Thread: Lithgow centerfire LA102

Anyone taken the plunge on one of these?

Yes - I bought a used "walnut" stocked example in 308. I don't know if I got lucky on not but mine shoots extraordinarily well, consistently round 1/3 MOA, which considering the relatively light weight is pretty good for a un-altered factory rifle.

I've probably put close to 500 rounds through mine, and its a very nice rifle to shoot, I don't know why, but I think it has a very mild recoil impulse that makes it easy to shoot long strings without discomfort. The barrel doesn't seem too "walk" with the 10-12 shot strings I usually shoot (FTR).

I recently won our local 500 yard egg shoot with a 4th shot hit on my egg (no sighters or markers allowed, you have to trust your dial and rifle implicitly) using the Lithgow - stoked !!

Downsides . . . its too light for a serious target rifle (I haven't been ale to shoot any possibles with this rifle, there is always a dropped shot), and the barrel is only 22", which means you are limited to fairly modest velocities

Another thing - I got mine to use as a basis for a 6mm Crudmore build, but didn't have the heart to take a rifle that shot so well to bits AND they are constructed quite differently (a unique recoil lug/barrel shank arrangement), so require quite a different approach to rebarrel, any gunsmith would need to be "on their metal" to undertake a rebarrel

Was thinking, as you do when your locked up, if it was worth selling my 233 tikka T3X 1-8 and getting the 1-9 Lithgow
or even just getting the laminate one in 308 or 6.5, so thanks tentman is seems most accuracy reports I have read aren't an exaggeration if yours is giving you this.