One of the best paint schemes I’ve seen. There’s been a few, HenryTheAce has a nice one also!I love this old rifle
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One of the best paint schemes I’ve seen. There’s been a few, HenryTheAce has a nice one alsoI love this old rifle
A good friend with my HTI 375Cheytac and S&B 5-45 at 2500yds today...
5 shot group was with a gentle L to R breeze.
Other plate was 20 shots fired..18 hits in a gusty breeze ..
Both HTI and S&B 5-45 performed great!!
5 shot group was with a gentle L to R breeze.
Other plate was 20 shots fired..18 hits in a gusty breeze ..
Both HTI and S&B 5-45 performed great!!
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Never had a 34mm tube or 56mm objective scope.....until now. What height 34mm mount are ya'll running with a 34mm tube and 56mm objective?
I use a Spuhr 4808 mount on my SRS and HTI. They are 44 mm, or 1.73" from the pic rail to center of the tube at the turrets.
How much clearance with that?. Trying to get a feel for minimum. I tend to run about 1.5 but that's with 30 mm tubes and 42 to 52 objectives
There is 3/8" clearance at the objective with this mounts 13 mil / 44 moa angle.
You will want to decide how far you want to shoot, I'm running DR'S tallest mount so I could get out farther with my 338 NM barrels
What does height of the mount have to do with how far you can shoot? Of course cant of mount and elevation travel of your scope but how does mount height affect maximum distance? Serious question looking to learn something.
Do some research, lots of good threads on it. One keeps your head straight, two allows you to dial more for distance, etc.
The more "cant" or inclination angle, the higher the mount has to be to clear the objective end of the optic.
Ah I see your thinking. Couldn't see it because as a norm I always use 20MOA bases regardless and the scopes I run have a very large elevation range.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Sorry if inappropriate, but im going to hold up another member of The Hide: @softcock makes some GREAT stuff. Here are pics of it mounted to my Eberlestock Sniper Sled, 52". If you run a multi-caliber rig, you need this. Period. Build quality is top notch, it runs perfect behind the accesory bags, against the main bag. Two MOLLE snaps and you're in. You don't have to unthread them or anything, just unsnap and fold the back of the pouch up.
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Anybody mess around with a 22 creedmoor conversion kit? Thinking about going to it to slam some groundhogs this year for a farmer. Anybody know of any readily available rifles, I sent SAC, Special Purpose Rifles, and TS Customs a message.
I’ve not; .223 from SAC is awesome, but I get wanting to push for speed.
I’m tempted to find a smith for a .17-556 conversion just to lob tiny things with zero recoil at absurd velocity.
SAC has told me historically they’re sticking just to the .223 for time being.
I’ve just been hand loading 6.5creedmoor with about 43.5-44.1gr Staball and a 143gr ELDX and seeing 2950FPS with few pressure signs and very low SD.
Tempted to play with a lighter bullet and see how fast…
Anyone using an SRS in F-Open class?
If so, I would like to hear about your setup and your experiences.
If so, I would like to hear about your setup and your experiences.
Yeah the 223 kit is awesome!! I have it in a 16” barrel and in reality don’t need a 22 creed but more of a WANT for some serious speed.
I’m only getting an avg of about 2800 all be it with some 77gr 223 Norma match or imi razorcore.
Short Action Customs.
I also think Special Purpose Rifle might be doing some as well.
SAC 223 conversion is great and very accurate. Probably shoot it the most of all my barrels
My vote is take the 6.5 conversion and see what a 95gr Vmax does. I’ll bet 3300fps.
Pushing 2950 with 143gr puts it into the 6.5 PRC territory.
Granted, big game just gets 338LM. Because why not.
But, yeah… I still want something screaming at 4000FPS out of my SRS to obliterate a prairie dog.
If you have a .473 bolt and a short action mag, all you need is a barrel. I just got a 22 Creed SRS barrel from PVA. Only 12 rounds down it so far, so I can't claim anything, but it looked very good in the borescope. Turnaround was about 2 months.
I did this 30" Lija in .223 WSSM a while back, it gets 4200 fps with the factory Nosler 55 grain rounds. It uses the .300 mag bolt and a modified .308 mag.
It is very short, shoots well but has a terrible time ejecting. Lots of velocity with explosive results!
It is very short, shoots well but has a terrible time ejecting. Lots of velocity with explosive results!
That is awesome. I'm in the northeast; "far" shots here are 200yds. Not a lot of wide open spaces, but occasionally I get the change to stretch for coyotes. Still, a small game vaporizer is high on the want list.
This round really does that, but has become difficult to get and expensive. I expect the 22 Creed should work well for that, and better in the SRS.
That looks like an absolute riot to shoot with vaporizing speed! Didn’t even know that round existed.
It is a cool round, too bad it never got accepted in the main stream. The 243 WSSM was more accepted, and a very good round too. Browning made the mini / micro A Bolt for this family of "super short magnums". Winchester made model 70's for them too.
Great to know that PVA spins them up.
I may order a receiver extension just to play with these pre-fits.
I'm going to give F-open class shooting a try with my SRS in 6.5 PRC. I built a front rest that does the necessary moves and complies with the rules. My SRS is 1.8 lbs. Under the limit so everything should be good. The only thing I saw that is problematic is the adjustable rear rest. They use the front rest to adjust left / right / up / down. Hopefully, if I promise not to use the rear adjustment, they will let me shoot.
Anyone ever try this?
Anyone ever try this?
Never tried formal comps with it.
Just local ranges, informal, hunting.
But, from what little I know of the rules, should be good.
So, not entirely desert tech, but got my son started on Barricade and positional work while I did load development.
DT factory barrel at 26" with 43.5gr of Staball and a 143gr ELDX is about 2850-60 across multiple lots of manufactures of brass. The desert tech and peterson brass are the most speedy and stable of the group. 2860's at 6FPS SD across a significant volume. No pressure signs. 44gr gets some extractor swipes. 43.5gr it is.
While I worked that up, brought the ladder out and had the 7yo start working on building positions with his 22mag.
Bench, 3 different rungs, prone, 3 different rungs, bench. Up and down.
We're about the only rifle shooters here outside of deer season, and today was a skeet competition on our right, so we attracted a small crowd as he was working.
Planning on South Africa again in 2026; I'm planning on bringing my SRS covert with the shorter Proof Research Carbon barrel. Kiddo is used to that, will have a year to learn off tripod. Gonna stack up a Springbok Slam.
DT factory barrel at 26" with 43.5gr of Staball and a 143gr ELDX is about 2850-60 across multiple lots of manufactures of brass. The desert tech and peterson brass are the most speedy and stable of the group. 2860's at 6FPS SD across a significant volume. No pressure signs. 44gr gets some extractor swipes. 43.5gr it is.
While I worked that up, brought the ladder out and had the 7yo start working on building positions with his 22mag.
Bench, 3 different rungs, prone, 3 different rungs, bench. Up and down.
We're about the only rifle shooters here outside of deer season, and today was a skeet competition on our right, so we attracted a small crowd as he was working.
Planning on South Africa again in 2026; I'm planning on bringing my SRS covert with the shorter Proof Research Carbon barrel. Kiddo is used to that, will have a year to learn off tripod. Gonna stack up a Springbok Slam.
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