Anyone have a Vudoo 22lr?

[tlsmith22]

I am really considering one and would like to hear some opinions on the greyboe stock vs a Manners. The hide guys love the vudoo rifles but I do hear conflicting opinions on whether to buy a complete rifle from vudoo with the greyboe or just the barreled action and set it in a Manners. All my big rifles use Manners.

 

[30338]

My bigger rigs wear McMillans. And the Vudoo wearing same provides a lot of practice for cheap. Love mine.

 

[tlsmith22]

Sweet rig. Which ammo does it like best? My main hunting rifle has a Manners EH1 stock, I am leaning towards that stock. My other other hunting rifles have T4a stocks, so I am kinda torn between the two. The greyboe renegade doesn't look too bad honestly though. Its a lot of money, so I want to get it right but from what I have read on Vudoo rifles, Im not sure I can get it wrong.

 

[Brightwhite]

I have one, and I have shot a few others before I went down the rabbit hole. I am not a grayboe stock fan...I would go manners EH1 for sure over any of the grayboe options. Or you can get AG composites to inlet for a 700SA and what ever DBA you’ll run on your vudoo.

 

[tlsmith22]

Are they that much better than the CZ 457? I really like the CZ with the Manners stock but if the accuracy is twice as good, I want the Vudoo for sure.

 

[Brightwhite]

Are they that much better than the CZ 457? I really like the CZ with the Manners stock but if the accuracy is twice as good, I want the Vudoo for sure.

I had all the same debates you're having and I went vudoo. Yes they are accurate, stupid accurate. But I shoot in some 22LR tournaments with guys shooting all kinds of stuff that get the job done.

The biggest advantage of the Vudoo in my opinion is:
1) Mags and mag changes. I see guys fiddling with mag changes all the time, my vudoo and everyone else vudoos that I have seen never have issues.
2) Feeding and bolt. May not apply directly to what you want to do, but I have shot in ~6 22LR tournaments that are a lot like PRS style shooting. Every shoot I have been in someone or several folks in my squad have had double feeds, jams, fail to ejects...I have seen it all. Knock on wood but my vudoo has never had a malfunction. I also can't recall every seeing any one else have a malfunction in a vudoo.
3) The rem700 SA platform. Drop it in any 700 SA stock with the right DBA bottom metal and you are good to go. I couldn't decide on a stock to start so I went with just a barreled action and found a used Magpul 700 chasis stock and I have stuck with it. It shoots incredible to 250 yards (as far as I can shoot at my range) and does everything I want it to do. You can also play around with triggers and drop in any Remington trigger (TT, Timney, etc.).
4) Barrel is threaded from Vudoo. You may not think you want one now but if you ever shoot with someone that has a suppressed 22LR you will get the itch. Its incredible how quiet they are. The Thunderbeast 22 takedown threads right onto the vudoo with no adapters needed...plug and play.

Long story short, if you have the money, get a vudoo. You will fall in love with it. If you are just looking to plink or don't really see the need to plunk down a bunch of cash, then look at the any of the CZ's, Ruger also makes a RPR style 22 and the American 22LR, there are a lot options out there. But I think vudoo is king of the mountain.

 

[tlsmith22]

I appreciate the input and that is pretty much what I have been thinking too. I used to shoot F class and I am thinking abt dabbling in PRS. I have 3 custom rifles I have built and all are more accurate than me, so obviously I prefer them. I have a built 10/22 and a Savage Mark 2 rifle that both shoot 3/4 MOA at 50 yards but it drives me nuts when I pull the trigger and can see the bullet not hit where my crosshairs are. lol

 

[Brightwhite]

If you have some customs you’re going to want to vudoo, you will always wonder if you don’t. I encourage you to look around for some 22 silhouette and long range matches as well. It’s a blast and the ones I have shot in have a ton of hunting positional shooting and it’s been awesome for me to practice in those.

 

[30338]

It mirrors my Rem 700s very closely so easy for me to decide. It shoots SK Standard Plus quite well. 10 shots under an inch at 100 in low winds. Lapua Center X better but I don’t want to spend that much for practice.

 

[Wrongside]

Nicest lefty 22 ever!

My bigger rigs wear McMillans. And the Vudoo wearing same provides a lot of practice for cheap. Love mine.

 

[Formidilosus]

10 round groups at 50 yards. SK Standard Plus






If you don’t want to spend the $2,000+ for the Vudoo, the Tikka T1x is stellar as well with many of the same benefits. Feeds slick with their 10 round mags, precision is fantatsic, can use any stock made for the T3, and is $1,600 less expensive.

Tikka at 50 yards.

 

[tlsmith22]

.23 sure looks a lot nicer than .39...lol

I feel like I could get a Tikka or CZ and be in the ballpark. its hard to justify that kind of money for a 22 but you just hear absolutely nothing bad or negative abt the Vudoo.

 

[fatbacks]

I have a Tikka T1X as well. It shoots great with a lot of different 22 ammo.

 

[Trogon]

I didnt want to be the first first to say it, but the T1x rocks. Mine shoots well enough with blazer that i dont bother to spend the extra on GMM (which shoots excellent) most of the time.

 

[hayesplow]

I'm in my Savage MkII for close to $800 with MDT-LS22 and glass. I doubt you could get precision approaching a Vudoo for much less than that.
I think the Ruger and the Savage are good values, but you need to throw away the stock immediately and put it in something that doesn't move.

 

[Formidilosus]

.23 sure looks a lot nicer than .39...lol

I feel like I could get a Tikka or CZ and be in the ballpark. its hard to justify that kind of money for a 22 but you just hear absolutely nothing bad or negative abt the Vudoo.

The CZ isn’t as accurate as the Tikka or even close to the Vudoo. Multiple CZ’s and consistent 10 rounds groups are between .5 and .7 of an inch at 50 yards. They are more picky about what ammo does shoot ok, and they do not feed nearly as cleanly.

Have shot just about all the “accurate” .22 repeaters. Nothing is on the same level of the Vudoo or even the Tikka. One thing about the Tikka is they tend to shoot almost all ammo well, some junk ammo quite good- the Vudoo does not.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

The CZ isn’t as accurate as the Tikka or even close to the Vudoo. Multiple CZ’s and consistent 10 rounds groups are between .5 and .7 of an inch at 50 yards. They are more picky about what ammo does shoot ok, and they do not feed nearly as cleanly.

Have shot just about all the “accurate” .22 repeaters. Nothing is on the same level of the Vudoo or even the Tikka. One thing about the Tikka is they tend to shoot almost all ammo well, some junk ammo quite good- the Vudoo does not.

But isn’t a voodoo like 4x the cost of most factory 22 rifles??? Not saying don’t buy them but obviously they are going to be better than a factory rifles.

My 77/22 can shoot .5” groups, for 2k+ I’d expect it to shoot better.

Just saying, voodoo 22s aren’t magic, it’s hey shoot like a 2500 dollar 22 should lol.

 

[30338]

At some point the ammo becomes the limiting factor with all of them in my opinion. I was happy to find a lefthanded rig that mirrored my hunting rigs for practice. I sold a couple of seldom used centerfires to fund it and have been very happy with it.

In the end, whichever nice 22 rig you buy, it'll make you a better shot through more trigger time.

 

[Formidilosus]

But isn’t a voodoo like 4x the cost of most factory 22 rifles??? Not saying don’t buy them but obviously they are going to be better than a factory rifles.

My 77/22 can shoot .5” groups, for 2k+ I’d expect it to shoot better.

Just saying, voodoo 22s aren’t magic, it’s hey shoot like a 2500 dollar 22 should lol.

I never stated that they are magic. However, they are the most accurate .22 repeaters made, and the only 22’s that can match them regardless of make are the single shot Anschutz. I keep hearing about all these other .22’s that shoot .5” at 50 yards. Funny thing is they never seem to do it on demand when I’m there.






I could not care less what anyone shoots, but there’s as much nonsense about .22 rifle precision as there is about centerfires. Around a year ago a few of us got into the .22 precision field matches. Precision is really important in some of those matches if you’re looking to win. We tested a lot rifles from suped up 10/22’s, CZ’s, Ruger, Savages, Marlin, etc, etc, every brand/make/model of ammo that Brownells, Cabelas, and Sportmans sold, and tested them on a wind blocked range. Each combo was shot benched for three 10 round groups at 50 yards. Then the best ammo for each gun was reshot for a 30 round group.

The best gun of all the factory rifles was the CZ 455 Varmint Tactical’s which averaged just over half an inch at 50 yards with two brands/models of 22 ammo. The VAST majority of guns could not keep 30 rounds under an inch. Almist none of the other rifles were consistent enough to be competitive.
Now, half inch groups at 50 can produce good scores, however there are targets that are .25” at 50 yards and they’re worth a lot of points. Enter the Vudoo.

It can produce precision that no other .22 repeater can because of the controlled round feeding. The bullet nose never touches anything on the way in the chamber. If you’re trying to win at those matches, there really isn’t any gun that can match it.

The Tikka is the second most accurate .22 I’ve/we’ve shot. Whereas the Vudoo’s average 30 round groups with the best ammo are .35’ish of an inch at 50, the Tikka is .45’ish. Sub .5 inch 30 round groups at fifty yards IS competitive.

 

[Shooter71]

They are sweet. I recently finished building one for a customer on a Masterclass prone stock. It got chopped up a bit to fit the DBM but the thing shoots. I have an Annie 54 but wouldn’t think twice about swapping.