During the week I had 1/2 inch taken out of the barrels and as we re-did the throat area, changed the powder type and on Saturday afternoon re-beded the barrels in at the range.
I have attached a 3 shot group at 100 yards, measures .287" minus .224 bullet diameter, equals .063" group. :roll:
Well, I finally got to the range and spent the day bedding in the 2 rifles, under very windy conditions I got the 3 shot group down to a consistent group.
Benchrest CenterFire is shoot along the lines of the WBSF (World Benchrest Shooting Federation) with Light, Heavy & Experimental Class (or Unlimited Class) which are Rail Guns.
The other is Hunter Class CentreFire, Light Class must have a min magazine holding 2 or more rounds and a 6x Scope...
Two of the three rifles are just finished.
One on the left is for Light Hunter Class 10lb limit with max 6x power scope plus a 3 cartridge functioning magazine.
The one the right is Light Benchrest 10lb-8oz limit with unlimited scope (it also has a functioning mag, so I could put the 6x scope...
Heavy Centrefire (Varmint) Benchrest (unrestricted Scope) is 13lb-8oz here.
Light Centrefire (Varmint) Benchrest (unrestricted scope) is 10lb-8oz.
Light Centrefire Hunter Class is 10lb with 6x power scope plus a working magazine with min 2 cartridges.
Heavy Centrefire Hunter Class is 14lb...
You read my mind, I have started to build a second rifle after just finishing this one, it just squeeze in under the 10lb limit in the end.
The second rifle will be for the 10lb-8oz class (max weight), which is called Light Benchrest Class here, the Heavy Benchrest Class is 13lb-8oz (corrected...
My rifle is nearly ready but ran into a weight problem, I needed to loose around 4 ounces. The legal limited for Light Hunter Class with 6x power scope and working magazine is 10lb and I wanted to keep my heavy long length barrel, the same is for Light Benchrest with my competition NF 43x44mm...
Ok my rifle will be finished after Easter and the build is:-
Kelbly BRFB stock (black with Silver fleck), metal Butt plate removed, replaced with rubber.
Jewell HVT SS Trigger with top safety
Krieger 26" SS 4 groove 1:9" twist in .222, tight neck throat, medium/heavy Varmint profile
Defiance...
Hi Guy, most likely the scope will sit at the mid 40 range but being able to dial up is an advantage. I have a meeting with the gunsmith in the morning to look at the purpose built reamer which has arrived, we are narrowing the neck a little and them altering the Die's to suit.
These are some great rifle builds here, sorry to hear baltz526 that your rifle won't shoot 140gr Ballistic projectiles, certainty would p--s me off!
I am at the stage now of buying glass, now this rifle will only be shooting at 100, 200 & 300 yards so I need a scope that will show me bullet...
That's a nice build, its good to see different calibre rifle builds rather than the usually.
We are limited a little here in Australia to build high end rifles, its just the time it takes to get the parts from the US, some items can take 6 months to get imported.
The cost is around three...
Was a little bored so I thought I would build a rifle to shoot a specific projectile, rather then build a rifle and work thru different ammo to find what shoots best.
This is what happens when you have to much time on your hands.
So, the projectile is a 60gr Nosler Varmint oal 0.851" BC 0.270...
I just got hold of a new in box Ruger M77 Hawkeye RFP SS .223 ( one piece bolt) minus it's 22" SS barrel and having a Krieger 4 groove match grade Rem Var contour 26" SS in 1:9" twist in .222 barrel fitted.
By having the .223 bolt action I can load longer projectiles on the .222 brass of which...