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Ivan, forgot what username you use on here, can you pls PM me.

she was sitting next to me at prizegiving.

big table with lots of goodies, you got to go up in the order you finished and pick what was left, i told her right at the start, if nobody else gets the...

Interesting point VC, Amax 80gr is G7 0.231 compared to Scenar or HBC Dyer at 0.236

My head says you could well be correct, but my heart kinda goes "not so sure" :D

25% saving on projectile...

Steve, one of the Trentham (ex UH) guys has a 223 and uses 90gr moly coated, goes well up to about 600yds, but gets blown out when the wind is pumping. KW also has a 223 that gets used for juniors at...

No worries, great to see a young guy with obvious talent - god knows we need to encourage every single kid that show interest to shoot NRA coz the sport is dying a slow death...

We should try get...

VC, I just shaved my legs and put on a bit of lippy :D

Annual compo organised by NZ Ladies Rifle group/team. Followed by 1000 yds champs on the Sun. Good fun to shoot it, gives us a chance to...

Karori is the organising club, the compo is the NZ 1000yds National Champs, and I shoot for Trentham club.

A Karori member won F-O and another Karori member was second in FTR

Had a good weekend, came 2nd in Ladies Longs yesterday (8/9/1000) and 1st in Karori 1000yds champs today.

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Grim conditions today, very wet with fishtailing wind.

Good to meet Cyclops,...

Shot the Te Puke Champs this weekend. Had a really good shoot, learnt a couple of new tricks :thumbsup:

600yds - got 84/90 for this one (75.09 in TR terms).
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Shooting in the rain and...

Good times, shot 300m today, ISSF targets - 10 ring is 100mm and X is 50mm. Nice to be shooting in sunshine and warm weather.

Got 98.02 for the first string, and followed that with 98.02 couple of...

Yeah VC, there'll be a good supply of good 2nd hand barrels this year. Palma team going to USA next year, so plenty guys putting on new barrels.

Going like a Boeing :D

The Clearidge I got from you is sitting on top of it.

shot 800 yards today, got 53.01 on the super-Vs in some pretty sneaky wind :thumbsup:

Hail interrupted play, so no 2nd string :oh noes:

hehe, I went with B :D

i am looking for the smallest group with the most shots...

even better than I had hoped for :thumbsup:

managed to win opening day 2 weeks ago, 56 & 59 / 60, last group was 1 shot short of a sub-moa 10-shot group at 500yds :o

shot it at 600yds...

Ready to rock-n-roll :thumbsup:

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Done more testing today.

All 5 shot groups @ 100yds, looking promising.

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Did some test firing on Tue morning, nothing exploded and I still have all my fingers :D

Relieved a bit of the stock behind the bedding area.

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Second primer coat on, just...

Making tape came off today, coz the rifle is being put back together for some load testing before final paint.

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Total weight (ready to shoot, including bipod and scope) at the moment is...

Candy blue, like Mazda or Suby Imprezza.

Sanding sealer times plenty.
Primer
Silver base coat
Blue on top
Clearcoat

Near the end !

Got the action out of the bedding last week. Cleaned up the edges and also made a couple of ferrules for the action screws do that it is metal on metal contact.

Torqued the...

Right, so slight break from gunsmithing for the last couple of weeks while I helped my gunsmith build a deck rail/balustrade. :D

Back into it this week...

First up some woodwork I did at...

Yup, counting the days ! :thumbsup:

Last time SSR had the rifle he lightened the trigger to 850g, wasn't aware of the Jewel trigger option, only knew about Davies.

Next trip the recoil lug is getting a slight champher on the front edge to make it easier to pull it out of the bedding.

Couple of pillars for the stock to make it metal on metal tightening.
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Had some spare time this morning to do several "woodworking" type jobs on the stock...

The spacing for the holes on the new buttplate is different, so had to remove the bottom thread sleeve, and...