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  1. JG26_Irish

    Squeeze Bore

    Most of the custom match rifles have some form of a choke at the muzzle where the bore is taper lapped and is a few thousands of an inch smaller at the muzzle when compared to the breech end of the bore. I have a Winchester 52D that was customized many years ago to be a Benchrest match rifle...
  2. JG26_Irish

    I want to pass on the 6X5 thread management

    Eastern KY would welcome you as well. Do you have any thoughts on where you want your career path to go? Marketable skills, etc. PM me later, I might have some ideas
  3. JG26_Irish

    IR 50/50 Card

    IR50/50 is a tougher card than some we shoot but it is still typical to have two or three 250's with x counts in the teens when conditions are friendly. Lately our outlaw BR match went to USBR green monster cards and the Bullett Pro 150 card. Both are almost impossible for us to shoot clean...
  4. JG26_Irish

    2022- Best .22 LR Suppressor?

    I went with the Deadair Mask and have been super pleased with it. It is effective, easy to clean and fairly light weight.
  5. JG26_Irish

    Is my barrel shot?

    I had a very accurate match rifle go south in the middle of a state championship a few years ago. It went from shooting perfect scores to each shot being inches away from the next and going higher with each round. I looked closely and found that the scope rings had vibrated loose from riding...
  6. JG26_Irish

    Temperature sensitivity

    I wish I had the chrono data to share but do not. I think the two main variables are the velocity change and the air density altitude. My altitude was about 850 at that range.
  7. JG26_Irish

    Temperature sensitivity

    A recent observation is the amount of drop with 27 spd Center X when shot at 200y in 84deg F and 52 deg F. In the warm weather it was 8.4 mil and yesterday in the cooler temps the drop was 9.2 mil. A slight wind in the cooler air was very impactful causing the rounds to spread 4” horizontally at...
  8. JG26_Irish

    Whay glass are you running on your .17hmr?

    I have a Hawke 4-12x on a CZ452 American that was one of my primary quack rifles. That little optic is a great fit for rimfire. Clear as a bell. Better scope than the BSA but at a higher price.
  9. JG26_Irish

    Whay glass are you running on your .17hmr?

    I bought my Sav 17 BMR about 10yago. At the time, I did not know the difference between good glass and great glass. I planned to do some hunting with it so I did not want a 6-24x as the fov is too small. But I also wanted to do some long range plinking with it. Not wanting to spend a ton of...
  10. JG26_Irish

    Anyone shoot smallbore 3 position?

    Mid to late 60’s was trained by old WWII Marine Corps vet in proper marksmanship. Qualified NRA expert in small bore at age 11. Mid 70’s college team. Shot 3P. Was a low budget team. We used old CMP rifles. Never had good ammo, lol. I was usually #1 or #2 score on the team. An upperclassman...
  11. JG26_Irish

    Strelok users: Actual 22LR bullet BC?

    I have been using the G1 (0.137) BC with CX ammo that is 27speed lot in my Sako out to 400y. It is not perfect but enables hits on steel at 200/300/400 out our range. It is important to adjust my atmospherics to the actual temps each day and adjust them thru the day as it warms if shooting...
  12. JG26_Irish

    So two years ago I bought 16 acres in rural West Virginia just so I could have someplace to shoot.

    My hunting buddies and I have hunted a farm in WV for more than 30y now. We have a one room cabin on it for deer season. It is surrounded by friends who also hunt. The locals lead a mostly simple life but love nature and the woods and are good marksmen. A few years ago, one of the neighbors...
  13. JG26_Irish

    Marks on inside od 22lr barrel

    It was about half way thru the season. About 8k rds. The CZ bore is tighter than most. There was wear at the throat and a big carbon ring that had not been cleaned out despite my regular cleaning. The leads looked like they had been hit with hammers. Most had metal protruding into the groves a...
  14. JG26_Irish

    Who’s the SH Air Gunners???

    I bought a GAMO bone collector 177 break action air rifle about 8yr ago to kill stray cats in my neighborhood. There was this one black & white tomcat. I killed that motherf'er 10 times before he ran out of lives. Head shots with the little gamo at 10y would result in his disappearance for a...
  15. JG26_Irish

    Marks on inside od 22lr barrel

    Justin's description about what can cause wear on a 22lr bore is correct. Yes, it is a very slow process. But, if you shoot weekly matches you will burn through lots of ammo thru the same rifle. In the 2020 season, I fired over 20,000 rds of 22lr, most of which went thru the same rifle. The...
  16. JG26_Irish

    whats the deal with arken optics?

    I have four. Two SH4’s 6-24x on 22’s. Both are great. Good glass, good turrets, my only issue is that I am not in love with the reticle. But it works. I have an EP5 on a 223 Remington. It is a 5-25x. Maybe slightly better glass, but it is hard to tell. Finally a SH4 in 4-16x. It sits in my sock...
  17. JG26_Irish

    A surprise in every box?

    Lots of theories and some better than others. I would add one more factor. How old was the Tennex? How was it stored before you received it? I know you do not know but I do have a theory. Tennex (10x) is Eley's flagship match ammo and when purchased in fresh recently manufactured lots from...
  18. JG26_Irish

    William Buck Memorial Postal Matches

    On to the Mini Palma. This one kicked my butt. Was testing ammo and still breaking in the Tango and the result is not great. Its a work in progress. Wind, rain, dark of night, yada, yada. Thanks for doing what you do! Irish
  19. JG26_Irish

    William Buck Memorial Postal Matches

    Norm/Larry - Greetings from KY! - I been wanting to shoot this match again for years. Finally, I got a day that was hot and windy enough and raining cats & dogs, so off to the range I went, lol. Conditions were terrible and it shows. I shot at NEK on 7.10.22 but had to dry the soaked tgts...
  20. JG26_Irish

    Rifle Scopes MRAD & MOA, Can they coexist in the safe?

    My take is that they both serve a purpose and excel in certain applications: MOA - better in some cases when shooting precision benchrest where you are going to zero once for some distance and never or rarely change it. For those I like a 2FP MOA with 1/8 MOA turrets. This allows me to dial...
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