I like the rest you sell…feel free to pm me with pricing and availability, seems to be out of stock…I’m in process of doing load testing with my L46, May end up rebarreling it.The sky is the limit, if you can use any cartridge besides a 6PPC.
How serious do you want to be?
Budget?
Does the rear bag you have, fit properly to all of your stocks?
If you are using a sporter forend of some kind, a forend 3" wide bag rider would help a lot.
I do not sell or have anything to do with these, but they are the best I have seen.
I like them enough to put their website on my price list, because a lot of people ask me about how to have more consistency off of their front rest and rear bag set-ups.
Advice wanted on 200yd Varmint/Golf Ball Match Shooting
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xphunter
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PM heading your way
xphunter
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@greengt88
There are some chamberings that tend to work well in the short range and in the LR games.
Depending on what other uses you would want for said rifle, would be the direction I would go.
Measure the very bottom leading edge of your buttstock (some are flat and some are rounded) to come up with the correct spacing you would want on the ears of your rear bag.
Rounded is harder to measure for sure. The way I explain it is, if your buttstock is more like a traditional sporter hunting rifle stock (rounded on the bottom), then probably a 3/8" spacing would be best. if it is like a fatter bigger buttstock like what you may see in a varmint rifle then a 1/2" spacing or wider may be needed.
With flat bottom buttstock's you just measure the bottom leading edge, and then get that spacing between the ears.
Take of any sling swivel studs or anything else that will create inconsistency in the recoil impulse
There are some chamberings that tend to work well in the short range and in the LR games.
Depending on what other uses you would want for said rifle, would be the direction I would go.
Measure the very bottom leading edge of your buttstock (some are flat and some are rounded) to come up with the correct spacing you would want on the ears of your rear bag.
Rounded is harder to measure for sure. The way I explain it is, if your buttstock is more like a traditional sporter hunting rifle stock (rounded on the bottom), then probably a 3/8" spacing would be best. if it is like a fatter bigger buttstock like what you may see in a varmint rifle then a 1/2" spacing or wider may be needed.
With flat bottom buttstock's you just measure the bottom leading edge, and then get that spacing between the ears.
Take of any sling swivel studs or anything else that will create inconsistency in the recoil impulse
alf
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Got just what you need if you have an unlimited budget...ha ha.....
Bat M dual port, McMillan stock, new unfired Krieger 8" twist barrel chambered in 6 Dasher, Jewell trigger, Nightforce 12-42x56 BR scope in Kelbly rings on a Bat rail, Sinclair front rest, Protektor rear bag.
Bat M dual port, McMillan stock, new unfired Krieger 8" twist barrel chambered in 6 Dasher, Jewell trigger, Nightforce 12-42x56 BR scope in Kelbly rings on a Bat rail, Sinclair front rest, Protektor rear bag.
CZ is a 204 Varmint model.
Yea thats just about perfect…way out of my budget atm, unless I’d let some other things go.
Did just pick up a Leupold 36x BR-D, so we’ll see which rifle shoots better. I’ve had no time to shoot either one with starting a new job…also too much going on, prepping for turkey season, bass fishing and trying to keep up with yard/housework on days off.
spotstalkshoot
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204R if shoots as well as the 222, handles wind much better than a 222.
Follow up…The Sako is def 1:16 twist, and Does not like any flavor of long bullet.
It shot decent with 40gr Nosler, and still keyholes with 35gr Vmax.
It needs to be reloaded for.
I’d like to shoot heavier 50-53gr bullets, so I’d need to rebarrel it to do so. I’d hate to do that to that rifle. I’m debating moving it along and just building a custom action single shot Benchrest rifle. So it may end up in the Classifieds. I still need to shoot the CZ 204.
We’ll see what happens soon.
It shot decent with 40gr Nosler, and still keyholes with 35gr Vmax.
It needs to be reloaded for.
I’d like to shoot heavier 50-53gr bullets, so I’d need to rebarrel it to do so. I’d hate to do that to that rifle. I’m debating moving it along and just building a custom action single shot Benchrest rifle. So it may end up in the Classifieds. I still need to shoot the CZ 204.
We’ll see what happens soon.
Why no 6PPC?
xphunter
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Glad you got a front rest coming.
I typically lean toward a custom build, but it will all come down to what you want, and how many pennies you are willing to use.
I was wondering the same thing??
xphunter
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My GUESS is, they don't 6PPC comp rigs showing up for the match
This…it’s pretty much the only rule.
First discipline I've heard of that limits or precludes the use of one specific cartridge, other than the Palma rules which specify use of only two calibers. I believe that is because calibers have historically been those in use by NATO??
There is usually some reason for all rules accepted by rules committees of any discipline**, can't help but wonder what spawned the exclusion of the 6PPC.
Who knows. Maybe one or more of the members of the rules committee got their fannies handed to them by some hard-holder shooting a 6PPC in a previous match??
** An example of reasons behind rules:
For years NRA HP Rifle rules called for iron sights (with an exclusion that provided for "any-any" sight rules which could be invoked by individual match director prior to the match). Iron sights specifically were not to have a lens in either the front or the back sight.
This rule handicapped the "grey hairs", who obviously had the experience to continue to be competitive, but lacked the eyesight to do so. While it is understandable that the rule was intended to preclude the use of a telescope, a group of old shooters approached a member of the NRA rules committee at a state championship match and presented the case that allowing a lens in either the front or the rear sight would not constitute a telescope, yet would allow the old folks (and many youngsters w/sight deficiencies) to remain competitive. The RC member took the proposition back to the full committee and the rules were changed to allow a lens in either the front or rear sights.
I was able to get the groundhog targets from my friend, so have those now.
Still waiting on rest top from Greenlaw, should ship out end of next week.
Still debating on rebarreling the Sako or just building a dedicated rifle.
Anyone have any idea what a Sako L46 .222 Heavy barrel is worth?
Still waiting on rest top from Greenlaw, should ship out end of next week.
Still debating on rebarreling the Sako or just building a dedicated rifle.
Anyone have any idea what a Sako L46 .222 Heavy barrel is worth?