Vudoo Gun Works V-22 Rimfire Bolt Action
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4 certain, thank you. I presently using a Caldwell and find it sloppy but for its price, not bad.
as for scope I currently have a NF NFX 3.5-16 and find at 100yards I need more power .... old eyes so the question I had asked was what power are most using for that range and are you using a 30mm or34 mm tube 50 or 56 mm objective thanks Interested in the NF ATA CR 5- 25 but pricy
as for scope I currently have a NF NFX 3.5-16 and find at 100yards I need more power .... old eyes so the question I had asked was what power are most using for that range and are you using a 30mm or34 mm tube 50 or 56 mm objective thanks Interested in the NF ATA CR 5- 25 but pricy
think its up to you honestly but i use a NF ATACR 7-35 x 56 on my Vudoo. And a 32x Unertl on my Win 52
4.5-27x56 Vortex Razor Gen2. Mostly use the mid range but it is nice to bump up to 27 when zeroing and smaller targets at longer range.
Good evening F4. I find having a very stable, no wiggle, rest is critical. One with wobble would drive me crazy. I would rather use a bipod than have a front rest with wiggle. And if a bipod, one that, again, is firm and stable with no slop.
I am with you on good scopes for older eyes. I certainly need it at 71. The fuzzy ones that do not focus well or are not clear drive me crazy. I have used the Vortex PST Gen II 5-25 FFP and it worked very well. I did move to a Burris XTR 3 with a 34 mm tube 5.5-30x 56mm. Side Focus FFP. SCR MOA Reticle. I personally prefer the MOA reticles as they give more fine aim points. I like the reticles with frequent numbers on them so I do not have to count too much. The XTR has like 68 MOA on the reticle.
I am not a Knob Twister. I use the reticle. I know folks say they track well. Excellent. But I do not use them except to zero. I cannot tell you how many times I have hear folks miss in a match because they forgot to reset their scope. The XTR will let me go a long way without twisting knobs.... Somewhere around 380 yards or so. (I have not shot it that far. I have made hits at 265 yards. I want to set up for some long shots but have not gotten there yet.) I find the glass on the XTR to be very clear and nice. I know the XTR is not 'cheap' but not quite as much as the NightForce or Zero Compromise. They start to exceed my pocket book... Not that I would not Like Them!! The old saying holds ever true: "Cheap is not Good and Good is not Cheap!!"
4Certain
Appreciate your info 71 is still young as I will turn 79 in a month . Would enjoy picking your brain some more. I will likely go with another Nightforce as they give a very nice military discount. I’m also getting very interested in the Voodoo single shot . With a number of issues, service connected , that have caused me to quit doing activities I enjoy, getting back to making small groups with a rifle is bringing a lot of pleasure and doesn’t aggravate the body.
Thank you for your service, F4. Sounds like it came at a price. May our kind Lord lift you up!
I certainly have enjoyed my Vudoo Single Shot with the Flavio Trigger. What a marvelous piece of equipment. I recently posted more pics of it on the Single Shot String. Paragraph 1881 plus others. The Blue Stock. Yes I have sold all my rifles that jump and kick. I much prefer the report of the Vudoo! I have one Nightforce on my Single Shot the Benchrest Nightforce. I have quite enjoyed that scope. The focus ring on the Objective end is much easier to focus with more movement than the side focus scopes. Never thought I would want to go back to an Objective Focus scope. But that one changed my mind....
Yup. 79 is a bit down the road from me. But neither of us are 50 any longer! Could not have afforded the Vudoos then....
I would be glad to visit with you. PM me and we can email or I will give you a phone and we can chat.
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Here is my email. [email protected] drop me a line and I will send you my phone number. I still have several center fire rifles but built up for accuracy as I have long since quit hunting , 22-250 is still my favorite caliber and I have a 40X I have had since 1981 that is re-bedded and re stocked and shoots 1/4" groups at 100 yds . cost of ammo even reloading is moving my back to rimfire
Here is my email. [email protected] drop me a line and I will send you my phone number. I still have several center fire rifles but built up for accuracy as I have long since quit hunting , 22-250 is still my favorite caliber and I have a 40X I have had since 1981 that is re-bedded and re stocked and shoots 1/4" groups at 100 yds . cost of ammo even reloading is moving my back to rimfire
Finally starting to settle into a rifle that does not move on barricades.
Running all internals and the 2 front weights? What length Kukri is that?
20"
Yes all 3 internals, 2 large externals, Gray Ops plate has both weights as well as sand filled plate bag.
I’d say that’s pretty optimistic. My Vudoo came back from the test center with the best lot of Center-X just under MOA at 50.
6x5 generally has a lot tighter groups than a 10 shot group. I think the supply at Lapua might be getting a little thin too.
The group sizes at Lapua are also measured edge to edge, but a 10 shot group, generally averaged at like .8moa.
| Ammo | # Shots | E-E | C-C (inches) | MOA | DHH - Mean | MOA - Avg |
| SK+ Standard Plus | 10 | 20.86 | 0.6002598425 | 1.048477077 | 4.57 | |
| Pistol Match Special | 10 | 20.5 | 0.5860866142 | 1.023720623 | 6.85 | |
| Midas+ 11_26555702235 | 10 | 15.06 | 0.3719133858 | 0.6496230999 | 3.88 | 0.8029755772 |
| Midas+ 11_26555702235 | 10 | 19.52 | 0.547503937 | 0.9563280546 | 5.08 | |
| Midas+ 13_26555702546 | 10 | 15.06 | 0.3719133858 | 0.6496230999 | 4.32 | 0.7534626697 |
| Midas+ 13_26555702546 | 10 | 18.08 | 0.4908110236 | 0.8573022396 | 8.52 | |
| Center-X 3_23555701733 | 10 | 14.64 | 0.3553779528 | 0.6207405705 | 2.7 | 0.7944941995 |
| Center-X 3_23555701733 | 10 | 20.3 | 0.5782125984 | 1.009967038 | 7.49 | |
| Center-X 3_23555701733 | 10 | 16.56 | 0.4309685039 | 0.7527749905 | 4.85 | |
| Center-X 4_24555501282 | 10 | 20.56 | 0.5884488189 | 1.027846699 | 5.05 | 0.7738638214 |
| Center-X 4_24555501282 | 10 | 14.7 | 0.3577401575 | 0.6248666461 | 4.09 | |
| Center-X 4_24555501282 | 10 | 15.34 | 0.3829370079 | 0.6688781194 | 5.45 | |
| Center-X 18_26555702382 | 10 | 15.8 | 0.4010472441 | 0.7005113659 | 4.89 | 0.7005113659 |
Agreed. Of the 6 lots of Center-x tested, only 1 lot came in under 20. (15.25, and that's the lot I picked.) Midas + was worse, none came in under 20 and 100 yards was terrible.
Wow that's horrible... I am scared when I run out of my lots now... I had like 18 lots tested in August of 2020 and it looked like this. I have only 10K left, but also a new Vudoo coming in August that I hope will like my current ammo.
Here is mine from April. They tested 20 lots and the best was 13.96mm edge to edge or .263 center to center.
So I guess I’m feeling a little lucky. I am a photographer and I already own the Really Right Stuff carbon tripod and Ballhead. So with that I might as well get a plate for my 360 Greyboe Renegrade stock. So what plate do I want to order? When I look at these matches and see the equipment these guys are investing it’s quite sobering I know how much really good photo equipment cost.
any Recommended plates?
thanks,
keith
any Recommended plates?
thanks,
keith
4.25" rail but to be honest I'm having an 8" rail put on my main centerfire rifle and kind of wish I went 8" on the Vudoo too.
I have a 12” on my Vudoo but 14” on my other rifles. I wish I would have gotten a 14” for the Vudoo but they were out of stock and I needed it.
I mailed mine in this morning. I’m hoping for good results. Do they give you any velocity info?
Nope, no velocity,sd,es info was given to me. Just the group sizes.
The Lapua test center is good for a baseline and to see what works for lots but honestly I am not sold that it’s the last word. We went and had ours tested and I brought an old lot of Center X that I had to test on their set up. The lot shot good prior. They tested it while doing others and it didn’t do well at all. I went home after the testing and shot it myself and it shot tighter than when in their block set up. So not sure it tells the whole story but it’s worth doing especially if you are getting Lapua ammo from them.
Hi everyone, received my new Three 60 and it shoots really well. However, I have intermittent ejection issue where the empty casing will end up backwards in the action and impede the next round from feeding. Does anyone know why this might be? I tried to film it with my phone but I can't make out what's happening. My buddy said it may be the case hitting the magazine before the extractor, so I played around with the mag height (using the MPA adjustable mag catch) but it doesn't seem to help. It usually only happens when I run the bolt quickly like while shooting a PRS stage. Thanks in advance for any advice!
That is such good info. I assume that you bought ammo that bested your control ammo shot from their device. If so is it out performing your control ammo? Maybe it is too early but I would appreciate the answer to that one when you have it.
I would speculate that the benchrest crowd used to make up a greater percentage of their ammo testers and there is nothing to say that the test methodology is equally transferable to different disciplines.
Might not help you but when I got mine I forgot to lube it before running to the range to try it out.
Between the new ceracote and lack of lube the bolt travel was not smooth and I had a couple instances like you are talking about.
Brought it home cleaned and lubed it and now the bolt is very smooth and no more issues.
Is your scope knob directly over the chamber port? I have had several rimfires when this is the case, the brass is bouncing off the scope and back into the chamber.
No I didn’t buy any ammo as the lots tested shot ok but nothing out of the ordinary so I just kept using the ammo I had on hand at home.
And for the ejection issue, as mentioned check the windage knob of the scope for any marks to see if they are bouncing off and popping back in. Running them fast should be sending them out. Most have issues with babying the bolt and it can do it buy Vudoos don’t need to be babied. If it keeps up give Vudoo a call.
Like others have said the possibility of the case contacting something on it's way out, like the windage knob if your scope is really low or the corner of a beefy one-piece mount that crosses the entire port. Maybe occasionally your bolt stroke is not smooth, new action, new cerakote, sometimes there can be some sticky spots in the beginning.
Just returning from a pretty awesome trip meeting and shooting with Michael Shea. 500 yards on IPSC sized steel with the V-22 Three60 off the back of my truck. We discussed his new book, Rimfire Revolution, and the promising direction of rimfire well into the future.
MB
MB
Getting close! Ordered the Bore Tech Vudoo kit yesterday and it shipped. Paid off the rifle yesterday, told 2-3 weeks(was told that 2 wks ago haha)
The Bore Tech kit has everything to hit the ground running, you can add/delete items if you already have them. Even though I have certain items, just got the entire contents.
The Bore Tech kit has everything to hit the ground running, you can add/delete items if you already have them. Even though I have certain items, just got the entire contents.
Well guy's.... I have compared my V22 to all of my other guns.... Anschutz 64 action, Anschutz 54 actions, Feinwerkbau, Sako.
After owning my Vudoo for nearly two years, dealing with Paul, Jill and Lisa, sending my Gen One in for lot testing I have a comprehensive
list of complaints:
The paint on the logo magazines has flaked off since I have tossed them around carelessly..... Yep...that's the entire list.
The aluminum mags have the logo machined into it. The best way to describe the aluminum magazine is that they are little works of art!
Still, I prefer the poly mags.
And for god sake, buy a Vudoo universal bore guide. Vudoo wants you to rotate the brush to remove the carbon ring. Then you push it down the axis. I own a guide for nearly every gun I own. It turns a tedious stinking chore into a simple task that I don't even mind doing.
I have done welding, machining and for 30 years did mechanical design. I tend to be a very picky bastard with very high expectations. As I think of what it takes to concept, design and manufacture any product, I can say the people at Vudoo have done an outstanding job through every phase of the process.
If you were to focus in on one part of the BA, say the magazine well, you would think that it's a simple rectangular hole. At first glance that's even the way it appears.
But after closer inspection you would notice very shallow chamfers of about 5 degrees that go about 3mm deep. Oh. they probably could have gotten away with squared edges and a slightly bigger hole but they chose better quality and better design practices over "that's good enough" thinking. If you looked at the smallest of pieces, say the extractor and stabilizer fingers, you would notice that they have wire cut profile and are ground top and bottom. The contours are all very well defined and crisp. I compare that to the Anschutz fingers and find them to be cheap metal stamping with edges that are compressed and rolled over from the stamping process.
You cant even compare the two... it's ridiculous.
So you folks that haven't been immersed in design or machining your entire life, you can smile to yourself and know that you have bought a very well made piece of equipment. I can assure you that you will never fully appreciate the quality of your rifle. And the customer service has also been outstanding in every regard. Thank you Jill.
Most of the time I'm the guy that is going to look at a product and beat it up badly even if I have to search for it's flaws. With the Vudoo, even after very close and detailed inspection, for all intents and proposes they just don't exist. To me paying $1800.00 for a BA your actually a bargain.
I'm not going to attempt to evaluate the Cerakote because that is not my area of expertise. That said, mine looked consistent in terms of material coverage and It all had the same level of gloss. No orange peel or other defects were observed. After two years, I did send the bolt back in for a re-coat to freshen it up. I like to keep my things in like new condition if possible.
Mine started with a TTD flat blade trigger but ultimately the curved blade felt much nicer to me. I had Vudoo set mine to 4 oz. which is it's low end. The way she sits in the photo she is just over 18 pounds. That includes the four front weight sets, the rear stock weight and bag rider.
jBell.... I was recently talking with a guy from Finland and he had a Sauer 200 STR and showed me some very impressive results with his. I looked it up for a photo and your right, you should have kept yours. Great looking rifle.
ADDED NOTE: I bought a 500 round ammo box and they are very nice. The outer box is of good quality and it comes with a built in vent.
The latches have holes for locks but they also have cam levers to aid in the latch opening procedure. The top layer has a stainless steel sheet bonded to foam to retain the ammo and the Vudoo logo appears to be laser etched on the steel. It will house ten round poly and aluminum magazines. IT WONT house the 12 round mags. FYI....
After owning my Vudoo for nearly two years, dealing with Paul, Jill and Lisa, sending my Gen One in for lot testing I have a comprehensive
list of complaints:
The paint on the logo magazines has flaked off since I have tossed them around carelessly..... Yep...that's the entire list.
The aluminum mags have the logo machined into it. The best way to describe the aluminum magazine is that they are little works of art!
Still, I prefer the poly mags.
And for god sake, buy a Vudoo universal bore guide. Vudoo wants you to rotate the brush to remove the carbon ring. Then you push it down the axis. I own a guide for nearly every gun I own. It turns a tedious stinking chore into a simple task that I don't even mind doing.
I have done welding, machining and for 30 years did mechanical design. I tend to be a very picky bastard with very high expectations. As I think of what it takes to concept, design and manufacture any product, I can say the people at Vudoo have done an outstanding job through every phase of the process.
If you were to focus in on one part of the BA, say the magazine well, you would think that it's a simple rectangular hole. At first glance that's even the way it appears.
But after closer inspection you would notice very shallow chamfers of about 5 degrees that go about 3mm deep. Oh. they probably could have gotten away with squared edges and a slightly bigger hole but they chose better quality and better design practices over "that's good enough" thinking. If you looked at the smallest of pieces, say the extractor and stabilizer fingers, you would notice that they have wire cut profile and are ground top and bottom. The contours are all very well defined and crisp. I compare that to the Anschutz fingers and find them to be cheap metal stamping with edges that are compressed and rolled over from the stamping process.
You cant even compare the two... it's ridiculous.
So you folks that haven't been immersed in design or machining your entire life, you can smile to yourself and know that you have bought a very well made piece of equipment. I can assure you that you will never fully appreciate the quality of your rifle. And the customer service has also been outstanding in every regard. Thank you Jill.
Most of the time I'm the guy that is going to look at a product and beat it up badly even if I have to search for it's flaws. With the Vudoo, even after very close and detailed inspection, for all intents and proposes they just don't exist. To me paying $1800.00 for a BA your actually a bargain.
I'm not going to attempt to evaluate the Cerakote because that is not my area of expertise. That said, mine looked consistent in terms of material coverage and It all had the same level of gloss. No orange peel or other defects were observed. After two years, I did send the bolt back in for a re-coat to freshen it up. I like to keep my things in like new condition if possible.
Mine started with a TTD flat blade trigger but ultimately the curved blade felt much nicer to me. I had Vudoo set mine to 4 oz. which is it's low end. The way she sits in the photo she is just over 18 pounds. That includes the four front weight sets, the rear stock weight and bag rider.
jBell.... I was recently talking with a guy from Finland and he had a Sauer 200 STR and showed me some very impressive results with his. I looked it up for a photo and your right, you should have kept yours. Great looking rifle.
ADDED NOTE: I bought a 500 round ammo box and they are very nice. The outer box is of good quality and it comes with a built in vent.
The latches have holes for locks but they also have cam levers to aid in the latch opening procedure. The top layer has a stainless steel sheet bonded to foam to retain the ammo and the Vudoo logo appears to be laser etched on the steel. It will house ten round poly and aluminum magazines. IT WONT house the 12 round mags. FYI....
I cant seem to find any, and I am one picky bitch...
I have owned about every precision rimfire out there (no B.S. really everything...) and the Vudoo has no equal. I have owned 2 other rifle that hare close in function and accuracy: a custom Anschutz (that is currently for sale here on the Hide ?) and a Sauer 200 STR that had a 22lr conversion for it (that I should have never sold...). They both function 100% and are crazy accurate (see the 6X5 threads from the years gone by). I am not sure my Vudoo can shoot with the Anschutz but it is very close and I need to test some ammo as opposed to just shooting whatever, but where the Vudoo sets itself apart is the availability of aftermarket components.
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Playing with the Vudoo V-22 360 on a range that a buddy of mine put together. 13 steel targets from 50m to 350m including a KYL rack from 2” to 1/8”. This thing loves SK Rifle Match. I haven’t even tried the 2 bricks of Center-X that I have.
That’s a beautiful range you and your buddy have there!
The RangeMaxx, correct? https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/rangemaxx-shooting-mat-100123255It’s a Cabelas mat.
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