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Dropped into see Geoff and Shirley at the factory while I was on holidays. Geoff was almost finished his run of .338s and was about to start on production of 30 cals followed by 7 mm then 6.5s. He hopes to have caught up on back orders soon then start full production.
He is not a young man and I don't know if he has anyone to carry the torch after he is gone.
Him and Shirley are great people and the salt of the earth. I dropped in unannounced and was made welcome.
An added bonus I picked up these as well
View attachment 630637Some of these will be going state side to my good friend (aka good buddy in US lingo)
@Rick HOlbert to try in his 358 Winchester. Loaded to 2500-2600 fps they should be a real hammer on deer and hogs.
It was great to catch up with Geoff. One part of the shed still bears the scares of the fire to remind them of what happened.
The machinery has mostly been rebuilt, mostly by Geoff and he was fortunate to find someone to rewind the coils on the old machines. This is a lost art and he was lucky to find someone to do it. Even tho his machinery is old it is in pristine condition now and Geoff even does all the maintenance himself.
Shirley individually inspects every bullet to ensure they are fine. There are over 12 steps in producing a single bullet. There are no computers and all work is done the old fashioned way.
I did ask him how they bond the core and jacket but it's a trade secret.
View attachment 630645Geoff and I outside his humble workshop (aka shed). The scars of the fire are still on the wall as a reminder.
I hope this information is useful as it is straight from Geoff to me. No I heard it someone who got told by a mate of a mate.
