New bunny gun excel arms accelerator 22wmr semi

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Originally Posted by viper

nope I have been down the varmint centre fire route and it's not particle for me, my varminting work is all rimfire , makes life easier as farmers just buy me bricks at a time.

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fair call :thumbsup:

First evolution begins.....
QR mount arrived today, it's a bit higher than the weaver mounts I had it in and makes for a much more comfortable cheek weld.

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the wifes 6.5 grendell suppressor fits onto my new rossi 22 mag. i will ley ya know if it works. be interesting to compare he excel to it ( still jealous though)

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Originally Posted by timattalon

With the scope mount, I had an older remington 7600 some years ago and it had a Pecar(?) scope clamp that was built like a hinge. It would "flip" the scope to the side. I do not know how well it worked but it would mean you could access under the scope without removing it. Here is a diagram of how it worked. No idea what it was called, perhaps someone else can help.

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My dad has something similar on a 35rem pump action apparently for bush hunting

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Originally Posted by Ben Waimata

Can anyone give a brief summary of what is clearly an excellent review of these three rifles?

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They all shoot well. It's only $5 to sign up for am month, we should support them.

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Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

They all shoot well. It's only $5 to sign up for am month, we should support them.

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Stopped supporting NZ Guns went they went digital. I get the reasons, I just like the paper version of which i was a long time supporter.


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Well big thanks to @Aoraki who scored me a brick of cci gamepoints and @Phil_H for giving me some 30gn vmax to try as well.
Spent the afternoon at the range with the intent to check drop on paper but it was 2 damn windy, I managed to test the vmax and cci at 50 yards between gusts and it shoots pretty much the same although the max shoots a little higher I'm guessing due to the velocity.
They both print equally good groups.
Here is a sample group of 5 shots at 50 yards.

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Mid cycle :cool:

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Warning if tacticool offends you look away now :o
Few more mods to the accelerator.
New low mount 45degree piccatinny mount so I can mount the torch lower instead of above the scope.
New lower front mount piccatinny and vertical fore grip.
I know it looks tacticool but both these mods also make the rifle much nicer to point when shouldered standing.
The vertical foregrip especially helps with supporting the front whilst standing.
I would have mounted the torch under lithe front if it wasn't for the vertical fore grip.
I have always found the torch mounted above the scope to be a bit of a pain when shooting bunnies out the window of the truck so hopefully this lower side mount helps with that too, if not I'll have to try something else.

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It's only tacticool if it doesn't work

You putting a can on the end? Then it really will be tactikool

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Originally Posted by 223nut

You putting a can on the end? Then it really will be tactikool

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yup gotta save some pennies as it's a custom job from gunworks, full over barrel back to the hand guard, I have a couple other projects soaking up surplus funds at the moment though :XD:

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Originally Posted by carlhurley

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brace it with what and how ?
also curious as to why you removed the bar it doesn't seem to get in the way to me and I have big sasquatch hands :D

just noticed you have your scope a lot lower than me, I found it really awkward with the scope in lower mounts to get a good cheek weld that resulted in a half decent eye relief how do you find it with the scope mounted that low ?

did you shorten the barrel on yours or is that a semi over barrel suppressor ?

sorry lots of questions :D

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Originally Posted by dannyb

Warning if tacticool offends you look away now :o
Few more mods to the accelerator.
New low mount 45degree piccatinny mount so I can mount the torch lower instead of above the scope.
New lower front mount piccatinny and vertical fore grip.
I know it looks tacticool but both these mods also make the rifle much nicer to point when shouldered standing.
The vertical foregrip especially helps with supporting the front whilst standing.
I would have mounted the torch under lithe front if it wasn't for the vertical fore grip.
I have always found the torch mounted above the scope to be a bit of a pain when shooting bunnies out the window of the truck so hopefully this lower side mount helps with that too, if not I'll have to try something else.

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Mate that is very cool. Agree re the torch mounting . Never liked them hanging off the scope or above the barrel particularly with a stainless barrel as I found the light wash reflection in the scope ruins the scope picture. And I also like the foregrip. I had the same one on my evil rifle and mounted the torch in a 45 degree mount on a rail on the side of the handguard hanging down and managed to get it in the perfect spot so I could turn the torch on and off with my thumb ( lenser 7.2 torch with button on end cap) while holding the rifle in shooting position.
Nice rifle @dannyb. :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Ftx325

Mate that is very cool. Agree re the torch mounting . Never liked them hanging off the scope or above the barrel particularly with a stainless barrel as I found the light wash reflection in the scope ruins the scope picture. And I also like the foregrip. I had the same one on my evil rifle and mounted the torch in a 45 degree mount on a rail on the side of the handguard hanging down and managed to get it in the perfect spot so I could turn the torch on and off with my thumb ( lenser 7.2 torch with button on end cap) while holding the rifle in shooting position.
Nice rifle @dannyb. :thumbsup:

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it's getting there.....I have a tail mounted remote switch which attaches to the stock where ever I decide to mount it ? haven't decided on that yet will need to see what works may even have it on the vertical fore grip. waiting to try the torch set up at night time to see if I get any of that horrible light wash you mention with the torch mounted where it is.
to be fair there are options there too, I could wrap the barrell in camo tape or similar temporarily until the over barrel suppressor is done, the suppressor with a neoprene sleeve fitted may in itself may solve that issue anyway

put a bar from the picattiny rail to the top of the stock just screwed it in will tidy it up at some stage am lefthanded got in the way of my arm have no problems with the scope its an over barrel suppressor came off my confiscated steyr aug

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Originally Posted by carlhurley

put a bar from the picattiny rail to the top of the stock just screwed it in will tidy it up at some stage am lefthanded got in the way of my arm have no problems with the scope its an over barrel suppressor came off my confiscated steyr aug

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So did you shorten the barrel at all ?

On a side note tested the torch mount out last night and no light wash off the barrel so that's a bonus :cool:

no barrel was already threaded when I got it dont know if it had been shortened dont think so

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Originally Posted by carlhurley

no barrel was already threaded when I got it dont know if it had been shortened dont think so

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What's the length from the front of the hand guard to the muzzle witjout the suppressor fitted ?

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Originally Posted by gonetropo

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Nothing wrong with that :cool: :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by dannyb

Nothing wrong with that :cool: :thumbsup:

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unfortunately the scope failed shortly after :(

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Originally Posted by gonetropo

unfortunately the scope failed shortly after :(

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In what way ?

reticle snapped !!

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Originally Posted by mimms2

Well. The only question now is: Why??

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Just need one in .22 x 45r

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Originally Posted by gonetropo

reticle snapped !!

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that 22 recoil can be brutal... :thumbsup:

I tried to see if they could do one in 17wsm, considering they already do a 22 magnum and a 5.7x28.
Thought it would be a piece of piss for them.
never heard back. Mind you the guys at 55six hinted that they might not.

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@carlhurley what ammo and what sort of accuracy are you getting ?

hornady vmax 30gn all the turkeys and peacocks seem to die havent tried to see how they group just went and bought a whole lot from gun city before the price went up

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Originally Posted by carlhurley

hornady vmax 30gn all the turkeys and peacocks seem to die havent tried to see how they group just went and bought a whole lot from gun city before the price went up

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What sort of range ? I'm coincidentally chasing a few turkeys later this week :cool:

100 to 150 metres

I used one for a while for busting hares in the maize crops but have since changed to a CZ 527 in .17 mach IV. Found no real advantage of the .22 WMR over running .22lr and figured if I was going to be paying $35+ for a box of ammo I may as well be using a centerfire and hand loading. .22 magnum is way over priced for a cartridge that goes subsonic around 100y and really is only as useful as a .22LR.
Mine wouldnt feed anything other than the ballistic tip ammo but shot the Vmax very well. I ran a Hardy rimfire over barrel suppressor. I gave the trigger a good work up too as it was shyte out of the box, this came at the cost of a non working safety catch but I never use one anyway, empty chamber is the only safe. They need high rings to be comfortable.
Mags can be a bitch to load if you forget the little finger assist pin they come with. Shot plenty of hares with mine and the odd goat.
I see they have skimped on the barrel fluting now.. pity as there is a lot of weight in the tube.

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They do seem to be a bit of a polarizing bit of kit it's either yes or no. I looked at one but didn't like the weight or grip.

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Originally Posted by berg243

. i wonder if hornady or winchester are looking at a souped up rimfire case to keep within current laws.

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NZ market is pretty small, can still keep hoping!

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Originally Posted by Wingman

I used one for a while for busting hares in the maize crops but have since changed to a CZ 527 in .17 mach IV. Found no real advantage of the .22 WMR over running .22lr and figured if I was going to be paying $35+ for a box of ammo I may as well be using a centerfire and hand loading. .22 magnum is way over priced for a cartridge that goes subsonic around 100y and really is only as useful as a .22LR.
Mine wouldnt feed anything other than the ballistic tip ammo but shot the Vmax very well. I ran a Hardy rimfire over barrel suppressor. I gave the trigger a good work up too as it was shyte out of the box, this came at the cost of a non working safety catch but I never use one anyway, empty chamber is the only safe. They need high rings to be comfortable.
Mags can be a bitch to load if you forget the little finger assist pin they come with. Shot plenty of hares with mine and the odd goat.
I see they have skimped on the barrel fluting now.. pity as there is a lot of weight in the tube

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Nah they aren't skimping on the fluting, mine is an older one that was ex demo, it shoots the 30gn vmax extremely well but also shoots cci 40gn gamepoints equally as well too, would love to know how you managed to lighten the trigger ? Was it difficult ? The trigger is the one let down.

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Originally Posted by berg243

just need a decent 22rf something that shoots a 50gr at 2600fps or better. i wonder if hornady or winchester are looking at a souped up rimfire case to keep within current laws.

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I think the problem there is the case head is also the primer so the bit that's supposed to take the most pressure has to be uniformly soft enough to be crimped by the firing pin anywhere on the rim. Ramset cartridges have been used for wildcats before but breech and firing pin tolerance has to be spot on. But hey if they can get caseless ammunition to work it shouldn't be that much of an issueissue however as 223 nut says there has to be a market

I cant recall what I did exactly, theres been many triggers through the workshop..probably shortened the sear a bit and polished it.. Id remember if I saw the parts again.
I do remember it made a very nice trigger of it though