Vudoo Gun Works V-22 Rimfire Bolt Action
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According to that video my 22” barrel should be shooting slow. Every lot of lapua and sk I’ve shot has been between 1070-1100. The Eley I’m shooting now says 1053 on the box but is 1115 average. I had a 24” barrel on another rifle and the velocities were less than 10 fps between the two rifles. I don’t know wtf he’s talking about seeing less than 1000 fps on barrels over 21”.
Comparing my 18" to 22" I do get slower velocities. On my 18" Vudoo I get 1075, and on my 22" Vudoo I get 1055 for the same ammo. I'm running a Center-X lot of 24xx, so I just picked up some new lots of 29xx to make up that velocity and get me back up to the 1075's hopefully. This is at sea level.
Thanks. GCP rifle co now has 8 Kukri 22 inch barreled action left now, LOL
I ordered 22” after speaking with the fine folks at Vudoo. On a related note I got word it’s in final assembly!!!
I asked for some updates/changes to my order before it went to "build", VGW made sure to contact me and clarify. Top notch CS.
Ive gotta 20in MTU, I run a McMillan A5. I would go a 22in MTU again if I could have.
If Vudoo every offer prefits, I'll be ordering a 9T 22in MTU for sure.
If Vudoo every offer prefits, I'll be ordering a 9T 22in MTU for sure.
I didn't change it but I debated 20" vs 22" and decided 22" due to balancing. Not that you can't balance a 22" but easier or less weights. I currently have a tikka that is 20" and wanted a little more length.
Cleaning question:
I have been using bronze brushes ( like most competitive rimfire BR shooters ) to clean my BR rimfire rifles for years. Now I have a new Vudoo repeater and according to Vudoo tutorials on cleaning, we should only use nylon brushes. Any infos that Vudoo barrels are different, like more fragile ?
Thanks guys for your input.
Gilbert
I have been using bronze brushes ( like most competitive rimfire BR shooters ) to clean my BR rimfire rifles for years. Now I have a new Vudoo repeater and according to Vudoo tutorials on cleaning, we should only use nylon brushes. Any infos that Vudoo barrels are different, like more fragile ?
Thanks guys for your input.
Gilbert
I also chose 22" for balance. Although, I would have gone even longer if they offered it because, after I added my optic, the rifle feels a tad too rear heavy.
The cost of a nylon brush is very minimal. If you can, id go that route as recommended.
Bronze brushes have been used a lot longer than vudoo has been making guns. There is absolutely no harm in using them. Nylon brush won't ever get carbon build up out
Nice subjective opinion, as gillis2 noted, the opinion of Vudoo differs from your own.
To gillis2, you will get two sides to this story. You can go with the bronze as the above recommended, or you can go with what the manufacturer recommends.
You'll see many people against bronze and much fewer against nylon.
Nylon with a good cleaner (bore tech) works very well.
To gillis2, you will get two sides to this story. You can go with the bronze as the above recommended, or you can go with what the manufacturer recommends.
You'll see many people against bronze and much fewer against nylon.
Nylon with a good cleaner (bore tech) works very well.
That's why you use a non corrosive solvent to get the carbon ring out...Bore Tech Rimfire Blend works well. I've used brass brushes and bore snakes for decades, but I'm not putting them in the bore of my Vudoo, the guy that designed them said not to use them, I think he might know what is best for his design.
Lmao yeah that's right he reinvented the wheel huh. Barrel steel is no different for vudoo than other companies.
Thanks for your opinions people, keep them coming. On one side I want to clean well and I know rimfire BR crowd have been using bronze brushes for a long time and on the other side I want to be cautious with my Vudoo bore. If rimfire blend + nylon brush does the job, it might be enough but I also feel, when using them, that brushing with nylon bristles is like not brushing at all...
Thanks all
Gilbert
Thanks all
Gilbert
I've had zero issues cleaning my Vudoo, or any other barrel, using Bore Tech cleaning products and nylon brushes, patches, and felt pellets. I've haven't touched a barrel with a brass brush for 20 years. It's not necessary. But if you prefer a brass brush, it's your barrel. In theory you should have no issues with brass vs. SS.
And step up and buy the big bottles of C4, Rimfire Blend, and Eliminator. Especially C4. You're gonna use it and it's so much cheaper/ ounce.
You won't hurt anything cleaning with a bronze brush in the Vudoo. I would bet I have had my Vudoo longer than most anyone here and there is no damage from bronze brushes in the 4.5 years I have owned it. You can also use nylon if you like as they won't hurt anything either. The whole "have to do what Vudoo says" is a little off in my opinion as if Vudoo said you have to stand on one leg and hum happy birthday while cleaning some here would do that too. LOL The steel is no different from centerfire barrels so unless you think bronze will hurt centerfire bores then no it won't hurt Vudoo bore either.
Yep. I have both, in the big bottles.
It's not a matter of, "would brass hurt the barrel?" for me; I used brass brushes for a very long time. I quit using them on all of my guns now.
I hope to God he's not using a brass brush. Most are bronze and I've been shooting rfbr for over 10 yrs with zero issues of using a bronze brush. I use c4 after about a brick of ammo and just regular cleaning.
Because you can't "scrub" the chamber with them. When you use a brass brush you push it from breach out through muzzle, if you ever stop part way through and try to pull it back it will bind up.
See you're using a bronze brush wrong. You don't push brushes through a rimfire you pull them through from muzzle to breach. That way if you do happen to knock off carbon you aren't dragging it down the barrel.
What are you going to do with it after you finish spinning it...push it out the muzzle?
You can also soak a mop with cleaner and stick it in the chamber and let it marinate to get the carbon ring out.
I've seen a prominent center fire shooter use a drill to clean his chambers. Blew my mind, but they go through barrels a lot faster than we do in rimfire. They can be damaged from faulty cleaning that's for sure. Couldn't believe he used a drill to clean
but whatever works do it.No it will come right back out the chamber as you are only putting it in about 1/2". I do it all the time.
You aren’t supposed to change direction in the bore…..and you aren’t supposed to push them over the crown……how the hell are you supposed to clean a barrel? 
I’ve got 25k rounds on my barrel and clean at least once per brick sometimes more frequently. I reverse brush directions all the time scrubbing it out. It still hammers.
I’ve got 25k rounds on my barrel and clean at least once per brick sometimes more frequently. I reverse brush directions all the time scrubbing it out. It still hammers.
Go for it. If it works for you but changing direction in the bore in my decades has always been a no no no matter the caliber. The muzzle is fine if you do it carefully as the brush has to come out somewhere. LOL
Today was the first time I ever heard of someone pushing a brush from the muzzle to the breach. That goes against everything I've ever been taught. First you don't want to take a chance of damaging the crown. Second, you'd be pushing everything back into the action. Third, going from the breach to the muzzle is the same way as what the projectile and the gas does, you don't reverse that.
Clean your gun how ever you want, I'll do the same. Happy Friday!
Clean your gun how ever you want, I'll do the same. Happy Friday!
The best rimfire br shooters on the planet pull there brush from the muzzle to the breach. First a bronze brush bristles are the only thing really running over the crown. Second I explained to why you don't want to push a brush from breech to muzzle. I definitely would not want to push carbon down the barrel if it so happened to get knocked off in the cleaning process. You obviously haven't been around many br shooters in the rimfire game. I'm giving you guys what the top shooters are doing in rfbr. Is it set in stone ? No . It is a preferred method of the world's top benchrest rimfire shooters. Take it as you want
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