I'm hoping to get out to the Eley facility this year before buying more ammo.Any info on where to send v22 to get them tested with ammos?
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I'm hoping to get out to the Eley facility this year before buying more ammo.Any info on where to send v22 to get them tested with ammos?
Any one here done it before with v22??
Great review.Lapua Ammo Test Center Review:
I made my appointment last month over the phone. I drove from Vegas to Phoenix the day before and spent the night in the area because my appointment was at 8am. The next morning I arrived at the Nammo facility around 7:40 and checked in at the guard gate and was told to wait for my escort which was Daniel the guy who does the testing. This facility is a ammunition manufacturing and testing facility. They make military caliber ammunition from smaller caliber up to artillery ammo including the LAWS rocket. It is a sprawling facility.
Dan met me at 8:10 and we drove the short distance to the testing site . This is a CONEX that has been converted into a separate office and addition room where the testing is done. Coming out of the end of the CONEX is a 5ft diameter concrete pipe that the bullet travels down. This one is 100 yards long and parallel to it was was another similar building and pipe that Nammouses for testing heavier caliber ammowhere a medium size round is 50 caliber.
We removed my barreled action from my chassis and mounted it in the testing block that Mike at Vudoo had manufactured for them to use with the V22 action. It is a very nice piece. That block with my barreled action if then mounter in a heavy duty vice that is bolted down to their base. My scopes were already zeroes to 50 yards so he just used my scope to bore site everything in the pipe. They run optical sensors at 50 and 100 yards to track the bullet flight and placement. It would be like shooting groups on paper but it displays those groups on 2 computer monitors, one for each distance and with the bullet not shooting through material at 50 yards they can get undisturbed shot information at 100 yards simultaneously.
When asked what ammunition that I was interested in testing I had decided Lapua Center X and maybe some Midas Plus as well. He selected 8 lots of Center X and we began. First 10 rounds to warm up and foul my previously cleaned barrel. After that we began by loading and shooting 10 round strings of each lot. Each shot was plotted and displayed by the computer on individual monitors shot by shot for 50 and 100 yards. There equipment being I believe German origin displayed all information in mm so I used an app on my phone to do conversions that I understood. The groups and information is also displayed as a maximum diameter from the outside of each bullet rather than center to center so I took that into account as well. Basically I was looking for 20mm at 50 yards and 30mm at 100 yards which was within 1/16" or less of 1moa at each distance.
As we proceeded testing lot after lot we found some that shot well and others not so much. When we found a lot with potential we would shoot a 2nd or possibly 3rd 10 round string. Some of them might shoot great only to have a single shot that killed the group so we might retest a 2nd string to confirm that a bad result. Other strings were bad enough where we moved on after 4 shots. At the end of testing the first 8 lots we had found 3 lots with potential but I asked to try some other lots while looking for the "magic bullet". We tested 8 more lots with similar results. At that point I asked to test some Midas Plus and after 4 lots with similar results I decided that there wasn't any reason to pay 50% more for Midas that shot the same as Center X. At that point we removed my barreled action and switched to my wife's barreled action. This time we only tested the 1st 8 lots that we used on my rifle with similar results.
After each batch of lots Dan would print out data sheets from those lots and I reviewed then as he was continuing the tests. By the time we completed the testing I had already narrowed everything down to 3 lots for our rifles. I wanted to find a single lot to use in both rifles and they both seemed to like the same lots. I reviewed the information with Dan and decided of a preferred lot number. He check the inventory at their Missouri warehouse and I placed an order for the quantity I wanted. I also selected the retailer that I wanted to use to pay for the ammo. I went with Good Shooting as I had previously purchased from them and they had good pricing.
What I learned from the process:
I had initially thought that I could find a "magic bullet" of sorts. As the process went on my thought process changed though. Overall about 25% of the lots shot better in relation to the others. 50% shot well just a little below the first group and 25% shot larger groups or vertical strings. While shooting several strings of the same lots I found those lots to be fairly consistent string to string. I learned about the capability of our rifles and of what accuracy that they were capable. I learned quite a bit about what consistency I could expect from them. Our rifles shoot this lot of Center X at .8moa at 50 yards and 1moa at 100 yards.
Was it worth the time and expense:
I drove from Vegas to Phoenix so I used the better part of 2 days. Between hotel and gas it cost $350. The testing is normally $50 per rifle, he had said that he would do both for $50. In the end he waived the testing fee because of the quantity of ammo I purchased. I personally think that is was time and money well spent based on the education, information and confidence I now have in my rifles.
Note: Some people just send their rifles in to Dan and he does the testing. After that he sends them the data sheets and reviews the information with them. This would be a more cost effective way to gather the information and I may do that next time in 4 or 5 years when I run out of ammo. Maybe I'll take a trip to Texas and test with Eley...
Any info on where to send v22 to get them tested with ammos?
Sounds like a great experience IMO, appreciate the informative post.Lapua Ammo Test Center Review:
I made my appointment last month over the phone. I drove from Vegas to Phoenix the day before and spent the night in the area because my appointment was at 8am. The next morning I arrived at the Nammo facility around 7:40 and checked in at the guard gate and was told to wait for my escort which was Daniel the guy who does the testing. This facility is a ammunition manufacturing and testing facility. They make military caliber ammunition from smaller caliber up to artillery ammo including the LAWS rocket. It is a sprawling facility.
Dan met me at 8:10 and we drove the short distance to the testing site . This is a CONEX that has been converted into a separate office and addition room where the testing is done. Coming out of the end of the CONEX is a 5ft diameter concrete pipe that the bullet travels down. This one is 100 yards long and parallel to it was was another similar building and pipe that Nammouses for testing heavier caliber ammowhere a medium size round is 50 caliber.
We removed my barreled action from my chassis and mounted it in the testing block that Mike at Vudoo had manufactured for them to use with the V22 action. It is a very nice piece. That block with my barreled action if then mounter in a heavy duty vice that is bolted down to their base. My scopes were already zeroes to 50 yards so he just used my scope to bore site everything in the pipe. They run optical sensors at 50 and 100 yards to track the bullet flight and placement. It would be like shooting groups on paper but it displays those groups on 2 computer monitors, one for each distance and with the bullet not shooting through material at 50 yards they can get undisturbed shot information at 100 yards simultaneously.
When asked what ammunition that I was interested in testing I had decided Lapua Center X and maybe some Midas Plus as well. He selected 8 lots of Center X and we began. First 10 rounds to warm up and foul my previously cleaned barrel. After that we began by loading and shooting 10 round strings of each lot. Each shot was plotted and displayed by the computer on individual monitors shot by shot for 50 and 100 yards. There equipment being I believe German origin displayed all information in mm so I used an app on my phone to do conversions that I understood. The groups and information is also displayed as a maximum diameter from the outside of each bullet rather than center to center so I took that into account as well. Basically I was looking for 20mm at 50 yards and 30mm at 100 yards which was within 1/16" or less of 1moa at each distance.
As we proceeded testing lot after lot we found some that shot well and others not so much. When we found a lot with potential we would shoot a 2nd or possibly 3rd 10 round string. Some of them might shoot great only to have a single shot that killed the group so we might retest a 2nd string to confirm that a bad result. Other strings were bad enough where we moved on after 4 shots. At the end of testing the first 8 lots we had found 3 lots with potential but I asked to try some other lots while looking for the "magic bullet". We tested 8 more lots with similar results. At that point I asked to test some Midas Plus and after 4 lots with similar results I decided that there wasn't any reason to pay 50% more for Midas that shot the same as Center X. At that point we removed my barreled action and switched to my wife's barreled action. This time we only tested the 1st 8 lots that we used on my rifle with similar results.
After each batch of lots Dan would print out data sheets from those lots and I reviewed then as he was continuing the tests. By the time we completed the testing I had already narrowed everything down to 3 lots for our rifles. I wanted to find a single lot to use in both rifles and they both seemed to like the same lots. I reviewed the information with Dan and decided of a preferred lot number. He check the inventory at their Missouri warehouse and I placed an order for the quantity I wanted. I also selected the retailer that I wanted to use to pay for the ammo. I went with Good Shooting as I had previously purchased from them and they had good pricing.
What I learned from the process:
I had initially thought that I could find a "magic bullet" of sorts. As the process went on my thought process changed though. Overall about 25% of the lots shot better in relation to the others. 50% shot well just a little below the first group and 25% shot larger groups or vertical strings. While shooting several strings of the same lots I found those lots to be fairly consistent string to string. I learned about the capability of our rifles and of what accuracy that they were capable. I learned quite a bit about what consistency I could expect from them. Our rifles shoot this lot of Center X at .8moa at 50 yards and 1moa at 100 yards.
Was it worth the time and expense:
I drove from Vegas to Phoenix so I used the better part of 2 days. Between hotel and gas it cost $350. The testing is normally $50 per rifle, he had said that he would do both for $50. In the end he waived the testing fee because of the quantity of ammo I purchased. I personally think that is was time and money well spent based on the education, information and confidence I now have in my rifles.
Note: Some people just send their rifles in to Dan and he does the testing. After that he sends them the data sheets and reviews the information with them. This would be a more cost effective way to gather the information and I may do that next time in 4 or 5 years when I run out of ammo. Maybe I'll take a trip to Texas and test with Eley...
Is anybody using any of the Vudoo muzzle brakes?
Any one here done it before with v22??
Maybe @RAVAGE88 can confirm thisThat is Dan Killough's company that is the Eley test facility for the US. I am fairly certain that Vudoo has sent a few rifles there already. So yes...
Is anybody using any of the Vudoo muzzle brakes?
Sounds like a great experience IMO, appreciate the informative post.
Did you get they torque specs they used in the fixture?
What barrels are in your rifles?
What quantity did you end up purchasing?
Is anybody using any of the Vudoo muzzle brakes?
Good reminder ..ill check mine if it does make any diffI tried a Kidd brake on one of our Vudoos. The groups opened up. I don't know if it was a pressure issue or barrel harmonics but I won't use a break. There is no reason other than looks and I'll take performance 1st.
Slick looking set-up you have there. What kind of stock and color pattern do you have on it ?View attachment 7032302
Picked up my barreled action this weekend. With the snow we have, I’m only able to shoot 25 yards behind my house because I’m too lazy to shuffle through the snow to set up any further targets. But I will say, single hole 25 yard groups are getting boring. What a good problem to have
Slick looking set-up you have there. What kind of stock and color pattern do you have on it ?
hey guys i seem to have a consistent first/second shot low from a new loaded mag
vudoo 16" AICS shooting wolf target match ammo this weekend
first is the lowest, second shot is higher 1 moa up approx, and the third is higher still but that is at the cross hairs/zero.
i have a half ass video from a scope cell phone mount ill try to down load if needed.
but the next 4-5 hit about a .5 moa group @ 100.
if i remember vudoo says they bolt grabs the round and stuffs it in the chamber so im guessing pressure from the mag and feed ramp are out.
shooting off a bench atlas/rear bag not prone, which is not my forte but the rifle cant be jumping the same every first shot
i havent shot 22lr in 20 years and when i did i was hitting cans outside. is this just a 22lr thing?
Who has the best prices on a Vudoo BA?
How many do you need?? 419 has quiet a few and core tooWho has the best prices on a Vudoo BA?
hey guys i seem to have a consistent first/second shot low from a new loaded mag
vudoo 16" AICS shooting wolf target match ammo this weekend
What was the temperature outside? I've had consistency problems with Wolf Match Extra when the temps dropped below 30 degrees. I'd try a different ammo in cold weather. I just got in some Lapua Polar Biathlon to test when it gets cool here again.
Another option is to keep your ammo warm. I know people that during cold weather keep their 22 ammo in a small cooler with chemical hand warmers until they are ready to shoot.
But if your barrel is cold, you're still going to have a cold bore shift.
Got the video..looses focus but you can still see the important first shots
Still trying to figure it how to lock the focus on my iPhone but the side scope attachment is really cool.
I stopped putting up new targets years ago, I usually just find a lonely shot or staple and dial off a little so I keep a clean aiming point.
I was cheating this weekend, I put my kahkes 10-50 on top.
https://youtu.be/tKiybcUMCDw
I just watched the video. Few question:
It looked like you are shooting at a bullet hole, was that the 1st round of the string or was it already there and the 1st round was the lowest round of the group?
I answered each question individually below.
Yes that was a bullet hole that was just on the paper with a clean spot so I could record the shots. When I go to this underground range the targets are a bilco door. So if the paper is clean enough I'll find a bullet with some space and the spin the turrets. Can't shoot quarter minute groups when the aiming spot starts growing from previous shots.
Then first is the first shot of the string (lowest one).
Was the barrel clean or fouled when you started this string?
Fouled, if I remember that was a few mags or wolf ammo already, random 7-10 what ever falls out of the little ammo box.
Barrel prob has 500 rounds through it so far.
If it was fouled was it fouled with this ammo, not another brand?
See above
Does the groups behave like this for every time you start a new freshly loaded magazine?
See next question but I think with 9-10 rounds, might be more often.
Will it do it with a magazine loaded with only 5 rounds?
I forget...sorry. Didn't pay super attention until I noticed it.
Have you double checked all fasteners on the rifle?
I'll go over it again but I know the scope rings mount and bipod were tight I had just put them on the night before., but I'll check again.
What stock / chassis, how is the bedding?
AICS ax, 60- 65 lbs action screws
How does it behave with a different ammo (brand)?
The federal I shot before was so random I couldn't say, the wolf started shooting tight groups and that's when I saw the deviation. Next time out I'm going to try some rws, so but starting with wolf to limit variables.
Here is the big one: You mentioned that your shooting in a tube underground with some kind of ventilation. Do you think it could be an airflow thing in the tunnel? It kind of looks like that to me. The rifle and ammo seems to be very accurate (if this video was shooting at 100 yards). I am skeptical that it is a rifle or ammo accuracy issue, it could be a bedding issue, bullet damage during feeding from the first few rounds of a maxed out magazine, but most likely an air flow issue in the tube.
I thought it could be a air flow issue but the vest is always running, I'm guessing the a shot and shockwave through the tunnel might case a disturbance but it only seems up and down.
Answering these questions I think will definitely help nail down the problem. I am very interested in this one. I am not an expert but I have been down this road a few time feel free to reach out if you want and we can talk it over.
About cleaning, what have you guys found that works the best.?
I bought my Vudoo 18” Ace barreled action and the MPA comp chassis from Core (now Altus). In stock and they always have many diff stocks and chassis options in stock all the time. I had previously gotten another MPA chassis for my match gun from them. Great service and experiences and will buy from them in the future. Mile High I’m sure is similar as well.Who has the best prices on a Vudoo BA?
That has smaller hole for you rod prevent wobble and not having contact inside boreI have never used a bore guide, but I can see the advantages in having one. What I don't understand is, what is the small bullet shaped device they stick in the back end of the bore guide? What is that called, and what does it do?
That has smaller hole for you rod prevent wobble and not having contact inside bore