Sharps conversion
- Thread starter rwnblack
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I have alot of respect for Turnbull and Kob, the quality of their proves they are true artists. I should have sent my stuff off 20 years ago when I started down this path, but I am too fascinated with BPCR building. However, I finally figured out how to keep my eyebrows intact during the process!
I picked up a very nice anschutz 22 barrel today in light sporter diameter about 21 1/2" long. I am tempted to make it into a liner for this Sharps but expoxy a brass tube on the muzzle end and pull it tight from the muzzle with a nut. I am thinking this would improve the accuracy significantly. This should help me shoot those pesky mosquitoes at 200 yards.
I tried the first liner out yesterday as the sun was rising and it was nice and calm, snowing and about -13 C. It shot okay but I am looking for better. I bought an Anschutz barrel off of a model 121 Cil that looks like new and turned it down yesterday. I decided to pull it from the muzzle based on a friends suggestion. Here is the liner. I have since countersunk the brass nut and have installed it in the Sharps. It is ready to go to the range for a try.
I took it to the range this morning. Nice morning about -13 C but just a light breeze so felt like -18 C or so. This liner shoots much better. It seems to prefer SK ammo but the others weren't to bad. Here is a 10 shot group at 50 yards (I think it was 10, did't do a good job of keeping track). I was having some trouble seeing the lines clearly after a few shots and then the group would open up. I will have to set the scope a bit better. I am looking forward to giving it a very good test this summer. At 100 yards it was doing about 1" groups but I ran out of SK ammo by then.
Tried out the liner again this morning. Was at the range before sunrise and got set up and waited for some light. I tried 3 different brands, Federal Gold medal target, Remington Target and Eley Sport. Eley won hands down. Here is a five shot target at 50 yards with Eley. The other brands had about 2x the group size. Looks like I will be using Eley or SK standard in the future.
Had a great weekend shooting gophers with my son and friend at my parents farm. My son used my 17 hornet and my friend used a 10/22, I used my sharps with 22 liner. We probably shot about 400 and my Sharps kept up very well. Slower to load and my eyes are not as good at finding them in the grass without the scope but it was deadly at all ranges when I did. Only thing more fun than a gopher shoot is a gopher shoot with a sharps.
Geez man, nice work all around!
Sorta pokes them in the eye, the fellas that will tell others that you can't possibly do decent work on a round column mill!
Really like your bed extension for the indexing head, too!
Keep up the great work!
Cheers
Trev
Sorta pokes them in the eye, the fellas that will tell others that you can't possibly do decent work on a round column mill!
Really like your bed extension for the indexing head, too!
Keep up the great work!
Cheers
Trev
