If Looking Good Counts

[Lef T]

Then I'm in.
I sometimes will give a gun a name.
This one is Blacky.
Before my good friend Anzacman left for the big range in the sky,he gave me this rifle.
I had drooled over it when he first got it.
It was built for him by Lester Bruno and is a .262 neck chambered for 6ppc.
Kelby Panda action,Jewell trigger,Kreiger heavy varmint barrel,Kelby stock and Kelby polished high rings.
I topped it off with a Weaver T36.
The Jon Loh rest was also a gift as was the leather Edgewood shooting mat that he had given me.
Like I said, I scored a ten in the looks department today.
Today was my first day shooting it with cases that I had fireformed on my previous range trip.
Today I was testing Mitchell 68gr. bullets over 28.8 gr of VV N133.
I didn,t score a ten in the shooting department ,but did get a few groups in the low ones.
It was a beautiful day.Had the range to myself and was sippin ice tea and eating pepperoni.
Doesn,t get any better.
The target shown was my best of the day.
All my groups were 5 shot groups.
It measures .145
Next few trips will be fine tuning loads to see what the rifle likes.
I think I'm pretty close now.

 

[Sharpshooter jr.]

Wow that scope is up high! Nice shooting never the less

 

[Lef T]

Wow that scope is up high! Nice shooting never the less

Yes,the scope is high. I love the Kelby high rings.
It keeps my chin off the rifle and I don,t have to get a crick in my neck when shooting.
For me it is a perfect height.

 

[rfkc]

That is a beautiful piece of equipment !!! Lester builds some of the finest short range benchrest guns available.
I'm sure that your good friend was smiling as he looked down from above today. You did him proud !

 

[clatartar]

Finally a real precision rifle. It looks to me like anzacman had a really good taste in rifles. Gorgeous rifle!

How'd you do your fireforming? COW or loaded ammo?

 

[Lef T]

Anzacman and I were inseparable as shooters.
We learned everything about guns together.
There was nothing better than spending a nice day shooting rifles with him.
He had three smiths that he loved.
Lester Bruno,Speedy Gonzales and Joe Kroetsch
Here is a 6mmbrx that Speedy built.

 

[Lef T]

Finally a real precision rifle. It looks to me like anzacman had a really good taste in rifles. Gorgeous rifle!

How'd you do your fireforming? COW or loaded ammo?

I fireformed with loaded ammo..

 

[SND]

Beautiful rifles and great shooting.

 

[duncansuds]

That is a beautiful piece of equipment !!! Lester builds some of the finest short range benchrest guns available.
I'm sure that your good friend was smiling as he looked down from above today. You did him proud !

Well put. I hope you truly enjoy that rifle, great shooting.

 

[jugi16]

Nice rig and great shooting. To bad it doesn't fold up into a back pack that would give Caramel a run for his money.

 

[ivo]

Great rifles D, you just need to tighten up the groups a bit(so jealous!). I'm sure Anzacman was right beside you the whole time.

 

[Tomochan]

Fabulous shooting - Your pal sure knew his rifles - I really wish I had the $ when you had that especially fat, heavy one of his rifles up for sale.

 

[Lef T]

Fabulous shooting - Your pal sure knew his rifles - I really wish I had the $ when you had that especially fat, heavy one of his rifles up for sale.

Anzacman loved his rifles big and beefy.
His favourite action was the bat and his barrels were over an inch in diameter.
His stock of choice was a McMillan.
He loved NF rings and scopes.
The little 6ppc was not his favourite.
Not enough beef to it.
His all time favourite was this 30br.
Lester built it for him.
A superbly accurate rifle