Pierce Custom Titanium SA Receiver - FTR Project Rifle
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Mystic Precision
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Yeah, might be a bit tough BUT, there is alot of material that can come off or be swapped out.
There are a few Coyotes competing in McMillan stocks in FTR. They work very very well.
Not my choice for a receiver given the weight but they do lock up very well and rigid as all get out, so hanging a heavy barrel will pose zero issues.
I am sure you are finding the LR performance to be excellent.
Jerry
There are a few Coyotes competing in McMillan stocks in FTR. They work very very well.
Not my choice for a receiver given the weight but they do lock up very well and rigid as all get out, so hanging a heavy barrel will pose zero issues.
I am sure you are finding the LR performance to be excellent.
Jerry
Mystic Precision
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- Summerland, BC
Well, it is pretty darn hot in the OK valley this weekend. So, great time to heat stress the rifle, scope and load. Left it in a case in the truck with a cabin temp of 42C for a few hours.
At the range, the temp in the shade was 32C... in the sun, a whole lot hotter (40C or thereabouts). Hot enough that the comb was pretty darn uncomfortable to touch. Let it sit in the sun for a bit while I got set up and left the ammo in the closed plastic box beside it. All got pretty darn hot.
Well, this is the preferred load for this rifle and I guess it works just fine in the hot too. The distance was 250yds in light twitchy winds. Mostly coming left to right with a bit of a tail wind. Velocity definitely was not very high so I kept my aim as indicated for the 4 shots.
Saw the first two cut and the third disappeared into the hole. Nice.
Read the lines on the target to get my correction so I am right on the aiming point. Came down 1 min, to the left 3/4min and sent a shot. With the wind coming left to right, I was plenty happy to see the shot hit just off point of aim.
And yes, the Krieger was freaking hot to the touch when done. It is very common for a barrel to start opening up when it gets really hot. Krieger has a knack of making barrels to excel in the heat. The ambient temp and sunshine had the barrel uncomfortably hot.... then the shooting began
I am very happy with the rifle and work done by Terry at Black Art Rifle. He continues to make my rifles to similar tight tolerances and obviously, well cut chambers.
The SVSS continues to impress. Despite the searing heat, the image was plenty clear enough to aim with bughole precision at 250yds. Then being able to see the target lines made it easy to count off the squares for the correction.
Me thinks, the scope tracks just fine.
So the testing is done, now the practising can really get serious.
And why pray tell am I leaving my rifle and ammo in the sun to cook? Because many of the matches I attend are in very high temps - last years Phoenix AZ had temps in the high 30's/40C in the shade. You learn real fast that gear not vetted under those conditions are going to poop the bed.
And no matter how temp stable a powder and load may be, when you go through that level of extreme temp, better know how the tuning is going to work out. So yes, learnt from hard experience testing in the mid 20's then showing up in the high 30's may not lead to the results you were expecting.
Testing never ends.
Fun, fun, fun
Jerry
At the range, the temp in the shade was 32C... in the sun, a whole lot hotter (40C or thereabouts). Hot enough that the comb was pretty darn uncomfortable to touch. Let it sit in the sun for a bit while I got set up and left the ammo in the closed plastic box beside it. All got pretty darn hot.
Well, this is the preferred load for this rifle and I guess it works just fine in the hot too. The distance was 250yds in light twitchy winds. Mostly coming left to right with a bit of a tail wind. Velocity definitely was not very high so I kept my aim as indicated for the 4 shots.
Saw the first two cut and the third disappeared into the hole. Nice.
Read the lines on the target to get my correction so I am right on the aiming point. Came down 1 min, to the left 3/4min and sent a shot. With the wind coming left to right, I was plenty happy to see the shot hit just off point of aim.
And yes, the Krieger was freaking hot to the touch when done. It is very common for a barrel to start opening up when it gets really hot. Krieger has a knack of making barrels to excel in the heat. The ambient temp and sunshine had the barrel uncomfortably hot.... then the shooting began
I am very happy with the rifle and work done by Terry at Black Art Rifle. He continues to make my rifles to similar tight tolerances and obviously, well cut chambers.
The SVSS continues to impress. Despite the searing heat, the image was plenty clear enough to aim with bughole precision at 250yds. Then being able to see the target lines made it easy to count off the squares for the correction.
Me thinks, the scope tracks just fine.
So the testing is done, now the practising can really get serious.
And why pray tell am I leaving my rifle and ammo in the sun to cook? Because many of the matches I attend are in very high temps - last years Phoenix AZ had temps in the high 30's/40C in the shade. You learn real fast that gear not vetted under those conditions are going to poop the bed.
And no matter how temp stable a powder and load may be, when you go through that level of extreme temp, better know how the tuning is going to work out. So yes, learnt from hard experience testing in the mid 20's then showing up in the high 30's may not lead to the results you were expecting.
Testing never ends.
Fun, fun, fun
Jerry
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