Been dreaming and doodling again...

[Bill Calfee]

Been dreaming and doodling again...


CYA accuracy fool friends:


I've been dreaming and doodling again..



My #8 IHMSA Silhouette Pistol, that I built 35 years ago, was also sold at the auction.....


It's in a left hand stock......Dean was left handed....


I got to studying it and man, I could turn that #8 XP pistol into a unique RFBR pistol......for a left hand shooter...


Plus, I'm sure it's been professionally bedded, and being a wood stock, it is much more stable than the factory modified nylon stocks, which I love by the way, but they are not as stable, so most folks do not like them.....


Anyway..........


The stock is long enough that the spacing from the center line of the grip to the bi-pod will be correct......


I'd have to make a new bi-pod rail, and bi-pod, and fit a new barrel and MD and possibly might have to do some stock work on the fore end for the larger diameter barrel.....


Again, this for a left handed person....


So here's a couple of doodles of what I've been dreaming about....again this XP is 35 years old.......and it's not my personal number 8, but the regular number 8 in the numbering sequence....





Now here it is in black......man it looks double bad in black....






My mind does a lot of dreaming that my old body can't keep up with........that's life....


Your pistol fool friend, Bill "dreaming and doodling" Calfee


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PS:

I made some subtle changes, added highlights to the bolt handle and barrel, then added a second bi-pod leg, and blackened the stock more around the pistol grip area.......and added a stock graphic, CALFEE XP, in a subtle gray tone...

 

[Bill Calfee]

Final version.....

Final version.....


CYA accuracy fool friends:


Here's the final version of Calfee XP No. 8, in Black....





I make my bi-pod legs from 5/16" steel rod.......and I usually blue them....so I went ahead and made my doodle bi-pod legs blued...



For some left handed shooter, this would make an extremely unique build......I'm sure the stock is well bedded, and being wood it would be much stiffer than the nylon factory stocks, which I like but most folks do not cause they are not near as stable...



It might seem a shame to paint that beautiful stock, which looks like quilted maple......


But, black is bad.......


Again, I'm a big dreamer and not much of a doer, any longer........


But that would make one double killer Calfee XP pistol, especially since it's based on a 35 year old Calfee XP Silhouette pistol..


Your dreaming pistol fool friend, BC