My new benchrest rifle...
- Thread starter Dick Wright
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I got this pic from Chuck Grace Sunday. The gun is completely together and is now on it's way home via UPS Second Day. (Don't ask what that cost.)
We have a match at the club Saturday so I am going to be really busy as soon as it gets here.
Right now I'm lighting candles, making sacrifices (The wife got really mad about the cat.) and praying fervently that it will shoot the way it did in the pattern stocks.
We'll know more after Sat.
glynn angle
Member
Beautiful rifle!! Almost too pretty to shoot. I'm guessing that is a rubbed oil finish ?
It was wet sanded after finishing. I'm going to hand rub a couple of coats of Gun Savr on the stock when I'm done fire formimg brass and have done load work up. When that's done I will have time to put the finish on and wait for two or three days for each coat to dry. There a few details that need attending to before I declare it done.
Wringing it out starts today. I have to fireform the rest of the brass, set up the size die and start load work-up. (Neil Jones charged me a ton for that die.) The gun showed a lot of promise Saturday till the wind started blowing 20 mph, gusts to 32 mph. (per the weather channel.) I haven't shot much in the last three or four years and wind like that I can't cope with. I need a lot of practice.
Little things... I'm having trouble adapting to the trigger... it's expensive but it's not a Jewell. Also having trouble getting the scope crosshairs perfectly focused and completely getting rid of the parallax. This is just detail stuff that can be worked out. Next winter I'm thinking about sending the scope out to Ackermann and getting it bumped to 12X and getting a 1/2" dot. Cheryl says she can do it.
This is fun... I honestly think I can shoot a 250 with this when I get my act together. Gonna be a busy summer.
"Custom touches"... Everything is new except the action, even the trigger. It was a .458. 12X is a compromise. I may want to take it in the field and try to get a woodchuck or two. We have no rules in our matches that specify scope power. Our general rule is.. "If it looks like a benchrest rifle, you are in the benchrest class". "If it doesn't look like a BR gun, you are in Factory Class".
The barrel has a one in fourteen twist. This was meant to be a competition gun from day one and that's what I use for 52 gr. match bullets.
As soon as you make rules, you eliminate people who might want to come shoot. That ain't what our matches are about.
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Isabella County Sportsmans Club BR matches...
Michigan shooters... pay attention. Our matches are centrally located just west of Mt. Pleasant. We like to think that they are friendly, fair and fun. We give better than normal prizes this year since Jay's Sporting Goods decided to sponsor us. Winning either class will get you a Jay's gift certificate, twenty bucks cash from the club and one of the neat pins that Matt ordered for us.
If you are interested, contact me or Matt (pikedrop) and we will get you match schedules that have both a map and directions. The club is easy to find.
This year we have a special bonus... I have been elected, like it or not, to stop on my way to the match and pick up donuts from Cops and Doughnuts, the world famous bakery in Clare. I thought I got a ton of them last match and they just flat out disappeared. Screw the match... the donuts are worth the trip.
Matty... have some respect. Unertl is spelled... U-n-e-r-t-l.
Michigan shooters... pay attention. Our matches are centrally located just west of Mt. Pleasant. We like to think that they are friendly, fair and fun. We give better than normal prizes this year since Jay's Sporting Goods decided to sponsor us. Winning either class will get you a Jay's gift certificate, twenty bucks cash from the club and one of the neat pins that Matt ordered for us.
If you are interested, contact me or Matt (pikedrop) and we will get you match schedules that have both a map and directions. The club is easy to find.
This year we have a special bonus... I have been elected, like it or not, to stop on my way to the match and pick up donuts from Cops and Doughnuts, the world famous bakery in Clare. I thought I got a ton of them last match and they just flat out disappeared. Screw the match... the donuts are worth the trip.
Matty... have some respect. Unertl is spelled... U-n-e-r-t-l.
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Michigan shooters... pay attention. Our matches are centrally located just west of Mt. Pleasant. We like to think that they are friendly, fair and fun. We give better than normal prizes this year since Jay's Sporting Goods decided to sponsor us. Winning either class will get you a Jay's gift certificate, twenty bucks cash from the club and one of the neat pins that Matt ordered for us.
If you are interested, contact me or Matt (pikedrop) and we will get you match schedules that have both a map and directions. The club is easy to find.
This year we have a special bonus... I have been elected, like it or not, to stop on my way to the match and pick up donuts from Cops and Doughnuts, the world famous bakery in Clare. I thought I got a ton of them last match and they just flat out disappeared. Screw the match... the donuts are worth the trip.
Matty... have some respect. Unertl is spelled... U-n-e-r-t-l.
I thought it looked wrong when I sent it!
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DanSavage
Guest
What a fine rifle Sir!
shooter86314
New member
wonderful
Thanks for sharing your wonderful story of your beautiful rifle. May I suggest that you post your photos with descriptions to your Profile?
With your "old" technology, you can teach many of us how to shoot a rifle from the bench.
Thankyou.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful story of your beautiful rifle. May I suggest that you post your photos with descriptions to your Profile?
With your "old" technology, you can teach many of us how to shoot a rifle from the bench.
Thankyou.