Thanks, one thing we have noticed with the 13 twist and how we chamber is that they seem to shoot ANY quality match ammo very well.
Looking forward to getting my hands on my new Vudoo with the 13 twist barrel. I know it will be a hammer out the box just hope that I do it justice.
@David Lott I’d agree with this, but think from your tests it probably both chambering and Twist that make your guns so stellar. I purchased a 1:16 DIP chambered Vudoo with 25” Kreiger barrel, just before I learned about their results with 1:13. I only own 1:16 twist guns so can only compare to those, but have 5 other Vudoo’s with their in house offerings of Bartelin, Proof, and Ace, in various lengths, and even with the same twist rates the DIP chambered rig clearly out performs all of my other 22’s I own. Less than scientific but definitely speaks to the chambering quality as a very important variable!
I like to think that the machine we chamber on and our process is why they are so accurate. To put things into perspective, the average human hair is .004 in diameter, split that 4 ways is .001, split .001 into 10 equal parts gets you down to .0001, .0001 is what our machine holds for tolerance, that is about as perfect as humanly possible. We take our time to indicate the barrel back to zero between each process, time consuming yes but the results speak for themselves. In the day and age where the focus is profit, I put precision ahead of profits. That method does put on a financial strain at times but at the end of the day my name is on the line.
I like to hear that. Looking forward to see what my rifle will do when it comes in.
David, seems you are on the right track for the twist rate and chambering for longer distance shooting, based on the results. I shoot benchrest at 50 yards (ARA). Do you have an optimized package for this distance and single-shot actions (Turbo/Vudoo, etc)?
We are building some single shots right now in both 13 and 16 to compare results here, The last few single shots have been very promising with the feedback we are getting from shooters. We have also built a test jig to shoot them in a stock at 50 yards indoors.
IBI seems to have settled on 14T for the long range Rimfire games. I’ve been shooting a 12T for 2 1/2 yrs. Having talked to users, testers, and my vendor, it seems the faster twists may exacerbate the lack of uniformity in Rimfire projectiles, resulting in more unpredictable random flyers downrange. I do get some of those that the Garmin velocity data does not explain using Eley Match.
Out of the 200 or so 13 twist rifles now no one has complained "to us" about accuracy or being ammo picky, if anything they are extremely happy with the results. We have some top shooters in PRS/NRL running 13 twist barrels that are very pleased and have also expressed the opinion that they seem to shoot a variety of match ammo very well.
I would like to think that the NEW US Republic would go back to what we used to be, a leader in ingenuity and people that were craftsmen people that cared about what they did... The same parts and machines that we use are available to anyone or any shop, I choose to put precision ahead of profits. The results clearly show that it can be done.
That's awesome bud, it shot very well here with our test ammo.
