LV 30br

[rkittine]

Not sure where Clarence Hammond gets his stocks, but this is my Switch Barrel Bat Action BR Rifle he built as an interchangeable class gun. I do not shoot free recoil so I am less concerned about balance. With the weight in the butt stock it weighs just under 13.5 pounds and with it out, just under 10.5.

Bob

 

[Al Nyhus]

A 30 BR to compete against my buddies. Not fun shooting against them with a 6.

I am converting my Bat SB from 6PPC to 30BR.

To bring some weight up, I will leave the Bukys mount on the rifle and remove the locked scope which has a loose front lens and replace it with my spare Leupold 45 with turrets. In the PPC configuration I had a 5oz brass weight on the butt pad. I will change the butt pad to a 3/8 brass pad, and bring up the 5oz weight to about 8 oz. That will almost add 1 lb to my 10.5 lb rifle. Barrel contour, i will likely go with a HV taper with shank cut off.

According to my buddies calculations, that should still keep the majority off the weight reward, and i get it up over 11.5 without any butchering of my Speedy BRX stock.

For a well balanced 10.5 lb (LV) gun, a 1.200 shank HBR barrel profile makes for a well balanced rig. If you do your home work on Dan Lilja's work with barrel stiffness, you'll see why one of the reasons those 10 lb. HBR guns shoot so well. -Al

 

[BillBrawand]

the bat sv and the stiller cobra both weigh 28 ounces. The cobra is a short viper -- and the viper is only 30 ounces, as is stiller's round-bottom d'back. Jackie schmidt checked several d'backs and found them one of the best machined (for trueness) actions out there. The longer bats are significantly heavier.

With the cobra or viper, you can get one of gene beggs skeleton stocks, which is very light, and would allow easy mounting of a (removable) recoil pad. For those, i like sorbathane. The kick-eez junior, available from brownells, is about right.

Alternatively, you need a stock in the lighter region with the weight of that leupold competition scope. And for recoil, as others have mentioned, you can use one of the strap-on recoil vests, which means its weight isn't a part of the rifle.

Good luck

check with randy wastson he had 2 that shot zeros i saw the targets

 

[Pete Wass]

Bullets

Not sure I want to go to THAT competition if clothes are optional.

are long gone before a recoil pad is going to cause any problem. I see more and more of them all the time on Score rifles. All mine have the softest ones I could find.

Pete

 

[R.G. Robinett]

Slight criticism(s) . . .

For a well balanced 10.5 lb (LV) gun, a 1.200 shank HBR barrel profile makes for a well balanced rig. If you do your home work on Dan Lilja's work with barrel stiffness, you'll see why one of the reasons those 10 lb. HBR guns shoot so well. -Al

Wow, an OLD thread resurrected!! The Hunter barrel should feature a 1.250"shank diameter! I still shoot free
recoil with Hunter & VfS rifles . . . it's, as always, a matter of what works for us. Regrading felt recoil: too long a pull length is a bad thing.RG

 

[Pete Wass]

Old Indeed

Wow, an OLD thread resurrected!! The Hunter barrel should feature a 1.250"shank diameter! I still shoot free
recoil with Hunter & VfS rifles . . . it's, as always, a matter of what works for us. Regrading felt recoil: too long a pull length is a bad thing.RG

I saw Dick Grosbier's name on one of these replies. Dick has not been with us for quite a few years.

Pete

 

[CYanchycki]

Thanks Randy and Al

Wow, an OLD thread resurrected!! The Hunter barrel should feature a 1.250"shank diameter! I still shoot free
recoil with Hunter & VfS rifles . . . it's, as always, a matter of what works for us. Regrading felt recoil: too long a pull length is a bad thing.RG

For all your input.

Me thinks i am just going to go with a Hunter contour and add what I can with weight to the rear. Should easily get it up to 11.5 lbs.

Guys must get soft in there old age thinking a 30BR kicks.....lol

I like the mindset of those Hunter shooters.....?

 

[jackie schmidt]

For all your input.

Me thinks i am just going to go with a Hunter contour and add what I can with weight to the rear. Should easily get it up to 11.5 lbs.

Guys must get soft in there old age thinking a 30BR kicks.....lol

I like the mindset of those Hunter shooters.....?

In the grand scheme of things, a 30BR really does not kick that much in a HV Rifle. But after a Grand Agg, where you might shoot 80+ rounds, you are ready to put it up.

I am heading to the range right now. It pretty cold for here, 48 degrees, but the Sun is shining and it’s just Beautiful outside.

 

[Al Nyhus]

I am heading to the range right now. It pretty cold for here, 48 degrees, but the Sun is shining and it’s just Beautiful outside.

From my sod hut on the Northern Plains prairie this morning, Jackie. -Al

 

[rsmithsr]

az br shooters match today and sunday.
more like 42 a the start, maybe 60 at the end.
very tricky "no wind" conditions.

In the grand scheme of things, a 30BR really does not kick that much in a HV Rifle. But after a Grand Agg, where you might shoot 80+ rounds, you are ready to put it up.

I am heading to the range right now. It pretty cold for here, 48 degrees, but the Sun is shining and it’s just Beautiful outside.

 

[BillBrawand]

thank you guys for the information i was wondering has any body had good luck with a lv 30br or is it just to much to handle with the recoil

watched randy watson shoot zeros with lv. 30 br. At harts range some yrs ago twice.