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by Bob Smalser
Fri Jan 05, 2018 1:59 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: sight elevation vs bloop tube and bigger tunnel
Replies: 5
Views: 1571

Re: sight elevation vs bloop tube and bigger tunnel

I'd only add that you need to insure your final solution leaves around 10 minutes of rear-sight elevation to go from 50 to 100 yards. Not something you could fix in the middle of a match.
by Bob Smalser
Thu Jul 06, 2017 12:18 am
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Savage Anschutz 64 trigger adjustment
Replies: 4
Views: 3629

Re: Savage Anschutz 64 trigger adjustment

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/24733621/412722742.jpg There isn't enough room to fit a wrench conventionally. I prefer a 4" Crescent used nose first. If someone has used Locktite or nail polish on them, touch an electric soldering iron to them, first and warm them up. Be sure to a...
by Bob Smalser
Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:05 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Painting rifle stocks
Replies: 1
Views: 1086

Re: Painting rifle stocks

Your local paint and body shop has spray boothes, computerized color matching, aluminum-friendly primers and paints, the ability to bake on and often powdercoat, and understand thoroughly what they are about.
by Bob Smalser
Mon Jun 26, 2017 7:29 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Anschutx 54
Replies: 6
Views: 1755

Re: Anschutx 54

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/24574979/409880552.jpg Ditto Tim. The ejector is easily worn and even damaged by bore guides and cleaning rods. I'd order one along with a new extractor spring, a new FP spring and replace the ejector with a new one with sharp corners and dimensions to sp...
by Bob Smalser
Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:30 am
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: How often to clean my bloop tube?
Replies: 9
Views: 3913

Re: How often to clean my bloop tube?

As stated above, the real problem with bloop tubes is they deter wiping off the crown after each session. This can lead to rifling groove corners encrusted with baked-on carbon that open up your groups. It's sometimes so bad it's easier to touch up the crown with a crown cutter than it is to get rem...
by Bob Smalser
Wed Jun 07, 2017 5:51 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Adding weight to Anschutz air rifle
Replies: 19
Views: 9925

Re: Adding weight to Anschutz air rifle

Weight is best added by placing the fully-assembled rifle on a fulcrum and using lead weights to achieve the desired balance. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/24569606/411741951.jpg Then you add melted lead accordingly. Swirling the lead in the ladle will cool it to near the point of soli...
by Bob Smalser
Wed Jun 07, 2017 1:36 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: light weight or heavier weight for small bore rifle
Replies: 16
Views: 8062

Re: light weight or heavier weight for small bore rifle

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/24541596/410617855.jpg The KK300 with all its gear is still over 14lbs of rifle. It's weight is deceiving because of its compact stock and good balance. The method we use for new or small-stature position shooters to reduce weight and improve offhand and ...
by Bob Smalser
Wed May 31, 2017 1:06 am
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Remington 40x smalbore stocks with dampers
Replies: 5
Views: 2316

Re: Remington 40x smalbore stocks with dampers

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/24646527/412448304.jpg While today we free-float barrels and pillar bed actions to achieve perfectly consistent harmonics, that isn't the only solution. There are a number of rifle designs that do better with up to 14lbs of upward pressure on the barrel, ...
by Bob Smalser
Sat Sep 17, 2016 9:09 am
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Kimber 82G Good or Bad?
Replies: 5
Views: 3284

Re: Kimber 82G Good or Bad?

The bottom line is that the 82G (9lbs) is the most disliked rifle in our 100+ kid junior program, with the most-liked award going to the Anschutz 64C (7lbs) for smaller kids and the Anschutz Match 64 (8lbs) and Walther KK100 (9lbs) for larger kids. The problem isn't weight, it's balance. The Kimber ...
by Bob Smalser
Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:44 pm
Forum: Youth Shooting Programs
Topic: Starting/running matches. Sporter rifle for Jr's
Replies: 2
Views: 3251

Re: Starting/running matches. Sporter rifle for Jr's

Contact your State Rifle and Pistol Association (CMP-affiliated) to meet others locally who are running junior programs.
by Bob Smalser
Mon Aug 08, 2016 10:32 am
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Help picking smallbore for small shooter
Replies: 16
Views: 5101

Re: Help picking smallbore for small shooter

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/24434003/411120459.jpg What we most like about the KK300 is its better balance and shorter bolt throw because the barrel is set back further due to the shorter bolt. That equates to a smaller kid being able to handle 12 pounds worth of rifle in all three ...
by Bob Smalser
Sat Aug 06, 2016 1:54 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Anschutz 1913 vs Walther kk300?????
Replies: 38
Views: 17067

Re: Anschutz 1913 vs Walther kk300?????

Levi Bergren wrote:Ok. Thanks. So you know Jeff Phillips?
Sure.
by Bob Smalser
Tue Aug 02, 2016 11:18 am
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Anschutz 1913 vs Walther kk300?????
Replies: 38
Views: 17067

Re: Anschutz 1913 vs Walther kk300?????

So Bob,what I'm getting from this (as well as from other people) is that the Walther is only good for its barrel, trigger, and bolt? P.S. Do you coach a club in Seabeck? "Only good"? What I'm saying is the Walther K300 has a superior bolt design and trigger to Anschutz, and is equal in al...
by Bob Smalser
Fri Jul 22, 2016 10:05 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Anschutz 1913 vs Walther kk300?????
Replies: 38
Views: 17067

Re: Anschutz 1913 vs Walther kk300?????

redschietti wrote:Bob, just add a wood spacer under the ck piece or replace the factry piece with a taller piece of wood.
I know how, but the issue is none of that is a speedy adjustment.
by Bob Smalser
Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:55 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Anschutz 1913 vs Walther kk300?????
Replies: 38
Views: 17067

Re: Anschutz 1913 vs Walther kk300?????

Bolt throw on the KK300 is significantly shorter than the Anschutz 54. A biggie with my small-statured shooters. I also like the ergonomics of the Walther better. Seems lighter than it really is. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/24434003/411120459.jpg What I don't like about the KK300 is ...
by Bob Smalser
Wed Sep 09, 2015 3:23 pm
Forum: Shooters Lounge
Topic: Why We Love Guns - In One Photo
Replies: 4
Views: 1846

Why We Love Guns - In One Photo

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/2999461/411634141.jpg Breaking the bonds of economic enslavement in the industrial German Ruhr for the wilds of an Illinois homestead, in-law Philip Schoenholz was so happy he included his new bird gun and hunting pouch in this ca1860 portrait. Because un...
by Bob Smalser
Wed Jul 01, 2015 12:02 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: (The new??) ANSCHÜTZ Match 54.30
Replies: 43
Views: 16825

Re: (The new??) ANSCHÜTZ Match 54.30

Now that we've had the K300 in our junior program for almost a year, it certainly gets my vote for best value among our large Anschutz (through 2000-Series) inventory. https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10818329_10202285210171765_5196894508019568942_o.jpg Plus: 20-click sights...
by Bob Smalser
Sun Apr 19, 2015 5:40 am
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Got a new rifle, have a few questions
Replies: 14
Views: 2320

Re: Got a new rifle, have a few questions

For German sights, simply point your right thumb in the direction you want the bullet strike to move. Up, down, left or right. The direction of the curl of your fingers is the direction you move the knobs. https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/v/t1.0-9/252254_122786917879524_1185222...