mcb
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I would love to get a Bergara 22LR action. I have an extra top rail and handguard for my chassis and I could set it up to drop into my 6mm Creedmoor chassis. One chassis to shoot NRL22 and the occasion PRS match.
Does anyone else hear that whining sound? ...
there’s a huge difference between previously existing and being the current in vogue, radioactive hot, totally cool, gotta have one gun fad of the day*.
Take the 1911 fad. Around 2006 or so if you didn’t have a poorly running $1800 1911 you were a gun nobody. For the rest of that decade virtually all “new” gun introductions were 1911 variants.
*by day I mean these thing tend to run 4 to 7 years.
If you don't like them you don't have to shoot them you know. Why are some people denigrating what other people shoot?
Wasn't that part of the "Sportsman's Team Challenge" fad in the 90's - early 00's?
I remember seeing a ton of ads and stories on custom 10/22s.
There were custom 10/22s, and there were custom dedicated .22 on AR platform. Dunno about later on, but I was present at, photographed professionally the first STC in Ft. Lauderdale and first place went to the AR platform rifles, although my local team did very well (2nd Place Amateur) with 10/22s.
A well cut chamber, such as the Clark match chamber, in a decent barrel will do wonders for a 10/22. A Kidd trigger doesn't hurt either.
Unfortunately I only see the cost to avidly shoot centerfire as only going up due to a whole host of circumstances possibly to beyond the means of your average Joe.
Did you look very hard. Took me 2 minutes to find JP makes a match grade upper and Model 1 sales uses E R Shaw barrels in their 22 uppers.I’ve seriously looked into building a dedicated AR for 22 benchrest but there’s surprisingly little available for an accuracy build.
I’ve seriously looked into building a dedicated AR for 22 benchrest but there’s surprisingly little available for an accuracy build.
Could you please explain?About the only fad I have not really been able to jump on the train is for the 6.5 Gaymore.
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The top rifle is a Remington 513T with original Redfield sights, and the 10/22 Ruger is really a Frankenstein. It has the Boyd's AT-one stock, Tony Kidd Barrel and a BMX trigger I bought cheap for 25 bucks, while I finish polishing and stoning the factory trigger. The Scope is a Bushnell Forge 3-18X50 I bought at 50% off. It will shoot 10 shots quarter size at a 100 yards with Wolf Match ammo and about 2" group with winchester M22. Don't know how it shoots the other stuff like cci, aguila, and the eley, and sk brands as it will be a while until I shoot the several thousands rounds of the M22 ammo.Could you please explain?
I have this in a 22 magnum.I'll stick to the cheaper .22 LR target rifles like the one below. A CZ 455 FS with an Athlon Talos 6-24x50 SFP I can consistently shoot sub 1/2" groups @ 50 yards using SK Standard + ammo. My only competition is the RFC online CZ forum USBR "green monster" targets we shoot @ 25 yards.
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there’s a huge difference between previously existing and being the current in vogue, radioactive hot, totally cool, gotta have one gun fad of the day*.
Take the 1911 fad. Around 2006 or so if you didn’t have a poorly running $1800 1911 you were a gun nobody. For the rest of that decade virtually all “new” gun introductions were 1911 variants.
*by day I mean these thing tend to run 4 to 7 years.
Yep.so precision .22 has been around since before most of you were born.
In 1962 I won the Oklahoma Small Bore Championship -- so precision .22 has been around since before most of you were born.
Sounds like fun. And a lotta work for a banged up old guy, lol.Right, but a new generation is taking precision 22LR in a new slightly different direction and some of the old curmudgeons are grumpy about it.
Again this is not tactica-cool or even small bore target shooting or bench-rest. This is PRC with 22LR rifles. Targets tend to be steel 0.5-4 MOA targets (depending on the difficulty of the shooting position) at range from 25-100 yards sometimes out to 300+ yards (NRL22, one specific organization doing PRC with 22LR, limits ranges to 100 yards for official stages to make it accessible to more ranges/clubs, but club a permitted and frequently do unofficial stages much further out at club level matches). Shooting positions are rarely on benches. You are usually building shooting position after the timer has started. Typical equipment includes a bipod and a variety of shooting bags. Stages usually require the shooter to build one or more shooting positions during a stage, over such objects as saw horses, 5-gallong buckets, through the rungs of a step ladder, across a rope hand-rail, over a roof top, using a tire, on a tank trap, over a large cable spools etc. There is frequently a stage that requires unsupported shooting in one or more of the tradition standing, kneeling, sitting, or prone positions. Stages are typical 10-15 rds and usually have about 120 second to complete. Seems like a lot of time until you realize most stages have you moving to multiple shooting locations and/or shooting very small targets at multiple ranges. FFP scopes and reticules with the ability to hold for range are popular as some stage do not allow you to dial your scope during the stage.
It is a lot of fun and really teaches you how to build a stable shooting platform in a variety if difficult situations while being relatively cheap to participate in if your on a budget. Great cheap practice for hunting to.