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Originally Posted by JohnOhio
I agree- I do not know Mr. Calfee personally but I have been reading his material for along time on different forums and precision shooting magazine. His ideas and proven success have almost always been positive in the accuracy of 22 benchrest rifles. If nothing else he has made people think in the way they approach putting together a accurate 22. Why people ridicule this man for that is beyond me. He even built a pistol that was competing with the rifles. If Im not mistaken-I believe that the new turbo actions that alot of people are raving about are built to his specifications. He is the only person I know that found out that some of the 37's have ratchet barrels. I would think people would credit a man for sharing what he knows for the betterment of 22 accuracy. The way I look at it -if you don't share or like his ideas don't use them.
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Agreed!
I have Mr. Calfee's book. It's an amazing read! There is more information there on building accurate .22 rifles then I have ever seen.
Some men don't like his writing style. Anyone who
has read his book would know Mr. Calfee is not a professionally trained writer. He has never been to writing school. He openly admits he is not a trained writer.
His style is like this: the reader and him sitting by the fire on a rainy night and Mr. Calfee talking about building guns.
Mr. Calfee also admits he has never been to a machinist or gunsmithing school.
Here's the thing: he has built more match-winning .22 Benchrest then anyone else! This is from the national match stats!
How can men who never built a match-winning rifle and never penned an article degrade a man who has done, and continues to do both??

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Isn't it hard to argue with success?
Of course Jealously would explain it....
Also, there are people that
hate (on principle) anyone who makes it on their own, w/o jumping through the traditional hoops.
Then again, there were people that thought since Wilbur and Orville were bicycle makers, "That contraption will never fly!"