Shilen DGR

[jd159]

1st post guys

My new groundhog gun.....the basics:

-Shilen DGR action (Stiller Predator)
-Shilen 1:8 twist .243 win. 26" barrel
-Northland Shooter Supply barrel lug and nut
-Timney Calvin Elite Trigger
-HS Precision stock glass bedded around recoil lug (anyone who thinks a aluminum bedding block is perfect is wrong)
-Shilen 20 moa scope base
-Seekins rings
-Sightron 8-32*56 with lrmoa (awesome scope)
-Cheap Blackhawk cheek pad

Also used an extended Wyatt's box magazine and follower (Might just be me, but has taken a considerable amount of fitting and polishing/buffing to get to work almost remotely acceptable). Needless to say I'm not pleased.

As far as the action goes, I am pleased. It is smooth, and beautifully machined. Extraction and ejection is not 100%. More so on the negative than positive. Been enjoying shooting and having really messed with it too much. Shoot mainly single shot anyway.

Currently has 6 groundhogs under it's belt, longest at 350 yards. Need to work up a load with 105 gr amax. Currently using a previous 243 load with 70 gr Nosler BT's at 3465 fps.

3 shot group at 100 yards attached shot from bed of truck prone off bipods. I know three shot groups don't count. Vertical stringing is clearly me.

Now for pics.

 

[2506]

That sounds like a winner. I used for a while on groundhogs a factory Rem 700 Varmint rifle in 243 Win with the 70 gr BT. Very accurate and very destructive bullet.

 

[nmkid]

It's all about fun...Why wouldn't a 3-shot group count??

 

[jd159]

LOL, well, as I have discovered in the past, it is a lot harder shooting a 1/2 moa 5 shot group than a 3 shot group. I don't compete, so this gun shoots better than I am personally capable of.