Filling in Some Gaps
Doug was kind enough to share this thread with me; so, I registered & will fill in some gaps.
Yes, Chad did make the stock.
The pistol is chambered in 6.5 BR with Lapua 6 BR brass as the parent case. Dave Kiff's folks at Pacific Tool & Gauge made the reamer. The barrel is a fast twist Lilja made for 140 grain VLD's, and the trigger was made by Mike Dewey and is set at 4 ounces. The scope is a Leupold 2.5x8.
The guts of the rear sight are Bo-Mar, and the front globe was made by now deceased (& sorely missed) Ralph Bond Chad is responsible for the front & rear sight bases.
The concept of the pistol was to build a gun that could compete in six silhouette events - Big Bore, Half-Scale & 500 Meter Unlimited & Unlimited Any Sight.
Load testing is finished. I used Sierra 142, JKL 140, and Berger 140 grain VLD bullets, Remington 7 1/2, Federal 205M, and RWS Small Rifle (the RWS are no longer available in the US & did not perform well at all). Powders used were VuitaVuori N-130 & 140.
Test results showed no appreciable difference in accuracy except with the RWS primers. (Boy, was I glad since you can't buy them here anymore!)
I settled on N-130 for the powder due to the fact that I was using less; thus, an 8 pounder will last longer and the Sierra bullet as it is somewhat less expensive than JLK's & Berger's.
I have attached a sample group from load testing. It was fired at 200 meters from the Creedmoor position.
Steve W.
Nice touch with integreating the rear sight into the scope base. Did you also do the stock work ?