My main hobby for the past 30 years at least has been firearms, firearms optics, suppressors, reloading, and load development. I used to shoot F-Class and USPSA when I lived in Hawaii but now I spend most of my time testing firearms and shooting steel out to 1,000 yards from my house. My hobby became a career about 12 years ago. I own a lot of firearms including a bunch of full-auto stuff, but my passion has been bolt action rifles and revolvers, with lever action rifles close behind. I build a couple of custom rifles each year and sell them after working up a load or two.
My favorite rifles are the four Accuracy International models that I have. The AW and AWM rifles have doubled in price over the last 10 years since AI no longer makes them. I have another AWM not shown in this photo but it's a .300 WM version of the AWM .338 Lapua Magnum shown at the back.
Here's the other AWM
I built this rifle a couple of years ago. It's chambered in 6.5 PRC and will put 10 shots into 1/2" or better at 100 yards. I'm currently working on two custom rifles chambered in 7mm-08 AI which should be really nice mule deer rifles for Montana hunting.
I built this one too a couple of years ago and used it on an elk this past November. The receiver is the only one of its kind in the world, as is the rifle for that matter. Sadly the guy who used to make the bottom metal passed away a couple of years ago and his wife let the company close down so this would be a hard build to replicate. The entire rifle as shown weighs 8lb which is kind of amazing given the 30mm optic, suppressor, rail, sling and magazine.
Here's one of the two I'm building in 7mm-08 AI.
