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  1. JG26_Irish

    A new entry - AWT's 22-Tango

    Lilsister makes some valid points. The Winchester 52 is a magnificent rifle. I hav three of them and they remain some of my most accurate. My club runs a thurs nite outlaw benchrest match. You can shoot any factory produced 22 repeater off of sand bags only. Out of 14-16 competitors including...
  2. JG26_Irish

    what do you think of AK?

    Thx for the input. We agree more than you realize. I too would choose the AR15, M16, M4 over the AK every time. Was only pointing out that the AK is still a tough little tool. Carry on.
  3. JG26_Irish

    what do you think of AK?

    I have both AK47 and AR15/M16 - Both are good combat rifles. If I knew I was going to be living in the mud for 3 months without a cleaning kit or opportunity to maintain my rifle as it should be, I might choose the AK. Mine is dead reliable and far more accurate in the hands of a trained...
  4. JG26_Irish

    A new entry - AWT's 22-Tango

    I cannot say on the mag question. I have not handled a VuDoo enough to know. It is a polymer box mag designed to fit the Rem small action mag well. No markings or logo on it. It feeds most ammo very well but sometimes hangs up on Eley. Fraley said he could alter the shape of the feed ramp on the...
  5. JG26_Irish

    Rimfire Squirrel Hunting Journal

    I went back the next day to the same place. Left the cell phone at home. Took a Winchester model 69A topped with a 4x Unertl. The rifle is more than 80yrs old but is a real hunters rifle. Light, handy and accurate. I spent weeks prepping it to be an ARA factory rifle. Trigger job, bedded action...
  6. JG26_Irish

    A new entry - AWT's 22-Tango

    JB, you can learn more at: https://www.awtllc.net I have known Don Fraley for more than 30yrs. He is the real deal. He is a master class IPSC shooter and a deadly rifle shot. His centerfire rifles are guaranteed to hit an 8" x 11" sheet of paper at 1500y. While with the SF teams he was a...
  7. JG26_Irish

    A new entry - AWT's 22-Tango

    I chose to spend some time at the range this Memorial Day to honor those of us who served our country and gave the ultimate sacrifice so that the rest of us could enjoy the freedom that we have here in the USA. The right to bear arms and to be a free people and not subjects of our government...
  8. JG26_Irish

    How in FUCK ... ?!

    I am close friends with a number of good cops and woul like to think they would have done better. None of us know what we would do until the bell tolls and we’ve are there in the shit. Most cops are not expert marksmen or shooting enthusiasts. The are mostly not hero’s either. The old “to...
  9. JG26_Irish

    A new entry - AWT's 22-Tango

    I was planning to order a new VuDoo last fall when I came across another option and since I like to be different, I decided to take a chance on a new gun maker, custom rifle builder Don Fraley of Russell, KY. His firm is AWT or Advanced Weapons Technology. He is building a new Remington 700...
  10. JG26_Irish

    Rimfire Squirrel Hunting Journal

    To follow up on the squirrel hunting log, I went out Saturday morning and sat on a big rock in a spot known to hold squirrels. I saw nothing. Got bored, so I played with a little call that I had and nothing. I got my phone out and texted a sick friend to check on him, then texted another who...
  11. JG26_Irish

    Rimfire Squirrel Hunting Journal

    Yes, 8-32x is way too much scope for tree rats, but it was what was on the BMR this morning. My normal hunting rifles have 3-12x or 3-16x optics or the 4x fixed power. The Mask is crazy quiet. I switched to the Eley subsonic HP’s this morning and the loudest sound is the thwack of the bullets...
  12. JG26_Irish

    Rimfire Squirrel Hunting Journal

    All this talk of squirrel hunting reminded me that our spring season opened about a week ago and this weekend is not sweltering hot. Plus, I just completed a new sqwack sniping weapon. It is a Bergara BMR carbon bbl topped with a Mueller 8-32x. Plus my new Dead Air Mask can was sprung from ATF...
  13. JG26_Irish

    CZ 457 lilja barrel failure to extract

    My Lilja bbl Sako quad was doing the same thing. I what I found was a big ass carbon ring in the throat of the chamber. It is chambered so tight that if dirty can hang up with some ammo. I had shot several hundred rounds the week before without cleaning. Detail cleaning and bore scoping until...
  14. JG26_Irish

    Shooting Squirrels in the Head at 100 Feet Offhand...Fantasy or Reality?

    My club runs a long range buffalo black powder cartridge rifle range that goes out to 1000y and they use vernier sights and do well with them. Another club runs a 22 PRS match. It always has a one shot, one kill stage. Last month it was a 3/4” plate at 103y standing with rest off of a ladder...
  15. JG26_Irish

    The search for the perfect barrel, and internal ballistics...

    I don't know much on this subject but could offer a few recent observations. While adjusting the ignition system on a custom rifle with the gunmaker, we were pulling the bullets out of 22lr rounds and pouring out the powder. We would load the primered cases into the rifle and test fire them in...
  16. JG26_Irish

    Shooting Squirrels in the Head at 100 Feet Offhand...Fantasy or Reality?

    As a kid, I used to shoot moving bottles as they flowed downstream on our local creek during high waters from a RR bridge standing offhand with a little Ithaca 22lr lever action. It had the crudest, blocky sights. The front sight was so wide that I had to be sure that I placed the tgt in the...
  17. JG26_Irish

    Shooting Squirrels in the Head at 100 Feet Offhand...Fantasy or Reality?

    Those Winchester 52 sporters make me jealous. Lovely old rifles. I have three of the tgt models but have never gotten my hands on a sporter. I know what they are capable of and head shots on squirrels is relatively easy. In fact, one of my old 52's was butchered by having its bbl cut off at...
  18. JG26_Irish

    Proof & Bartlein CF rimfire barrel experience

    I have a Bergara BMR with a carbon bbl. It is very light. I bought it with hopes of making it a factory class ARA rifle but, after a few range sessions it is clearly not up to that task. I have shifted it to the squirrel hunter class. It will be good at that. Accuracy was just “Fair” with CX...
  19. JG26_Irish

    My thoughts on 22lr barrel length...

    I want to chime in on the bbl length discussion. I shoot with a group of marksmen who put on a "Outlaw" bench rest match each week that is limited to repeating 22lr rifles shot from sandbags. A good bit of freedom is allowed for mods but the rifles range from box stock to highly modified. No...
  20. JG26_Irish

    The .22 LR alternative, the .17 Mach 2?

    No doubt the 17hmr has many more options for ammo. But in the end, I think most of it was made by CCI. I was able to buy several bricks of the Hornady Mach 2 ammo at 67 per brick when I got my rifle a few years ago. Also rounded up several bricks of Eley at $100 per. I pay more than that for...
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