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  1. flatland1

    40X repeater Builds please.

    I started off building precision 22RF trainers by getting a Stiller 2500XR action, doing the machine work on my very 1st 22RF bbl (Krieger sendero blank), and putting it into a surplus Manners T4A stock leftover from EuroOptics' run of custom built "Ultimate Trainers" that they hired built for...
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    Muzzle brake and hearing?

    I'm sitting here reading this thread, with the tinnitus causing pretty awful ringing - and it never stops. I drove very loud John Deere tractors from the time I was in the 8th grade, and that was usually for 12hr days. Wish I'd had foam roll-up plugs back in the mid-1960s. When I bought my first...
  3. flatland1

    Help me pick an 18 .223 Wylde Barrel

    Only one of the vendors you listed that I've used is WOA. Used several of John's bbls as well as Frank White's CLE bbls during the years I was shooting XTC High Power, though most of them were done on Krieger blanks, with a couple of PacNors thrown in. They were good enough to earn my...
  4. flatland1

    Unertl for 52C

    I'm pretty amazed at how clear both the 16x & 20x small target scopes are - I shot 60-70rds through the 52C/20x, then got out my V22S with a modern Leupold 24x BR scope and put 50rds through it, both rifles shot on paper at 50yds. I'm not the least bit disappointed in the Unertl.
  5. flatland1

    Unertl for 52C

    You are correct, the smaller target scopes do have 1-1/2" objectives.
  6. flatland1

    Unertl for 52C

    I don't think I'd ever seen even a photo of a BalVar like that...thanks for posting. I'm not sure what to do with the larger of the two Unertl scopes. It's way too big to put on a smallbore rifle, and looks pretty big when set along aside the High Wall. All the photos I've seen of scout snipers...
  7. flatland1

    Unertl for 52C

    I bought a decent 52C w/std wt bbl recently, and had begun looking for a nice Unertl target scope for it when I found an ad for two Unertls - a 20x target, 3/4" tube, 1-1/4 objective & 15x target, 1" tube, 2" objective, both in excellent condition. I made an offer for both scopes, he accepted my...
  8. flatland1

    New ELEY Ultra Extreme Long Range Round incoming

    My oldest V22 - built in 2017 from a bare action - shoots a few different lots of flatnose Eley Match better at 200yds than any of the lot-tested Lapua I've shot in it, though I don't remember comparing 100yd groups of each brand. And the flatnose Eley bullets didn't feed well the last time I...
  9. flatland1

    Norma Long range

    I've had a couple of lots of Norma's TAC-22 that shot mediocre groups at 50yds in a couple of my V22s, sometimes doing a bit better in a couple of CZ457s with Shilen ratchet bbls with EPS chambers, but shooting best in a couple of Anschutz 54 sporters. Their Match ammo varied quite a bit between...
  10. flatland1

    NEW From Zermatt Arms - RimX Actions

    After wearing out a couple of Viper-style bbl vises (mostly due to using them while trying to remove Rem 700 & Howa 1500 factory bbls, which these vises were never designed to do), I bought the Short Action Customs Ultimate vise set, and have been very pleased with it. But the Viper would be...
  11. flatland1

    Gunsmithing Howa 1500 bolt disassembly

    I've posted this before, mostly to relieve the stigma attached to barrel removal from Howa actions. All the newer actions with the HACT 2-stage triggers are quite easy to break the bbl loose with the use of a good bbl vise & action wrench. On the extractor & ejector pins, if you look at them...
  12. flatland1

    CZ 457

    Based on my somewhat limited experience with CZ's hammer forged bbls (2 out of 3 didn't shoot good at all), and from all the posts I've read here & on other forums where guys are replacing OEMs with custom barrels, it's kinda surprising to hear someone talking about "how good CZ barrels shoot"...
  13. flatland1

    NEW From Zermatt Arms - RimX Actions

    Ditto - as tough as it can be to find ammo good enough for decent groups at 200yds without sending a rifle out to Lapua, I don't have much desire to shoot past 300 with my Vudoos or Rim-X. To each his own, that's just how I feel about it.
  14. flatland1

    DeLane Development Group Rimfire Ventures

    Vudoo actions have the same radius on front & rear receiver rings; while M700's front ring is the same radius as Vudoo, rear ring has much flatter radius.
  15. flatland1

    Finish Build? Howa 1500 7mm

    There's nothing wrong with a Howa action that a good barrel won't fix. No telling how many rounds your rifle has had through it - especially if it's really 30yrs old - but most casual shooters who own a magnum don't put that many rounds through their rifles because of the recoil. How much fun...
  16. flatland1

    Actions with Bayonet-style Bolts

    Aero Precision SOLUS BAT 3L & 3LL
  17. flatland1

    DeLane Development Group Rimfire Ventures

    Who knew that Santa is a south-paw?
  18. flatland1

    Latest...

    Makes me want to find another M700 action to send to you guys. I had to fondle & photograph the last one you did for me before finishing the bbl work & Cera Kote - did my best to show a couple of other guys who started doing rifle builds about the same as I did how nice your 5-axis action truing...
  19. flatland1

    Suppressors Form 4 wait time

    My SOT just submitted an eForm for my latest suppressor purchase - I'd be thrilled to get the stamp back in a couple of months instead of waiting for a full year... I hope you guys are right. But you're talking about form 1, not form 4?
  20. flatland1

    Winchester 52's

    Yes, I also saw mention that someone else is making a version of the Vianni mount, but I don't recall now whether it was on RFC or Accurate Shooting.
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