This could be an accurate 1000 metres rifle, PICS...

Because most people are being haters, I will say that rifle looks amazing. They do make nice looking and finished guns.

Curious to see how it shoots!

My next load will be 208gr with Rl17.
 
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I did not take your post on the bad side at all, i like to learn thing, i did not know about shimming bases, i read on it on some other forum of rifles, the means one dont have the same approach, you feel it at the first glimpse... JP.
 
caramel said:
I did not take your post on the bad side at all, i like to learn thing, i did not know about shimming bases, i read on it on some other forum of rifles, the means one dont have the same approach, you feel it at the first glimpse... JP.
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^I just did not want to place any negative conitation on this thread, so I thought I'd just delete what I said in case it was preceived as a mud slinging match.

Cheers to all!
 
Caramel that's a very nice looking rifle. It'll be interesting to see how well you are able to get it to shoot - mostly this will depend on the barrel quality and the bedding job. If you are able to get groups at 1000m that fit on a dinner plate, that'll be a darn fine long range rifle (essentially as good as a topnotch custom built competition rifle).

Light triggers don't necessarily help you shoot more accurately, though it can be quicker to learn how to shoot a light trigger well. Obviously too light a trigger is a liability to your scoring ability, one shot sent into the sky is more points lost than a light trigger will ever save you.

It is possible to learn to shoot a heavy trigger (3.5#) well, though it can take a year or so to learn how, and once you have learned how, it does take a couple of extra seconds when you are shooting a shot in order to be able to apply the pressure needed to break the trigger. F-Class rifles are often built with 100g - 500g triggers, the reason being that you can get a good shot away a bit more promptly than a 1000g or 1500g trigger.

If you want to learn how to shoot well at longer ranges, the best way to do so is to get out and do it. Even if you don't have an interest in competition shooting, if you do competition shooting for a year or two you will get to learn a *great* deal about reading wind, centring groups, loading ammo, etc. If you are near Quebec City, contact ATPQ/PQRA, who regularly shoot on a 600 yard range at CFB Valcartier http://www.pqra.org/ . If you are in the Montreal area, contact the NCRRA http://www.ncrra.ca/ , who shoot on a 900m range just west of Ottawa. In both the PQRA and NCRRA you'll find really great shooters who are willing and able to show you everything they know about shooting.
 
Tomorrow big day at the range, will do some catching up on my shooting goals, and try my new Browning LR 308 ... JP.
 
I have a Browning XBolt in 243, it shoots really well for a factory rifle. Mine has a synthetic stock and sporter weight barrel, so I am watching this thread with anticipation. It is always nice to hear other guys shooting factory rifles and doing well.
 
caramel said:
I did not take your post on the bad side at all, i like to learn thing, i did not know about shimming bases, i read on it on some other forum of rifles, the means one dont have the same approach, you feel it at the first glimpse... JP.
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I don't know what the whole story is about shimming basses , as I missed Brutus' post.... Any who I see your running 2 piece base set up. DO NOT. Shim your base with this set up , when a single peice base is shimmed , the rings, front and rear, tilt with the base. If you shim a 2 peice base all you will do is misalign your rings terribly. Even with lapping the rings would lapped on such an angle they would never be good on any thing but this set up , and possibly end up being so loose they might not even hold the scope on the rifle
 
First shots with a generic 208 gr Amax R-17 load were promising, under MOA with them, will go wit the sempiternal 5 rounds of each ( will have 10 differents loads for my next outing) and than i will close in on a good pet load... JP.
 
Jp, have you thought about ladder testing to get close to the sweet spot befor loading up a whole bunch of ammo ? I've found it to be quicker and defiantly saves on components as opposed to shooting groups right off the bat . Since I started load developing with ladder testing to start , it has probably cut down the amounts of shots fired to close to 1/2 of what I used to shoot
 
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