Action for Rail gun

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:confused:What action do you have on your railgun and why?

:)Anyone want to throw their 2₵ worth in?

I recently received my new Railgun and I pulled my Panda Action from my 30BR Heavy Varmint, I currently have 3 benchrest guns all with the Panda action, would another action such as Kelbly’s grizzly action, or their new 700 clone be any better?
I want to be able to use my current HV barrels until my barrels ordered from Krieger show up sometime in May.

:eek:I was just thinking with the weight not being a factor, that either of these would be stiffer/ heavier.
 
If your railgun mounts the assembly by the barrel, it really doesnt matter much. I always make sure they are straight and have good firing pin ignition, same as any other rifle. After that, get one that works well for you as far as port/bolt location, ejection, drop etc. If you want a same tenon, that would also be a good criteria. Pretty much any decent action will work. Lots of our customers use drops, some use regular RBLP, a few use our P1000. Tony used a RBLP with small right rear ejection port on his Diamondback we made him. The configuration may not be the same as a regular rifle to shoot comfortably on a rail.
 
Drop Port Stiller Diamondback. Shoots great, don't have to worry about chasing brass, just falls right out the bottom......jackie
 
Jerry or Jackie
Do either of you think the big 2 inch actions are detremental to a railgun? I was thinking along the lines that hanging such a heavy action might have the same affect as hanging a huge tuner off off of the front.It might keep vibrating for a longer period of time?
Lynn
 
Lynn, I have never thought about it that way. Since my Rail mounts the Action=Barrel assy in a barrel block, I never thought the action did much more that furnish a means to fire the case.

You are correct about the tuner. I tried it, and since you can shoot the thing so fast, the barrel never settles, resulting is horrible results. As long as you shot the thing slow, giving the barrel time to settle, it worked great. But then, one of the key advantages of a Rail Gun is to be able to shoot fast when the opportunity presents its self.
 
Tom Dixon and I were having a talk about barrel blocks a couple of years ago. What we both found out seemed to be the same. He has a engineer friend that specializes in vibrations and my brother also works with vibrations as a engineer. Both of their conclusions were the same. The length of the block and the weight of the action, work in harmony to dampen vibrations in the barrel. More may not be better though. Hopefully, I can get my brother to run a better detailed model now that I have better measurements.

Hovis
 
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