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VTR musings
I was ambushed by a used .308Win VTR with a VX3 scope by a gun dealer. I never had any intention of owning one but anyways took it to the range after at trigger job(10lb factory?) and it shot 7/8" to 3/4" five shot groups with 165s after some load development at 100 yards(no not in 90mph wind). Recoil was light, the rifle is sort of heavy and the brake or compensator? is not rifled and is larger diameter than the barrel, really 20"+2". Maybe its vented on top so you don't kick up dirt and sand when using a bi-pod on varmints. The stock is the hollow ribbed reinforced rubberish type with barrel pressure at the end of the forend via a pair of barrel centering t*ts(now removed). The same kind found on other Remington rubber stocks. This rifle didn't seem any less accurate than other sps type Remingtons I've used and the heft makes it a pleasant shooter, the noise wasn't bad either. The new trigger is really a delight to pull now that it was lightened. Many question the benefits of the design and are no doubt justified. One problem I could imagine would be headspace adjustment, how would you turn the barrel in slightly and not have to re-inlet the entire stock, not to mention having an even more f*cked up looking weapon. Anyway as far as surface area goes a circle has a triangle beat or a can of Guinness beats a Toblerone no? This would be assuming the diameter and height were the same, but the weights would be very different. Maybe a controlled experiment with two barrels with the same amount of steel per inch would give us an answer. Maybe a detailed slugging or measuring of the bore. If you want some real excitement out of this shape call up Ted G. and ask him to make you a tri barrel on a Parker Hale action. No but anyway I got my scope and still have my varmint/target Gaillard rifle that shoots better but cost more as well.. So it's now for sale(VTR) sans scope but you'll have to look on EE or I might get my peepee slaped(might have already).
I was ambushed by a used .308Win VTR with a VX3 scope by a gun dealer. I never had any intention of owning one but anyways took it to the range after at trigger job(10lb factory?) and it shot 7/8" to 3/4" five shot groups with 165s after some load development at 100 yards(no not in 90mph wind). Recoil was light, the rifle is sort of heavy and the brake or compensator? is not rifled and is larger diameter than the barrel, really 20"+2". Maybe its vented on top so you don't kick up dirt and sand when using a bi-pod on varmints. The stock is the hollow ribbed reinforced rubberish type with barrel pressure at the end of the forend via a pair of barrel centering t*ts(now removed). The same kind found on other Remington rubber stocks. This rifle didn't seem any less accurate than other sps type Remingtons I've used and the heft makes it a pleasant shooter, the noise wasn't bad either. The new trigger is really a delight to pull now that it was lightened. Many question the benefits of the design and are no doubt justified. One problem I could imagine would be headspace adjustment, how would you turn the barrel in slightly and not have to re-inlet the entire stock, not to mention having an even more f*cked up looking weapon. Anyway as far as surface area goes a circle has a triangle beat or a can of Guinness beats a Toblerone no? This would be assuming the diameter and height were the same, but the weights would be very different. Maybe a controlled experiment with two barrels with the same amount of steel per inch would give us an answer. Maybe a detailed slugging or measuring of the bore. If you want some real excitement out of this shape call up Ted G. and ask him to make you a tri barrel on a Parker Hale action. No but anyway I got my scope and still have my varmint/target Gaillard rifle that shoots better but cost more as well.. So it's now for sale(VTR) sans scope but you'll have to look on EE or I might get my peepee slaped(might have already).
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