Fair disclosure: I'm not at all noobie shooter, but I'm a rank observer from the sidelines in rimfire precision. I've done some searching, but there's several bucketfuls of posts, here and in general, of which I've read many but hardly close to all. Same for Anschütz specifically. And I'm neither a trained (or untrained) gunsmith, nor a designer, never mind a mechanical engineer.
Here's an interesting question that's been clicking around my frontal lobes since Strasser offered their RS700 action, with examples in chassis aimed at PRS/NRL competitions. Anschütz's various actions dominate several target disciplines. Their Fortner action dominates biathlon, and biathlon is the closest "Euro-competition" to North American "practical" ones. (Yes, I know that PRS/NRL styles of shooting are taking off in other places.) Rimfire in various forms is as well.
While the Tikka T1x and CZ457 are often used, the Vudoo iterations, the Zermatt RimX, and to some extent the Bergara actions seem to dominate. Most of the courses of fire I've seen do not involve outright speed shooting, but there are some that do. Either way, the faster one can cycle the rifle, the more time there is for marksmanship. Tests I've seen show that a straight-pull will beat a turn-bolt with equally experienced operators.
When Steven Boelter was at Anschütz NA, he did a lot of interesting small-output projects, including some rifles more or less aimed at the stuff we're talking about. Still, at this point, unless I'm missing something, a variant of their biathlon rifle is the closest Anschütz comes. And I read that shooters aren't fond of their magazines and the limited stock/chassis availability.
I find myself wondering whether it would be worthwhile for them to reengineer their Fortner (and, maybe, their 54 repeater) actions to fit a Rem 700 pattern and accept one of the series of factory and aftermarket AICS form magazines, or if not, their own. I should thinj that there would be a reasonable (read profitable) level of appeal. For that matter, I wonder the same about CZ and Tikka. The reasons are self-evident.
Interested to know what my betters think.
Cheers.
Here's an interesting question that's been clicking around my frontal lobes since Strasser offered their RS700 action, with examples in chassis aimed at PRS/NRL competitions. Anschütz's various actions dominate several target disciplines. Their Fortner action dominates biathlon, and biathlon is the closest "Euro-competition" to North American "practical" ones. (Yes, I know that PRS/NRL styles of shooting are taking off in other places.) Rimfire in various forms is as well.
While the Tikka T1x and CZ457 are often used, the Vudoo iterations, the Zermatt RimX, and to some extent the Bergara actions seem to dominate. Most of the courses of fire I've seen do not involve outright speed shooting, but there are some that do. Either way, the faster one can cycle the rifle, the more time there is for marksmanship. Tests I've seen show that a straight-pull will beat a turn-bolt with equally experienced operators.
When Steven Boelter was at Anschütz NA, he did a lot of interesting small-output projects, including some rifles more or less aimed at the stuff we're talking about. Still, at this point, unless I'm missing something, a variant of their biathlon rifle is the closest Anschütz comes. And I read that shooters aren't fond of their magazines and the limited stock/chassis availability.
I find myself wondering whether it would be worthwhile for them to reengineer their Fortner (and, maybe, their 54 repeater) actions to fit a Rem 700 pattern and accept one of the series of factory and aftermarket AICS form magazines, or if not, their own. I should thinj that there would be a reasonable (read profitable) level of appeal. For that matter, I wonder the same about CZ and Tikka. The reasons are self-evident.
Interested to know what my betters think.
Cheers.
