MK Machining KYL Rack and Bergara .22 Trainer

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  • Jul 10, 2013
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    I ordered the KYL Rack from @Tyler Kemp and finally got a chance to get it out this weekend and run it with the Bergara Rimfire Trainer. Ridiculous amounts of fun. Up front cost for this combo was not too inexpensive, but it will pay me back in dividends shooting .22 LR all the time instead of centerfire.

    From left to right, the KYL rack targets are 2", 1.75", 1.50", 1.25", 1", .75", .50" and .25". If you click on the picture and then click it again to zoom and blow it up to full size, you can see the dime I have taped to the .25" stick for size reference. The rack is designed to be shot at 50 yards, but it was child's play at 50 yards with the Bergara. I had no problem running the rack clean and neither did my cousin who was over at my house and had never shot the gun prior. We got out the timer to try to make it more challenging. I just ran it once on the timer but ran the whole rack clean in 37 seconds. Eventually, we moved it out to 100 yards so we could actually get some misses.

    Things got tougher at 100. The first 5 targets were no problem, but the .75" target at 100 yards gave me fits. That's OK though, gives me something to work for.

    The fact that the gun goes 1/4 inch or better all day along at 50 yards and 1 inch or better all day at 100 yards with....Winchester White Box 555 rd bulk pack ammo....is good enough for me. Mission accomplished.

     
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    I've purchased three or four scopes from Tyler at MK Machining. He's a good guy and he's very competitive on pricing.
    Plus, he's a home boy. I think his new shop is about 5 miles from my range.
     
    Glad ya like it! The beauty of this design is AR500 targets, stout brackets, and modularity. I plan on offering larger, beefier, centerfire targets and other rimfire oriented targets.

    The rack will take 17s no problem.
     
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    I'm just awaiting feedback from this first small batch before we make a large one. If there's anything I could optimize, etc.
    I’ve looked at a few of them and yours definitely looks like great quality. I’ll pick one up once you have them ready.
    I do prefer the targets to be level across the top on a kyl rack instead of across the bottom.
     
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