Friend Old-Trev:I was wondering what tension on action screws is being used by other shooters in what type of stock material. I am using 35 inch pounds in a timber laminated stock, bedded on aluminium pillars with a Hall action.
Cheers,
Trevor.
Wow! If you would have any way to upload a few pictures of that rifle and stock, I am sure we all would be very interested in seeing them. Thanks mate.Hi Bill,
Thanks for the reply.
Do you remember back in 2007 you had some questions from a fellow about Turbo actions, barrels and reamers and was sent a folder of photos from Cairns area North Queensland Australia? Well that was me, and I am now 84 years old. I could not get a Turbo as Flash did not have an export permit so I bought a Hall which you had said was a good action. I also got a 4 grouve Lilja tight bore which you also recommended, and with that a Calfee #1 reamer. Well that combination worked very well. About 6years ago the barrel suddenly went bad and on inspection with a bore scope, a smsll piece of material had come out of a land about 4" in front of the chamber. Must have been an inclusion that suddenly decided to part company. I installed an Australian made Maddco barrel which shoots very well using the same reamer. A couple of years ago just for the heck of it I bought a 2 grouve Benchmark barrel and installed it at 26" long and same reamer. It also shoots very well. With it I set a new club 1oo yd. B/R. group record of .183" using Eley Match. The barrel is fitted with an Australian made Lowey tuner {M.D.} The stock is my own design and made by me out of a North Queensland timber species.
Cheers mate and happy we are both still above ground.
Trevor.
No problem. Do not worry about it. Sounds like it would be a lot of trouble for you. Thanks very much for your reply. And very good wishes to you, sir.Hi Mike,
I am a I.T. dioasauer. Totally hopeless at any of this up loading stuff ect. If I want to send photos I get my son to take the photos and e/mail them to me then I forward them by e/mail. If there is any way of doing this to get them up here I would be happy to give it a try.
Cheers,
Trevor.
So far, I shoot 'straight from the box'. If I was to start sorting, I think it would be base to ogive, simply because match chambers engrave the bullet. Consistency in the length of the engraving seems important to me.I present another question.
Do you shoot using ammunition straight from box or do you do some sort of sorting such as, weight, rim thickness, or base to ogive? Some out here do one, two or three. Personally I am straight out of the box. I have pulled apart a whole box and weighed the components in order, listing each round separately, on my AND F-X 300i scales. Yes there are small differences but we cannot reassemble them to see which gives us the variaration on target. I have shot quite respectable group targets with a mix of the lightest and heaviest. I am a curious person and like to know what others do and am quite willing to pass on anthing I might find. No secret society business with me except personal.
Cheers all,
Trevor.
Replying to myself. I probably should have stated 'base to driving bands', rather than 'base to ogive'; i.e. consistency from the base of the case to where the bullet engraves in the rifling.So far, I shoot 'straight from the box'. If I was to start sorting, I think it would be base to ogive, simply because match chambers engrave the bullet. Consistency in the length of the engraving seems important to me.
--Mike McAllister
Hi Bill,
Thanks for the reply.
Do you remember back in 2007 you had some questions from a fellow about Turbo actions, barrels and reamers and was sent a folder of photos from Cairns area North Queensland Australia? Well that was me, and I am now 84 years old. I could not get a Turbo as Flash did not have an export permit so I bought a Hall which you had said was a good action. I also got a 4 grouve Lilja tight bore which you also recommended, and with that a Calfee #1 reamer. Well that combination worked very well. About 6years ago the barrel suddenly went bad and on inspection with a bore scope, a smsll piece of material had come out of a land about 4" in front of the chamber. Must have been an inclusion that suddenly decided to part company. I installed an Australian made Maddco barrel which shoots very well using the same reamer. A couple of years ago just for the heck of it I bought a 2 grouve Benchmark barrel and installed it at 26" long and same reamer. It also shoots very well. With it I set a new club 1oo yd. B/R. group record of .183" using Eley Match. The barrel is fitted with an Australian made Lowey tuner {M.D.} The stock is my own design and made by me out of a North Queensland timber species.
Cheers mate and happy we are both still above ground.
Trevor.