Chris-NZ

Correct

Great work for a good cause.

It has been used especially in the US but has very adherents. The reason for this is recoil. Very few shooters are able to tolerate extended fire with a round of that power without accuracy suffering. Just because someone can tolerate a grunty sporter for a few rounds doesn't mean they will be able to handle a WM or  WSM in FO. But hey, you may be the rare exception.

Is eye protection mandatory for markers in the UK?  If so, can't see there being any issue at all

I found them fine for Lapua brass. Delay was simply the current international postal cr@p..

Definitely looks the biz. Good luck with the sale.

One big thing with PCPs is improved neighbourly relations if you live on small blocks. My neighbours are unaware I'm using the PCP but even the quietest rimfire round is usually detectable to them. I can be knocking over pest birds and bunnies without them being concerned.

Yeh, I'm not qualified to comment as I only tutored stats at uni. Forgotten most now but still remember enough to know 5 data points is a token effort at best. In the end, ES is the telling thing with target work, ie, your worst outliers which cost the points.

8 hours ago, nCognitos said:

I really am not interested in a discussion on methodology, but if anyone has an opinion on the original question, I would be grateful.  ..

Ok, my "analysis" is your data is so limited is that you are unable to draw any valid conclusions. It's pointless talking SD with such minute samples. You'd warm up with an ES assessment with 10 shots and more realistically 20 if you're serious. As for pressure, only a strain gauge will tell you the actual pressure. Modelling will give you an idea of ballpark. I'd rely more on signs like primer flattening and difficult bolt lift ultimately.

I'd suggest you focus more on groups than "statistics"

A comment about durability- I have sitting on the back of the bench a dead Lyman borecam. A wire has clearly broken just out of the cam tube so it's basically a write-off as no spares available. I was very gentle with it, as with all important cables, but this one did little mileage

My suggestion is to get the rigid WiFi version and just use your phone as the screen.

Thousands of Tikkas are done here and they all shoot afterwards. My gunsmith mate has bin fulls of ~6" T3 offcuts, mainly from 7-08s and 308s.

If someone tells you it can't be done, I'd suggest it's time to find another gunsmith.

That may be true for button-rifled barrels but not really an issue for cut rifled. A TrueFlite (buttoned) barrel can open up a good thou with fluting. Somewhat counter-intuitively, Tikka barrels which are hammer forged can happily tolerate fluting without bore distortion.

On 5/13/2022 at 9:08 AM, CameronWilson said:

Hi Guys,

I'd like an existing factory barrel shortened and aggressively fluted, in the interest of maximum weight saving without compromising stiffness.

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Well you'd be fully defying physics there. Not possible.

While I'm an FO shooter, as Furrybean has said the growth area is FTR, at least here in NZ. More specifically, our category of "FTR Classic" has taken off. This is limited to rifles shooting 155s and allows far more people to compete without the arms/$$ race that FTR became. Many serious FTR ( fast twist/ heavies) rigs are only a tad removed from full-blown FO, ie too expensive for many folks. With Classic, shooters can start cheaply by getting an old target rifle, throwing a scope and bipod on it and they're away.

There's nothing to stop you changing to FO later, in fact FTR is a great training ground as you'll learn wind better.

Same preferred brand mix here Al. I just took delivery of a 32" Krieger for my FO gun, cost me 501 quid at today's exch rate.

Too many shooter fail to realise "stainless" barrels are only corrosion resistant, not corrosion free. If you leave patches of carbon especially in there, corrosion can occur under them. The cleaning regimen the vast majority of casual shooters use can easily lead to this outcome. That's where borescopes are helpful at determining how good a job you've done at cleaning.

I don't know if the later Quadlites had the same Belleville washer stack as the CG-2000s or the HHE Millennium but if they do, you will find the sear load will eventually destroy a Jewell. This in some cases doesn't take too long- the pivot pins start to flog out the case sides.

That seems a steal to me

Well, like my PCP, you set the scope for whatever the current average distance is, in the case of last night with a plague of swallows on our roof, about 25yds. Got 19 of them in about 20mins, tally for three days about 45 and still the little sh!ts come..  Roof is getting covered in crap and we drink the water (life sentence block). Even with the scope backed off to 10X, the parallax/dreadful focus would be intolerable on a non-adjustable scope.

It doesn't have adjustable parallax and I doubt it's set closer than 100yds

following up, did you get a chance to shoot them?

I'd say you need a dedicated 17 cal rod then chances are a single additional one will cover your centrefires. Remember a rod bore guide is a must, in fact you could well need three or so depending on the range of actions you have.

Sounds like a bargain to me. You'll never wear one out

Was it Wheat #1 or Oats #2?

Couldn't resist 😜