Pics or it didn't happen
That will be quite a few pics...
I started with a Ruger SR762. Upgrades: Vortex Viper FFP scope, SSALT mount, compensator and then a Hiperfire Hipertouch trigger and extra 20 round mags. From there I bought a Ruger LW Commander in .45 and immediately swapped out the thumb safety for a Brown tactical (finish on the Brown thumb safeties sucks so I Cerakoted it and then the grip safety). Then I bought a Ruger Precision Rifle in .243. Add Vortex optics, rings, sling, etc. I liked that rifle enough to where it was followed by a Ruger Precision Rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor. Add optics, rings, rear monopod, drag bag and match 6.5 creedmoor reloading dies. My old bipod was about to crap out so I bought a new Harris (notched legs and swivel) and then added a rotopod with QD so it could jump between rifles.
From there, a Howa 1500 HB barreled action in .308 with Talley 20moa base, SWFA 6 screw rings and a SWFA 3-15x mil-mil FFP scope (they only make these in SFP now...sucks). I was waiting on a different chassis for the Howa to be released so I went with a Boyds stock for the time being - pillar bedded and action bedded - then I added QD sling mounts to it. It is about to be Cerakoted (as soon as I can make up my mind on pattern). As it uses a standard sling stud mount I bought a dedicated bipod for it.
Somewhere in there I came across a Mosin 91/30 that was in excellent shape with no import markings so I grabbed that. That reminded me that my old Mosin project was still on the bench so it finally got its Rock Solid scope mount and new stock. About a week later, I stumbled upon a deal on a barely used Savage .30-06 bolt action...too cheap to pass up so I bought it and then refinished it in Vista camo pattern, recrowned the barrel and added a scope and rings I wouldn't mind beating up, namely, a Bushnell Banner Dust and Dawn 3-9x. The factory recoil pad was a little chewed up and sucked anyway so I replaced it with a Limbsaver.
Hmm. Then I picked up a Canik TP9v2 and two extra mags. Trigger mod and sight swap to fiber optics. Add in the cost of leather to make a pancake holster for it.
A friend then gave me an old sportsterized 1917 Enfield that was in rough shape so I tracked down and put the correct military front sight back on it and started picking up parts to correct the cutdown stock...which is a slow and time consuming process. The Enfield project was dragging so I picked up an Israeli surplus transitional model CZ75 and started working on it - it has now been Cerakoted and has new G10 grips and sights. That project went by too quickly. Boredom sucks so I then came across a deal on an AR lower at he local range so I started an 18" AR build - add Black Fallout trigger, free float tube, PEPR mount and Bushnell AR optic. After building that, I went back to my DR200 as it was mid-922r conversion. That was finished off with an AR tube, LuthAR Skullation fixed stock and BRO trigger. The other DR200 mods were last year so I won't go into those.
Then I bought a Ruger American Predator in .243 on a whim but gave it to my brother.
Then I jumped back to an old M4 profile AR build and changed out the flash suppressor for a compensator and added a QD brass catcher and mount as it flings brass too far to make tracking it down any fun. The trigger on it sucked so I swapped it out for a RRA varmint trigger group. From there, I went back to the 18" build - added QD sling mounts and QD sling. The 18" AR was pretty much done so I pulled an old Para Ordnance p14 out of the safe and Cerakoted the receiver and lower components in graphite black...I have been too lazy to refinish the slide since the heat index started hovering around 106 and I need to have a cross dovetail front added to it first anyway. Next, I jumped to my full sized SR1911 and swapped out the factory trigger for one from STI and changed out the factory thumb safety for a Cerakoted Brown tactical...the Brown just feels better than the factory Ruger thumb safety. My Para P16 then got a new grip safety - Cerakote coming soon.
LC9 swappage. I had one of the first models of the LC9 and despite the trigger job on it, its trigger was still no where close to the trigger on the LC9s pro so I traded up. After getting the LC9s pro, I added TFO sights, a spare mag and two holster. Cerakote is next.
There is a lot more but this is long enough already and you get the idea. If you want pics I will start another thread and add them with descriptions of each and all. If you want me to throw in reloading gear upgrades and knives, that would be another dozen paragraphs.
However, the above is already more than enough for an off topic reply and I try to avoid being a thread jacker.
