Vudoo 360 in Foundation stock

Congratulations Gilbert!

Gillis2 said:
Over the last few years, I have had some positive experiences with different Vudoo rifles ( single shot and repeater ). Now I wanted to try something different.
Here it is:
1- Vudoo 360
2- 24 inches Lothar Walther 1:12 twist barrel ( straight 1.25 contour )
3- Foundation stock.

So far only one range trip and I am impressed. I shot the best group that I have ever shot in my life ( and I have a few nice ones, Annies 54, Rem 40X, Win 52 etc ). But that was one group ( 50 yards ). Sorry, I did not keep the target but for those who will believe me it was one hole and not a ragged hole, really like one single bullet had gone trough but it was a 5 shot group. The rest of the groups were very good but not as epic. I also shot at 100 yards and accuracy was extremely good. So far, only tried SK std plus, SK long range and Lapua Midas +. The cheaper SK STD plus did the best ( only one lot number tried ).

Gilbert

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Hello Gilbert, What a beautiful rifle, I must say the 1.25 barrel just takes it over the top! Fabulous to hear that it is a shooter!.

Cheers,
Colin
 
Tom: ( GoBigTactical), thank you so much for your usual outstanding customer service.

Colin: Thanks my friend.

I must admit that for the past 2 weeks, I have not had much of a chance to go shooting. I expect to shoot more in July. Will keep you guys posted.

Gilbert
 
It’s nice when a Canadian business can supply all the top tier things required as well as being knowledgeable and excellent service. I’ve had great luck when dealing with GBT and Tom. They are also a great supporter to the shooting community. Always sponsors at any matches I’ve attended. Kudos
 
shimmer said:
Does having a 1 in 12" twist make much of a difference than the standard 1 in 16" twist? For Vudoo's, are most of their barrels 1 in 12"?
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The faster twist barrels are currently in vogue with many PRS shooters. Having often been stymied by the vagaries of .22LR ammo consistency and the worsening of performance as distance increases, many of these shooters have sought out new or different answers to provide improvement in performance. One of the putative answers is faster twist barrels. The theory behind the attraction of faster twists is that they are supposed to yield higher BC values for .22LR bullets. This in turn could improve performance as distance grows out to 300 - 400 yards or more as bullets are less sensitive to wind deflection.

It's not entirely clear that faster twist .22LR barrels do increase BC, at least consistently. For what it's worth, Bryan Litz studied faster twist .22LR barrels and BC and found faster twist .22LR barrels didn't make a significant difference in BC and so offer no advantage over standard 1:16" twist barrels.

Whether Litz is correct is not decisive. If the question of whether a faster or standard twist was more accurate could be conclusively answered, it would resolve a lot of debates. The problem is that, aside from unverifiable and unscientific anecdotal reports by various proponents, no one has collected any quality data to compare the two.

Why? The trouble is that, except for distances up to 100 meters at places like testing facilities, it's virtually impossible to reliably compare faster and standard twist barrels at long distances. A big reason for this is that such a comparison is invariably in outdoor conditions where it's impossible to reproduce identical conditions (as can only be done in a testing tunnel). In short, there's too much that can interfere with results to make a comparison dependable.

The bottom line is that some shooters believe faster twist barrels shoot better than standard as distance increases. Faith can sustain shooters even when there is no solid, reliable evidence to support it.
 
Glenn just gave a good, well informed answer ( as usual ).
Personally, I went with that faster twist rate because it was what was available with that barrelled action from GoBig. Also, as all my other precision rimfire rifles are standard 1:16, I thought that it would be fun to test a faster twist. Not really sure it will improve anything but, after one very good range session, I can tell you the rifle is very accurate at 50 and 100 yards. I did not test it at longer ranges yet. Of course this is only an opinion based on a single range session. I am quite busy these days and cant shoot much. As said earlier, i will shoot the rifle more in july and keep you guys posted.
Gilbert
 
grauhanen said:
The faster twist barrels are currently in vogue with many PRS shooters. Having often been stymied by the vagaries of .22LR ammo consistency and the worsening of performance as distance increases, many of these shooters have sought out new or different answers to provide improvement in performance. One of the putative answers is faster twist barrels. The theory behind the attraction of faster twists is that they are supposed to yield higher BC values for .22LR bullets. This in turn could improve performance as distance grows out to 300 - 400 yards or more as bullets are less sensitive to wind deflection.

It's not entirely clear that faster twist .22LR barrels do increase BC, at least consistently. For what it's worth, Bryan Litz studied faster twist .22LR barrels and BC and found faster twist .22LR barrels didn't make a significant difference in BC and so offer no advantage over standard 1:16" twist barrels.

Whether Litz is correct is not decisive. If the question of whether a faster or standard twist was more accurate could be conclusively answered, it would resolve a lot of debates. The problem is that, aside from unverifiable and unscientific anecdotal reports by various proponents, no one has collected any quality data to compare the two.

Why? The trouble is that, except for distances up to 100 meters at places like testing facilities, it's virtually impossible to reliably compare faster and standard twist barrels at long distances. A big reason for this is that such a comparison is invariably in outdoor conditions where it's impossible to reproduce identical conditions (as can only be done in a testing tunnel). In short, there's too much that can interfere with results to make a comparison dependable.

The bottom line is that some shooters believe faster twist barrels shoot better than standard as distance increases. Faith can sustain shooters even when there is no solid, reliable evidence to support it.
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Need a set up like the warehouse guys had for testing. Hornady's test tunnel would work well too. - dan
 
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