AusVarmint

I don't mind the front heavy setup (only slightly so) it sits on a rest/bag nicely and thats how its used, i rarely shoot offhand with this rifle, and the 17hmr is short and light, its the walk around varminter. slight bias to the front actually feels good to my sholder, and it seems to help recoil ...

shane, would it be worth fluting the barrel to reduce the weight? I like the look of flutes and the barrel is slightly bigger than i mentally pictured when
I ordered it..

-Arch

I got the Burris last night, I'm looking forward to the long weekend, rumor has it that we are likely to get some acceptable weather too.

yeah, it is a heavy bastard. But the place that I use it most is so steep that I don't carry the rifle up and down anyhow, its just too hard to do, the longer range and easier handling of the heavier rifle actually work really well. out of plain luck the balance point is about 1.5-2" forward of...

I realized that as soon as I got to the bottom of his post.. still good tho.

I think that people forgot, its not that no one cares, don't give up on the
idea justt yet.

-Arch

:roll: I was hoping that another rifle bag was the prize, and that I was in with a chance, if only we could nominate ourselves :-) Otherwise, I'd say either run another comp, or give the prize to the article about the knife sharpener thing (i'm just about to read it, but it looks like the author spe...

kjd wrote:Nice work mate. Def a contender for the comp

When does the comp finish?

Sounds like the model businessman that we should encourage others
to emulate, if I was after an airgun, thats where i'd be going

Oh, and my thanks to Shane, I really like the matte finish, and the
packing, shipping and things was fantastic, i'm really pleased, the
next time I have some spare cash and i'm itching for something
different, i know where i'm going.

Thanks Shane, great work

Monster Barrel? THAT'S A FRIGGEN' TRUCK AXLE !!! I did a search but will ask any way, what make of barrel and what contour # is it? Its a Lilja special straight taper #27 from memory, finished to 26" 1:12 twist, I fired 2 rounds, and it handles over a backpack on a hilltop lke a dream. as to w...

Shane's work arrived today while I was at work, my housemate phoned and my boss let me go home an hour early on the promise that I bring it and show him next time we shoot. I spent 2 hours carefully letting the stock out to fit the monster barrel into the inletting on my pillar bedded factory stock,...

Archfile looks over his sholder at a mountain of targets that were shot to produce one lucky target

(joking)

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/233/groupsize5au.th.png .264 inch at 100m with my stock Howa 1500 varmint supreme using whitebox 'partypack' winchester hollowpoints, goes to show what a decent stock rifle will do these days, I'm not usually that good, a 1/2" group is a good one for me. -Arch

Man that looks nice, what stock is that?

-Arch

By accounts 39gr BlitzKing gives good results.

-Arch