TargetTalk

Yana: I purchased what I think was a GX1 in the early 90's, selling it remains one of my biggest regrets in all the years I have been shooting. It was an amazing rifle. Mine had a feature I have not seen on other GX1's for sale in the past (I hope I can explain it). It had a split fore end - basical...

Hi Roger: I think everyone deals with this issue at some point, I know I have (and still do!). I asked Nancy Thompkins about this some time ago, and she mentioned something that has helped me ever since - she simply said I should take one shot at a time, and focus / concentrate on nothing else. Focu...

Hi Bryan: So jealous that you have access to the Bisley range! I was there in 2009 and was in awe - what a beautiful and functional range. We will be there next year for the Roberts Team and your Nationals - I am so looking forward to it. This will be a very long winter / off-season for sure. I am n...

Guy: Thanks for the reply, I hope you had a great weekend! I think I may have confused my position with my previous post....i believe tuners or extension tubes that combine tuners are a huge advantage. Unless you do your own work, having some means to optimize accuracy is invaluable. You can get nak...

My conclusion (at this point) is that the vibrations most probably come from the fall of the firing pin and are not barrel generated by recoil about the centre of gravity - as they are in the case of centrefire rifles. So for a given rifle, it is difficult to alter the vibrations to achieve positiv...

Just to chip back in with my original question as Bryan has hinted at it above - if you can tune or de-tune a barrel by moving a weight forwards or backwards a couple of thousandths of an inch at a time, how will I know how much of an effect the weight and placement of my foresight is having? And w...

Kevin - I'm still quite new to this so forgive me for asking (and its off topic) but isn't the best crown position decided on were the barrel slugs at the tightest? cheers Bryan Bryan: I agree that RF barrels perform best with some measure of taper in them, tapering towards the muzzle. Slugging IMH...

Good morning Mark: I certainly appreciate your approach, and I meant no disrespect in the previous post. I have always appreciated your posts. I am afraid I fall into the "Joe Dirt" subset on the subject. Although vibration analysis is something we do in my field often, the specific model ...

You are implying that the length of the tuner helps to locate the node at the muzzle and not that it is effecting the bullet's path after it leaves the muzzle; correct? Mark Hi Mark: How could any tube or mass tuning device effect the bullets path "after it leaves the muzzle"???? I know t...

Hi Kevin, so if a barrel/action shoots well with a tube fitted, swapping to a tuner-tube of similar weight and length would give a fighting chance of seeing an improvement, allowing for operator incompetence, or at least upset things the least? Tim Hi Tim: Yes, In my experience, if the two are very...

Thank you for those positive comments Kevin, I seem to do most of my training by myself these days so it means a lot to get good feedback, especailly from someone of your standing. One question for you though, how do you find aperature size effecting group size? Bryan: Aperture size is unfortunatel...

Hi Bryan, as Kevin so rightly says (although I may slightly disagree with his percentages) the errors from hold, aim and conditions will make it very difficult to objectively rate the groups. The vertical might be down to you or might be down to the barrel/ammo. Good morning Ken! It is great to hea...

All: This is just my very humble opinion on the subject......... Any tuner, be it an adjustable mass device or overall length based extension tube (or combination of the two) is only a means to fine tune the system. The rifle (as a system) must be optimized or all you are accomplishing is turning bi...

gwsb: Not sure if I should respond, I have done some smithing (not sure if anyone would consider me a gunsmith though!). For the 2000 series action, one of the most important variables is the fit between the tennon and action ID. You obviously can't control that with a drop in barrel, and typically ...

Fred: This is just my very humble opinion. I have no problem with an open post on a forum (once again, for the thousandth time) bemoaning the move to Bristol. It had been a few weeks, so I guess we were due. What I did have a problem with, was the identical post on the SSUSA article congratulating t...

Hi Mark: Nothing compares to the Racer!! (Lord, I love that rifle!). There is something to be said for "style points". The Racer is the "coolest" rifle I own - what an engineering masterpiece. I love messing with it too - I have broken (or tried to break it) on several occasions ...

Hi Levi - here's my $.02: The Walther KK300 is a far better rifle than the round 54 series Anschutz rifles for the following reasons: 1. The Walther trigger is far better, and can be reliably adjusted to zero creep. The Anschutz geometry allows the sear to "hang" - when the first stage is ...

I agree (regarding tearing apart Karl's work), unfortunately, barrels do wear out..........even in smallbore shooting! Using modeling clay to fill voids when bedding is a very common practice. It's the easiest (and best) way to keep epoxy from getting somewhere it shouldn't be. I have had actions Ka...

I have had many Kenyon round action 54's in my shop, and to date have never witnessed one he silver soldered in place (certainly doesn't mean they don't exist for sure though!). Karl was IMHO the last true, great RF gunsmith of our era. The rifles he built have earned more titles than any other - wi...

All: I thought I would add a thought or two, just my opinion here (for what it's worth): There seems to be two schools of thought regarding the "tuning" of barrel vibrations (with regard to the RF sports). Tony Purdy pioneered the idea (and analysis) behind the use of harmonic resonance, b...