Tuning "on the fly"

[Ian_Owen]

A few years ago I had a rifle built, had two barrels chambered and fitted for it, turned up at a big shoot with it and it didn't do wonders but shot OK, turned up at the next shoot with it and won wood, since I was planning to go to the Supershoot the following year another shooter said I should put that barrel aside and use it at the Supershoot.
So I screwed on BBL #2 and won wood in 4 shoots out of 4 shoots.

I then got another 3 bbls chambered and fitted for that rifle by the same gunsmith........each one of those bbls won wood. Since I missed the Supershoot that year I went the following year screwed on bbl#1 and did pretty well at the Supershoot. Shot the same lot of bullets and the same weight of 133 for 4 days, didn't change a thing.

I had another 3 barrels done by the same gunsmith and now all the flags seem to be speaking Chinese.......cos I sure can't read em anymore.

Shooting competitive aggs with those first 5 barrels seemed to be a lot easier than it is now, all 8 barrels were chambered and fitted by the same gunsmith and all were the same make, all the bullets were by the same bullet maker but two seperate lots..........Ian

 

[JerrySharrett]

Uncle Jerry,,, I bleeb that was the original barrel Clarence Hammonds put on the gun. Keith Gant couldn't lose w/it. Just point and shoot. Wilbur bought it and became instant "pine board magnet" Paul Wolfe had great barrel also. He set 200 yd agg record (HV) and won the South East Region championship. Once Paul, shooting @ Unaka , had a bullet go out of group , for no apparent reason. I ask what happened,,, he said "its that damn wind,, I know it is" then he said,, yeeeaaaa

Tommy, I still have the original Bowling Ball barrel. Had it on an action just the other day to test some bullets!!

As to finding the "just touching" point and is it important to get that just exact setting? Maybe and maybe not but if you want to get there EXACTLY there is an exact way. If you have the tools to change barrels and if you have the tools to check headspace do this;

-Remove the barrel and take a just f/l sized case and measure it in the chamber like you would using a headspace gage.

-Seat a bullet slightly long in that same case then remeasure. Move the stem of your seater out by the difference in those two measures and reseat that bullet. It is now at the EXACT just touching point.

Now, why would the exact "just touching" point become important? It gives you a common starting point when you set up a new barrel or try a new bullet.

 

[eww1350]

What about the guy in Dublin Ga.? He loaded 200 shells/cartridges in middle Georgia, a week before Super Shoot. He won the Super Shoot that year. Was that a turned rifle, that stayed tuned, or just a well built, rifle /barrel combination. He always did well w/that barrel and rifle. (That was his first and last Super Shoot) I haven't heard of anyone pre-loading and doing well @ the Super Shoot. His first name was Ed,, can't remember his last name. Wilbur can tell us his name.

The guys name was Ed Adams..I believe...I read the story in PS magazine...he came pre loaded with H-322 and did not shoot free recoil.
It was his day..and the BR Gods smiled down upon his equipment...



Eddie in Texas

 

[MColeman]

The guys name was Ed Adams..I believe...I read the story in PS magazine...he came pre loaded with H-322 and did not shoot free recoil.
It was his day..and the BR Gods smiled down upon his equipment...



Eddie in Texas

His name was Ed Hall and he was the main reason they have benchrest in Dublin. Ed had problems dealing with others in trying to get things accomplished and said some things best not said from what I heard about it. He was put out of their club and quit shooting benchrest at that time.

It would be a huge mistake to plan your shooting career based on Ed Hall winning the Super Shoot that one time.

 

[Wilbur]

The guys name was Ed Adams..I believe...I read the story in PS magazine...he came pre loaded with H-322 and did not shoot free recoil.
It was his day..and the BR Gods smiled down upon his equipment...

Eddie in Texas

Ed Adams is a bit more consistent than the fellow HFV referenced - Ed Hall. Always had a toothpick sticking out the corner of his mouth and like the rest of us, wouldn't listen to pure reason.

Mickey's use of the term "huge" is the understatement of the year.