Vudoo Gun Works V-22 Rimfire Bolt Action

[DownhillFromHere]

So you are saying I can’t take my Izmash biathlon to a 22 match? Should I get the Fortner Anschütz then? After all it’s German right?
Sorry I have absolutely no idea what you’re trying to tell me.
There are really only 3 choices if you want a 22 in R700 format but way more shotguns I think (no knowledge about them I have).
And I’m way over the age of wanting to look cool, maybe thinking more about how much time I have left to enjoy the hobby.

O heavens no! I was looking for an intro for my little story - and didn't think about the implication when I quoted you!!! MY BAD, and my apology!!!!! Humor was intended, not derision!

I'm like you; too old to care about looking cool. So I'll take my bright-blue Vudoo to today's match with my magazines and other stuff in a Bass Pro range bag and haul it all around in a rickety jogging stroller whose front wheel fell off at an earlier match....

Again, I meant no derogatory implication whatsoever, and I appreciate your calling it out!

 

[accurate obsession]

I would have presumed it works like the other dozens of magazines that I've taken apart before: depress the little button, and slide the baseplate forward.

And that's exactly how it's supposed to work.
I really didn't give much thought to cleaning rimfire magazines (from a bolt gun) until the summer heat started melting all that bacon grease lube on the CX ammo. I have 5 polymer mags and all of them were exactly like yours, I had to pry them open the first time.
If you want the bottom plate to slide easily you'll have to carefully remove some of the flash left from the molding process. Use a FINE file and rub the base plate across it to clean the rim area, there is a ridge along the mold line on the main body of the mag that needs to be smoothed as well. Keep fit-checking the base plate as you do this and you will quickly get to where a little thumb pressure will slide the plate back and forth.

 

[Panther]

And that's exactly how it's supposed to work... I have 5 polymer mags and all of them were exactly like yours, I had to pry them open the first time.

Once I knew that they *will* come off that way, I used my rubber-jawed vise to hold the bottom plate, used a dowel to hold the spring to take pressure off the "nipple" piece, push the nipple piece down out of the way, and then a small rubber hammer to tap the magazine down far enough where I could get the bottom plate off the remaining slot by hand. Thanks to all who responded!

 

[RAVAGE88]

After my found Mag Spring issues above and @RAVAGE88 telling me to just flip it over as it would be G2G. I figured the spring needed to be flat on the floor plate as well. It was 100% flawless for 60 rounds last night. I did not cycle the bolt slow and I didn't cycle it fast. Just a fluid motion keeping the plate in view of the optic through the whole cycle. If you have a Vudoo problem of any sort MB can solve and will do everything he can to do so. Thanks MB I appreciate it. Now buy s good bottle of Bourbon (Weller 12) and enjoy some of it this weekend.

MB

 

[J-Ham]

Vudoo + ZCO is the muthafuckin' truth, boys! I am really digging this setup. Thanks @RAVAGE88, @CSTactical & the rest of the gang at VGW!

 

[Rob01]

Broke the Vudoo out yesterday to win the Frontline Defense .22PRL match. Only dropped one point the whole match.

 

[RAVAGE88]

Vudoo + ZCO is the muthafuckin' truth, boys! I am really digging this setup. Thanks @RAVAGE88, @CSTactical & the rest of the gang at VGW!
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Dude!!!!

MB

 

[Jefe's Dope]

Broke the Vudoo out yesterday to win the Frontline Defense .22PRL match. Only dropped one point the whole match.

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What Hornady are you running?

 

[DownhillFromHere]

Broke the Vudoo out yesterday to win the Frontline Defense .22PRL match. Only dropped one point the whole match.

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And, as is typical of modest Rob, he won the match. Good shooting, buddy.

Second place was two targets back, also shooting a Vudoo.

And, hysterically, Rob and 2nd place Jeff are both classified as "senior." Neither of 'em 60 yet.

 

[Rob01]

Hey I didn’t make the rules. They said 55 was senior and I am taking that lol

And the scope came off a centerfire rifle and I am too lazy to mess with stickers.

 

[RAVAGE88]

Hey I didn’t make the rules. They said 55 was senior and I am taking that lol

And the scope came off a centerfire rifle and I am too lazy to mess with stickers.

Jeez-O-Peet! Senior is 55 now!?

MB

 

[CSTactical]

Vudoo + ZCO is the muthafuckin' truth, boys! I am really digging this setup. Thanks @RAVAGE88, @CSTactical & the rest of the gang at VGW!
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You're very welcome, please let me know how we can further assist you

 

[vaguru]

Jeez-O-Peet! Senior is 55 now!?

MB

Doesn't give real seniors like myself a chance at 70+ years old! Need another class, Super Seniors, for those 70 and older. We still like to shoot, and be competitive. Big difference between 55 and 70!

 

[huntnh]

Just think about how much more experience you have over the young pups

 

[F4 plt]

And see how much worse our eyes etc are at 75 plus

 

[Moose]

Vudoo + ZCO is the muthafuckin' truth, boys! I am really digging this setup. Thanks @RAVAGE88, @CSTactical & the rest of the gang at VGW!
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I agree my ZC 4x20 on my Vudoo is something else.

 

[DownhillFromHere]

Jeez-O-Peet! Senior is 55 now!?

MB

The guys who shoot with me will probably roll their eyes at hearing this again... "Calling a 55-year-old a senior is like calling an 18-year-old an adult."

At 55, I could still do 40 pushups cold, more with a little warmup. At 65, I could barely manage a couple of half-pushups (from knees) - not from muscle atrophy per se, but from arthritis and disc degeneration - and a couple years later I couldn't do any, period. At age 55, I was 6'1" tall. At 65, I was 5'11" with most of my lumbar and cervical spine discs gone or atrophied. These conditions have their own impacts; for me, with limited strength and ROM in my right leg from an old injury, going from standing to prone takes awhile and from prone to standing takes a week. I can shoot from my knees if I have support for the rifle but it's slow and will cause pain post-match.

Boo-hoo. I'm still upright and I'm still shooting and I still enjoy competition. I don't have to win and I don't need my own age class to enjoy myself. But if PRS is gonna talk about a "senior" class, maybe they oughta at least learn what the f* a "senior" is.

While I think 65+ is a more appropriate "super-senior" limit, the reality is that MDs have enough to do without having to dink with forty-leven classes.

So, MDs and range owners, rather than whining about age, let's talk MONEY. You got this whole population of geezers out there with time on their hands and $$$$$$ in their pockets who would love to compete in matches where they don't have to tie themselves in knots or do gym workouts as part of the COF. Use the same target set as the regular Saturday match, just do away with the physically taxing positions and provide an optional bench instead of requiring prone. Run the thing during the week if your club depends on weekend shooters for revenue - retirees don't care what day it is. The kool kids who squeal about COFs or target sizes being "too easy" don't have to play; everyone else is welcome.

Maybe I'm wrong about revenue potential from geezer matches... but "the industry" said Mike & co. were nuts to build a near-$2000 .22 barreled action too.

/rant

 

[Schütze]

Only 6 more years, I'm liking it! Until then I've still to drop on my knees and swallow the pain lol

 

[BillOH]

Boo-hoo. I'm still upright and I'm still shooting and I still enjoy competition. I don't have to win and I don't need my own age class to enjoy myself. But if PRS is gonna talk about a "senior" class, maybe they oughta at least learn what the f* a "senior" is.

While I think 65+ is a more appropriate "super-senior" limit, the reality is that MDs have enough to do without having to dink with forty-leven classes.

So, MDs and range owners, rather than whining about age, let's talk MONEY. You got this whole population of geezers out there with time on their hands and $$$$$$ in their pockets who would love to compete in matches where they don't have to tie themselves in knots or do gym workouts as part of the COF. Use the same target set as the regular Saturday match, just do away with the physically taxing positions and provide an optional bench instead of requiring prone. Run the thing during the week if your club depends on weekend shooters for revenue - retirees don't care what day it is. The kool kids who squeal about COFs or target sizes being "too easy" don't have to play; everyone else is welcome.

Maybe I'm wrong about revenue potential from geezer matches... but "the industry" said Mike & co. were nuts to build a near-$2000 .22 barreled action too.

/rant

I'm with you. At 75 there's no way I could assume some of those positions. There's a bunch of us geezers near me. We shoot long range from 25 yards out to 350+ yards at small targets. We shoot from a bench with bipods and rear bags. Between shots we talk about our ailments.

 

[Panther]

Gotta love 3D printers. I made a simple benchtop tray to hold the 5 magazines that I use during matches. It holds them at a slight angle, and works with my plain Vudoo magazines as well as the ones that I have with an extended bottom plate. This keeps me more organized than just having five magazines laying on the bench during a timed match... I need the extra help being organized!

(Our matches are generally 5 rounds per target, and the 11-round magazines are convenient for an additional sighter or if a cartridge doesn't go 'bang'.)

 

[DellaDog]

who would love to compete in matches where they don't have to tie themselves in knots or do gym workouts as part of the COF

Here, here! (Hear, hear?) - couldn’t agree more. My buddy and I, (both 60) went to a PRS match intending to shoot. Decided to watch one first to get a feel. We both looked at each other and said we sure wish they’d invent a seniors PRS match cause that getting up and down shit with swinging barricades ain't for us.

We both have great equipment and shoot everything from Vudoo 22 to 1 mile steel - we just aint cut out for the run and gun stuff. Invent a bench based PRS match and we‘re in!

 

[DownhillFromHere]

Here, here! (Hear, hear?) - couldn’t agree more. My buddy and I, (both 60) went to a PRS match intending to shoot. Decided to watch one first to get a feel. We both looked at each other and said we sure wish they’d invent a seniors PRS match cause that getting up and down shit with swinging barricades ain't for us.

We both have great equipment and shoot everything from Vudoo 22 to 1 mile steel - we just aint cut out for the run and gun stuff. Invent a bench based PRS match and we‘re in!

Maybe time to move this thought/idea process to the Competition Shooting Talk forum. Geezers unite!

 

[Panther]

we just aint cut out for the run and gun stuff. Invent a bench based PRS match and we‘re in!

Here's the local 22 Precision Rimfire Rifle matches in which I'm going to use my new Vudoo -- works well for us older guys as well as those more spry:
www.PrecisionRimfire.net

 

[Krob95]

Beautiful evening for a friendly little match against some other vudoos out to 200yd. My ejection issue seems to have gone away for now and haven’t had any issues as of late.

 

[mark5pt56]

First outing, went well. First mag, apparently did not load correctly as the last three got tied up and had to reload them. Only other snafu was after I did the cleaning after the 20 rounds, forgot the cheekpiece height and was struggling with shadow-figured it out after those ten.

All shots at 50 yards from a bench and Triad rear bag, Atlas front. Getting used to it all.

 

[huntnh]

My 360 just seems to keep getting better every range trip. Yesterday my fifth time out it shot 5 different types (sk and Lapua) and different lots outstanding. Heading out tomorrow to try shooting at distance hopefully out to 500.

 

[Rob01]

First outing, went well. First mag, apparently did not load correctly as the last three got tied up and had to reload them. Only other snafu was after I did the cleaning after the 20 rounds, forgot the cheekpiece height and was struggling with shadow-figured it out after those ten.

All shots at 50 yards from a bench and Triad rear bag, Atlas front. Getting used to it all.

That Norma never shot good in my rifle or a friend's. I wouldn't use it as any reference. The Wolf is a better reference.

 

[mark5pt56]

That Norma never shot good in my rifle or a friend's. I wouldn't use it as any reference. The Wolf is a better reference.

I have no idea where I got it, had it a while, it's gone now! I have a decent amount of the MT and a brick of SK S+, a couple SK Long Range Match to try.
And I won't add a double expresso with my shake after leg day next time.

 

[Travelor]

Try some Eley Match or Tennex and you will see a major increase in accuracy.

 

[Matt_3479]

Friendly little comp last Sunday between rimx vs vudoo. Happy to announce the vudoo just never lets me down.

 

[Moose]

The Element Nexus is a very nice scope for the cash they can be had for.I am very happy with mine.

 

[Matt_3479]

The Element Nexus is very nice scope for the cash they can be had for.I am very happy with mine.

I’ve had 2 and been blown away with both of them. trying to spend some serious time with the titan though. So far it seems awesome
Too

 

[Krob95]

Shot @Hoser ’s rimfire prone and “prs style” match today with the ol Three 60. No pictures because I was busy trying to not miss, but she ran almost flawless! Ran it suppressed for the first time ever and remembered why I don’t run a can in a match. Filled the bolt face and breech face full of crud causing two fail to fires. Carried the rifle muzzle down when I would remember and no issues. Other than that, it was fantastic! Awesome match and highly recommend it to anyone in the Colorado/ northern NM area!

 

[Schütze]

I’m pleased to report that my RimX is operating perfect again. Ray did send me a complete new bolt head, a big thank you. I shoot 200 rd through it yesterday and didn’t have any issues, it ejected perfectly in about 2 o’clock direction 2 feed away (prone) just outside my shooting pad.
The three / 60 is at Vudoo right now, can’t wait to get it back and shoot them both side by side again without worrying about ejection problems anymore.
It simply amazes me how fast you can run the RimX bolt with great results on the target.

 

[Rob01]

Should be able to run the Vudoo bolt just as fast.

 

[Schütze]

Should be able to run the Vudoo bolt just as fast.

I’m looking forward to it. During my experience shooting the Vudoo I complained about the for me sticking bolt. Vudoo‘s advise was to coat the bolt slightly with Lucas gun oil. Skeptical at first I followed the advice and found it makes a big difference. Have just about 500rd through it and been told it will get much better past 1000.

 

[jps2486]

Hey I didn’t make the rules. They said 55 was senior and I am taking that lol

And the scope came off a centerfire rifle and I am too lazy to mess with stickers.

Wow, I'm 80. Shouldn't they have a geezer class??

 

[Rob01]

Wow, I'm 80. Shouldn't they have a geezer class??

Talk to the PRS. Lol

 

[gkgeiger]

Wow, I'm 80. Shouldn't they have a geezer class??

Yah, I’m a couple months shy of 78 and I have to compete with those young 65 yo guys.

 

[Panther]

I complained about the for me sticking bolt. Vudoo‘s advise was to coat the bolt slightly with Lucas gun oil. Skeptical at first I followed the advice and found it makes a big difference. Have just about 500rd through it and been told it will get much better past 1000.

My new 360’s bolt was noticeably sticky too. My CZ457 and Ruger American Rimfire bolts were so much better new out of the box… it was quite a disappointment on the Vudoo. But I added CLP and did Vudoo’s 200-round barrel break-in and the bolt is already noticeably better. I would have expected it better out-of-the box from the factory, though.

 

[huntnh]

Mine was sticky to but it’s getting better every day

 

[sleeplz]

Mine was sticky to but it’s getting better every day

That’s what he said

 

[Masojoh]

For those of you who have received your Vudoos in the last month, when did you order? I ordered mid March (deposit paid), and paid the full balance in early June. Original eta was 6/29. I asked last week for an update, and was told another 1-2 weeks. This is the pre-three 60 model.

I’m starting to lose patience as it feels production has been prioritized towards the three 60, even for orders placed well before the release.

 

[Milemarker28]

Mine arrived 3 weeks ago, ordered it the last week of Feb.

Good things take time; the wait is worth it.

 

[Luke22:36]

I'm guessing individual wait times is much more dependent on vendor components that were ordered than it is Gen2 vs Three 60 etc (Trigger, chassis...). Hang in there!

 

[DRACO]

Took my Bride to a local Bench Rest match with her “purple paper eater”She won the match. Gota love a woman that can shoot

 

[Cowpokey]

For those of you who have received your Vudoos in the last month, when did you order? I ordered mid March (deposit paid), and paid the full balance in early June. Original eta was 6/29. I asked last week for an update, and was told another 1-2 weeks. This is the pre-three 60 model.

I’m starting to lose patience as it feels production has been prioritized towards the three 60, even for orders placed well before the release.

I placed my order 28 March 2021 and just got off the phone with JoAnn @ Vudoo, my rifle is shipping today. Yay Me!

Edit Add: My original ETA was 6/28, so you should be getting a call very soon.

 

[Panther]

On their website, Vudoo states, "You won’t be disappointed…we guarantee it!"

They go on further to say, "We have a customer satisfaction guarantee policy at Vudoo Gun Works. If you are not completely satisfied with your rifle, please contact our customer service team to discuss the options available to you."

That's pretty impressive and contributed to me buying a V22-360 as a shop demo/competition gun and now for several of my clients waiting for the arrival of their Vudoos. But I wonder what happens if you get a rifle that just doesn't perform as well as you think it should, like compared to other rimfire rifles that you have. I suspect what they'd do is offer a barrel swap... does anyone here have experience with that?

 

[BullTahr]

On their website, Vudoo states, "You won’t be disappointed…we guarantee it!"

They go on further to say, "We have a customer satisfaction guarantee policy at Vudoo Gun Works. If you are not completely satisfied with your rifle, please contact our customer service team to discuss the options available to you."

That's pretty impressive and contributed to me buying a V22-360 as a shop demo/competition gun and now for several of my clients waiting for the arrival of their Vudoos. But I wonder what happens if you get a rifle that just doesn't perform as well as you think it should, like compared to other rimfire rifles that you have. I suspect what they'd do is offer a barrel swap... does anyone here have experience with that?

Yes sir. I had that exact scenario. Sent the rifle back, they checked it out and swapped the barrel.

 

[Cowpokey]

My Vudoo V22 Three 60 was delivered today (ordered March 28, 2021). 20" MTU non-threaded barrel with 11º target crown, in an MPA BA Comp Chassis, FDE all over. Picked it up at the FFL, brought it home and got the Athlon Cronus BTR Gen 2 4.5-29x56 mounted on 40MOA base. Atlas CAL bipod with Area 419 ARCA mount and Wiebad cheek pad. Tomorrow it goes to the range for initial zero. Going to put some SK Pistol Match through it, only have one brick of SK Rifle Match, saving that for now.

ETA: It balances about 3/4" in front of the mag well, with bipod folded forward, legs collapsed, no mag, and a Cole-Tac Backbone flat bag and frame.

ETA 2: Warne 34mm Precision Scope Rings MEDIUM 7221M, 1.07"

ETA 3: Trigger Tech Diamond - Pro Curve.

ETA 4: 15# 1.5 oz, with bipod.