Nature Boy
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Just got my first barrel tuner. Looking forward to learning how to use it and see how it affects down range performance
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I’ll post my observations here
Yes, very interested in a range report. I'm guessing a tuner such as that would change a theoretical "Optimal Barrel Time." And the visible set screw is there to keep the tuner in place once optimized?
I will be curious to know just how many rounds it takes for you to zero in on its best setting. I talked to the 2010 Smallbore Prone Irons champion, he used a tuner. Based on round count, for the optimum setting, he spent between $600 and $800 dollars in ammunition! However, his group sizes were so phenomenally small that the Eley representatives I talked to, were skeptical about the information I was telling them.
Based on round count, for the optimum setting, he spent between $600 and $800 dollars in ammunition!
That's about 2000 rounds of Tenex today. Would have been more back then, but not a lot more. Half a case or so.
So how does that work? It doesn’t change the weight right? Just where the weight is positioned?
I thought you couldn't use muzzle brakes or tuners in F-Class matches. That's one of your F-Class rifles right? That's why I bring it up, but you'd certainly know more about it than me.
Did Mike Ezell make that tuner ?
They are heavily used in .22 LR Benchrest.Hell, It might be all black magic and voodoo but it will be fun to try it
They are also widely used in centerfire benchrest. I didn't count them at this year's Supershoot, but I'd estimate about 70-80% of the rifles there (including LV and HV classes) were fitted with tuners. Over the past 10 years or so, during which tuners have become increasingly popular, there has been considerable change in the design and use of tuners. Keeping in mind that hard-core benchrest shooters dance to a different "tune" than other shooters.They are heavily used in .22 LR Benchrest.
Nature Boy said:There are more than a few being used on the F Class line too
And you're allowed to mess with something at the muzzle while the range is "hot"? Or would this be something that you adjust only when the range is "cold" and you're off the firing line?