Hello folks,
I am currently in the process of having a custom rifle build by my most trusted gunny. It will be chambered in .308 due to this calibers hugh versatility, availablitity of its ammunition around the globe, its enherited accuracy and all the other well known aspects.
The rifle will be used mostly for hunting, specifically hogs and varmint, as I am not much interested in other game. I like the challenge to deal with smart species. Occasionally I will head to the range and do some training from time to time, meaning shooting at ranges of 100m most of the time. In addition to that I will visit our fellow american hunters and riflemen at Baumholder (Germany) that do have 300m and 480m ranges. At my gunny´s place they have a tunnel of 500 m length to shoot in and that one is equipped with all necessary stuff for precision shooting and its preps. My gunny is multiple german champion in 100 and 300 m precision rifle with his own builds and located in the neighborhood to this tunnel. That´s about all we can shoot around here in terms of competition or generally speaking "long range shooting". For you guys inthe US, of course, this sounds rather ridiculous, but the matter of the fact is I need to dance with those girls on the dance floor.
Hunting wise most of my hunting is usually at night (hogs) and mostly from a raised blind at distances between 40 and 150 m and rarely out to 300m so weight is of minor concern. That said I im thinking about changing my order with the gunny and go for a 20" benchrest heavy varmint contour instead of the originally intended 22" medium varmint. I think, shorter stiffer barrels that have double the length in cylindric form in the chamber area starting later with tapering should produce vibs at higher frequencies and lower amplitude than longer barrels with taperring started right behind the chamber. On the downside the BRHV barrel weights in at more than 1 pound over the MV barrel, which may be of a certain concern for hunting. On the other hand the BRHV should be better ballanced as the mean weight concentrates in the middle of the rig.
Scope (ZCO 527) will be rather heavy too as will the mount (Spuhr 6002). Rifling is the common 1:12 twist. I intend to use the rifle with a can. That´s about all I can say about the build.
I would highly appreciate any recommendations, comments and thoughts out there from you experienced shooters and riflemen. If down the road it should turn out, that the stiffer barrel and additional weight does not give me any advantage over the lighter but longer MV barrel, I may eventually stick with the MV. Apologies for my poor english.
Regards
Bernhard
I am currently in the process of having a custom rifle build by my most trusted gunny. It will be chambered in .308 due to this calibers hugh versatility, availablitity of its ammunition around the globe, its enherited accuracy and all the other well known aspects.
The rifle will be used mostly for hunting, specifically hogs and varmint, as I am not much interested in other game. I like the challenge to deal with smart species. Occasionally I will head to the range and do some training from time to time, meaning shooting at ranges of 100m most of the time. In addition to that I will visit our fellow american hunters and riflemen at Baumholder (Germany) that do have 300m and 480m ranges. At my gunny´s place they have a tunnel of 500 m length to shoot in and that one is equipped with all necessary stuff for precision shooting and its preps. My gunny is multiple german champion in 100 and 300 m precision rifle with his own builds and located in the neighborhood to this tunnel. That´s about all we can shoot around here in terms of competition or generally speaking "long range shooting". For you guys inthe US, of course, this sounds rather ridiculous, but the matter of the fact is I need to dance with those girls on the dance floor.
Hunting wise most of my hunting is usually at night (hogs) and mostly from a raised blind at distances between 40 and 150 m and rarely out to 300m so weight is of minor concern. That said I im thinking about changing my order with the gunny and go for a 20" benchrest heavy varmint contour instead of the originally intended 22" medium varmint. I think, shorter stiffer barrels that have double the length in cylindric form in the chamber area starting later with tapering should produce vibs at higher frequencies and lower amplitude than longer barrels with taperring started right behind the chamber. On the downside the BRHV barrel weights in at more than 1 pound over the MV barrel, which may be of a certain concern for hunting. On the other hand the BRHV should be better ballanced as the mean weight concentrates in the middle of the rig.
Scope (ZCO 527) will be rather heavy too as will the mount (Spuhr 6002). Rifling is the common 1:12 twist. I intend to use the rifle with a can. That´s about all I can say about the build.
I would highly appreciate any recommendations, comments and thoughts out there from you experienced shooters and riflemen. If down the road it should turn out, that the stiffer barrel and additional weight does not give me any advantage over the lighter but longer MV barrel, I may eventually stick with the MV. Apologies for my poor english.
Regards
Bernhard
