Photos: Hardware

kerryman12

I was up there two weeks ago, and it was still a construction site.

meathstevie

That M4 is some DIY kit.

quackquackBOOM

people sure are putting up some nice equiptment on the site now love the rifle .243 she looks the part.hows the weather back home effecting the hunting this summer im sure the rabbits and foxes are scarce

It wasn't me!

Whatever about bunnies, I've never seen so many foxes about before. The place is absolutely crawling with them. I could see a distinct lack of pheasants this year with the numbers of them and the flooding.

It wasn't me!

On a hardware related note, the good folk at Grunig and Elmiger have offered me an RS II stock at a discount, and I'm having to suppress myself in order not to entirely break the piggy bank. Here it is, with the G&E action, rather than my slightly less snazzy Anschutz action.

Trojan911

Nice collection there Sika. (I'd hate to be coughing up the licence fees every year though)

José Alaninho

It wasn't me! wrote: »

On a hardware related note, the good folk at Grunig and Elmiger have offered me an RS II stock at a discount, and I'm having to suppress myself in order not to entirely break the piggy bank. Here it is, with the G&E action, rather than my slightly less snazzy Anschutz action.

It may be able to shoot the eyelashes of a gnat at a hundred yards IWM, but I have to say man that that is the most disgusting looking thing I've ever seen described as a rifle. :eek::D Each to his own I guess.

It wasn't me!

Ah, it'll look better in black and silver, or black and hot lime if I can convince them to paint it up for me.

Sparks

The G&E is not too bad, but it does suffer a bit from Merc syndrome (ie, sure it's a great car, but it's a Merc so you have to be a bit of an eejit to drive one ).
The quick release lugs at the cheekpiece and buttplate are a bit of a waste though - I ordered them for my 2013 stock and after using them for a fortnight, consigned them to the bottom of the toolkit. You just don't want your cheekpiece or buttplate to release quickly at the end of the day

Besides, seen Martinov's stock lately?

It wasn't me!

Sparks wrote: »

The G&E is not too bad, but it does suffer a bit from Merc syndrome (ie, sure it's a great car, but it's a Merc so you have to be a bit of an eejit to drive one ).
The quick release lugs at the cheekpiece and buttplate are a bit of a waste though - I ordered them for my 2013 stock and after using them for a fortnight, consigned them to the bottom of the toolkit. You just don't want your cheekpiece or buttplate to release quickly at the end of the day

Besides, seen Martinov's stock lately?

Pfft, at the price I'm being offered it for, I'll take being a bit of an eejit!

It'll be a while yet most likely, however, as I've other stuff in the financial pot at the moment.

Trojan911

Got the phone call this afternoon from my F.O. Took a week from shopping to purchase to collection.

Thanks to all for the advice on which calibre to get. I read up/researched all posts & spoke to different people & chose the Remington 700 VTR .308.

Here she is fully dressed...

Sika_Stalker

nice looking rifle, do tell us how it shoots and i just hope the scope can handle the recoil

murph226

sweet rig T911, happy hunting:D

riflehunter77

Trojan911 wrote: »

Got the phone call this afternoon from my F.O. Took a week from shopping to purchase to collection.

Thanks to all for the advice on which calibre to get. I read up/researched all posts & spoke to different people & chose the Remington 700 VTR .308.

Here she is fully dressed...

Thats a nice bit of kit you got there trojan, great news on your application coming throught so quick. Enjoy safe shooting

kerryman12

looking good

Trojan911

Sika_Stalker wrote: »

nice looking rifle, do tell us how it shoots and i just hope the scope can handle the recoil

Took her out for a zero yesterday as the weather was good down my neck of the woods. Zeroed for 200 yds using Remington FMJ 150gr. Happy enough but I want to fine tune it.

There is not much of a recoil however, only being used to shooting a .223 with a 45gr bullet I still have to get used to the difference in recoil (managed to get a bruised cheek so far).

The scope seems to handling ok. No issues as yet. Ear defenders, as always, a must. I forgot to put them on for one shot & suffered the consequence.

Overall, very impressed, but will continue to practice & fine tune it for a week or so before going out for deer.

Cheers...

tiny-nioclas

Well wear trojan, that rifle is exactly what i want now

José Alaninho

Trojan911 wrote: »

Got the phone call this afternoon from my F.O. Took a week from shopping to purchase to collection.

Thanks to all for the advice on which calibre to get. I read up/researched all posts & spoke to different people & chose the Remington 700 VTR .308.

Here she is fully dressed...

Don't mean to be a prude Trojan, but why is your bipod on backwards?

Trojan911

José Alaninho wrote: »

Don't mean to be a prude Trojan, but why is your bipod on backwards?

It suits me that way. I've always mounted them this way. It does not interfere with the handling when closed.

José Alaninho

Trojan911 wrote: »

It suits me that way. I've always mounted them this way. It does not interfere with the handling when closed.

Cool My bad

riflehunter77

Here is my new CZ LUX .223 with a Bushnell Elite 6500 4.5-30x50 Riflescope and a Beartooth Comb Raising Kit and a Harris Bipod.

Vegeta

That looks like an effective piece of kit right there. How do you find the scope at 30 times mag?

Can I ask where you got the comb raising kit and how much, could use one myself.

riflehunter77

Vegeta wrote: »

That looks like an effective piece of kit right there. How do you find the scope at 30 times mag?

Can I ask where you got the comb raising kit and how much, could use one myself.

Vegeta have not had a chance to zero in the scope yet, wont get a chance till friday. The scope only arrived this moring on initial inspection its not bad at 30 times mag but with any scope at that mag it is a little fuzzy. It lets in great light and has the new rainguard system will work a treat in our conditions

I picked up the comb raising kit from Target sports for £20 sterling, great little peace of kit they are..

http://www.targetsports.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=32_156&products_id=1596

Vegeta

riflehunter77 wrote: »

Vegeta have not had a chance to zero in the scope yet, wont get a chance till friday. The scope only arrived this moring on initial inspection its not bad at 30 times mag but with any scope at that mag it is a little fuzzy. It lets in great light and has the new rainguard system will work a treat in our conditions

I picked up the comb raising kit from Target sports for £20 sterling, great little peace of kit they are..

http://www.targetsports.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=32_156&products_id=1596

Stupid work are blocking that site but I will check it out when home. Cheers.

Cant wait for the first report of how she shoots. Is it a 1 in 12 twist. What ammo are you going to feed her?

Trojan911

Nice. I like the finish on the stock.... Happy shooting...

riflehunter77

Vegeta wrote: »

Stupid work are blocking that site but I will check it out when home. Cheers.

Cant wait for the first report of how she shoots. Is it a 1 in 12 twist. What ammo are you going to feed her?

Vegeta it is indeed a 1 in 12 twist rate. Will be trying some American Eagle FMJ & HP, Hornady 55gr v max, Sako Gamehead soft piont 55gr.



Lads anyone use the sako gamehead soft piont before they are new round to me ??? If so what are they like ??


Roll on friday I hope to god its a good day, its the only thing thats keeping me going getting out for a few hours :D.
P.S dont tell the wife

Sika_Stalker

the sako 55gr gameheads are a savage round in the right rifle, in europe and scothland they are used for roe deer.
a buddy of mine when he had his CZ .223 used them all the time
they never really stablized in my scout thought seeing as it was a 1 in 8 twist.

Trojan911

riflehunter77 wrote: »

Lads anyone use the sako gamehead soft piont before they are new round to me ??? If so what are they like ?

Found them to be a bit too powerful for me. Instead of stopping within the fox, I found they travelled on through, so I downgraded to a 45gr HP for safety reasons. Great round though.

riflehunter77

Thanks for the info Trojan911 and Sika_Stalker have two boxes of them at home, think I paid 23 euro for them, looking forward to giving them a go. Thanks again for the info ...

moore.j71

My Swift

tiny-nioclas

My new Ruger M77 Hawkeye .243 and Zeiss Conquest 3-9x50,im delighted with this set up

murph226

congrats man, thats a fine rifle, well ware!

Voodoo2

This Is my new Laurona 12 Gauge Trap gun -

(Sorry getting used to this imageshack thing aint easy)

Trojan911

tiny-nioclas wrote: »

My new Ruger M77 Hawkeye .243 and Zeiss Conquest 3-9x50,im delighted with this set up

Nice set up.... Happy hunting...

Hezz700

Sweet rifle T

jjmcnulty

Got my new .223 lastweek and got it zeored at the weekend and got some nice grouping.

It wasn't me!

tiny-nioclas wrote: »

My new Ruger M77 Hawkeye .243 and Zeiss Conquest 3-9x50,im delighted with this set up

How're you finding this tiny? I'm looking at a basically identical rifle in England in .25-06 and curious how yours is working out.

harmoniums

from left to right:

GSG-5 22lr MP5 clone
home built AR15, CMMG upper double-star lower in 223 (5.56)
Ruger 10/22
IMI M1 Carbine
two Egyptian FN49s in 8mm
Rare Egyptian Rasheed in 7.62x39mm
Chinese SKS paratrooper 7.62x39mm
Two yugo SKSs

peter-pantslez

nice collection harmoniums!

you must be living in the states:D

clivej

OK I have it at last my new CZ Varmint in 223 with a HS Kevlar stock. Took it out to the range and I'm well pleased with it. The scope is a Nikko Nighteater 8-32 x 60 AG IR.
Grouping was over MOA at first but got it down to sub MOA by the end of the day. I was using a few different brands of ammo and found that the Remington UMC HP 50gr were not shooting to bad through it. I have some more ammo to try out next time, V Max 55gr, V Shok 50gr and Sako softpoint 50gr.

damo03

My remmy vssf 2 in .220 swift. The green cloth on the scope doesnt look great but i lost the rubber slip for the light holder and it was the only thing i could find in the boot of the car:D.

Trojan911

damo03 wrote: »

My remmy vssf 2 in .220 swift. The green cloth on the scope doesnt look great but i lost the rubber slip for the light holder and it was the only thing i could find in the boot of the car:D.

Nice set up. Try wrapping insulation tape around the scope to sub the rubber.

eireshot

my cz 453 .22, and 452 american .17 hmr.

murph226

My new arrival:D

flanum

well, finally got my shotgun licence in late dec :rolleyes: , ive had a few outings for duck (one teal and a woodcock!), after a hiatus of twenty odd years im finally back in the hunting world! (and member of local gun club).

(yildiz cheapo 12g u/o shotty and gamo cheapo .177 air rifle...its a start:D)



just realised how brutal i am at taking photos!! thankfully im better behind a bead and scope than a lens!

Manic Moran

murph226 wrote: »

My new arrival

Excellent choice. (From a multiple SIG owner)

NTM

murph226

Manic Moran wrote: »

Excellent choice. (From a multiple SIG owner)

NTM

Cheers man!

Manic Moran

Well, I kindof had good news, and bad news.

The good news is that my new toy finally arrived, and was waiting for me as I came home from the Army.

The bad news is that it's the wrong colour. I had ordered green. I'm likely to send it back for exchange. At least, the stock and VFG.

The other bad news is that there doesn't seem to be an easy way to convert it to be California legal (I need to disconnect the side mag relase). Looks like I get to keep it disassembled until I cross the State Line.

Oh well. The exchange will give me time to ponder my options.







NTM

José Alaninho

Nice one Manic! Once again I propose a ban on Americans posting and making us jealous - MODS!?!:P

Some features I've not seen on our issued Steyrs tho... aside from the top rail what's with the side mag release? Good to see it has a fluted barrel as well, what did it set you back altogether if you dont mind me askin?

Sparks

Meh Jose, it's only an AUG
Now, if they start posting their Bleiker 6mmBR rifles from their 200-firing-point outdoor sunny ranges, I might think about it