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Hi Shugie
checked my rosters last night and unfortunately I cannot make the 23 june as I am at work. Looks like I will not be available till well after the Imperial Mtg. I am shooting with Ovenpaa/Christel and Hauptman on the morning of 14 June. Can you make that?

Just measured my Quadloc for length. It is 49''long so my Paramount that has a 30'' barrel will be the same length.


Steve

Steve E wrote:Hi Shugie
checked my rosters last night and unfortunately I cannot make the 23 june as I am at work. Looks like I will not be available till well after the Imperial Mtg. I am shooting with Ovenpaa/Christel and Hauptman on the morning of 14 June. Can you make that?

Just measured my Quadloc for length. It is 49''long so my Paramount that has a 30'' barrel will be the same length.


Steve

I'd love to join you all on the 14th, but work, as so often, will get in the way. I'm sure I'll manage it another time though.

Sounds like a Paramount would just fit into my cabinet then. Thanks for checking.

Hugh

Hi Hugh,

Took photos of those two rifles from the NRA for sale board on my way home tonight. Don't really want to put them up on the internet as they have phone numbers on them so pm me your email & I'll send them over.

Heather

One of the people in my club has a Steyr Pro Hunter with a 26" heavy barrel up for sale. Price seems reasonable, and it was owned by another club member from new. Too heavy for hunting apparently.

Anyone care to pass opinion on this gun?

shugie wrote:One of the people in my club has a Steyr Pro Hunter with a 26" heavy barrel up for sale. Price seems reasonable, and it was owned by another club member from new. Too heavy for hunting apparently.

Anyone care to pass opinion on this gun?

I like the Steyr however you will find the barrel a bit on the skinny side which means it will warm up and string vertically.

Not a fan of the steyr stuff myself, but I've never quite worked out why...

What is the twist on your .223?

ovenpaa wrote:

shugie wrote:One of the people in my club has a Steyr Pro Hunter with a 26" heavy barrel up for sale. Price seems reasonable, and it was owned by another club member from new. Too heavy for hunting apparently.

Anyone care to pass opinion on this gun?

I like the Steyr however you will find the barrel a bit on the skinny side which means it will warm up and string vertically.

I think the heavy barrel version is 22mm dia, is that too skinny for ten shots at McQueens? The Savage BVSS, which is another possible being sold secondhand, is 25mm.

As for my Tikka Lite, the twist is 11".

The Savage BVSS, has that got the Accutrigger?

shugie wrote:

ovenpaa wrote:

shugie wrote:One of the people in my club has a Steyr Pro Hunter with a 26" heavy barrel up for sale. Price seems reasonable, and it was owned by another club member from new. Too heavy for hunting apparently.

Anyone care to pass opinion on this gun?

I like the Steyr however you will find the barrel a bit on the skinny side which means it will warm up and string vertically.

I think the heavy barrel version is 22mm dia, is that too skinny for ten shots at McQueens? The Savage BVSS, which is another possible being sold secondhand, is 25mm.

As for my Tikka Lite, the twist is 11".

We are talking a Tikka in 223 aren't we, I didn't misread that? If so it's either 8 or 12.

Mr_Logic wrote: We are talking a Tikka in 223 aren't we, I didn't misread that? If so it's either 8 or 12.

Of course, I was having a 308 moment there, it is 223, but I don't know whether it is 8 or 12, is there some marking on it somewhere?

I'm not sure about the Savage being new enough to have the Accutrigger, it dates from 2007.