My small bolt face switch rig, 16 lightweight hunter in .300 Whisper. Its wearing a 1.5-4 Leupold Pig-plex scope. I also have .223 & .204 barrels for this one.
Lets see those hunting rifles
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The meat-grinder...77/22 Hornet heavy barrel, shortened to 20" & fore end cut down. I've taken everything that walks or crawls in the area with it. I bought it for prairie dogs in the mid to late 90s & its become one of my favorites for varmints & small game (have a reduced squirrel load that isn't too destructive). Its taken PDs, groundhogs, crows, fox, coyotes, squirrels & a pile of coons...
Small game rig: 77/22 SS ultralite boat paddle, another one I've had for 25+ years. It is minute-of-squirrel-eyeball accurate with Winchester PowerPoints. It ran an old Japanese made 3-9 Tasco for 20 years & I finally put it on a diet with a 1.5-4 Leupold. Hundreds of squirrels have fallen to it.
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It was 40+ degrees out today so I dug the T3X lite .308 "practical rifle" out of the safe to bang a little steel this afternoon...
My DD(daily driver). A bunch of work went into the stock but have gotten pretty good at it..... for what it's worth?
15$ B&L scope sold for parts off evilbay that we went through/fixed. Dang good glass,3-9X40. Timney trigger @2lbs.
7-08 with 130g cast. A few loads,one with 4198 at a shake below 2k fps. The second is Varget @2500. Another is a 145g RCBS-SIL that requires right much work on the bullet itself but is a VG target load. All these are 3 shot cloverleaf loads @100. Anymore heat and the factory barrel starts to act up a bit. But cold bore,3 shot groups are spot on,P.O.A.
This was a month ago down on the river.
15$ B&L scope sold for parts off evilbay that we went through/fixed. Dang good glass,3-9X40. Timney trigger @2lbs.
7-08 with 130g cast. A few loads,one with 4198 at a shake below 2k fps. The second is Varget @2500. Another is a 145g RCBS-SIL that requires right much work on the bullet itself but is a VG target load. All these are 3 shot cloverleaf loads @100. Anymore heat and the factory barrel starts to act up a bit. But cold bore,3 shot groups are spot on,P.O.A.
This was a month ago down on the river.
AlNyhus
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This is one of my favorites. I won a certificate for a Hart barrel at the NBRSA Hunter National in Kansas City one year and decided to use it for a .25 cal. hunting rifle following the model of Steve Timm's 'Walking' series of gun with the exception of the stock. It's a Short 700 ADL, Hart #2 @ 22" twisted 1:9, chambered in 250 Savage Ackley Improved, 40X trigger, McMillan Sako Hunter pattern stock, Leupold dual dovetails and a Weaver K6. Stan Ware @ SGR Custom Rifles did all the metal work.
With the Sierra 87 gr. SPT over H322, it's a superbly accurate deer rifle and a slick coyote calling rig. The Sierra 75's are pure poison on coyotes.
With the Sierra 87 gr. SPT over H322, it's a superbly accurate deer rifle and a slick coyote calling rig. The Sierra 75's are pure poison on coyotes.
alf
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This is one of my favorites. I won a certificate for a Hart barrel at the NBRSA Hunter National in Kansas City one year and decided to use it for a .25 cal. hunting rifle following the model of Steve Timm's 'Walking' series of gun with the exception of the stock. It's a Short 700 ADL, Hart #2 @ 22" twisted 1:9, chambered in 250 Savage Ackley Improved, 40X trigger, McMillan Sako Hunter pattern stock, Leupold dual dovetails and a Weaver K6. Stan Ware @ SGR Custom Rifles did all the metal work.
With the Sierra 87 gr. SPT over H322, it's a superbly accurate deer rifle and a slick coyote calling rig. The Sierra 75's are pure poison on coyotes.
Very nice......what'll she do at a 100?
Hardee harr har har.....
My most recent hunting rig built by O D Custom Rifles (WSMNUT here on the site)
REM 700
ACTION - SS Polished Blue Printed
BOLT - PTG Speedlock Alum. Firing Pin Assembly w/Tubb Duo Springs
TRIGGER - Calvin Elite 2 - 8 oz. B R
BARREL - 24" Kreiger 1 - 11 Tw. Sendero Taper Spiral Fluted 11 Deg. Rec.Target Crown
No Thread or Brake
LUG - PTG .2285 Tapered
CHAMBER - .308 .345 No turn nk. .090 freebore
STOCK - B & C M-40 Gray w/Black Web
SCOPE - LEUPOLD 8.5 X 25 X 50
REM 700
ACTION - SS Polished Blue Printed
BOLT - PTG Speedlock Alum. Firing Pin Assembly w/Tubb Duo Springs
TRIGGER - Calvin Elite 2 - 8 oz. B R
BARREL - 24" Kreiger 1 - 11 Tw. Sendero Taper Spiral Fluted 11 Deg. Rec.Target Crown
No Thread or Brake
LUG - PTG .2285 Tapered
CHAMBER - .308 .345 No turn nk. .090 freebore
STOCK - B & C M-40 Gray w/Black Web
SCOPE - LEUPOLD 8.5 X 25 X 50
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Right now it’s a stock Tikka T3X in .243 win. I’m running factory Winchester 80g sp but today I’ll be working a load nosler 90 BT even with the factory 80 Grains I was hitting at 550 yards with Vortex Viper PST 2nd focal plane and cheap bipod
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Alex Wheeler
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I really like the McMillan game warden. I asked Kelly if he would make a version with a maximum height cheek. Here it is, the McMillan game warden Max. 
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Thanks Alex for keeping us in the loop! First the A6/PRS and now this. I hope you can talk them in to a higher comb HTG also.
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