375 Chatfield/Taylor finally finished

crazy_davey said:
Now your getting somewhere :)
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Those B&L Balvars are NICE scopes. They are longer than the 2x7s and thus fit well on a long action. I like it as much as the Leupold 1.5x5 and would trust it on any rifle I own. I plan on using it for load development for this one and then using it as a backup scope to the Leupold later on.



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blargon said:
Is the barrel tapped for the rear site as well?
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No, not yet. I'll probably leave it as is. If I want to use open sights, I'll probably just buy one of those receiver sights that attach to Weaver bases.

BTW ... the Weaver bases on it now are the all-steel ones which are a improvement over the ones in the pics as they move the front ring a bit further back.


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gloss Weaver rings and scope! I expect nothing less from you SC! :D But since the theme of this gun is budget 375, its all good! :cool:
 
todbartell said:
gloss Weaver rings and scope! I expect nothing less from you SC! :D But since the theme of this gun is budget 375, its all good! :cool:
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Hmmmm, a purple Leupold to go with those Weaver rings real nice, but all I had was the B&L. ;)

Originally I was thinking about going the full route with all matte finish, Talleys, a VXIII 1.5x6 matte I have here, a McMillan, and NECG sights, but I got the B&C stock for literally nothing and decided to cheeep out with what I had on hand and not bothering to refinish the action.

Budget 375 IS the theme here! :D

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So I finally got out to shooting this week past. Recoil wasn't bad but there is a fair bit of muzzle jump and I got a couple kisses from the scope, plus the bolt handle has a nasty habit of chew into my trigger finger which all in all is a bit distracting.

Shot eight loads after sighting in. I'm not sure if the large groups are me or the rifle.

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......... so I got out tonight as well and tried again the 74.5/Reloader15 load.

I got two nice 1" groups right off the bat, but then the next 2 groups opened up to over 2"-3". I remembered to take the chrony. Glad I did.

Hand got chewed up again from the bolt. It makes it hard to shoot, that's for sure. Any suggestions to avoid this?

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SuperCub said:
So I finally got out to shooting this week past. Recoil wasn't bad but there is a fair bit of muzzle jump and I got a couple kisses from the scope, plus the bolt handle has a nasty habit of chew into my trigger finger which all in all is a bit distracting.

Shot eight loads after sighting in. I'm not sure if the large groups are me or the rifle........
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LMOA!

I've been waiting for this!

I had a 416Rem built on this stock.....It weighed 8 pounds 2 ozs ready to hunt. I ran a 1.5-5 Leupold.
Let me take you on a quick stroll down memory lane!

I chose the stock because of the large recoil surface and the straight design (my bolt touched the stock) and I thought the sling system would be appropriate for a large caliber rifle.

Problem was that the stock design was such that the bolt handle riped my knuckle to the bone 3 times....I mean all the way!
The short grip also caused sever collisions between the trigger guard and my middle knuckle....I actually pounded a large chip of bone off that floated around for a few years.

My buddy that shoots both a 338 Win and a 375Wby (very well) took one shot from my little 416 and couldn't dry fire his 338 after that without flinching. He packed up his gear and wisely called it a day....So much for recoil control.
I let a guy at the local range shoot the thing. At the shot the guy sagged to his knees. It turns out a 13.5 " length of pull is not so great....Unless you like cosmetic surgery.

The final insult came during load development.
Long story short I fired just over 600 violent ( and expensive) rounds in 3 months trying to get a consistent load ready for a grizzly trip.....You guessed it! The old B&C bedding surface folded.

In the end a McMillan took the rifle from a 2"-4" grouper to a solid sub 1 1/4" shooter (never more), my skin grew back, my bone spur eventually did whatever bone spurs do, and recoil was way down (I have no idea why).

Check your bedding!
 
crazy_davey said:
This glove has SuperCubs name written all over it :D
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Gee Dave ....... You've really outdone yourself this time with your kind offer to lend me thees gloves. That's very kind of you, but I think there is a fellow in BC (Tod Bartell) who could really use a pair of those to go with his beloved 260s. :sniper:



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Gatehouse said:
That looks pretty painfull!!

What about a glove or something like that?

A different stock may be the solution?
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I found a glove in the trunk of the car and tried it out, but by then is was already chewed up and distracting. I'll let it heal and try the glove thing.


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SuperCub said:
Gee Dave ....... You've really outdone yourself this time with your kind offer to lend me thees gloves. That's very kind of you, but I think there is a fellow in BC (Tod Bartell) who could really use a pair of those to go with his beloved 260s. :sniper:



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It is Noels actually, but I am sure if you ask him nice he will lend it out.

Bartell is on to something though, you are kind of a nancy boy. Pull up your big girl panties and get shooting :p :D
 
X-fan said:
Problem was that the stock design was such that the bolt handle riped my knuckle to the bone 3 times....I mean all the way!
The short grip also caused sever collisions between the trigger guard and my middle knuckle....
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I'm lucky in that respect as I don't get the treatment from the trigger guard. The bolt doesn't hit hard enough to break any bone, but just digs in. I may get the checkered contact point on the underside of the bolt smoothed up.

Does it make any difference when shooting in a standing position? I didn't try it.



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