My New Shooting Bench / rifle /ammo

[Tesorodeoro]

Guy I was torn between buying a high end 17 HMR or .22. I went .22 and am now stuck with it. I love to compete and am trying to learn how to shoot this rifle. I have a ways to go yet I believe with just what I have available to play with. But yesterday using Eley Force I came close to 5 shots in a 1/4" group 4 times. That may be all I can hope for using rimfire ammo. Even cleaning the rifle and barrel moves the groups in micro increments.

But I damn near went with a .17 HMR. I just didn't have the range here to play with. YOU would have a blast (and a learning curve) with an 8 ounce trigger. But you'd like it.... I promise.

Listen, I’m not a caliber snob. I love them all. I’m hesitant to mess with any firearm that shoots good. but you’re probably right. I’ve seen folks getting crazy with jeweled trigger units that were so unsafe they would reliably go off by lowering the barrel! That violates my #1 rule above accuracy.

 

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[Tesorodeoro]

Very nice Brad!! I went this direction for now... being a home builder you think I should/could build a beauty!


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Have it and use it. I do shoot 1/2 minute groups at 100 yards off it. Not very stable in the woods where I shoot. the barrel support got thrown away pretty quickly. mine doesn’t have the back rest. it’s a swivel barstool seat. that one looks like you could sit back and brag after you outshot your buddy!

 

[Limitool]

Listen, I’m not a caliber snob. I love them all. I’m hesitant to mess with any firearm that shoots good. but you’re probably right. I’ve seen folks getting crazy with jeweled trigger units that were so unsafe they would reliably go off by lowering the barrel! That violates my #1 rule above accuracy.

I agree with ya.... shooting safely trumps accuracy any day. When my eye leaves the scope or my finger leaves the trigger well my gun safety is engaged.

Tesorodeoro: Maybe you've already done this but this 99.9% free improvement really helps with grouping shots. When I installed my KIDD receiver and bull barrel into my thumbhole stock I floated the barrel in AFTER I had already sighted the gun in. I took a crisp $ bill and put it under the barrel where it leaves the stock and tried to see the clearance by moving it back and forth and toward the receiver. I got half way before hitting a high spot on stock. Torn down, hand sanded spot and reassembled. Now that the high spot was gone IT GOT WORSE. Now I had no clearance past about 2". I repeated this process about 6-7 times before I had clearance 100% to the receiver.

Floating that barrel in really made this rifle come "alive". And the groups really got tighter. Maybe I should do my 10/22 also. I never did. Maybe it would help your 10/22....? It's not hard to do. Just aggravating repeating the process till done.