Eurodriver, I read your complete build project after i built this rifle with great interest. You really thought through the details of your build with a specific goal in mind. Plus it looks like you are having a ton of fun shooting it.
I like the idea of a custom Krieger barrel. I have a heavy, I mean HEAVY Kreiger 22" barrel on my
.308 bolt gun, and I love it.
I did not build this rifle as a light weight built, rather I waned the balance to be toward my shoulder and not out in front of me. There have been competition stages where you have to shoot unsupported, standing. So far the Proof barrel does this for me. I will try to get a total weight on it. Now I am curious.
At 1KM, my firing solution in 'Applied Ballistics' shows I am transonic. I think calling this rifle a 2 MOA - 3 MOA shooter at 1KM is a safe call at that point. Hopefully this will be the extreme range in 'PRS Gas Gun Series' and the 'Rifleman's' Team Challenge' matches. I suspect, the targets at the extreme ranges of a match will be sized a bit more generously.
As far as 1KM accuracy goes. I have not shot paper at that distance, in fact I have only shot paper at 100 yards, so I do not know for sure how it groups beyond that. I have shot a 24" steel plate at 1KM with decent results. I would say 6 or 7 hits out of 10 shots. My first match is in February, that will be the true test. So far shooting at distance has been geared to truing my data in 'Applied Ballistics'.
My primary use for this rifle is competition. So far everything I have read, and videos I have watched for the '
PRS Gas Gun Series' matches, people should be OK with a 1 MOA or 1.5 MOA gun. In the video linked above, they say that 25% of the targets will be 2 MOA or smaller. I hope they are not too much smaller, or at extreme distances.
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