for you varmint hunters, one last gun from the Reeder vault

Gary Reeder
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 11:29 (3101 days ago)

This is the gun featured in both my handgun hunting books. It is the very first custom XP-100 I built back in 1978. The stock I made from scratch and made it to fit my hand perfectly. The gun is chambered in 224 Weatherby and the gun comes with about 150 rounds of brass and ammo, about 50 of that factory ammo. It also comes with a set of dies. The gun has a Burris 10X scope on it and is great for those long shots. Back many years ago I hunted 2 or 3 afternoons a week with Larry Farley but was disappointed in that my Contenders wouldn't reach out far enough for the groundhogs. That disappointment was the reason for building this gun. With this pistol 300 to 350 yards was no problem. The cartridge and scope handled it fine. Since we moved out here in early '94 the gun has sat in my safe. Just not enough hours in the day to do the work that needed done and prairie dog hunt too. The stock has a lot of minor scratches from the hunting I did back in Tennessee but they are minor and the action and barrel are probably 95%. Figuring all the features up, the custom gun, custom stock, 10X Burris, the ammo and brass and dies the gun would normally be priced at somewhere around $2200. I have it sale priced at $1295 plus the shipping.
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Very nice? Wish it was a 22-250! Pete

BlackPete
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 11:46 (3101 days ago) @ Gary Reeder

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Same performance, just a little belt on the case.

WB
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 11:48 (3101 days ago) @ BlackPete

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Thanks Scotty. I have others in 22-250.

BlackPete
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 11:53 (3101 days ago) @ WB

Trying to keep everything uniformed. Pete

the 224 will actually beat the 22-250 by a small bit

Gary Reeder
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 13:11 (3101 days ago) @ WB

and do it with less powder.

I seem to recall old data stated

Grover Sr
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 15:04 (3101 days ago) @ Gary Reeder

It performs at least as well and a little better but at about15% less pressure than the 22-250. I would call that a win-win. How available is brass for it theses days?

I really don't know but it comes with about 150 rounds of

Gary Reeder
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 16:47 (3101 days ago) @ Grover Sr

brass/ammo, about 50 of which is new factory rounds. I bought a ton of factory ammo back in '78 when I built the gun as a hardware store was going out of business and had it at $3 a box. As I mentioned some of that box of 50 is new stuff that has not been shot. groundhog hunting with a single shot pistol you won't go thru a lot of ammo in a day.

that was what I was referring to above.

Gary Reeder
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 16:48 (3101 days ago) @ Grover Sr

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Gary do you have a guess how many

Tim Owsley
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 16:26 (3101 days ago) @ Gary Reeder

rounds you have shot through the XP? Interested in it but just wondering about the barrel life.

I have put plenty but a shot out barrel is an old

Gary Reeder
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 16:42 (3101 days ago) @ Tim Owsley

wives tale. A gun that shoots a group measuring one half inch might measure 3/4 inch after 10,000 rounds. A person shooting in competition would call that shot out. For a hunter that is just broke in. In groundhog hunting I might shoot 6 or 7 rounds a day if I am lucky, and that is all the gun has been used for. The barrel is fine.

Are you left handed!

Andy S
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 19:05 (3101 days ago) @ Tim Owsley

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Boy that sure brings back some great memories.

Larry Farley
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 19:34 (3101 days ago) @ Gary Reeder

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sure does. We both had Ruger #1 rifles for the long shots

Gary Reeder
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 19:56 (3101 days ago) @ Larry Farley

with Unertl 20 and 25X scopes on them and contenders or XPs for the close shots. On a real good day between the 2 of us we would get 8 to 10 ground hogs.

Gary, I will take it if still available

Tim Owsley
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Thursday, March 15, 2018, 05:08 (3100 days ago) @ Gary Reeder

I will call Colleen later this morning.

you got it Tim

Gary Reeder
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Thursday, March 15, 2018, 10:11 (3100 days ago) @ Tim Owsley

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