TRG 22 with range report and pictures

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This is the first day with the new TRG 22. I decided to go with the 26 inch barrel instead the 20 inch I first settled on. My 5R will be the shorty and i think in time i will chop the barrel down to a 18.5 inches. I am all about short barrels but here goes the TRG. I bought a 20 rd box of Remington Premier Match 175 grain to break it in with. I am not one of these clean after every shot guys with a new rifle. I did 25 rds and after every 10, i did a sweep with a bore snake. The first 5 where a sight in. The TRG has a 0 MOA base on it. It was bore sighted for 100 yards. My first shot ended up being 5 inches high and 3 to the left. I dialed it back down and now have exactly 62.75 MOA up of elevation on my Mark 4-4.5-14x50 for a 110 yard "0" This scope comes with 100 MOA up so in time the rail will be replaced with a 20 MOA. The rifle was shot of my harris bipod on the sling knob. This is by no means a proper attachment for the bipod as it sways back and forth. The harris bipod adapter is on its way. I then shot 10 rds with the 175 grain. I pulled the first 4 in the picture but managed to settle down the last 6. Not bad for factory but pretty average. The trigger is something new to me and i don not have a gauge but it feels like 2 lbs. Awesome trigger but it'll need some tweaking. I like the fact you can do all the adjustments yourself by taking the trigger housing out and adjusting the first and second stage. The take up needs the adjustment for me. I wasn't really impressed with the factory stuff. I was satisfied but not amazed. I have a bunch of 5r loads made up and i decided to shoot 5 rds.The 5r rounds are seated super long so i resized them to 2.805 for the TRG. Well, i have to say that this is the best rifle i've owned. I put 5 shots into that little hole. After all is said, it is 0.192 MOA. Pretty good. My 5r peaked at that but it nearly took a 1000 rds to get like that.All the rounds for the 5r where always long and never a mag length. This was the first 5 rds of reloads for the TRG and i cannot complain. I cannot say much more than any other forum or website says. I am glad i went this route and it is pretty righteous having your first 5 reloads dime size a hole. Expensive rifle it is but like my TRG supporter friend said" It is the top of the pyramid for a factory rifle" I agree. This is my opinion from my experience. Your opinions may vary.

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That is Fuuuucking Nice, I forget about custom, That is Kick ass looking.
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Black TRG look even cooler than Green or blue, my next one in 308 will be a black one.

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Hey GunBoy - Black is cool but it is kinda 'yesterday' - I'm all over Tan these days LOL !!!

Black Stealth with 26" Tube and Sightron Siii 10-50x60:

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Together with baby bro in Tan with 20" Tube and NF NXS 8-32x56

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Both in .308 :D
 
Black is alway in those, but these day with Afgan and all, Tan is in, very nice, where did you manage to pick up that tan on in 308?.
 
I got site sponsor, Reliable Gun here in Vancouver, to order it for me. The 20" is more easy to handle and, though it is a bit too early to really tell, accuracy seems on a par with the 26" - if I do my bit both will shoot 5 inside a dime at 100m which is the benchmark I set for separating out the real accurate from the just looks cool crowd :)
 
bore guide + plus bore snake.A better combo then stroking a barrel over and over again with rod and brush without a guide. More damage is done to a chamber using the rod and brush method to remove powder. The snake is there to remove powder buildup during the sessions. Letting powder sit in the barrel over your sessions while you send them down the pipe isn't the best way to keep a barrel in good condition.This way, at least limits powder build up.Nothing wrong with that during your active sessions. Next time you shoot, look down your barrel after 5 rds. If you shoot 5 then let it cool and repeat, that powder build up forms up and hardens in the lands and grooves.Then the bullets start grooving off the power build up when it should be off the rifling. Fouling will be there but its better than hardened powder sitting on top of the fouling.After the sessions, this gun doesn't see a brush at all. Wipeout and wipeout and wipeout followed by some patches til its clean. The best way IN MY OPINION.I spend that kind of money because i know how to take care of my barrels from my experience.

My boresnake is so clean, it can be used in an operating room.
 
thats a ###y gun buddy, i like it, im afraid to ask what that thing is worth but the kid in me wants to know :D great results too for your first outing with it
 
I think bore snakes have their place (like a pull through, work in a pinch or in the field), but generally think they are garbage.
Ditch the Haris and nut up for the TRG bipod - they are worth it.
 
R700 said:
The best way IN MY OPINION.I spend that kind of money because i know how to take care of my barrels from my experience.

My boresnake is so clean, it can be used in an operating room.
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My experience may be limited, match barrel # 8 in going on next week. These barrels are replaced when they become no longer competitive, between 4000-5000 rounds each.

I have shot in plenty of fullbore matches here in Canada, the US, and the UK and have never seen a competitive shooter clean or wipe powder residue out with a boresnake.
 
The going price in my neck of the woods is 3399.99 with O MOA rail and a nice Sako hard case. Comes with a tool for your adjustments. I am used to the harris bipod and do all my shooting off of it. I like the sako but cannot justify the price. I like the feet better on the harris, the sako bipod looks a little slippery if you were to shoot off hard surfaces and thats what i found most are saying with it. The only major downfall to this whip is the price of accessories. Mags are 299.99. This was never a cheap investment. Muzzle break is around 300 even though i probably won't get one. .308 has barely any kick. So i am going to opt out of the muzzle break for now.

Like i said before, i was going to customize a 700 but the hard part of the custom is the gunsmithing. Finding the right person to do the job is just as important as the parts to put in it the rifle. I am sure there are a million gunsmiths that can make a sweet rig but i am just not into tracking "the chosen one" down at the moment. I've seen custom 700's do good and do normal. I have seen the trg do good all the time.My range has a number of TRG'rs. I've watched them in action and i am pleased with the way they shoot. A good custom price is at least 5000 and the TRG is 1000 and some short of that price. If custom is not your thing than a TRG is a good way to go.This TRG will be getting well acquainted with the long range very soon. I retired the 5r and its 1160 yard legacy. This baby is going to take over.

As for the cleaning aspect of things about using or not using a bore snake, guide rod or who cares whatever else people clean with....that is just my technique. Discussing what to clean with and how often is completely irrelevant to the post. Some do this, some do that. Its a trg report for people who like or interested in trgs and like to see the first day results. The only thing i can say about cleaning, is this.. "you do you...i do me". Everybody's technique is different and everybody's level of OCD is different. Move on from the cleaning discussion. Remember the last line of the paragraph.


"This is my opinion from my experience. YOUR OPINIONS MAY VARY"
 
I'm obviously a TRG fan - may as well put my bias on the table at the get go - but the fact remains is that I have never seen a TRG that shoots poorly. The other factor that I'd throw out there is this - if you buy a TRG and don't like it ( unlikely ) or need to sell ( hope it don't happen to you but life has a nasty habit of biting you in the donkey ) then there is a ready market for the used TRG which may not exist for your customised rig. Also, if things break - which they will eventually - there is a logistics tail that can be tapped into rather than having to find someone to actually make that part for you.

As far as cleaning is concerned, I am with the OP on this - 'to each his/her own'. FWIW, I am pretty anal - no boresnake for me only wipeout but you want to snale yours then go for it. Hell, I know one TRG owner who never cleans his until groups open up; yuck, dirty pig !
 
I own two TRG and both are different as far cleaning go my black stealth can go a very long time between cleaning and the groups holds but my Green is finicky after 20 shots it will open up, my best groups ever where obtain with my black after 75 shots without cleaning and hold for another 35 shots before starting to open up... JP.
 
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