Tuner

[greyspider56]

How many shooters here use a tuner and is it worth the expense?

Thanks
Mike

 

[Dan-Schenk]

It is worth it, it can save you a lot of components. The same results can be achieved with proper seating depth and powder development. The tuner helps you get it back in tune quickly if you’re at a match, and it falls out of tune.

 

[TIMO]

Yes & yes, contact Mike at gunsandgunsmithing

Tim

 

[Bill Norris]

It is worth it, it can save you a lot of components. The same results can be achieved with proper seating depth and powder development. The tuner helps you get it back in tune quickly if you’re at a match, and it falls out of tune.

Just to illustrate how one of my friends is feeling about tuners. He has been over to my house several times working with loads and several loads he has tried and then re-tested for duplication under different conditions and watch the load come apart. While at the same time he has witnessed me shooting my rifles wearing tuners and paid attention to how quickly I can get my rifles back in tune if it happens to be out. Last visit here he said he was tired of spending components over and over and asked me to show him where to look for tuners. I gave him Mike's and Erik's info so I'm thinking he will be looking at both in the near future. The answer to the question is YES tuners work and absolutely are worth the expense. The main thing about tuners to keep in mind is you must absolutely get the combustion (powder, charge, primers) happy before attempting to tune a load. There is no free lunch with developing a happy load and the tuner will not tune an unhappy load to it's best performance.

 

[TIMO]

Just to illustrate how one of my friends is feeling about tuners. He has been over to my house several times working with loads and several loads he has tried and then re-tested for duplication under different conditions and watch the load come apart. While at the same time he has witnessed me shooting my rifles wearing tuners and paid attention to how quickly I can get my rifles back in tune if it happens to be out. Last visit here he said he was tired of spending components over and over and asked me to show him where to look for tuners. I gave him Mike's and Erik's info so I'm thinking he will be looking at both in the near future. The answer to the question is YES tuners work and absolutely are worth the expense. The main thing about tuners to keep in mind is you must absolutely get the combustion (powder, charge, primers) happy before attempting to tune a load. There is no free lunch with developing a happy load and the tuner will not tune an unhappy load to it's best performance.

Bill,
couldn't have said it any better.

Tim

 

[ChristianSilver]

What’s the go to tuner, which is the best?

 

[Bill Norris]

Two of the top choices are the Ezell Tuner by Mike Ezell and the E C Tuner by Erik Cortina.

 

[Link]

How about a tuner with a brake?

 

[ChristianSilver]

I’m about to pull the trigger on 3 and have been thinking ECV2. Making sure I wasn’t missing something. Thanks.

 

[Bill Norris]

How about a tuner with a brake?

Erik Cortina makes those as well. Not real sure if Mike does or not.

 

[Link]

How about a tuner with a brake?

What I should add is - do they work as good as just a tuner.

 

[Bill Norris]

I own both the tuner and tuner brake. I can tune either of my rifles/loads with either one normally.

 

[TIMO]

How about a tuner with a brake?

Look at Harrells, I have not tried theirs, but use their dies and powder dispenser, scope rings and bases are top notch as well as their customer service.
tuner-brakes

Tim

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

Erik Cortina makes those as well. Not real sure if Mike does or not.

I don't currently offer a tuner with a brake integrated into it. I may at some point.

When I started making tuners for sale, the tuner market was new and I geared strictly toward the Benchrest crowd where brakes are largely not allowed. Times and the market have changed. The vast majority now agree that tuners work and the market has grown into areas where brakes are allowed.
Funny story made short...I considered a tuner brake before there was such a thing at all but considered them a bench rest tool but I was very wrong. They are very popular, with or without a brake now, in many competitive shooting disciplines. I wish I had done it sooner and will at some point. My current design was intended to do what tuners do better than any other. I think it does but it isn't easily modified to incorporate a brake so it'll be a new design altogether. I have some other interesting designs on the horizon as well that may address this too. No ETA on those yet but have started testing. It'll be a while but hopefully worth the wait and the hard work. Of course I'll let everyone know on here. Pretty exciting though.

If I can be of help, just let me know. Thanks to all.

 

[ChristianSilver]

Where can I see, read about your tuners.. website?

 

[Bill Norris]

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www.ezellcustomrifles.com

 

[LVLAaron]

They're fantastic once you learn how to integrate them into the process. The DSBFab tuner is on every F class rifle I see / use because of it's light weight.

 

[ExPiney]

They're fantastic once you learn how to integrate them into the process. The DSBFab tuner is on every F class rifle I see / use because of it's light weight.

LVL, can you post a link to the DSBFab tuners you mentioned?

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

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www.ezellcustomrifles.com

Thanks Bill

 

[ChristianSilver]

On the Ezell tuner is it’s set position held by a set screw?