Re: Kidd vs Anschutz
I have had a Kidd Supergrade with the Anschutz target stock by B&C for about two years and just bought an Anschutz 54:18 MSR three weeks ago. Both of these guns are repeaters set up for silhouette shooting; the Kidd with a thick 18" barrel and the Anshutz with a thinner 22" barrel. I have to say that right off the bat the Kidd was more accurate. Tony does an outstanding job pillar bedding the action and from the first group I could tell this was a shooter. The Kidd trigger is outstanding, but the Anshutz is probably the best match trigger in the world.
The Anshutz comes unbedded with a wood stock and is pretty sensitive to stock bolt pressure, the piller bedded Kidd is much less sensitive. I have also begun playing with a tuner on the Anschutz, something that would probably not improve the short thick barrel of the Kidd. I am hoping that bedded into a McMillan BR stock the Anshutz will at least match if not beat the Kidd, but it will take a lot of work to get there. it is pretty amazing what Tony has been able to get out of the 10/22 platform.
My biggest negative with the Kidd is that you cannot clean it from the breech, so keeping it clean is much more of a chore.
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