Steel action rifles
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I certainly will, I just need to find a date and time that suits people.
Will you be at the Scottish Game Fair by any chance?
I am afraid not, it clashes every year with another commitment I have and so I have actually never been myself.
I just thought I would drop these videos into this thread...
Been running mine for a month or so now.
Taken a few deer with it and pushed maybe 40 rounds through.
What I’m enjoying most is that is actually more than I needed to do to find a factory ammo to group under 1moa.
Hornady Whitetail is pretty cheap and was 1moa.
I’m getting approx. 0.5moa from Hornady sst superperformance in .308
This is a short barrel 308 for pigs and in tight woods 0.5moa is more than sufficiently accurate for my purposes, however I’m already reloading for a fussy Sako85 in 6.5 so I’ll give 308 a go and update here once I’ve got a recipe that is working.
Taken a few deer with it and pushed maybe 40 rounds through.
What I’m enjoying most is that is actually more than I needed to do to find a factory ammo to group under 1moa.
Hornady Whitetail is pretty cheap and was 1moa.
I’m getting approx. 0.5moa from Hornady sst superperformance in .308
This is a short barrel 308 for pigs and in tight woods 0.5moa is more than sufficiently accurate for my purposes, however I’m already reloading for a fussy Sako85 in 6.5 so I’ll give 308 a go and update here once I’ve got a recipe that is working.
HonestJohn
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Probably the best out of the box straight pull
Rifles in terms of quality, accuracy and ergonomics. And at less than half of blaser
Prices,,.
If carlsberg did rifles..
Rifles in terms of quality, accuracy and ergonomics. And at less than half of blaser
Prices,,.
If carlsberg did rifles..
Heym SR20
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To be honest I think it a very good value for money rifle regardless of whether or not its a straight pull. I think very quickly you would completely forget its a straight pull - its just a really nice action to use. In many ways it feels like a really well set up mauser action rifle with the very tactile feelings when you cycle the action. With a bolt action you don’t consciously lift the bolt when running it fast - it is all one motion. The Steel just feels the same, indeed all the rotating locking mechanism is within the bolt body. It feels really strong, like a 98 Mauser, and terrified soldier or hunter running it hard won’t break it.
By contrast the Blasers have flimsy little rails and multiple lugs in the locking mechanism. They always feel a bit delicate to me.
Word on the street is that: the rifle’s designer used to work for Blaser and told the head honcho “I’ve got an idea that we can do it better and all out of steel - and ditch the plastic” the HH said no, so the engineer quit and set up Steel-Action.
No idea if this is a true story, but I like it.
No idea if this is a true story, but I like it.
HonestJohn
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True story
Heym SR20
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True Story. And the gentleman behind the Prinz No 1 - same story with the K95.
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