Just ran across this target shot a couple of years ago with my home-modified Remington 581, .22LR. I found the stock in a barrel, as a blank, at a Kittery Sporting Goods store. Finished and pillar-bedded it. Obtained a turned-down Shilen barrel that was taken off a gunsmith's benchrest rifle that didn't shoot well (found out later it wasn't because of the barrel). He turned it down for me and I got it for $150.
When I started a Rimfire Benchrest program at my Augusta, ME club I decided to put a flat forend for beginners to start shooting in our "Plinker" class. (I'd already lightened the trigger pull to about a pound and a half) and knew it shot well enough to be competitive in (unsanctioned) Plinker Class.
I shot the target below for fun and surprised that it still shot so well on our outdoor range that day...despite some wind. It's a fun rifle and I still like shooting it.
When I started a Rimfire Benchrest program at my Augusta, ME club I decided to put a flat forend for beginners to start shooting in our "Plinker" class. (I'd already lightened the trigger pull to about a pound and a half) and knew it shot well enough to be competitive in (unsanctioned) Plinker Class.
I shot the target below for fun and surprised that it still shot so well on our outdoor range that day...despite some wind. It's a fun rifle and I still like shooting it.
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