Vudoo Gun Works V-22 Rimfire Bolt Action

Any links for deals on proven ammo for these ?

Send your rifle in and you can buy a case of 5000 rounds :)

 
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Send your rifle in and you can buy a case of 5000 rounds :)

I happen to live within 90 minutes of their Ohio location and booked an appointment. Thanks!
 
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I happen to live within 90 minutes of their Ohio location and booked an appointment. Thanks!
Dusty: Just an FYI… Vudoo suggests that you have your rifle well broken-in (they say 1000 rounds but many people will use 500 as that minimum) before you let Lapua do their ammo lot testing on it. You’ll get better long-term consistent performance from that lot of ammo you end up picking.
 
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Dusty: Just an FYI… Vudoo suggests that you have your rifle well broken-in (they say 1000 rounds but many people will use 500 as that minimum) before you let Lapua do their ammo lot testing on it.

Thank you for the notice and recommendation. It looks like their Ohio facility is booked out 4+ months and my build ETA is 2/14/23. Should everything go to plan, I will make it a priority to get a brick or two down the tube prior to testing.
 
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Send your rifle in and you can buy a case of 5000 rounds :)

Thanks I almost forgot about that. The 4 month lead time fits my schedule perfect don’t have any free time from march1 to august anyway
 
Below are a list of websites I use for ammo, I check them periodically to see what's available along with pricing..





















 
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Any links for deals on proven ammo for these ?
SK or Lapua since they have chambers cut for it. Mind shoots really good with SK plus and SK Rifle match. Good enough that Im not missing any plates due to the ammo.

If you do the season method, i would stick with the same brand so you are using the same lead and lube to foul the barrel.
 
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If you do the season method, i would stick with the same brand so you are using the same lead and lube to foul the barrel.

Between SK Std Plus/Rifle Match, and Lapua Center-X/Midas+, they use the same lead and lube, so you should be able to go back and forth between those with no degradation to the "seasoning".
 
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Just got one used from a forum member. These are at 50 yards. Circled ones are from sighting in. This gun is incredible in my opinion.
 
I'm not surprised that your 'new-to-you' V22 would shoot that good, especially with a Bartlein bbl. What's really nice is that you have a lot# of SK Rifle Match that shoots that well in your rifle. SK RM can be very good ammo, but when I was lot testing it back in 2016 in my precision repeaters, I tested over a dozen lots of it before finding one that shot good enough to buy in quantity - and then I bought two cases of it. Same goes for Lapua Center-X, and it took testing at least a dozen lots of it before finding a really excellent lot - and then, by the time I'd finally gotten some decent weather to test in, and the time to do the testing, that really good lot of Center-X was sold-out, and I was never able to find a supplier who had more of it in stock.

I received a case of Rifle Match the Wednesday before Christmas, and have only had a period of a few minutes before another cold front blew in a few days ago to shoot a few groups of it out of the only V22 I've got with a Bartlein - and it put some impressive groups on paper at 50yds. Soon as I get a day with good condiditons to shoot it through two of my V22s with tuners on Krieger barrels, I'll find out how consistent it is.
 
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Hard to hit a 1/4 " kyl at 50 yards without shooting half moa.

Just need a 1 moa at 50 yards to hit the 1/4" KYL. Bullet size is .22, so .25 + .22, you have .47" of area to shoot in to at least graze it.

If you can stack 20 rounds at .4" at 50 yards, then yeh pretty confident in that KYL.
 
A Vudoo won't make you a better shooter, but better equipment never hurts either. ;)
I would agree with one exception. As long as you know that there is no fault in the rifle and if you miss or get a really bad flyer; then you know it's you and not the rifle.

In other words, an accurate rifle will aid a shooter in analyzing their errors. That, in turn, will help them become a better shooter.
 
I truly believe that if Vudoo had these magazines in the beginning, YouTubers like X-Ring, IY6C, and others would have never switched to RimX.

Heck, I was so worried about Vudoo's current magazines, I came within a hair of going with a RimX myself because I thought their magazine was much superior.

I will definitely be getting a few of the new versions but have a feeling it will be a very long wait.
Would not surprise me if it takes all year, unfortunately. :(
 
I truly believe that if Vudoo had these magazines in the beginning, YouTubers like X-Ring, IY6C, and others would have never switched to RimX.

Heck, I was so worried about Vudoo's current magazines, I came within a hair of going with a RimX myself because I thought their magazine was much superior.

I will definitely be getting a few of the new versions but have a feeling it will be a very long wait.
Would not surprise me if it takes all year, unfortunately. :(
Although I've solved 99% of my magazine feeding problems, rimlock does happen on occasion so not sure if I'm in a huge rush to get these - I have a feeling they'll be appropriately priced as well $$$.....

RimX magazines were the bees knees from the get go and I've always been slightly envious of them, but maybe a lot of people went with RimX due to the prefit barells too, which would be nice for a V22 one day.
 
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I have around 15 V-22 mags, many of them from the very early days up to some from this past summer. Once I learned how to load them (somewhere around the 3rd or 4th attempt) I haven’t had rim lock or any other feeding issue. With the exception being having to use the longer mag catch in the Xylo, and needing to trim the mag well opening in the plastic skins for the Bravo. I have started to lose count of how many barreled actions and chassis combinations I have used with the Vudoo’s. I prefer the lighter weight of the plastic mags over the Rim X mags. I have also found the plastic V-22 mags are easier to fully load with heavy gloves on than the Rim X, I struggle with the last two rounds getting the loading tabs all the way down with cold fingers and thick gloves with the large baseplate. That isn’t a dig on the Rim X design, just an opinion.

I hope these mags are a big hit for VGW, that way a lot of the plastic mags will be hitting the PX!
 
As mentioned rimlock is a loading issue, not a magazine issue. And I still have my original mags from 2017 that I use with no issue. Most of the mag issues is not the mag itself but the way the mag fits into the chassis/stock. That is why the adjustable mag catch on these new mags will really help out.
 
I've had a few rim-locks with my magazines but it was mostly my fault.
I don't like the fact that I have to be so careful to load them to avoid rim-lock as it's long and tedious with the 15-rounders. 👎🏼

If the new ones can be loaded quickly and don't have a rim-lock problem as they shouldn't, I will get the new ones asap and probably never use my old ones again.

I feel stupid for buying 4 of the old 15-rounders; I should have had more faith Vudoo would offer a fix but I didn't because I figured they could not get around the RimX patent.

I can't help but wonder if Vudoo decided to pay the patent fees and, if they did, it was a wise decision as I will gladly pay the extra money needed to get the better magazines.
 
You don’t have to be overly cautious with all ammo from my experience. It’s only Eley that ever caused a rimlock issue if I didn’t load correctly. I can take Lapua and SK or the old Federal UM and just toss them in and no issues.
 
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Interesting on people talking about the vudoo mag copying the rimx mag, when vudoo made the first aics 22lr mag.
I've had a few rim-locks with my magazines but it was mostly my fault.
I don't like the fact that I have to be so careful to load them to avoid rim-lock as it's long and tedious with the 15-rounders. 👎🏼

If the new ones can be loaded quickly and don't have a rim-lock problem as they shouldn't, I will get the new ones asap and probably never use my old ones again.

I feel stupid for buying 4 of the old 15-rounders; I should have had more faith Vudoo would offer a fix but I didn't because I figured they could not get around the RimX patent.

I can't help but wonder if Vudoo decided to pay the patent fees and, if they did, it was a wise decision as I will gladly pay the extra money needed to get the better magazines.
I would be curious what that patent would be. Vudoo was the first to offer an aics 22 mag.
 
Don't know and don't care as long as Vudoo now has that wonderful RimX-style adjustable latch. 👍🏼
Can't be 100% sure but from that generous cut out that the mag catch sits in I bet it does! The part that intrigues me is that there is no screw that I can see. Wondering if the mag catch has a threaded stand off that a long allen screw engages from the top (or bottom) of the mag? IF that were the case and the thread pitch was known you would know that 1 full turn would raise or lowere the mag catch .xxx" of an inch (40 TPI is .025"). Tuning could be almost micrometer perfect! Not bagging on RimX but the loosening the screw in the face, bumping the catch, re-tightening, and testing could get old quick. Now how do they keep the screw from moving after adjustment? Detent? Set-screw? Maybe it is done from the bottom and there is a rubber/polymer pad in the base plate that applies pressure to the screw head so it won't move post adjustment? BTW... This is all conjecture and bench engineering from me...

P.S. Ever since I bought one of the loaders that @Panther makes I haven't had a lick of trouble with rim lock.
 
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I bought my Three 60 in an MPA BA chassis with the adjustable mag catch. Factory (5 of them) poly mags feed perfect every time...as long as they are loaded properly. It's not hard, but you don't pull the spring to the bottom and just dump rounds in. I look forward to more poly mags hitting the PX if the new mags "fix" the problems people have. Yeehaw!
 
I bought my Three 60 in an MPA BA chassis with the adjustable mag catch. Factory (5 of them) poly mags feed perfect every time...as long as they are loaded properly. It's not hard, but you don't pull the spring to the bottom and just dump rounds in. I look forward to more poly mags hitting the PX if the new mags "fix" the problems people have. Yeehaw!
No doubt. I have 13 (Lucky, no?) and they all work fine. I'm not sure the new mags are going to be the be all to end all but I heard they had QC issues with the last iteration of the aluminum mags so might as well address a "perceived" issue when sourcing a new manufacturer. Grand scheme of things I spent 400 bucks on those 13. Aluminum mags? I'm betting north of $1200.00 so I'll pass. Money better spent on ammo, match fees, food, gas, and AirBnB's. Still intrigued by the mag catch thing. I wanna take one apart!

P.S. Still love the mag loader! Fixing to order some more.
 
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