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Homemade vs Pro-Made: Pro Gunsmithing – What You’re really Paying for

Vortex Nation Podcast

Vortex Nation Podcast

Sports, Vortex Optics, Shooting, Scope, Gun, Long Range, Wilderness, Hunting, Riflescope, Vortex, Vortex Nation Podcast, Binoculars, Vortex Nation, Optics, Rifle

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2020

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Step into the mind of a professional gunsmith who builds precision long range rifles for a living. Isaiah Curtis of Curtis Custom Weapons joins Jimmy, Mark and Nick Laufenberg at his shop in North-central Missouri immediately after building and testing Mark’s ultra-high-end rifle. We get the chance to pick his brain about everything that actually goes into building the gun itself and how to make it as inherently accurate as possible. Cutting the barrel, head spacing, tolerances, and the balance struck between perfect ammo and a perfect rifle. Since we’re comparing Mark’s ultimate gunsmith-built custom rifle to Jimmy’s DIY-assembled Remage rifle (More on that later), we also discuss whether or not the “Entry level” option is actually the best for a brand-new shooter. In our next episode of this podventure, we go even more in-depth on Jimmy’s “Entry-level” custom precision rifle. Stay tuned! As always, we want to hear your feedback! Let us know if there are any topics you'd like covered on the Vortex Nation podcast by asking us on Instagram @vortexnationpodcast

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Vortex Nation podcast brought to you by lovers of hunting, shooting, public lands, the Second Amendment and good food. What's up everybody here we are.

0:17.0

It feels good to be podventuring again.

0:22.0

I don't even know. We've recorded one or two here. It feels good to be podventuring again.

0:22.6

I don't even know.

0:23.3

We've recorded one or two here and there

0:25.3

in some of the chaos that's ensued in the world,

0:28.1

so I don't even know when exactly this one's gonna pop out.

0:30.8

So I've already said, hey hey it's crazy to be back I

0:33.0

apologize for being redundant but it is and it's good to be back we're actually

0:37.2

outside right now and the reason for being outside is because you can't beat this

0:42.0

weather we're having this beautiful view in the background of this

0:45.0

range set up at Isaiah Curtis's place and he is the guest with us here tailgating with us right now.

0:52.0

We want to talk with him about first off with us here tailgating with us right now.

0:53.2

What we want to talk with him about, first off,

0:55.2

is allowing him to introduce himself

0:56.6

because this is his first podcast,

0:58.5

so that's super cool.

0:59.8

Well, we also have Nick Loffenberg here as well.

1:01.7

Nick Loffenberg joins us on pretty much all things,

1:04.2

kind of PRS, long-range precision related.

1:06.8

That is the topic at hand, because Mark and I

1:09.6

have embarked on the journey of building custom long-range rifles.

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