Whats the best 12-18 inch bloop tube for Anschutz barrels
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Whats the best 12-18 inch bloop tube for Anschutz barrels
Who has the best bloop tube for 50m/100m smallbore shooting. I have an Anschutz 2013 with a 2007 barrel. Barrel length is 26 inch. I wanted to know if there is a tube that has repeatable accuracy without drilling barrel? I also heard alot of people like a sight radius of about 42 inches. Does that sound right for the prone shooting?
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Thats a long tube to put on a 26inch barrel. On that long of a barrel most people do 8 to 10 inch. Anymore your going to have problems with it being front heavy in my opinion.
But the company that i like best is http://www.medeshafirearms.com/Extension%20Tubes.htm
lax
But the company that i like best is http://www.medeshafirearms.com/Extension%20Tubes.htm
lax
I use a champion's choice bloop tube. Your only option if you don't want to drill the barrel is a tube like what Lax has a link for above. The collar makes the muzzle a bit of a pain to clean, but it's not too hard to deal with that.
I don't have any problems with weight with a 10in tube in standing, but I only use a 6in in prone. I found my eyes got tired over the course of a prone match with my 10in. That was a little while ago and I plan on trying the 10in again soon.
The benefit of the collar bloop tube is that you can put any length tube on it you want. I agree with Lax that you should start with 8-10in. Most people underestimate how much more movement you will see with a bloop tube that long. I tell people to wait until they feel they have reached a limit in how accurately they can call their shots before extending their sight radius. If you can still see wobble in prone, you might want to hold off getting a bloop tube.
I don't have any problems with weight with a 10in tube in standing, but I only use a 6in in prone. I found my eyes got tired over the course of a prone match with my 10in. That was a little while ago and I plan on trying the 10in again soon.
The benefit of the collar bloop tube is that you can put any length tube on it you want. I agree with Lax that you should start with 8-10in. Most people underestimate how much more movement you will see with a bloop tube that long. I tell people to wait until they feel they have reached a limit in how accurately they can call their shots before extending their sight radius. If you can still see wobble in prone, you might want to hold off getting a bloop tube.
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My tip is to use a micrometer to measure the exact diameter of the end of the barrel before you order a collar. Jim Medesha made one for me after the Champion's Choice one did not fit my 1913 barrel. The only down side to buy from him is the wait - it took about 3 weeks from the time I spoke with him to the time I received it. However, it was perfect. I was able to use the keyed Champion's Choice 8" tube and it worked out fine.
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Nosy
I recently shot with a former USA team member who is testing a carbon fiber tube. It's basically a length of tube with a small aluminum sleeve on each end -- one to hold the sights and the other to connect to a collar on the barrel. The aluminum sleeves are glued to the carbon fiber tube with a special epoxy.
The tube must have been 16' long. This guys likes a long tube. By far the heaviest part of the entire contraption was the Centra front sight. It was astonishingly, jaw droppingly light, and I wouldn't be surprised to see more of these in the coming years.
On a related topic, anyone want to opine on the ideal inside diameter of a bloop tube? Seems to me that the air inside the tube would behave differently in a narrow tube than in a wider tube, but that's just intuition. Anyone have some science they'd like to share?
The tube must have been 16' long. This guys likes a long tube. By far the heaviest part of the entire contraption was the Centra front sight. It was astonishingly, jaw droppingly light, and I wouldn't be surprised to see more of these in the coming years.
On a related topic, anyone want to opine on the ideal inside diameter of a bloop tube? Seems to me that the air inside the tube would behave differently in a narrow tube than in a wider tube, but that's just intuition. Anyone have some science they'd like to share?
An update here from me, I just came back from the Palmyra Invitational and had a good talk with Bill Earnest while I was there (also bought over $100 in stuff from him). I'm having him make me one of his bloop tubes. I have an older Anschutz 54 action which used to use a sight block for the front sight. Bill's going to make me a 10in tube that will index itself with a screw in my old sight block holes.
If you contact him, he can make whatever you want him to in his style of a one piece tube. His standard sizes are 9in and 12in, but as I said, you can ask for whatever size you want.
If you contact him, he can make whatever you want him to in his style of a one piece tube. His standard sizes are 9in and 12in, but as I said, you can ask for whatever size you want.