I have been shooting some of the long range precision rifle matches for about a year now. I originally thought they would simply be a way to add some trigger time other than what I get at work. I brought out my 20" .308 and did well inside of 600 but always had my butt kicked from there out to 1000.
After looking around at the other shooters, trying other rifles, calibers, stocks and most importantly, keeping my ears open when the top shooters were speaking... I decided to step over to the dark side and go for a "competition" tactical rifle.
I brought an old PSS up to Marc's shop at Spartan Rifles and picked up a 6.5 barrel. I asked Marc to give it the works and chamber it in 6.5 Creedmoor and put on an APA little bastard break. Marc called me up to the shop so I could see the entire process from cutting the chamber to bedding. Then it went across the shop to Todd's hands at Phantom Finishing for a beautiful coat of Coyote Sand Cerakote. Lastly it went to our local, Joe Ducos for a Logger-Head cheek piece assembly in a sniper fill A-3 stock.
I put a few loads together and took her for a test drive. I have settled on a mix of 123 Lapua Scenars and Varget for now. This nice of a 5 shot group at 2970fps...I'm good for now
After looking around at the other shooters, trying other rifles, calibers, stocks and most importantly, keeping my ears open when the top shooters were speaking... I decided to step over to the dark side and go for a "competition" tactical rifle.
I brought an old PSS up to Marc's shop at Spartan Rifles and picked up a 6.5 barrel. I asked Marc to give it the works and chamber it in 6.5 Creedmoor and put on an APA little bastard break. Marc called me up to the shop so I could see the entire process from cutting the chamber to bedding. Then it went across the shop to Todd's hands at Phantom Finishing for a beautiful coat of Coyote Sand Cerakote. Lastly it went to our local, Joe Ducos for a Logger-Head cheek piece assembly in a sniper fill A-3 stock.
I put a few loads together and took her for a test drive. I have settled on a mix of 123 Lapua Scenars and Varget for now. This nice of a 5 shot group at 2970fps...I'm good for now
