(I talked to one nationally-known 'smith who does a lot of this type work on bolt actions and he said "never again" and threw holy water and garlic cloves at me through the telephone line. 310 Cadet cartridge, but also apparently, the job required an experienced 'smith. (Why it takes three shots to get really bad I have no idea.)Īpparently, bushing the firing pin hole and turning down the tip of the firing pin was a common practice to deal with pressures higher than that of the.
Judging from the primers, my thought is that the firing pin hole is too large and the primers are extruding back into it. Using light loads (at least according to my reloading manuals), the cases became harder and harder to extract, such that by the third firing, I had to tap the action open with a plastic hammer. I had a new barrel made by a 'smith who said he had worked on such actions, and had the extractor modified to fit the. Now its a nice niche shooting sport.I have a BSA Martini Cadet action I inherited from my brother (RIP). You can't have a Schuetzenfest without beer! It enjoyed a bit of a renaissance due to support from the Coors Company. Anti-German sentiment during WW I killed it, and Prohibition put the final nail in its coffin. Schuetzen was huge in the early 20th Century, especially in German-American communities. I'm too old to put up with the latter BS. Some groups are welcoming and friendly, others are cliquish like "Who are you and what are you doing here?" I've encountered both kinds.
Pisses off the shooters with the full custom rigs.įor me a lot of the attraction, or lack thereof, in a shooting event is congeniality. Point is, the stock is not what is considered a benchrest stock, trigger is original not match-light, but I just shoot it and make it work. 22, factory configuration but rebarrelled. My rifle, which holds its own, is a plebian Winchester 1885 "Japwall". Some helps and some doesn't, plus, you'll see a lot of homemade gear like my wind flags. There's a lot to be gained by attending a match and watching and asking questions.ĭon't be intimidated by fancy gear like $1000 front rests. I'll certainly learn to read wind better! I put it in Burris rings with the plastic inserts so will need to adjust to get enough elevation. Maybe it's just owning a neat rifle from the 50's and seeing what its like to shoot rimfire at 200 yards. 22 silhouette at 200 yards and as long as there is no weigh limit maybe that's its right use. Maybe benchrest but there are some folks shooting benchrest. What am I going to do with this rifle? I don't really know. For you gopher shooters I'd take a look at it. It may be a little fast for silhouette (too hard on the targets) but I do need to see how it shoots in that rifle. Price is very reasonable so may need to acquire some more. I have always believed, and it's been true, that slower is more accurate and at least for this 5 shot initial experiment the Federal won the shootout. RWS Target rifle was pretty good but the real shocker was Federal HV Match 40 gr solid 1200fps. It was still "good enough" but there were a couple real standouts.
It's the most British of rifles how is that possible?įor about $4.50 a box the SK Standard Plus and Norma Tac-22 at a bit less is my standard for shooting my Anschutz 1712 at silhouette as it's good enough. I was really surprised to find of the 5 varieties of Eley I had along that only one of them would chamber and that with great difficulty. It was a bit breezy during the experiment but shot at 50 yards so not too bad. Stunning nice weather, lots of cool guns to shoot, dead game to cook and spirits to consume. We had a great Labor Day weekend with CF friends Jorge's camp along with Hatari and spouses and other like-minded couples in central PA. The trigger is maybe 2 ounces and has zero slack. Lift with your legs not your back as they say. I didn't weigh it but I'm betting it's up toward 16+ lbs. I wondered why I was buying a discontinued Weaver 25X taste scope a few months ago (for a bargain!) and I guess this answered that question. This one has no fixed sights but had a neatly installed rail. If you're not familiar with these here's a pretty definitive website. 22's intercepted a weak brain cell and I found myself hitting "I'll take It" in the classifieds for a Martini MK-II International. A question posed here a bit ago about accurate.