Thought I'd pass along some info and pictures of some Anschutz Exemplars I've played with including the latest one I just acquired. I realize most followers of Accurate Shooter are Bench Rest or precision shooters of some type and not necessarily steel plate shooters. I'm definately not in the paper punching group other than initial testing to find a load or test rounds of rimfire and tracking of the scope.
I've been playing with longer range 22 rimfire for quite a while with my latest passion using peep sighted guns at my Longrange (midrange) matches on steel plated and other local matches similiar to mine. I acquired this latest Anschutz Exemplar from a friend that got it from another local longrange rimfire shooter. If I was to have built a longrange 22 rimfire pistol to compete with this is nearly exactly how I'd have done it other than maybe the green color.
It started out I think as a 14" Anschutz Exemplar, it was sent to Gene Davis where he installed a 16" SS match Shilen Ratchet barrel and installed in a one off ARS (Accurate Rifle Systems) ELR Rifle chassis. It has a 25moa DIP mount and I added Burris Signature Zee XTR rings with another 27moa of increase which gives me just a tad over 50moa of elevation increase which should let me directly dial to 500 yards with the SWFA 20X Moa-Quad scope.
I've plated with a couple other Exemplars including one I made (carved out of aluminum) a chassis which really helped make the lil gun a lot more competitive against the rifles at the local matches. The original one with a 10" barrel and a 3-9 leupold scope shoots well for what it is but has its limitations with not being nearly as stable in a rest of bi-pod due to stock design and light weight.
I acquired Big Green Friday morning the day my matches started and that evening had put the SWFA on it but the Burris rings had not arrived yet. I got a quick zero at 50 yards but was running out of light to continue. During lulls in the match on Saturday I did a few rounds using SK Biathlon and it really amazed me how stable the gun sat using a Henry Remple bi-pod and an oval bag on the rear. Three nearly perfect center hits on the smallest 1/4" circle on my Humble rack at 50 yards then a absolutely dead center hit on the axe blade at 50 yards to split it.
Moved on out to 195 yards and after a first shot miss (had no sight data other than using rifle data from another gun) and a slight adjustment up put 9 nicely centered hits on a Steel (same size as a clay pigeon). I let two other shooters take 10 shots each at the same target which made 29 center mass hits. I am very careful about tracking the scope thru the total travel up a line and it was perfect, I really like the SWFA scopes for the price, especially the 20X Moa-Quad with the floating dot.
Yesterday I had a bit of time to spare and found that this gun does shoot about 3/4" low on it's first cold bore shot. Will test that further to verify but after the 2nd shot being 3/8" low the remaining shots just piled up. Just have to live with it I guess if it continues. Could also be Cold Shooter or Cold setup too, time will tell.
As with every other of my rimfires at 197/200 yards it tracks slightly off to the right about 1 inch or so, my range lies in a small secluded valley surrounded by trees with flags scattered out thru the range. On a perfectly calm evening even the smoke rises straight up but they still track off to the right slightly. I have wanted to experiment with counteracting that so I canted the gun till the Vortex bubble just touched the right line which isn't much and shot a group at 197 yards. Dead center, recentered the bubble to verify then moved back to 50 yards and also still dead center. Tried a few other distances and still dead center windage. Will have to experiment a bit more but instead of dialing in a bit of windage will see how this experiment works.
OK, I did shoot a couple groups on paper to see how it'd do but using the soft bag on the rear it wasn't nearly as steady as another system a buddy uses on his longrange Exemplar. It wasn't bad but not up to the BR shooters and the groups they expect with their rigs but I'm pleased for initial testing. Outside to outside for both groups was .470, I'm not a very good at group measuring but I think you take outside measure then subtract bullet diameter? Both pictures are included, I think the better rear rest will help quite a bit but all it really has to be is minute of steel on our plates and I'm happy.
I'm not real sure my rifles will do much better with me behind them, Gene must build a heck of a gun, for first time out with it and just getting familiar with how it feels and what it likes I think it's gonna do good. SK Biathlon isn't exactly what most would pick for 50 yards and making tiny groups but for our longrange matches it's been showing great results. Looking forward to stretching it on out to 350 at a friends range then out to 500 at Rayners and trying an ELR match with it this summer.
Original 10" with 3-9 Leupold
Original ARS chassis Joe makes for the Exemplar
My DIY aluminum chassis I carved out of an chunk of aluminum
Big Green, the Gene Davis ELR rig. I know, it's not your conventional pistol, where do I get the cheek weld at?
Will show some targets in next thread, only allows 6 pictures per thread.
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I've been playing with longer range 22 rimfire for quite a while with my latest passion using peep sighted guns at my Longrange (midrange) matches on steel plated and other local matches similiar to mine. I acquired this latest Anschutz Exemplar from a friend that got it from another local longrange rimfire shooter. If I was to have built a longrange 22 rimfire pistol to compete with this is nearly exactly how I'd have done it other than maybe the green color.
It started out I think as a 14" Anschutz Exemplar, it was sent to Gene Davis where he installed a 16" SS match Shilen Ratchet barrel and installed in a one off ARS (Accurate Rifle Systems) ELR Rifle chassis. It has a 25moa DIP mount and I added Burris Signature Zee XTR rings with another 27moa of increase which gives me just a tad over 50moa of elevation increase which should let me directly dial to 500 yards with the SWFA 20X Moa-Quad scope.
I've plated with a couple other Exemplars including one I made (carved out of aluminum) a chassis which really helped make the lil gun a lot more competitive against the rifles at the local matches. The original one with a 10" barrel and a 3-9 leupold scope shoots well for what it is but has its limitations with not being nearly as stable in a rest of bi-pod due to stock design and light weight.
I acquired Big Green Friday morning the day my matches started and that evening had put the SWFA on it but the Burris rings had not arrived yet. I got a quick zero at 50 yards but was running out of light to continue. During lulls in the match on Saturday I did a few rounds using SK Biathlon and it really amazed me how stable the gun sat using a Henry Remple bi-pod and an oval bag on the rear. Three nearly perfect center hits on the smallest 1/4" circle on my Humble rack at 50 yards then a absolutely dead center hit on the axe blade at 50 yards to split it.
Moved on out to 195 yards and after a first shot miss (had no sight data other than using rifle data from another gun) and a slight adjustment up put 9 nicely centered hits on a Steel (same size as a clay pigeon). I let two other shooters take 10 shots each at the same target which made 29 center mass hits. I am very careful about tracking the scope thru the total travel up a line and it was perfect, I really like the SWFA scopes for the price, especially the 20X Moa-Quad with the floating dot.
Yesterday I had a bit of time to spare and found that this gun does shoot about 3/4" low on it's first cold bore shot. Will test that further to verify but after the 2nd shot being 3/8" low the remaining shots just piled up. Just have to live with it I guess if it continues. Could also be Cold Shooter or Cold setup too, time will tell.
As with every other of my rimfires at 197/200 yards it tracks slightly off to the right about 1 inch or so, my range lies in a small secluded valley surrounded by trees with flags scattered out thru the range. On a perfectly calm evening even the smoke rises straight up but they still track off to the right slightly. I have wanted to experiment with counteracting that so I canted the gun till the Vortex bubble just touched the right line which isn't much and shot a group at 197 yards. Dead center, recentered the bubble to verify then moved back to 50 yards and also still dead center. Tried a few other distances and still dead center windage. Will have to experiment a bit more but instead of dialing in a bit of windage will see how this experiment works.
OK, I did shoot a couple groups on paper to see how it'd do but using the soft bag on the rear it wasn't nearly as steady as another system a buddy uses on his longrange Exemplar. It wasn't bad but not up to the BR shooters and the groups they expect with their rigs but I'm pleased for initial testing. Outside to outside for both groups was .470, I'm not a very good at group measuring but I think you take outside measure then subtract bullet diameter? Both pictures are included, I think the better rear rest will help quite a bit but all it really has to be is minute of steel on our plates and I'm happy.
I'm not real sure my rifles will do much better with me behind them, Gene must build a heck of a gun, for first time out with it and just getting familiar with how it feels and what it likes I think it's gonna do good. SK Biathlon isn't exactly what most would pick for 50 yards and making tiny groups but for our longrange matches it's been showing great results. Looking forward to stretching it on out to 350 at a friends range then out to 500 at Rayners and trying an ELR match with it this summer.
Original 10" with 3-9 Leupold
Original ARS chassis Joe makes for the Exemplar
My DIY aluminum chassis I carved out of an chunk of aluminum
Big Green, the Gene Davis ELR rig. I know, it's not your conventional pistol, where do I get the cheek weld at?
Will show some targets in next thread, only allows 6 pictures per thread.
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