Thread: Show us your Varmint rifles

Both rifles use remington 700 actions blue printed and trued, shillen match grade, hand lapped barrels in .223 ackley improved and .270 finished at 22 inches and fluted with predator 8 sound moderators.
Jewel trigger on the .223ai and rifle basics trigger on the .270 set at 1 and 1.5 pounds.
McMillan stocks, free floated barrels and bedded actions.
Scopes are Nightforce NXS 5.5-22x50 and Swarovski Z6i 2-12x50.
Both shoot well under .5 MOA with hand loads and some factory ammo when and if a do my bit.

They quite nice, what cal?

Quite agree , i like Sakos as well
Toby as for cross bolts , like you say you either like them or you dont!! , personaly i dont take much notice as i am more interested in how it performs as a package!!
Heres how the Parker performed..



And shooting at 1017yds with her on steel in Wales..

If you look carefully you can just make out the Figure 11 targets in the distance!!
All the best.

Thats pretty nice, is it 2100yrds or just 100yrds?

Originally Posted by Toby

Thats pretty nice, is it 2100yrds or just 100yrds?

Ha ha ha!!! nah im not that good mate!!
All groups are shot at 100yds , i was useing the @ for at ( 100yds )
Its a great venue to shoot long range on steel targets.

I was thinking that cant be 2100 but it looked a little like a 2

Originally Posted by Toby

I was thinking that cant be 2100 but it looked a little like a 2

Whats the hunting like around your neck of the woods, Is it hard to get guns and go hunting or what?

Originally Posted by Toby

Whats the hunting like around your neck of the woods, Is it hard to get guns and go hunting or what?

Hi Toby , rather than we hijack the thread , please give me a PM and i will answer your questions

Snotting distant fig 11's and 14's thru a tx 1200 barrel? Not many in NZ would have had the misfortune? Those were the days, eh, then technology interfered.

Originally Posted by R93

Snotting distant fig 11's and 14's thru a tx 1200 barrel? Not many in NZ would have had the misfortune? Those were the days, eh, then technology interfered.

Thanks for that!
Yes those TX1200s sure do shoot , as you may have seen by the pictures , with the handloads ( pictured ) they do even better!!
On the range i visited in Wales , it was called WMS steel challenge.
You have all sorts of steel targets at differing ranges at different angles too , steel targets vary from fig 11s to Roe deer / Muntjac / Fox / crow and Rabbit life sized targets!!
A good friend orginised the trip and few shooters went , we all had a great time and it was beautiful scenery as we was up in Welsh mountains
All the best .

The C3 with a TX1200 barrel was the NZ and Aussie Army's sniper system until the early 90's. It was like a box of chocolates, as far as accuracy was concerned. Ya never knew what you were going to get.
Looked exactly the same as the one your pics except the barrel had a lighter profile.

For my lowish cost option..

HOWA 1500 HRE Suppressor. Trigger adjusted to light as a light thing.Harris Bi Pod with spikes (My DIY )
Magazine conversion with two 10 shot magazines. Laminated thumbhole stock. HOWA Varminter Supreme I think they called these.
Awesome to shoot pain in the ass to carry anywhere. Anything under 200 mtr just pull the trigger. Just gotta think a little after that. Leuopold VX1 3X9 - 50 Lr recticle.
Goes OK for not breaking the bank. Next Id like one lighter ...



Doesnt mind Hornady Training amm 55s like most use but being the HOWA sometimes wont eject one of the steel cases after it gets really hot.
Posibly 1 in 100 so not really a bother for the cheap ammo...

And .17 HMR another heavy be arch but man I ve mad some living shit dead shit with this thing,,,

Filled a 20 litre bucket once a week with Myna birds and starlings during Jan Feb this year

I like that rifle. that is very smart looking.

that barrel fitting is not to my taste tho