Barrett Factory Tour

[DaveTN]

This video is almost 2 years old, but I just ran across it and thought I would share it since they are in our community.

 I know some of you don’t like Yeager, but try to overlook that.  Chris Barrett gives a good tour.

I didn’t know Barrett was making a bolt action hunting rifle. I also didn’t know the military doesn’t want black guns. But I’ll start another thread about that.

Enjoy....

 

 

[Grayfox54]

Back in 2006, a forum I was on organized a group shooting event in Clarksville.  Chirs Barrett came and joined us. He's a really nice guy and brought some great toys for us to play with. 

[Chris]

Chris spoke at the Music City SCI banquet last year. He'a a really good guy and a fantastic gun designer. If you haven't seen the Barrett Fieldcraft you really should take a look. It's a great lightweight design. 

[Johnny Rotten]

Buddy bought a 82a1 from outpost armory, Ronnie drove over and signed his rifle case.

[DaveTN]

11 hours ago, Johnny Rotten said:

Buddy bought a 82a1 from outpost armory, Ronnie drove over and signed his rifle case.

I was in the store one day and Ronnie was walking around. I felt like I should ask for his autograph…. but I didn’t.  After I left I thought; I bet people didn’t think John Browning or John Garand’s autograph would be a cool thing to have back in the day either. 

[GlockSpock]

I looked up a picture just to see what he looks like. Unless he was wearing a company shirt that said "Ronnie Barret - Owner" I doubt I'd pic him out of a crowd.

With that being said...that's a sweet pin. That's...about all I could afford with Barrett's name attached to it.

[GlockSpock]

Oh...priceless

Using his hand-drawing of the new rifle, he placed an advertisement in Shotgun News and soon sold-out the first batch. Barrett was contacted by the CIA who purchased a number of rifles for the Afghan Mujahideen for use in their war against the Soviet Union.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Barrett

[Johnny Rotten]

25 minutes ago, GlockSpock said:

I looked up a picture just to see what he looks like. Unless he was wearing a company shirt that said "Ronnie Barret - Owner" I doubt I'd pic him out of a crowd.

With that being said...that's a sweet pin. That's...about all I could afford with Barrett's name attached to it.

You get a pin when you buy one of these, sadly my case wasn't signed by Ronnie.

 

[DaveTN]

40 minutes ago, GlockSpock said:

I looked up a picture just to see what he looks like. Unless he was wearing a company shirt that said "Ronnie Barret - Owner" I doubt I'd pic him out of a crowd.

I’ve seen enough Pictures Video, and Stories about him on Al Gore’s World Wide Web that I knew who he was when I saw him. 

 

[DaveTN]

5 minutes ago, Johnny Rotten said:

You get a pin when you buy one of these, sadly my case wasn't signed by Ronnie.

I bet if you took it back to the store and left it with Chris; he would get it signed. I would.