David TS Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 For me, 45 yard smallbore and black powder range, plus using on the closer turning targets on the MoD STANTA battle area in Norfolk that my club uses (I say closer, using enough holdover they will knock the targets over out to around 300 yards or so!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted May 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Genuine question... What are these for? Some club discipline or just fun?? Look fun! Standing in front of the mirror while wearing Crye and a beard What sort of accuracy can you expect from these? As good as any other quality semi auto match .22, but like all it really depends on the ammo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breacher Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 For me it will be a bit of everything. Club comps on indoor range, any 2 gun or 3 gun comps that come up and a bit of bunny bashing from the truck. Mine was putting 10 rounds into one ragged hole at 25 metres using cci segmented subsonic yesterday. Thats with a 4x scope. Would be interesting to try it with Lapua ammo and a high mag scope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted May 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 3 of 6 And the brass pile grows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzzzzz Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 Can I ask if they are available as an upper only? If so do you mind sending me a pm with the price? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David TS Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Picked mine up this morning - very, very nice, thanks Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breacher Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Took mine to the club on Tuesday. Worked flawlessly when zeroing even continuing to function after 200 rds and looking dirty. So imagine my surprise to find it firing, ejecting and chambering a new round but not cocking the hammer. The "experts" rallied around and tried to help. One seemed very happy to have found a BAR22 which was not cycling. However - once I looked at it logically there was only two things that varied between working perfectly and not working. One - cleaned and oiled. So I dried off the oil but no change. I then realised my left hand grip was different - holding magwell with part of palm touching mag. It must have been having an effect because as soon as I held it properly it returned to cycling perfectly !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David TS Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 No 2 of 6 now has its correct grip and X Form magazine . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryh Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Dam Mark, Wished I'd not resisted my original temptation! Next time T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David TS Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 No 2 of 6 now has its correct grip and X Form magazine . I finally got around to shooting mine for the first time on the turning targets at the STANTA battle area a couple of days ago. Fun to shoot, and performed faultlessly. Cheers Mark . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Well, I bought-in the to the 'Bradley Dream' This is mine. I love it: Grippod is the path to greatness; can shoot excellent groups with it; weighs nothing; deploys in a fraction of a second. Think it's the most fun rifle I've ever used! - and extremely accurate with Eley Standard - Bradder's conversion has a DouglasXX barrel mated with a ciener back-end; I also went for a mag conversion insert (forget the name) from JohnMH that enables the real bolt hold open to work if S&W mags are used. When I got it, had an initial inability to be patient and had to have a go with a red dot - it seemed promising Then whacked a 5-25 on it to see what it'd do. Representative (NB:representative, not best) group at 52m; and this with a standard trigger that feels like dragging a canoe up a gravel drive: OK, this is best at 52m Now put a Leup Mk4 (from Blaserman on here) sitting in a JP cantilever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MH Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 How reliable is the Bolt Hold Open with the Boonie Packer Better Mag Adapter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 How reliable is the Bolt Hold Open with the Boonie Packer Better Mag Adapter? Almost 100%. It transforms the thing for me; I wanted the real controls to work. With this, they do. Also pleasantly surprised by the S&W mags, they look weedy in photos; in reality they're rock solid thick polymer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MH Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Glad to here it. Now how about a photo with the new scope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggy Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Matt, what's the barrel and hand guard length on yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Hugh, not sure - it was a Mark's "this'll look best" recommendation. I went with his calibrated eye. [Edited to ad: Forend is marked 12.37" and the barrel measures at 16" - although I think it's 'apparent length' is shorter than on a 5.56 because more of the barrel sits in the receiver on the 22 - I suspect it's 'look' is equivalent to a 14.5" or 15" 5.56 barrel] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryh Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 BD, Oooo, you've gone and done it now - he won't like that vertical foregrip!!! Nice looking rifle none the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggy Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 It does look very nice. Perhaps Bradders will remember the specs. I particularly like the look of his new hand guards. To be honest I have been thinking about a 12" Smith & Wesson 15-22, retrofitted with one of his hand guards. However, by the time that you cost this up, you are probably not far off of one of these. Of course, that does depend on whether there will ever be a Bradders winter collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted August 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 BD, Oooo, you've gone and done it now - he won't like that vertical foregrip!!! Nice looking rifle none the less. The VFG is Cak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbal Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 The VFG is Cak Mark: "Beauty is in the AUGe of the beholder." But apart from that aberration,what did the Austrians ever do for service rifle? Ok,apart from Aug and Mannlicher,what did the Austrians ever do for service ..... georg :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 The VFG is Cak Well,as regards the grippod, the land forces of most of europe, the UK, USA and Canada have a different opinion The grip pod's utility is as an instant bipod - it gives soldiers and marines a better chance of actually hitting what they're shooting at.... .... I know that amongst CSR crowd there's a small elite band of highly selected and trained Tier 0 shadow operators able to provide a different view derived from their experience at the pointy end of, er, Century. Hopefully, one day, allied land forces will catch up. Until then, I understand "Tier Zero" will be the title of Tom Clancy's next book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 It does look very nice. Perhaps Bradders will remember the specs. I particularly like the look of his new hand guards. To be honest I have been thinking about a 12" Smith & Wesson 15-22, retrofitted with one of his hand guards. However, by the time that you cost this up, you are probably not far off of one of these. Of course, that does depend on whether there will ever be a Bradders winter collection! Hugh, honestly: don't touch something that isn't built from a real AR - and I can't recommend what Bradder's has put together highly enough. A long while ago, I carried a Diemaco for 2 years at work and would be sniffy about anything that felt 'not right' or operated 'oddly'. I can genuinely say that this BAR absolutely does it for me - and it's brought back my rifle 'grin factor' Gratuitous repeat pic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggy Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 As I understand it, the grippod is seldom actually used as a bipod on the 2-way range. The bipod feature is only really used to keep the rifle out of the dirt when you are having a brew. The main reason that it was bought was because it is difficult/impossible to take a proper firing position when wearing Osprey body armour and using an SA80 with the old hand guard. The grip pod allows you to scan and shoot the rifle without excessive muscle strain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted August 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Real men don't use bipods, they learn to shoot without the abominable things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 As I understand it, the grippod is seldom actually used as a bipod on the 2-way range. The bipod feature is only really used to keep the rifle out of the dirt when you are having a brew. The main reason that it was bought was because it is difficult/impossible to take a proper firing position when wearing Osprey body armour and using an SA80 with the old hand guard. The grip pod allows you to scan and shoot the rifle without excessive muscle strain. Well, yes and no, lest we fall into false deductions from incomplete data; a quick contextual reminder of the layout and relative heights on an SA80: We also had to buy a new helmet because of Osprey......... body armour designed as a UOR solution for a static requirement in Iraq; and then misapplied elsewhere. Speak to today's young infantry officers and you'll find many with a strongly held view that Osprey has killed, through loss of situational awareness due to fatigue/exhaustion from carrying its insanely excessive weight, as many as it's saved from kinetic damage. ...quite apart from that SA80's always been a shocker to get a sight picture in a prone position with any heavy kit on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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