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Join the contest SubscribeI like my Ace but i’d like to try a Bart
Yes, it’s an 18” Kukri profile. Now the only question is if it will outshoot my Tikka T1x I customized.
I've got a similar rifle. 20" Kukri and front weight kit in the MPA. It weighs 17 lbs. The front weight kit is 2.2lbs
1 vfg felt with boretec rimfire and 3 dry vfg pellets every time i shoot, brass brush around 500 shots.I'm probably the 'odd duck' here, but I wipe the bores of all my custom bbl'd 22RF bbls after each & every range session. I use Ed's Red solvent, which is rather mild compared to some of the chemical concoctions in today's market. Two wet patches, followed by one dry patch, and I'm done - unless I feel some roughness in the bore with the 2nd patch, or get slivers of leading out on one of the patches. That hardly ever happens, but if it does, I'll go in with a bronze bore brush and get rid of it. I'm a bit surprised that guys shooting today's custom bbls still talk about how many rounds it takes to 'settle' the bore after cleaning - because I just don't see any of that sort of thing in my Bartlein, Kriegers, Lilja, or Shilen bbls. I don't shoot any hi vel, copper-washed ammo through these bbls, stick strictly with lubed lead std vel match ammo. Don't know whether that has anything to do with lack of the need to foul a recently cleaned bbl before shooting a match or not, but that's been my experience with every rimfire rifle I've built for myself since early 2016.
Putting an oil with teflon added in a bore that's going to be shot with lead bullets probably isn't the best plan - the Rem Oil I have does have some teflon/ptfe added. It takes quite a few rounds of low velocity lead bullets to finally get enough of the teflon out of the bore to stop making a difference on elevation. Now, if you're shooting high velocity jacketed ammo, the teflon will be gone after just 2-3rds, but it takes much longer with lubricated lead bullets to finally get rid of the lubricating effects of teflon.im Just running a couple of rem oil patches and then dry ones on a patch worm until it’s dry and stops coming out dirty. Seems to work. Going to find out tonight or tomorrow
Thank you! I will find a solvent that doesn’t use Teflon or ptfe in it as to avoid any issues. And that’s a dick move to sabotage somebody’s rifle at a match, let alone in general ?Putting an oil with teflon added in a bore that's going to be shot with lead bullets probably isn't the best plan - the Rem Oil I have does have some teflon/ptfe added. It takes quite a few rounds of low velocity lead bullets to finally get enough of the teflon out of the bore to stop making a difference on elevation. Now, if you're shooting high velocity jacketed ammo, the teflon will be gone after just 2-3rds, but it takes much longer with lubricated lead bullets to finally get rid of the lubricating effects of teflon.
True story to illustrate this - we were shooting the NRA National Championships Black Powder Cartridge Rifle Silhouette matches at Raton, NM in 1996, and one of my teammates was in the running to win. He left his 44-1/2 Stevens rifle in the cleaning cradle after shooting turkeys to go spot for another team member. After that match, he went back, picked up his rifle & ammo, and while walking to his firing point to shoot the rams, he noticed some sort of oil running out of the breech of his rifle onto his hand - someone had squirted a syringe of Break Free CLP into the bore of his rifle while he was spotting. His rifle was chambered for the 40-65 WCF, and we were shooting loads consisting of around 57grs of Goex FFFg black powder with 412gr lubricated lead cast bullets. Even after wiping the oil out with a couple of dry patches, he was shooting way low, and never did get the rifle shooting like it should've. Pretty shitty way to treat a good guy with a good rifle & good ammo - wish we could've proven who did the deed, and got them DQ'd from the matches.
I assume you use their lead remover? I will look into that as well. Thank you!I clean all my rimfire rifles, including my Vudoos, after every outing. So pretty much every 100-300 rounds. Why wait until accuracy drops off. Keep it at a known and predictable level.
I like Shooters Choice cut 50-50 with Kroil. VFG pellets are awesome and you really get a feel for the inside of the bore.
I assume you use their lead remover? I will look into that as well. Thank you!
Gotcha! Appreciate the insight!Nope. Just the regular old MC-7 cleaner.
Keep the barrels clean and they dont need a lot of work to get them clean.
Triple checking - perfectly safe to dry fire a Vudoo right? I just got mine and want to practice![]()
Anyone else not getting that great of groups using center x with their vudoo? I guess that’s not entirely accurate the 50 yard groups are great but they are with almost any ammo it’s the 100 yard and farther that open up. Don’t get me wrong it’s not bad with cx average about an inch to 1 1/2” at 100. I just get far better performance with Eley Match and rws r50 with mine and I’m totally fine with that I know every barrel likes what it likes I was just curious if anyone else had similar ammo results ?
Well it's here, and it's put together.
Vudoo V22 Kukri 18" Ace Barrel
Huber Staged-Break 2-stage 1.6lb
Athlon Ares ETR 4.5-30x56
Seekins 1" Rings
MDT ACC - Cut down 3.5inches
3 Internal MDT Acc Weights (Adds 1.56 lbs to front)Aluminum Butt Plate (lessens back .5 lbs)3D printed bag rider (lessens back .2 lbs)TBAC Bipod
With the bipod on, it balances right in front of the mag well. So basically I would want another 1lb or so of weight up front, maybe 2 external weight sets, or have switched to a MTU barrel profile instead of Kukri.
I should've done my action graphite black like the chassis. Not sure what color I would want to cerakote the barrel.
I've just been dry firing the Huber 700, and even though it's .6lbs heavier than my 2-stage Timney on the Tikka, it breaks when I want it to... there's all this talk from Huber which goes over my head, but it feels better than the Timney. We'll see during comps.
Thank you @Eoddave27 for the work on the chassis!
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I agree with you on the Huber physics.
If it balances, why another 1 lb up front? Is there a front heavy preference I'm not aware of?
So I don't have to leave the bipod onIt gets in the way moving out of barricade holes.
I pretty much agree with everything you said I have 3 more lot’s of cx to try definitely haven’t given up it. The Eley feeds pretty good in mine but again you’re correct on price. I really should send my rifle of to the Lapua test facility but I just have so much fun shooting it I’m not ready to give it up for that time yet.I had to test about a dozen lots of Center-X before finding a really good lot, and due to it taking me several weeks between the time I received the samples and the time I was able to shoot them, everyone else in the country had already figured out that it was a good lot, and I couldn't find any more of it. That was 3yrs or more ago, and since then, I'd sent a V22 bbl'd action to the Lapua Test Center, where Daniel was able to find a lot that shot plenty good enough to satisfy me. I ordered two cases of it while he & I were talking the test results over, it arrived less than a week later, and I'm very pleased with it.
I have shot a couple of lots of Eley Match EPS that will out-shoot the Center-X I have at 200+yds, but I haven't had the best results in getting it to feed 100% of the time, and since the difference in accuracy isn't great, and it's $4/box more than the Lapua, I'm good with my Center-X.
Article by Dan Killough -how long are you guys going between cleanings? Or how many rounds usually does it take before seeing some degradation of accuracy? Bonus points if you have a proof barrel and answer lol
tons of SK rifle at the ammostoreAmmo alternatives for the V-22
So apparently I have bad luck, I managed to buy a Vudoo in the middle of the apocalypse and run in Ammo...
My V-22 barreled action shipped the other day in the midst of economic meltdown down runs in Ammo. I had previously ordered 2 -500 round boxes of SK Match Plus and realized that that was the extent of my match grade ammo went to order more.
its gone
What alternatives in available Ammo do I have
Oh and I’m in mass, so getting ammo is a pain in the ass
Thanks guys, given the economy I will now likely have more time to shoot and no ammo to put through my new rifle (sorry it’s been a really really tough week)
Geco? Prime? Federal Target? Wolf?
I'm in MA as well. I've used FGMM Match (not FGMM Target) with excellent results. Target Sports USA will ship.Ammo alternatives for the V-22
So apparently I have bad luck, I managed to buy a Vudoo in the middle of the apocalypse and run in Ammo...
My V-22 barreled action shipped the other day in the midst of economic meltdown down runs in Ammo. I had previously ordered 2 -500 round boxes of SK Match Plus and realized that that was the extent of my match grade ammo went to order more.
its gone
What alternatives in available Ammo do I have
Oh and I’m in mass, so getting ammo is a pain in the ass
Thanks guys, given the economy I will now likely have more time to shoot and no ammo to put through my new rifle (sorry it’s been a really really tough week)
Geco? Prime? Federal Target? Wolf?
Lots of it around but probably not for long. I just stocked up
Lapua Center-X just came back in stock at Target Sports. Thanks to a friend for the heads up.
Lapua Center-X just came back in stock at Target Sports. Thanks to a friend for the heads up.
Got mine from a Vudoo dealer here in Ohio in 5 weeksHow long has it been taking for a barreled action thru vudoo.Curious . Thanks
How long has it been taking for a barreled action thru vudoo.Curious . Thanks
I bought mine from Mile High. They had them in stock.How long has it been taking for a barreled action thru vudoo.Curious . Thanks