308mate I guess it boils down to if you want a light rifle, or reduce your total carry weight by 500g Cutting that out of the contents of a typical tramping pack is a piece of piss, and...
Liked On: 20-04-2020, 09:47 AM
I flip a coin :D The 243 is for meat hunting when I’m targeting smaller bodied animals (red yearlings/spikers, or fallow). The 308 is for anything else (stags in the roar, or open country where...
Liked On: 18-04-2020, 08:38 AM
Big fan of subsonic 22LR here. The silent killer! Good to 100 metres with a bit of practice. Alternatively, you can get subsonic rounds for 22WMR. Best of both worlds?
Liked On: 17-04-2020, 03:47 AM
I mean the 5x5 group thing I posted approx a million years ago is a relatively good way to determine whether your rifle actually does consistently shoot "moa groups all day" within the bounds of...
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 01:32 PM
Stocky, here ya go 136483 Not sure why around 1.5 MOA would "erk" you, unless you are shooting flies ? In my book that is well within minute-of-deer/goat :D
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 11:39 AM
Yeah I’ve got a ‘79 A2 fullstock, and a fullstock 85. The older one is considerably lighter and I just like it more. Still selling both though, haha. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 10:25 AM
My old T3 with 24.5" fluted #4 barrel, T1 brake, VX6HD and one of Kens stocks. I was happy with this weight, I reckon it was light enough to shoot well in most positions. 136481
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 10:21 AM
Boring old T3 7mmRM. It does have a fancy dan 3D printed titanium cocking piece shroud though:) 136437 What sneeze said about shooting weight. This is light enough.
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 10:03 AM
Got a metal lathe at home, so did it myself. Took measurements off my AR15 carbine barrel and left a bit of a safety margin. Did wear a welding mask for the first couple of test shots though :D
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 10:02 AM
'Ultralight' is often percieved as some kind of panacea. Sprinkle that shit everywhere. On your rifle. Your shoes. Your breakfast cereal. Your bank balance (woops - I went too far). :)
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 09:25 AM
If you want a genuinely light rifle you have to accept the small gains everywhere and add them up, and start from a light base action. Can't generally get a super light rifle just by changing one...
Liked On: 16-04-2020, 09:23 AM
Generally around your waist :P Barrel, stock & scope would give you the most gains. Stuff like fluting barrel & bolt not much.
Liked On: 15-04-2020, 04:59 PM
Anything made by Melvin Forbes
Liked On: 15-04-2020, 04:59 PM
Cheers mate... I made another one for a Remington 788 in .30BR for a mate too https://i.ibb.co/9yPC3GN/20190718-101340.jpg (https://ibb.co/0Y5dVQc) https://i.ibb.co/3cD5GsG/20190811-185739.jpg...
Liked On: 15-04-2020, 02:18 PM
Unless you are running leighigh or subx bullets the subs i used on animals were not great. You need to head shoot with heavy match bullets and have the rifle zeroed for those bullets, it is...
Liked On: 15-04-2020, 12:48 PM