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  2018 Rimfire Challenge
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  Shot at 25yds today, just to show how much easier things are when you half the distance. ;)
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  22BPCR Ammo Selection Has Begun
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  No targets, it's not a paper killer. Just returned from Yaupon Creek 22BPCR match. Shot the CMP-ELEY bulk ammo for the first time in a match. I shot 30/40 with one unfortunate twitch on #7 ram and only one chicken. My carpool buddy shot 30/40 with 6 chickens. We tied for 3rd place on score but he beat me based on chicken score. Same buddy and I shot schuetzen last night until 11:00 PM and he beat my 248/250 with a nipper 249/250. Less than .01" difference in our shots but his broke the line that mine did not. Big fun. Shot until 11, ate BBQ until 11:30, drove 45 minutes to get home then up and running at 5:00 to make the 110 mile drive to Yaupon Creek. Next weekend, shooting big bore BPCR at Yaupon on Saturday and Smallbore Lever Action and Pistol Cartridge Lever Action in New Braunfels on Sunday. In the meantime, we have to practice for all three matches this week. We both shot Anschutz 54 rifles at the schuetzen match. I shot R-50 and Scott shot an old round nosed lot of Tenex. 250/250 requires you to hold 1.5" @ 100 yards. It's possible but much harder than one might imagine to do that with 22LR while standing.
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  1 shot - 2 kills
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  Yup, I was doing dishes & watched out my window as the two tumbled in unison. Was awesome!
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  Long Range Rimfire
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  @lathoto During that week of shooting the mirage would get so bad it was like looking through a fish bowl. The air temperature was hitting 100 degrees plus in the afternoon with puffs of hot wind that seem to come from nowhere. I was scoping the target off of the table trying to get a comfortable position and could actually see little tiny cyclones spinning across the field. Guess the heat was creating them. That country is famous for dust devils, usually get a couple every day in the summer. I finally got smart and tied some surveyor tape on the target rack to see the wind. Lots of fun shooting the plate, targets not so much. I still can't do much with wind need way more practice. One thing for sure where I live wind is plentiful.
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  Walther Moving Target rifle
  • orkan

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  Had the walther out today for a bit. Got a new lot number of center X and wanted to see how it would do with it. Seems to do very well! One got out the top on me, otherwise it was a knot!
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  Another 40X repeater enters the world!
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  Hawt.
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  Ammo & Tuner Test
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  @flyinphill said: mass at the end of the barrel to change the harmonic frequency? Yup, that.
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  40x...one year and 5,000 rounds later
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  @hypo That's another one I'd like to get my hands on for some serious testing.
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  22 Magnum
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  Yes, those targets will take you down a notch or two so it's best not to talk about your nail driver until you have put it to the test. I did have some wind yesterday and these were 30 grain bullets going at 2200 fps but I figured them being 22 caliber the wind shouldn't hurt too bad. It was almost at my back but when it swirls around the berms no telling what happens. Anyway, I thought I was good to go and by the time I got to that center square I was drifting way right. I even shot at it twice and both went right pretty close to each other. I fired one more at the bottom and decided to dial a half inch left which seemed to help but not much. Maybe the wind had me but this is pretty normal performance out of this rifle at 100 yards. It is a varmint model and is virtually new, maybe two hundred rounds through it in nine years. I suspect my scope is drifting around because I had it on a 22-250 that always had to be corrected every time I brought it out of the safe. I will set another one on it and go from there.
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  New Tikka Rimfire
  • orkan

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  Rimfire has come such a long way in the 60 years i been shooting. It seems in the last couple of years it has really taken off with a lot of shooters, young and old.
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  How often do you clean your .22 rimfire?
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  @martino1 said: @jibnast said: @martino1 said: @tpk936 said: @dddoo7 did you ever get an ultrasonic cleaner for your suppressor? Since I have been cleaning the suppressor, I have not cleaned the 40X 22. I have a large amount of Wolf match target ammo and when the GECO ammo is used up I plan on cleaning before changing ammo. Roughly 1500 rounds since last cleaning. heck I still haven't gotten my suppressor yet. Waiting on ATF.... GRRRRRRR July 8th paperwork went in and got it Christmas Eve to give a rough idea. GOT RIGHT ON THE PHONE WITH GUN SHOP AFTER SEEING JULY 8 - XMAS EVE AND THEY SAID STILL WAITING. GRRRRRRR DONT THINK I'M DEALING WITH THIS LOCAL GUN SHOP AGAIN.... It most likely is not the dealer's fault. July 8th-Christmas is insanely fast compared to what I have been seeing. The last two I submitted were submitted December 2016 and January 2017. One came back early November 2017 and one in the middle of 2017. 356 days for the first one and 324 days for the second one from mailed to received. Now...you can call the nfa and see when the suppressor went pending. They typically go pending about a week after they are received. How did you pay? You can see when your check was cashed. ATF cashes checks or runs your credit card about two days after they receive the paperwork. If your dealer submitted the paperwork when you paid for the suppressor then there is nothing else he can do. If your dealer did not have your suppressor in hand yet...then there would be some waiting before it could be submitted. He would have to order the suppressor. Once a serial number came up a form 3 could be submitted. when the form 3 cleared it could then be shipped to your dealer and only when he had it in hand could the form 4 be submitted. I have seen it take up to 4 months for a back ordered suppressor to make it to the dealer....and depending on how far back ordered it was it could take much longer. Just saying...don't hate your dealer for a problem your government is causing.
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  Ruger Precision Rimfire
  • orkan

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  I really liked the Ruger American Rimfire action I had. The bolt release placed on the side of the action was nice. Didn't have to pull the trigger like most to remove the bolt. Bolt throw was pretty quick but I would assume much rougher than a 40x. Plus you can find 1022 mags almost everywhere. sent it to the wayside because it wasn't threaded and I needed a suppressor host, ended up making a 22 trainer on the McRees rimfire chassis.
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  Cricket Precision Rifle
  • dddoo7

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  $405 !!!!! 1/3 of the way to a vintage 40X.
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  Would you like to know a mistake I've made?
  • orkan

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  I've always been interested in the De Lisle Carbine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Lisle_carbine But I have not done much research about the levels of accuracy. They mention a .22 prototype in the wiki article. Thanks for sharing your honest results with the 77/22.
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  1984 Olympic smallbore.
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  I respect the open sight discipline. I just don't enjoy it.
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  Feinwerkbau 2700 Light
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  Wow. That would be difficult to pass up.
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  Martini MkII new stock set!
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  Beautiful wood work Wayne. I like the low luster/natural look too. Glossy wood stocks aren't my cup of tea.
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  Anschutz Match 54 w/ aperture sights - $1500
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  Well congrats on the quick sale, I have a feeling that you wouldn’t have minded it staying around a little longer.
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  513T
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  I resisted using the rails on my Anschutz rifles a lot at first. Then I finally bought some dovetail rings and I've been happy about it. Kelbly's makes some nice sets. Anschutz USA has some single screw sets which are really nice for light weight rifles such as this. I believe kelbly's makes them for annie USA exclusively.
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  V-22 Rimfire Repeater Action?
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  @steelbanger It amazes me how people like this stay in business, there is one here in Mississippi that is nothing but a crook. Puts used barrels on new builds, charges for truing action that are never touched, etc. How he stays in business has always been a mystery to me.
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  Anschutz 54.18 MSR for sale
  • orkan

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  MSR = repeater MS = single shot
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  Hammerli Free Pistol (martini action)
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  Anschutz 1710 ?
  • bigfoot

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  @bigfoot Definitely listen to @dddoo7 on this. CZ's that are extremely accurate are rare. CZ's that are precise, are plentiful. That means you can easily find one that will cluster shots into a nice little group, but you will play hell trying to find one that will put those tight little clusters in the same place each time you get behind the rifle. There are simply not very many modern production rifles that can shoot like the target rifles of old.
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  Remington 513T - $600
  • orkan

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  Center X
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  Anschutz 54.18 MS - $1600
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  Winchester 52D - $1750
  • orkan

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  Beautiful! I love my 52! They are awesome shooting rifles.
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  2017 Rimfire Challenge
  • orkan

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  Yesterday was gorgeous & too nice out not to shoot. It was a family affair but here are the results from Orkan ‘s & my shooting:
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  Rimfire handguns to drool over...
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  Martini MKII w/ Unertl 2" 24x Target Scope - $2400
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  That is what a long focal length does for the image. Less bending necessary for the longer focal length means less chromatic aberration. Can use a thinner lens which improves clarity because of less glass and potential impurities getting in the way. Fixed power keeps it simple too. I missed a 40X in 30-06 with a 20X Unertl on Gunbroker 3 years ago and it went for $1400... Didn't check my bid. Awesome shots.
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  Historic rimfire target rifles for sale
  • orkan

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  How about some pictures of those Winchesters? I could use some good gun porn! : ) DW
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  Barrel length...
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  @ramirojpc I only really consider athlon for rifles that don't get shot much. They are quite cheap. Burris XTR II is a considerably better optic.
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  Martini MKII w/ Unertl Tube Sight (adjustable aperture) - $1200
  • orkan

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  @hypo Correct!
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  Attempt at Bipod Shooting
  • rimfire

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  @bigfoot said: Atlas or similar There is no similar. Atlas simply has the market cornered when it comes to precision bipods.
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  Fall is here.
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  My "fly" tree is 35yds away. Flies love it in the evenings. The last place they can get sun. I saw a grasshopper on my tree. He's that little bump left of crosshairs. He was climbing without a permit. Clearly punishable by death. Death to the face. Shot a bunch of flies.
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  Advice on whether or not to purchase a new rimfire
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  Funny I did the same bedding job on my Savage 93R17 into a Boyds Tacticool. Found it on SnipersHide and tried it out. Skim bedded the action to the stock as well. Haven't tried it on these targets as its mainly my squirrel gun and its accurate enough for that. Just built up a mk2 and couldn't help putting it in a McRees rim fire chassis, yes I know booo McRees but I now have a rim fire copy of my center fire rifles. I'll have to shoot some of these targets with it next outing to see how it fares.
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  good looking 40x for a decent price
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  You better not look long... because I don't expect that thing to stay long. You can barely get a factory one with old factory stock for that kind of money. If you're in the market for a 40X... you'd have to have a hole in your head to pass on that.
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  Left Handed .22 longrifle options?
  • walley2960

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  Anschutz 54 Match action'd rifles tend to shoot quite well. I'm not familiar with too many other lefties that produce that same level of finite accuracy.
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  Got the MSR out today.
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  Anyone need a 40X?
  • orkan

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  Wow! Nice!! Thanks for the daily gunporn fix
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  Factory 40x repeater
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  I was watching the barreled action as well. At $600 it maybe would have been worth it.
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  New trigger arived today.
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  Good night at 200 yards
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  Very nice!
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  Sig Mosquito Yay or nay?
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  Empty 22 case in the chamber. They actually have Center -X in Stock and some RWS R50 Was looking at the Kimber page and they only have the slide kits in the 2017 catalog. Should I buy some spare parts while they are available? Now that you mentioned it, I will test fire it out back next payment I make. They have a bullet trap but not a range. Need to buy more steel targets too.
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  New Forend
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  The Wood Yard Concord GA Two good Walnut blanks on the right were the first thing that caught my eye. $128 and $147 4" thick These were only 2" thick Frown. Phone was dying fast. This needed a flash. Here are some Hard Maple 16/4 Blocks One I grabbed off of the top just to check. I really needed to wipe it down with mineral spirits to see the grain better. Nothing Fancy Really. It did have some waves when held at an angle to the light but no obvious Tiger Stripes. The One small 12/4 Walnut I found I bought a 5/4 piece of Sapele like this to mount my Lee Challenger Press and CPS_Lite on for clamping to the kitchen table. Strong lightweight but rather open grained wood. It planed with hand tools nicely last night cleaning up and relieving the edges
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  To clean, or not to clean... that is the question.
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  @dddoo7 said: My bore looks shiny with a scope after minimal cleaning (5-6 patches). I'd venture a guess that my 40x has about 20,000 more rounds on it than yours does. ;)
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  How I spent Sunday morning
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  @rimfire said: Unless Greg talks me out of it. I'm holding out for some quilted or curly maple.
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  All things Rimfire in here!
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  It's re-branded RWS Target Rifle https://rws-munition.de/en/rws-sportshooting-area/rws-sport-ammunition/rws-rimfire-cartridges-for-sport-shooters/Product/show/rws-target-rifle/22-lr.html Good enough ammo for plinking. Forget it for any serious target work. I'd rate it a step lower than Wolf Match Target or SK Std. Feel free to start your own thread for questions like this in the future. ;)
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  Finally back at the range
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  I would go with the 36x sightron, but only because that is what I am used to using. Pretty much shoot at 50 - 100 - 200 yard benchrest. I like the target as big as possible. For plinking at odd ranges from 25 - 100 the 8-32 might be a better choice. Wayne
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  I issued a challenge. It was accepted.
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  Shot some rimfire this month.
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  Mix of stuff.