AusVarmint

Go Rod's suggestion. Old school cool... .
You won't have time to wear it out like you may have in the past.
B.

Good to see you having a go.
The butt pad might need a bit of sanding....

Bruce

Sounds like a great build and should be a good shooter. 221 has always interested me but went 20VT instead.
Brass - there was some Nosler about , Lapua very rare now their not making it. I cut down 223 brass for my 20vt. Not hard but a few steps in the process.

Pics when it is done please.

Bruce

Nice.
He already upsold you.

Sunday night.
Been saving this rabbit who lives in the garden.
25m
H&N Barracuda Match 21gn
940fps
Definitely enough power. Head shot, then hit the shed 20m behind. Woops
Ther is two more around the garden.

Well it was New Gun Day and grinning from ear to ear. Ordered this FX Maverick VP 22 back in January and delivery was to be in June. So a bit of a shock to get a call in late April that it was at the gun shop. Fitted a bipod and my old Nikon EFR 3-9x40. Grabbed all the odd tins of pellets I have in ...

Not yet Barry. Had a call from gunshop saying my new air rifle was in, two months early. Good news but there goes the spare $ for a while.

Very impressive. When you die can I have that one and your anvil 🤣🤣🤣 Outstanding work and great post. Really enjoyed following this one Looking forward to your next project C Glad you like the work. You want the anvil too? Gee there I was considering it up to then. :lol: :lol: Been in the family fo...

A few more pics
The Twins.

The big day came last Friday. Was handed a barrelled action before lunch then headed out to the campsite. Setup camp and sorted my gear into a makeshift workbench so I could finish fitting the barreled action to the stock. The barrel channel need widening about .5mm each side, not to bad as I left i...

Twin Sakos hot off the lathe.

And they work
Bruce
More pics later.

You have it working well now. Looking forward to getting my Maverick, what scope is the hard question. The Rl 42 is very clear.

Bruce

Practice works Bruce

The Raven wrote: ↑Tue Feb 15, 2022 3:09 pm Pretty cool targets.

fenring wrote: ↑Mon Feb 14, 2022 8:40 pm Well done mate, fun targets to shoot.

It's good to just walk out the door and have a shot, getting tired of the spinners. Plus I am in the shed making stuff.

Shot a couple of indian minors a few weeks ago, so thought I would make a few metal targets for plinking with the air rifle. Searched online for some animal shapes, enlarged them with a photo copier and then cut them out of some scrap 3mm checker plate. Just used a jigsaw and angle grinder. To give ...