what class?

[nipper]

wife says i have no class but---

i have my stiller diamonback and shilen 6 pound light weight target barrel on the way, now i am wondering if i shoot for score and compitition what stock should i get? and will the barrel i just bought fit in any cf benchrest class like varmint??

 

[David Halblom]

On the surface,

wife says i have no class but---

i have my stiller diamonback and shilen 6 pound light weight target barrel on the way, now i am wondering if i shoot for score and compitition what stock should i get? and will the barrel i just bought fit in any cf benchrest class like varmint??

what you have described is a Heavy Varmint For Score. You need a 3" forend Varmint stock of your liking

 

[JerrySharrett]

wife says i have no class but---

i have my stiller diamonback and shilen 6 pound light weight target barrel on the way, now i am wondering if i shoot for score and compitition what stock should i get? and will the barrel i just bought fit in any cf benchrest class like varmint??

How did you come up with the 6 pound barrel? With an average Varmint Class benchrest stock and one of the more common benchrest scopes (15-19 oz) that you will be too heavy for Light Varmint Class and too light for Heavy Varmint. Looks like you will be in the neighborhood of 11.5-12 pounds.

What chambering have you decided on and were you planning on shooting Group or Score? Just trying to get enough info for the folks on this forum to offer some suggestions.

 

[pbike]

A Light Varmint taper barrel "raw" weighs in at just over 6 pounds. But after chambering and thread and cutting to length and crowning, you can have it just about anywhere you like. Most LV barrels "finished" are between 4 pounds 14 ounces and 5 pounds 2 ounces. That is a good range for a LV barrel. A leupold Comp series scope with rings is about 23.5 ounces. A trigger (which isn't included in the action weight) is about 3 ounces. BR actions are about 32 ounces. Stocks for a LV gun go from 20 to 30 ounces. Paint adds weight, sdo do screws and glues.

A LV rifle will allow you to shoot group LV and HV, and Score VFS (lv and hv). If your rifle is over 10 pounds 8 ounces you would be in the HV class. Limiting you to only shoot group HV and Score HvFS. If your rifle is over 13 pounds 8 ounces, it needs to go on a diet. Any "BR" gunsmith knows all the weight issue as they build your rifle... very few "outside BR" gunsmith even take this into account, Non BR painters don't even have a clue what weight paint adds to a "close" rifle.

 

[Mike Bryant]

... very few "outside BR" gunsmith even take this into account, Non BR painters don't even have a clue what weight paint adds to a "close" rifle.

I had two LV weight rifles that I had painted originally. I sent them to Kav to have repainted. When I reassembled them, they had lost 3 to 4 ounces each. That's when I decided to leave stockpainting to the stock painters.