. i actually once watched an Army sergeant catch 230 grain .45 ACP GI Hardball bullets fired from 15' into a " catcher' s mit" made of Kevlar that he was wearing on his right hand! This thing was just about the size of a baseball catcher' s mit, but I have no idea how many layers of bullet-stopping and shock-absorbing material it contained. When the bullet hit, his hand was shoved back with about the same violence and about as far as the pistol moved the firer' s hand. No penetration into the glove at all! Then the guy would open his hand, palm-up, and hold the caught bullet out for all to observe. When it impacted, the bullet was carrying over 300 ft/lb of kinetic energy, but there was no obvious commensurate effect on the guy' s hand/arm!! 300 foot/pounds of REAL energy?? I don' t think so!!