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    @viper don’t worry I have the same problem with the gun maker I go to.
    Need to almost physically get myself by the clollar and drag my sorry ass out the door

    I do have another trigger guard that I’ll give the same treatment to this one is not as nice as the one I posted. Has milling marks I’ll see if I can get it up to the same finish. Also this time I’ll take plenty of pics.
    @rossi.45 nice looking carbine that you have had made up. I’ve gotten rid of all my small bore’s as had no ground to shoot em on. Think I might look at getting a firearms rated air gun as this has a lot more versatility in the uk. The trouble the I have is the ground here is covered in flint so the ricocheted’s are horrendous when you hear them whine off your left thinking bloody hell where’s that going to land So my thinking is air rifle to keep the eye in.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rossi.45 View Post
    i didnt realise it was a dial up scope . . . thats cool.

    i am still shooting about the same as always, 2 times a week or more if i can manage it .. . picked up another shooting spot with a good mixture of close in scrub running along wide open paddocks for LR work . . . which gave me a good excuse ( i don't need much to spend money on guns ) to modify a .22lr semi thats been spending to much time in the cupboard. @gundoc chopped the barrel back to 10.5inches & fitted a suppressor for me, very cool little carbine now & great to meet a gunsmith of such huge talent who lives so close to home.
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    the Virus has been very successful on my main farm . . . but not so much on his neighbours for some odd reason.

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    Oh crap back a step Name:  61FE70C2-26D2-406C-ABB6-CDE3AA027F95.jpeg
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    Because some numpty forgot to apply etching primer
    So back to the white. Name:  8D3C7612-F4FE-4A59-BAF6-847284B72D4E.jpeg
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    Bugger, oh well you won't forget next time, didn't take long to chip / scratch .
    Had my 222 out over the weekend, 20 rabbits shot out to 275 yrs. Just shitty old Winchester Softpoint factory ammo so it's doing ok.
    Lacks the legs of a 223 but reloading and better projectiles will help I think plus I am only just starting with the dial up and that does my head in. Something about spending all that time zeroing it in only to turn the dials all over the place and then hope it all returns back to zero again. I know it's a well proven method but seems wrong when you first start.
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    some random thoughts as i have a coffee @viper

    to me the whole process is enjoyable, a bit tiresome if your going up and down huge amounts as in rimfire LR but generally its a fun thing with the BIG payoff with a good hit . . . that rabbit getting rolled at distance spins my wheels everytime and makes up for all the expense, time etc that came before

    hours at the reloading bench can become a grind so mostly i break it up into bits . . . cases one day, primer seating the next, powder and bullet seating another . . . if it becomes hard work you will chuck it eventually . . attitude is everything.

    with dialing i like to think of it as starting with a zero of say 100yds and then if i see a wabbit at 275 i am dialing up for a 275yrd zero . . . hopefully with a dead rabbit in the very near future.

    as you say viper the .223 has longer legs than the .222, if yours is like mine it only likes 50grn bullets so your not going to get a big improvement in range whatever bullet you choose . . . my treble2 is a 275 - 300yrd rifle on a good day, with the ability to roll a Deer out to 200 . . . for fckall cost, thats pretty cool.

    end of ramble . . . R
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    without a picture . .. it never happened !

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    @ rossi.45, thanks for the thoughts , I think your dead right on everything you mention.

    This is my 3rd trip down the reloading road. Each of the previous times I swore I wouldn't ever reload again.......but here I go again.
    I told my wife I was going to reload again, the look on her face was priceless, just a smirk and a look that suggested I am a total wanker for selling my last reloading kit. I don't blame her , should have kept it .

    This time I will break it into stages as you suggest.

    Still getting to know both the rifle and the calibre but your overview seems bang on and I need to work on this, cool gun though and like you say great to hear that thump when it connects.
    Enjoy the coffee, will catch up at some point for one.

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    @viper year could have kicked myself actually I did but sat at the beach yesterday watching the dog swim for 45 minutes and it all came off.
    When I got home I also stripped the spare one that I had to compare the two and put the best one on the rifle.
    Think I'll stay with the original one. But both came up very nicely.
    Getting some primer today
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    I had a cf2 in 6.5x55 yes it was a factory chambering just not all that meny round
    Was a nice gun I sold it though to meny guns not enough uses i to am about to enter the 222 owners club
    When I’ve payed for her in a couple of weeks
    I’ve always been interested in trying one I don’t need it for any particular reason but ive been keen to have one to play with
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    @rambo-6mmrem what rifle are you looking at in 222 ?

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    If that trigger guard is steel it would look good blued

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    @viper buying superdivers sportco you were looking at mate

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    @rambo-6mmrem, yeah it was a cool looking rig,it's what got me started down the 222 route, only reason I didn't pursue it further was the FAL and shipping thing.
    Walked into the local H&F and saw the BSA, no hassle.
    The Sportco would be great, again something a bit different and a great project to muck about with.
    Good luck, let me know how you get on, maybe a bit premature but welcome to the Triple Deuce Club.

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    Quote Originally Posted by viper View Post
    @rambo-6mmrem, yeah it was a cool looking rig,it's what got me started down the 222 route, only reason I didn't pursue it further was the FAL and shipping thing.
    Walked into the local H&F and saw the BSA, no hassle.
    The Sportco would be great, again something a bit different and a great project to muck about with.
    Good luck, let me know how you get on, maybe a bit premature but welcome to the Triple Deuce Club.
    Yeah really looking forward to it be a couple of weeks before i finish paying for it
    Ive owned Poo poo 3’s before but they don’t really do anything for me the 222 ive never owned before but with the long neck it looks like a shooter and just a cool old cal shame about the 1/14 twist and being stuck with 50gn or so bullets
    Im just going to buy bulk seirra hornady or nosler 50gn sp bullets
    But will get lapua brass and good primers and I’ll use cfe223 powder as I already use it for 6.5 Grendel
    Been a long time since I’ve owned a centre fire rifle smaller than 6.5

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    @rambo-6mmrem, yeah they are a very accurate caliber with that long neck, held bench rest records for years and years. The 1/14 twist is a little inhibiting but sounds like that was what they were designed to shoot really well, helps take the guess work out.
    There are guys shooting 40 gr Vmax on Youtube and getting some very tight groups and going up to 53gr.
    The CFE powder should be great.
    I have got lucky with a guy here in Cromwell who has got out of 222 and gone to a bigger gun and selling up.
    I picked up 160 live factory rounds and 203 once fired case's ( mixed , winchester, norma , Lapua )for $100.

    So it's down the reloading path I go, be nice to load varmint projectiles again and hear that thump. Not sure which powder .
    Never going to be a high volume gun for me, I have the 17HMR for that but some long range bunny busting and gong shooting on nice still days.

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    man you dont need to sweat the twist rate...... I mean think about it for a minute will you??? the guys who shot deer for a living with treblies DIDNT HAVE FAST TWIST OPTION and yet it made its name and fame with what it was fed.....they didnt have wonderfull 45-50 grn barnes etc mono jobbies either which will make you smile when you see what they do on deer sized animals.
    I own a .223 and have purposely loaded 50 grn pills as I believe thats part of reason the trebly is so good....the 50s are SOFTER???? than 55s so dump energy more....bunnies out to 250ish shouldnt need dial up...nothing wrong with good old Kentucky windage once you get to know how much to hold over,it just adds to the challenge. Ive shot bunnies at over 200 with brothers trebly they didnt know where first low shot came from so didnt move far.....didnt move at all after 2nd one.
    shot goats with 45grn factory loads..and 50 grn loads...shot pig with 52grn speer hp load (still a favourite pill in .223).
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