May I ask why you've left FB and elude to the company leaving as well?
I left FB in 2018 for privacy and moral(political differences) reasons as well as some personal social media issues. My only social media is in the form of forums.
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Vudoo Gun Works V-22 Rimfire Bolt Action
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May I ask why you've left FB and elude to the company leaving as well?
I left FB in 2018 for privacy and moral(political differences) reasons as well as some personal social media issues. My only social media is in the form of forums.
Sounds like I'm leaving for the same reasons you left. The only reason I reluctantly joined FB in June 2017 was because of the Vudoo FB page, will be nice to reap the benefits of an enormous drama-ectomy.
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Thanks. I had no idea there was a PX on this Forum, and that's where items like this go. My mistake.
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@RAVAGE88 — re; cleaning: what’s the correct rod length to use for the Ravage Ridgeback | Vudoo bore-guide | 20” barrel ?
I'm looking at the "Bore Tech Proof-Positive Bore Stix" and wanna make sure I get the correct length.
(p.s. I won't have my rifle until March (*hopefully) and want to have everything ready to roll when it arrives!)
I'm looking at the "Bore Tech Proof-Positive Bore Stix" and wanna make sure I get the correct length.
(p.s. I won't have my rifle until March (*hopefully) and want to have everything ready to roll when it arrives!)
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I always recommend 22”.
People are having issues balancing even 22”. Chassis are being made with current centerfire weights, not Rimfire contour barrels like vudoo kukri and mtu.
It won’t balance in most any foundation, even with 22” mtu, nor most mpa chassis.
I have 22” in matrix with full internal and external kits and it barely balances properly/neutrally on a bag.
You’re far better off with longer barrel. You can only add so many weights and you’ll almost assuredly have to add weight with most chassis.
Also, make sure if going for a neutral balance point, you are balancing it on a bag, not just a flat surface under the chassis.
With a bag, you need the balance point to be 3-5” in front of the magwell. Otherwise it will be rear heavy once you sit the rifle on a bag.
With a bag, you need the balance point to be 3-5” in front of the magwell. Otherwise it will be rear heavy once you sit the rifle on a bag.
Ill be able to pretty much mimick everything but barrel / muzzle brake with my match setup. Im running a 26" Northland Varmit Profile w/ Hellfire in my current KRG Bravo. Balance is perfect. Trick is going shorter to know how much weight is needed. I I know being closer to the center will require more weight vs less farther out.
Will I have any issues with 22" and velocity drop? Imagine going 22" will slow me down as standard velocity like SK Match cant still be burning powder that long?
Powder burn is over around 16”
Velocity doesn’t usually slow down until after 22” which is why vudoo offers 22” without special order.
Great shooting sir! I did see that you struggled a bit on the mover but can you give us any pointers on shooting that target? Do you wait and ambush it or do you follow it?
Thanks.
I use a modified “track-bush” method. I will track the target so I always know where it is, then jump ahead and ambush. I always break on center target and never on the lead edge. But I am never moving when I actually break the shot as if you track, you have to keep tracking through the shot. For me, that’s too much to think about snd too much moving for me to see the shot impact.
Always keeping the target in my FOV and behind my reticle allows me to decide if I want to engage faster. Some matches only allow so many passes on a mover instead of time. So you never want to lose sight of it and want to get shots off as fast as you can properly execute the fundamentals of marksmanship.
So if you're always breaking on target center, have you pre-dialed in what you feel is appropriate lead?
I bought my T1X less than a month ago...just placed my order today for a 22" MTU from Atlus! ETA is ~ month. Will be going in a KRG Bravo with Triggertech Special. Yet to finalize Optic choice yet but have time for that.
Went down that rabbit hole quick.
Went down that rabbit hole quick.
Has anyone rebarreled their Vudoo yet? I have an 18" Kukri that shoots really well but I am chasing balance on my rig. It's in a Manners PRS1. Wanting an MTU at 20 or 22 inches. Thoughts? Mr. Vudoo ... Do you offer a rebarreling option?
I'm probably going to pick up a new 22" MTU Vudoo, and turn my 18" Kukri into a lightweight loaner rifle.. I think the lightest balanced chassis might be a krg bravo?
I thought about it and selling the barreled action and getting a new barreled action seems to make the most sense as long as the existing barrel is shooting good. Why let such a nice barrel go to waste? 
That hole is very easy to fall into. I went from a 10/22 to the RPR, to a T1X, then to a Bergara B14R, and finally the Vudoo. All within the first year.I bought my T1X less than a month ago...just placed my order today for a 22" MTU from Atlus! ETA is ~ month. Will be going in a KRG Bravo with Triggertech Special. Yet to finalize Optic choice yet but have time for that.
Went down that rabbit hole quick.
Lol
Went from RPR, to CZ455 to RH V22 and now waiting for LH V22.....in maybeeeeee year and half time frame....
Same with glass..... started off with Diamondback tactical went to PST GEN2 and now sporting a razor..
Struggle is real
Someone mentioned balance...
My RH V22 20" MTU with full weight kit on xlr envy pro (pst gen2 on top)
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So that's 20" MTU plus weight kit. Exactly what I'm looking for from a balance perspective. Has anyone achieved that level of balance with a Kukri and a weight kit? I have the A419 ARCA rail and I believe they make a weighted version. Maybe I'll try that first. I will experiment with some weights first before I do it to see what may be possible.
I have an 18" Kukri, 3 external, 5 internal, and swap the buttpiece to the aluminum version ( call MDT ). Naked chassis looks like
Wolf Extra Match was delivered last night and I had the day off today so I figured i'd go out to the range and try my luck. Today was really windy, with speeds ranging from 5-10 mph so the 100 yard targets aren't so pretty. Maybe i'll go to an indoor range tomorrow and try my luck.
Didn't bring home my cold bore target cause it was a sticky, so I used a free app (SubMOA) to get my group.
This was with Wolf Extra Match, I didn't notice any cold bore flier. This was my first group of the day @ 50 yards.
Next up Wolf Extra Match vs. Eley Contact. The Wolf cost me .08 a round while the contact was .04 a round.
Next up was 40 gr CCI minimag and 45gr American Eagle Suppressor. Both are copper plated. The 45 gr AE did so bad I didn't even try shooting more than 1 5 round group with it. Below I shot a 10 round group with Lapua Center X.
This was at 100 yards. Real messy target. The wind wasn't all to blame, I just wasn't shooting all that well today. Shot two 5 round groups at 100 and then 1 ten round group. I did an extra 10 round group of wolf to see if I could tighten up my group at all.
CCI I managed to get only 1 4 group on paper, this round really fell apart at 100 yards + wind. Did not attempt to shoot the AE 45gr at this range.
I have a limited supply of Lapua center x so I shot 1 five round group and 1 ten round group. I have seen this rifle and ammo combo do much better in this rifle. This is definitely shooter error + wind involved.
Over-all it was a lot of fun. While I don't think the Wolf EM is worth double the price of Eley Contact, it was available and I managed to snag 3000 rounds of it. For me it's plenty accurate for practice and will work for competition when I can't get Center-X.
Didn't bring home my cold bore target cause it was a sticky, so I used a free app (SubMOA) to get my group.
This was with Wolf Extra Match, I didn't notice any cold bore flier. This was my first group of the day @ 50 yards.
Next up Wolf Extra Match vs. Eley Contact. The Wolf cost me .08 a round while the contact was .04 a round.
Next up was 40 gr CCI minimag and 45gr American Eagle Suppressor. Both are copper plated. The 45 gr AE did so bad I didn't even try shooting more than 1 5 round group with it. Below I shot a 10 round group with Lapua Center X.
This was at 100 yards. Real messy target. The wind wasn't all to blame, I just wasn't shooting all that well today. Shot two 5 round groups at 100 and then 1 ten round group. I did an extra 10 round group of wolf to see if I could tighten up my group at all.
CCI I managed to get only 1 4 group on paper, this round really fell apart at 100 yards + wind. Did not attempt to shoot the AE 45gr at this range.
I have a limited supply of Lapua center x so I shot 1 five round group and 1 ten round group. I have seen this rifle and ammo combo do much better in this rifle. This is definitely shooter error + wind involved.
Over-all it was a lot of fun. While I don't think the Wolf EM is worth double the price of Eley Contact, it was available and I managed to snag 3000 rounds of it. For me it's plenty accurate for practice and will work for competition when I can't get Center-X.
Here’s some footage of the same barricade. 8lb WieBad tater tot, 20lb rifle. Kneeling. Rifle and one bag only.
100yd dry fire. The big movements are running bolt. The reticle settling is my breathing out to the bottom pause.
That’s shouldered. It’s my centerfire. I get about 2mils of vertical movement.
Free recoiling a 22 would be almost no movement from there
I do like the mpct3 reticle from looking at that video
Here is some live fire. First 2 shots my vertical movement was 2-2.4 or so. I tend to get more stable during the course of a stage. Bad habit I’m working on. Need to be the same stability throughout.
1 shot = center punch
2nd = low right
3rd = right
Probably around .4 moa group. The tactacam was focused on 27x, so the jump is magnified.
Got my Vudoo put together today and checked to make sure it fed correctly. Everything looked good so I went ahead and bedded the barreled action, have to bed the bottom metal tomorrow since it looks like the stock was inletted too deep. Just put a jewell trigger I had in the drawer temporarily until the other trigger shows up.
I have a 20" Kukri. Rifle total weight is 17.6lbs
The KSS ATS tuner and the brake add a good .75lbs to the front which really helps with the balance. That bipod is also 1.5lbs. Surprised it balanced so well like that at only 17.6lbs, I was expecting more of 18.5ish with the bipod/brake/tuner.
Without the bipod it wants to fall back ever so slightly. I'm sure if i manipulate it enough it will balance without the bipod. I too was expecting more weight closer to the 19lb range but that's not what the scale showed. Also want to mention that 17.6lb number included a loaded 15 round aluminum mag so that's its highest weight, will be slightly less with the 10 rd polymer mags
Dave what camera system did you get to work with the ZCO, I have tried 2 with no success.
In another thread he mentioned the Tactacam. Triggercam is releasing their gen2 which will work with the ZCO this year.
Tactacam. I’m using no rubber insert. I take the bolts out and spread the adapter. Then put the screws back. It barely fits.
I just wanted to post back some results. I had my Vudoo mounted in a TCS and the rounds would not feed at all. I contacted Manners and they generously and quickly sent me a new mag catch at no charge. I measured the catch that was in there and compared it to the new one. I slowly started filing with the catch in my vise. Installed, tried the mags, took it out, filed some more, etc. I got it to fit, and honestly was not a lot of filing. Needless to say, I'm thankful to a fantastic company like Manners to help me out. And I can't wait to get out this coming weekend with the Vudoo/TCS combo and do some shooting!
Question for anyone running a Leupold Mark 5 on their Vudoo. Do you struggle with the parallax only going to 75yds? I have a Mark 5 and am thinking of putting it on my vudoo when I get it but wasn’t sure how it would work at like 50yds with parallax only going to 75yds.
Like anything else, you’ll have to keep perfect edge to edge sight picture when you can’t eliminate parallax.
You can also contact the leupold custom shop. They were letting people send in optics and adjusting it so you can eliminate parallax at closer distances.
I have had a few MK5 scopes on my Vudoos and they all (I think 3 different scopes) completely corrected parallax at 50 yards, even down to 35 if I remember correctly.
Awesome! Thank you for the answers. I really want to put that optic on it but was worried it wouldn’t work as well at closer ranges. I might contact them and see if they can adjust it to 50yds. Although, from what I have been seeing on how accurate the Vudoo are I might be shooting at 100yds more often lol
If you shoot a NRL22 match, you'll be shooting at 25 yards. I can tell you when I leave my parallax at 50, on the clock, I more often than not will miss the 1/4" at 25 because I'm just not 100% perfect on the scope. I'm sure I can train more and make it work, but just something to think about.
Pull your head back in that situation and create shadowing in the scope then center the image in the shadow.
How do you like that NX8 on the Vudoo? I am debating between that and a Leupold Mark 5.
A lot. I want to get a ZCO but I'm having a really hard time justifying it.
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