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Got a pic rail adapter from keystone arms to add a scope to Crickett overlander. Put on a compact Amazon 3-9x for now which is actually pretty clear glass for what it is.
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Shot an ARA 50yrd target for the 1st time yesterday with this rifle. Rifle was dialed in with Lapua center-x at 50yrd. Rifle is capable of tight groups, but the ARA target was a challenge with the 2x7.
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10/22 with a bull barrel, Ruger BX trigger and a Magpul stock - fun to mod
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Beautiful rifle!
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Those 39s are awesome rifles!
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My Remington 510 from 1941.
Still shoots well....
Andy
Still shoots well....
Andy
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Since my boy enjoys shooting 17hmr. I picked up 22lr for him too. Same setup for each. Burris fullfield 4-16×50 and sparrow
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Late 1930's Walther DSM, sadly bubba'ed before 1954, hence the 'NOT ENGLISH MAKE STAMPS'.
Got a nice blue job, though. Not bad for $80.
Got a nice blue job, though. Not bad for $80.
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Do you folks ever use Eley match over there? Folks in USA complaining of huge decrease in quality/consistency on it. I only have a small amount and it's old so mine may be still the better ones. Wondering if there is a difference in European eley match vs US (or to be accurate, many others are wondering about it, I don't shoot enough of it to care too much really).
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Whoever gets it, it is the same the world-over. Why make something of lesser quality for the US of A? Talk about counter-productive.
I don't shoot it because most of my .22cal rifles are German, and they like SK Match. My three British-made rifles might like Eley, but as I'm limited as to how much I can hold at any time -600 rounds - I tend to buy 500 SK Match rather than dribs and drabs.
Everhow, I've asked our .22cal comps maven, Terry Grey, what brands they use for their 3P and BR comps. Most have German rifles, so the general vote is for RWS R50. Nobody has a UK-made .22 rifle these days - those days are long gone.
What they do over here is to wait until the Lord Roberts shooting centre at Bisley - home of the British NSRA - announces an ammunition trial week. During this time all the UK's best .22cal shooters - around a 1000 or so - go down there and batch-test all the brands available here, and having found one that their rifles like, they can buy the whole batch/lot of 10,000 at a time. Of course, us mere mortals can also go, and rub shoulders with the greats in the hope that some of their skill might rub off [hah.] I've gone a couple of times over the last twenty years to see all the spiffy rifles that cost as much as my car.
Needless to say, this is not only time-consuming, but expensive in the extreme - but their aim is to win medals, not to grow rich. The Irish national team come over as well, as do many other nations - perhaps even the US of A - I don't know, me. My style of shooting is not that high-falutin'.
This might be of interest to you -
'Where does the UK shooting funding come from?'
The funding for English rifle teams comes from a mix of sources, including grants from Sport England, donations to the National Rifle Association (NRA)'s funds, contributions from sponsoring bodies like the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and the Army Rifle Association (ARA), as well as donations from members and the general public through fundraising efforts. British Shooting also absorbs grass-roots funding from Sport England, distributing it to develop the sport further.
Primary Funding Sources
Anyway, at OUR level we pay our own way......although three of our shooters are in Team GB. One of our air rifle shooters, the paralympian Matt Skelhon, won Gold in Beijing - just three years after taking up shooting as a sport after a horrendous nigh-on fatal road traffic accident. He'd never fired ANY kind of gun before....
Anyhow - here is hitted postery of Eley -
'ELEY is a British company who have manufactured ammunition since 1828.
William and Charles Eley established the company originally in London and later moved the company to Birmingham, beginning a long and proud tradition in the manufacture of rimfire ammunition. Specialising in .22LR calibre cartridges, ELEY is widely regarded as the world leader with tenex, its flagship cartridge, sold in 90 countries.
The name Charles Eley first gained public attention through an advertisement in the London Morning Chronicle on 10th July 1828. The advert promoted the opening of an extensive factory that supplied patented cartridges hailed as the greatest ever improvement in gunnery. The proprietors were two brothers, William and Charles Eley, whose adventurous and courageous spirit greatly influenced this developing industry.
William Eley had three sons who inherited the business from him in 1842. They greatly expanded the business in the second half of the nineteenth century, which included a major expansion in 1874 supported by the sale of shares to the public. During this period ELEY won many awards for the quality of our products throughout the world. The most prestigious of these was the Grand Prix, bestowed on the company at the Paris Exhibitions of 1898 and 1900. The early 1900s saw a major development when ELEY became one of the founding members of Nobel Industries alongside the world renowned Kynoch Company. In 1928 the business moved to the Witton site in Birmingham as a subsidiary of what is now Imperial Metal Industries, a major multinational engineering conglomerate.
Major ammunition developments from ELEY include: a joint patent with Samuel Colt for revolver cartridges in 1855, Britain's first center-fire cartridge in 1857, the development of the Boxer primer system, development of the first bottleneck rifle cartridges in 1869, and thin-brass totally waterproof shotshell cartridges in 1882.
During the American Civil War ELEY was a major supplier of ammunition to the Confederacy. Our first .22LR rimfire cartridges were produced in 1860, but our current rimfire domination began in earnest in 1951 with the introduction of the first generation of ELEY tenex.
ELEY's goal behind the initial tenex development was to provide British made .22LR ammunition built to extremely fine manufacturing tolerances to support British competition shooters. This was borne out at the 1951 British Championship and the Grand Aggregate events at Bisley, won by ELEY team shooters using ELEY tenex.
A key example of the company's technological innovation is the ELEY Autoprime System developed by the company in the early 1980s. It remains to this day the only fully automated dry priming system in the world. Such investment in technology inevitably reflects the high levels of product and systems quality, features which are acknowledged by the company's accreditation to the ISO 9001 European standard.
In 2000 and 2001 ELEY's considerable investment in the new and revolutionary ELEY tenex Ultimate EPS and ELEY match EPS ranges took target shooting to a new level.
In May of 2003 ELEY completed a huge investment in a historically significant relocation of ELEY to a purpose built factory a few miles from Witton in the West Midlands. Not only does this demonstrate ELEY's long term commitment as the world's leading supplier of quality cartridges, but it provides the modern facilities vital for future product research and development to remain the best in our field.'
I don't shoot it because most of my .22cal rifles are German, and they like SK Match. My three British-made rifles might like Eley, but as I'm limited as to how much I can hold at any time -600 rounds - I tend to buy 500 SK Match rather than dribs and drabs.
Everhow, I've asked our .22cal comps maven, Terry Grey, what brands they use for their 3P and BR comps. Most have German rifles, so the general vote is for RWS R50. Nobody has a UK-made .22 rifle these days - those days are long gone.
What they do over here is to wait until the Lord Roberts shooting centre at Bisley - home of the British NSRA - announces an ammunition trial week. During this time all the UK's best .22cal shooters - around a 1000 or so - go down there and batch-test all the brands available here, and having found one that their rifles like, they can buy the whole batch/lot of 10,000 at a time. Of course, us mere mortals can also go, and rub shoulders with the greats in the hope that some of their skill might rub off [hah.] I've gone a couple of times over the last twenty years to see all the spiffy rifles that cost as much as my car.
Needless to say, this is not only time-consuming, but expensive in the extreme - but their aim is to win medals, not to grow rich. The Irish national team come over as well, as do many other nations - perhaps even the US of A - I don't know, me. My style of shooting is not that high-falutin'.
This might be of interest to you -
'Where does the UK shooting funding come from?'
The funding for English rifle teams comes from a mix of sources, including grants from Sport England, donations to the National Rifle Association (NRA)'s funds, contributions from sponsoring bodies like the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and the Army Rifle Association (ARA), as well as donations from members and the general public through fundraising efforts. British Shooting also absorbs grass-roots funding from Sport England, distributing it to develop the sport further.
Primary Funding Sources
- Sport England:
Provides grants for the development of the sport and its talent pathways, which are managed by organizations like British Shooting.
- National Rifle Association (NRA):
A registered charity that runs various funds, such as the Overseas Team Fund (OTF), which receives donations from disciplines and members to support international teams.
- British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC):
Offers legacy sponsorship to young shooters with ambitions to represent the country.
- Army Rifle Association (ARA):
Supports the rifle teams within the British Army.
- Donations & Members:
The NRA's funds are also supported by general donations from the public and its membership base.
- Team Expenses:
Funding is used for costs such as competition entry fees, ammunition, and travel for international events.
- Equipment:
Grants from the NRA and other organizations help cover the cost of hiring or purchasing necessary equipment for young shooters.
- Grassroots Development:
Sport England's funding supports programmes like the national Target Sprint series and Airgun series, increasing participation and developing talent.
- GB Rifle Team: Supported by the NRA through the OTF and other funds, which receive donations from members and the public.
- Army Rifle Teams: Funded and supported by the Army Rifle Association.
- Young Shooters: The NRA also manages a Young Shooters' Fund to support individuals with the cost of equipment and travel.'
Anyway, at OUR level we pay our own way......although three of our shooters are in Team GB.
One of our air rifle shooters, the paralympian Matt Skelhon, won Gold in Beijing - just three years after taking up shooting as a sport after a horrendous nigh-on fatal road traffic accident. He'd never fired ANY kind of gun before....Anyhow - here is hitted postery of Eley -
'ELEY is a British company who have manufactured ammunition since 1828.
William and Charles Eley established the company originally in London and later moved the company to Birmingham, beginning a long and proud tradition in the manufacture of rimfire ammunition. Specialising in .22LR calibre cartridges, ELEY is widely regarded as the world leader with tenex, its flagship cartridge, sold in 90 countries.
The name Charles Eley first gained public attention through an advertisement in the London Morning Chronicle on 10th July 1828. The advert promoted the opening of an extensive factory that supplied patented cartridges hailed as the greatest ever improvement in gunnery. The proprietors were two brothers, William and Charles Eley, whose adventurous and courageous spirit greatly influenced this developing industry.
William Eley had three sons who inherited the business from him in 1842. They greatly expanded the business in the second half of the nineteenth century, which included a major expansion in 1874 supported by the sale of shares to the public. During this period ELEY won many awards for the quality of our products throughout the world. The most prestigious of these was the Grand Prix, bestowed on the company at the Paris Exhibitions of 1898 and 1900. The early 1900s saw a major development when ELEY became one of the founding members of Nobel Industries alongside the world renowned Kynoch Company. In 1928 the business moved to the Witton site in Birmingham as a subsidiary of what is now Imperial Metal Industries, a major multinational engineering conglomerate.
Major ammunition developments from ELEY include: a joint patent with Samuel Colt for revolver cartridges in 1855, Britain's first center-fire cartridge in 1857, the development of the Boxer primer system, development of the first bottleneck rifle cartridges in 1869, and thin-brass totally waterproof shotshell cartridges in 1882.
During the American Civil War ELEY was a major supplier of ammunition to the Confederacy. Our first .22LR rimfire cartridges were produced in 1860, but our current rimfire domination began in earnest in 1951 with the introduction of the first generation of ELEY tenex.
ELEY's goal behind the initial tenex development was to provide British made .22LR ammunition built to extremely fine manufacturing tolerances to support British competition shooters. This was borne out at the 1951 British Championship and the Grand Aggregate events at Bisley, won by ELEY team shooters using ELEY tenex.
A key example of the company's technological innovation is the ELEY Autoprime System developed by the company in the early 1980s. It remains to this day the only fully automated dry priming system in the world. Such investment in technology inevitably reflects the high levels of product and systems quality, features which are acknowledged by the company's accreditation to the ISO 9001 European standard.
In 2000 and 2001 ELEY's considerable investment in the new and revolutionary ELEY tenex Ultimate EPS and ELEY match EPS ranges took target shooting to a new level.
In May of 2003 ELEY completed a huge investment in a historically significant relocation of ELEY to a purpose built factory a few miles from Witton in the West Midlands. Not only does this demonstrate ELEY's long term commitment as the world's leading supplier of quality cartridges, but it provides the modern facilities vital for future product research and development to remain the best in our field.'
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Good score! I need to try one of those targets.
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Hammerli b1. I refinished the stock. I ordered a Mcarbo spring kit for its 10/22 compatible trigger but haven't installed yet.
3 shot group at 31 yards with eley match. Had $25 100yard parallax scope on it which I may not have corrected for (via scope shadow) enough. Either target or crosshairs has to be blurry due to parallax. Great rifles I think for $333. 22wmr version is $334.
I just got the 22 wmr quick change barrel for it but haven't shot that yet. Both barrels are 16" I wish they were 22". I'm trying to buy a 17wmr barrel and 22" 22lr barrel from Germany but it's been slow going. They haven't said no yet but they haven't said yes. I'm hoping they will at least let me buy a minimum order, say 10 barrels, it they won't sell me just one. Then can sell the rest. We'll see, fingers crossed…
3 shot group at 31 yards with eley match. Had $25 100yard parallax scope on it which I may not have corrected for (via scope shadow) enough. Either target or crosshairs has to be blurry due to parallax. Great rifles I think for $333. 22wmr version is $334.
I just got the 22 wmr quick change barrel for it but haven't shot that yet. Both barrels are 16" I wish they were 22". I'm trying to buy a 17wmr barrel and 22" 22lr barrel from Germany but it's been slow going. They haven't said no yet but they haven't said yes. I'm hoping they will at least let me buy a minimum order, say 10 barrels, it they won't sell me just one. Then can sell the rest. We'll see, fingers crossed…
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Both RPR 22lr. The black one is mine and the wrapped camo pattern is my kids 1st rifle. Wanted to be like dad. Currently have him using a red dot at 25yds. His 1st mag was 10 rds on 12" target. After a couple short range trips, he is 10 rds 3" target unassisted. Next week may let him try 50yds. He is shooting with a bi pod off a bench while standing.
Reason for the choice as a 1st rifle.
1. LOP is shorter than a crickett
2. Adjustable riser puts him with a good sight picture.
3. Full function bolt
4. Already had plenty of mags
5. Because its fun!
Reason for the choice as a 1st rifle.
1. LOP is shorter than a crickett
2. Adjustable riser puts him with a good sight picture.
3. Full function bolt
4. Already had plenty of mags
5. Because its fun!
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What is "RPR"?
Pistol looks like a tx-22? If so, you may already know but my understanding is that FRTs are legal in WA. 1900 rounds per minute fire rate for tx-22.
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I've got "a sheep in wolf's clothing." It's a Shiloh Sharps with a .45-70 bore but have inserted a Crossno .22 LR barrel liner. The 6x scope is from Montana Vintage Arms.
It's a nice shooter.
Mike
It's a nice shooter.
Mike
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