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Good afternoon Iceman.Hi 4certain, why do you weight sort the ammos ? what kind of difference did you found on light ammos and heavy one? 22" is short for a barrel ? i ordered 62cms from Mike (like 25" i think)
Icman,Hi 4certain, why do you weight sort the ammos ? what kind of difference did you found on light ammos and heavy one? 22" is short for a barrel ? i ordered 62cms from Mike (like 25" i think)
Not sure I understand Icman.
My first Vudoo repeater was an 18" barrel. At the time I thought that was long. I could not see why we needed more than 16". In looking at the Benchrest, the longest they offered at the time was a 22". Which is what I ordered. I shoot with a fellow that has a 28" or so (not a Vudoo). A fishing pole. But he shoots some good scores. For my part at this point, I think the 22" is good for me. I know after that point you supposedly start losing velocity. I do know the longer barrels help even out variances in the ammo. That is certainly a needed thing. Because it is not at all consistent from what I have seen. So far I am very pleased with the way my 22" Vudoo Shilen is working.
All the best.
4Certain
I agree 100%. You can pay $200 a brick for ammo. Lot test. Weigh ,measure,, chronograph and computer analyze groups and still pull the trigger and say." Where the heck" did that shot come from! Thats the nature of remfire.To your point littlestar, isn't that part of the fun/challenge/frustration of rimfire? I would think that if one wanted to do one-holes at 200 yds get a railgun and load your own. What's the fun in that?
(My opinion of course)
Ha! Indeed! Quite So....Don't fool yourself into thinking you can eliminate fliers by simply weighing remfire ammo! Did you check each round for consistent rem thickness. How about consistent crimps. Did you mic. bullet diameters and overall length of each round? And don't forget about lube, is the same amount on each round? No way possible to check primer compound. All these things contribute to fliers or the inconsistent accuracy found in remfire ammo. Which are you eliminating by weighing? Think about it!
Hello Norm Flyn,I haven't shot any matches lately with my V-22S but we've been preparing it for the Triple Crown of Rimfire at Kettlefoot later this month.
This Vudoo Gun Works V-22S build (Shilen Ratchet, Vudoo Flavio Fare, Holeshot Tuner) has gotten a little face-lift since I initially posted back in November 2020. The rifle is now in an RO-Tex High Profile Dymalux stock that has been painted a glossy black with silver metal flake - the Vudoo logo is on each side of the butt stock and a cool James Bond "007" logo has been added to the forearm. The Bond logo was added because the serial number of the rifle is the seventh produced by VGW, i.e., 007.
I'm hoping I can convince my Louisiana "tuner/tester/mentor" to take my Vudoo for a spin at the Triple Crown. He's only shot one record ARA target with the rifle but it was a perfect 2500 ARA score. He'll need to bring out some of his "killer" ammo and we'll be hoping that all the stars line up for the matches
Wish us luck at the upcoming Triple Crown ... it's time to put the Vudoo V-22S on THE BIG STAGE!!!!!
Norm Flynn
LS, when my good shooting friend (who has been shooting Benchrest a Long Time,) suggested consider weight sorting ammo, I asked the questions you did above. I did it in a different way. But I asked none the less. I had already measured rim thicknesses and decided that made no sense to me. And measured other things. I am only 5 months into Benchrest. But I am a long time shooter.Don't fool yourself into thinking you can eliminate fliers by simply weighing remfire ammo! Did you check each round for consistent rem thickness. How about consistent crimps. Did you mic. bullet diameters and overall length of each round? And don't forget about lube, is the same amount on each round? No way possible to check primer compound. All these things contribute to fliers or the inconsistent accuracy found in remfire ammo. Which are you eliminating by weighing? Think about it!
Thanks for taking the time to provide some background. When I read the response from LS I thought some of the variances might be able to be detected by weighing and some not. Of course any two could offset one another and mask each other. But when dealing with better ammo I would bet the vertical dispersion is greater than the horizontal most of the time. And I would put that down to differences in powder or primer that could be weight sorted for. Obviously you have put some effort and expense into doing this and you were kind enough to share your experience which I appreciate. Your patience and kindness is also apparent.LS, when my good shooting friend (who has been shooting Benchrest a Long Time,) suggested consider weight sorting ammo, I asked the questions you did above. I did it in a different way. But I asked none the less. I had already measured rim thicknesses and decided that made no sense to me. And measured other things. I am only 5 months into Benchrest. But I am a long time shooter.
My friend told me of some measuring he had done. He disassembled quite a few good Eley bullets. He weighed the projectiles. Wiped off wax and weighed again. Weighed the powder. Weighed the Brass + Primer. Shot the primers then cleaned and weighed the brass. His conclusion what most of the weight differences was in the primer.
My guess is you do not know this gentleman. I am fortunate to. You may not trust his story. I do. Is the weighing 'perfect'? Well, of course not. Are there variances? More than I can count. But one thing I have seen. Weighed as George encouraged me to, has made a difference. All fliers gone? I wish. But so far, they are less and not as radical. It made enough difference that I will continue to measure and test.
Is rimfire ammo by nature full of variances? So it would seem. Does the more expensive ammo have fewer variances? It would seem so, but I have seen some variances in good ammo that were shocking to me. But those differences weight sorted out, seemed to yield some pretty good groups.
I figure I will continue to learn to sort and handle ammo properly. Learn to align my rests properly. Confirm rifle tracking for each shot. Learn to read the wind better. Continue to work on my technique. Listen to those who share info without contempt and ire. And hopefully have fun and enjoy the convoluted, winding inexact process.
Wishing you all the best.
4Certain
Thank you, Williwaw. I agree with you. That was my first response when evaluating to weigh ammo or not. All the potential variances. Weighting too many components at the same time made it seem like a fruitless effort. But after discussing with George and his experience that the variances he saw was in the primer. I felt like the weighing needed to be tried but it needed to be precise as well. Thus I looked for a better scale. And it seems to me the effort has been worth it. I have shot my best scores since undertaking that effort. Certainly I have learned to improve in other areas, most specifically in Tracking The Rifle fore and aft in the rests until it comes back to point at the Aim Point after moving fore and aft.Thanks for taking the time to provide some background. When I read the response from LS I thought some of the variances might be able to be detected by weighing and some not. Of course any two could offset one another and mask each other. But when dealing with better ammo I would bet the vertical dispersion is greater than the horizontal most of the time. And I would put that down to differences in powder or primer that could be weight sorted for. Obviously you have put some effort and expense into doing this and you were kind enough to share your experience which I appreciate. Your patience and kindness is also apparent.
Very interesting, I shoot at a local club with some very good shooters at ARA targets. I have weighted many lots, checked for run out (concentricity) overall length, Different lot numbers of CX trying to keep the fliers out, I watch the wind flags, bought new rests, tried different cleaning routines all of this has helped, I better understand benchrest shooting, it is a tremendous amount fun learning and trying to get it right. Problem is, I keep getting beat by a gal who just puts the shell in the gun and pulls the trigger! The interest at our club continues to grow every week has a new gun, new rest or new shooter.Thank you, Williwaw. I agree with you. That was my first response when evaluating to weigh ammo or not. All the potential variances. Weighting too many components at the same time made it seem like a fruitless effort. But after discussing with George and his experience that the variances he saw was in the primer. I felt like the weighing needed to be tried but it needed to be precise as well. Thus I looked for a better scale. And it seems to me the effort has been worth it. I have shot my best scores since undertaking that effort. Certainly I have learned to improve in other areas, most specifically in Tracking The Rifle fore and aft in the rests until it comes back to point at the Aim Point after moving fore and aft.
I have seen some fliers that I think resulted from the rifle just slightly deflecting to the side when ignited. When I would move the gun back forward, it would point at the 'flier'. Checking the Tracking Alignment has largely stopped that. Or at least made it less severe.
I will continue to pay attention to what mini fliers or larger, and see if I can detect a direction... You can see my last two targets above.
George's experience in weighing the disassembled rimfire ammo, gave me the nudge to try the weighing. I am glad I did. So far, and you and I both know things change, but so far it appears to be a worthwhile effort. It has also helped me see which ammo seems to shoot best in my guns. Note the post above with weight sort pics.
And I do love my V22S. What a fine piece of equipment. As an old Structural Engineer, I have seen lots of equipment. The ones well made are like a piece of art. The Vudoos fall into that category in my opinion.
Thank you for your thoughts.
All the Best.
4Certain
Hello to allLS, quand mon bon ami tireur (qui tire sur Benchrest depuis longtemps) a suggéré d'envisager le tri des munitions, j'ai posé les questions que vous avez posées ci-dessus. Je l'ai fait d'une manière différente. Mais je n'en ai pas moins demandé. J'avais déjà mesuré l'épaisseur des jantes et j'ai décidé que cela n'avait aucun sens pour moi. Et mesuré d'autres choses. Je suis seulement 5 mois dans Benchrest. Mais je suis un tireur de longue date.
Mon ami m'a parlé de certaines mesures qu'il avait effectuées. Il a démonté pas mal de bonnes balles Eley. Il a pesé les projectiles. Essuyé la cire et pesé à nouveau. Pesé la poudre. Pesé le laiton + apprêt. Tirez sur les amorces puis nettoyé et pesé le laiton. Sa conclusion sur la plupart des différences de poids dans l'amorce.
Je suppose que vous ne connaissez pas ce monsieur. J'ai de la chance. Vous ne pouvez pas faire confiance à son histoire. Je fais. La pesée est-elle «parfaite»? Eh bien, bien sûr que non. Y a-t-il des écarts? Plus que je ne peux compter. Mais une chose que j'ai vue. Pesé comme George m'a encouragé, a fait une différence. Tous les aviateurs sont partis? Je souhaite. Mais jusqu'à présent, ils sont moins et pas aussi radicaux. Cela a fait suffisamment de différence pour que je continue à mesurer et à tester.
Les munitions à percussion annulaire sont-elles par nature pleines de variations? Il semblerait donc. Les munitions les plus chères ont-elles moins de variances? Il semblerait que oui, mais j'ai vu des écarts dans les bonnes munitions qui m'ont choqué. Mais ces différences de poids, triées, semblaient donner de très bons groupes.
Je pense que je continuerai à apprendre à trier et à manipuler correctement les munitions. Apprenez à aligner correctement mes repos. Confirmez le suivi de la carabine pour chaque coup. Apprenez à mieux lire le vent. Continuez à travailler sur ma technique. Écoutez ceux qui partagent des informations sans mépris ni colère. Et avec un peu de chance, amusez-vous et appréciez le processus inexact alambiqué et sinueux.
Vous souhaitant tout le meilleur.
4Certain
Haha! Doesn't that just drive you NUTZ! I know exactly what you mean!Problem is, I keep getting beat by a gal who just puts the shell in the gun and pulls the trigger!
Just some local club matches BUT me and a buddy are driving out to Utah to visit VUDOO Mfg. in early July! Can't wait to meet the folks that built my beautiful rifle!just scored some black box eley that will allow me to shoot all the Reg ir 50/50 matches at sac valley calif this summer .Is anyone else with a vudoo shooting matches this summer ?if so how are you doing
Matches are matches how did you do?Just some local club matches BUT me and a buddy are driving out to Utah to visit VUDOO Mfg. in early July! Can't wait to meet the folks that built my beautiful rifle!
No official scoring yet. Still playing with the Harrell's tuner. Almost ran out of ammo. I did manage a 2450 14X on a USBR card. I plan on fine tuning Monday. I'm on the bike today.Matches are matches how did you do?
We'll see what we can do sir...baby steps with this one. I just got the thing...All of this is fine and dandy, until you start moving across an ARA card with a time limit.
same as a ir 50/50 target competing is competing your fellow shooters are under same time limit.Life inst a spectator sportAll of this is fine and dandy, until you start moving across an ARA card with a time limit.
OUCH is right!Tuned Ezell tuner today 2 boxes of red box =ouch.
Sorry Stephen. I answered the wrong question. The Rails I have from Vudoo are all Picatinny. Rings that fit Picatinny Rails will work fine.Need to know what ring size, 11mm or 3/8", fits the various MOA rails made by Vudoo? I know the action uses 11mm rings.
Hi Norm FlynnI haven't shot any matches lately with my V-22S but we've been preparing it for the Triple Crown of Rimfire at Kettlefoot later this month.
This Vudoo Gun Works V-22S build (Shilen Ratchet, Vudoo Flavio Fare, Holeshot Tuner) has gotten a little face-lift since I initially posted back in November 2020. The rifle is now in an RO-Tex High Profile Dymalux stock that has been painted a glossy black with silver metal flake - the Vudoo logo is on each side of the butt stock and a cool James Bond "007" logo has been added to the forearm. The Bond logo was added because the serial number of the rifle is the seventh produced by VGW, i.e., 007.
I'm hoping I can convince my Louisiana "tuner/tester/mentor" to take my Vudoo for a spin at the Triple Crown. He's only shot one record ARA target with the rifle but it was a perfect 2500 ARA score. He'll need to bring out some of his "killer" ammo and we'll be hoping that all the stars line up for the matches
Wish us luck at the upcoming Triple Crown ... it's time to put the Vudoo V-22S on THE BIG STAGE!!!!!
Norm Flynn
Hello Norm,I haven't shot any matches lately with my V-22S but we've been preparing it for the Triple Crown of Rimfire at Kettlefoot later this month.
This Vudoo Gun Works V-22S build (Shilen Ratchet, Vudoo Flavio Fare, Holeshot Tuner) has gotten a little face-lift since I initially posted back in November 2020. The rifle is now in an RO-Tex High Profile Dymalux stock that has been painted a glossy black with silver metal flake - the Vudoo logo is on each side of the butt stock and a cool James Bond "007" logo has been added to the forearm. The Bond logo was added because the serial number of the rifle is the seventh produced by VGW, i.e., 007.
I'm hoping I can convince my Louisiana "tuner/tester/mentor" to take my Vudoo for a spin at the Triple Crown. He's only shot one record ARA target with the rifle but it was a perfect 2500 ARA score. He'll need to bring out some of his "killer" ammo and we'll be hoping that all the stars line up for the matches
Wish us luck at the upcoming Triple Crown ... it's time to put the Vudoo V-22S on THE BIG STAGE!!!!!
Norm Flynn
mattt, probably need to change the spring in the bolt to one of the others that came with the rifle. Should resolve the FTF issue.Club match today shot 2x250 cards and a 249 36x to win conditions were windy . 2nd place was a 2500x with 748 but better x count .Ezell tuner got this thing shooting great. Only down side is I keep getting ftf , a couple every card.
Appreciate the info Jamie, I'll add a bit of context for the benefit of those that lack detail.They weren't really shot. I know of 3 rifles that were there and only 2 I know of that were shot in a match. As far as I know (which may not be exact so I am just presenting info) is 1 was shot in the PSL by Jeff (not sure of last name, but shot next to me). He didn't do well, but he was at least shooting. He only shot the PSL. Ivan shot the PSL, but was shooting his 10x. Norm didn't shoot the PSL. Greg may have shot his a card or two but switched to his 10x as well.
For the ARA, Norm was shooting his 2500x, Ivan didn't shoot, and Greg shot his 10x.
I shot so bad I didn't stick around for the TC, but I suspect Ivan shot his 10x. I don't think Norm shot and not sure which gun Greg shot.