My Rifle / Shooting Journey

[nm.otter]

There are significantly more malfunctions when you compare a r700 to a Tikka. Competitions like PRS and NRL don’t count because those rifles are often babied.

I’ll take a properly made factory 700 with one of the above triggers over almost any “custom” 700 action.

A malfunction is anything keeping the gun from going bang AND hitting the desired target on demand within seconds. Missfeeds, jams, stuck cases, triggers loss of zero ect…. Are all problems that keep one from doing the job you are there to do.

No personal experience necessary in order to validate this. The staggering number of malfunctions of top-dollar rifles in videos posted online (mostly FTFs BTW) by respected shooters is damning.

 

[WhoGarrDen]

Next time you go to the range watch any dude with an ammo box with reloaded ammo. 95% of the time they single feed

I've watched F class here at my LGC where they single round feed, I totally expect that out of that game. I've even practiced it a few times in haste to see what it would be like to have to sling another round in and shoot without taking the time to drop and reload a mag...it's good to know how to do that smoothly I guess? Maybe I just need to buy more mags...

But the thought of not running rounds through the magazine, even if just to prove the magazine itself functions, is ludicrous.

 

[Bluumoon]

So what’s the difference between “shooting ground squirrels one day” and then hogs the next and then deer and then antelope and then elk and then bears and then sheep, etc. in all of the conditions you describe, plus range and practice days, for 80-100+ days a year, over several decades? All without a problem.

Versus one week week where you shoot a few thousand times? Why does condensing it all into a few days of your class cause problems? And what exactly are you calling malfunctions?

Let me use your rifle, I’m special (like duh dun dah), l’ll show you how to make it fail.

 

[wind gypsy]

Its funny you mention that. I was thinking about this the other day. Do you think there was just some dumb MF named Willy Nilly? Everyone made fun of him & called eachother Willy Nilly for doing something stupid & it just caught on? Random thought for the day

This conversation reminded me of this scene, cuz nimbly bimbly and Willy nilly are kind of similar?


Oddly enough one of the top results was a play on this scene about prs shooter Keith baker.

 

[Gstew1930]

This conversation reminded me of this scene, cuz nimbly bimbly and Willy nilly are kind of similar?
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Oddly enough one of the top results was a play on this scene about prs shooter Keith baker.
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. Thats a great scene

 

[ekupp]

Factory R700’s with M24 triggers or Geissele Super 700’s have been overall the “best” performing R700 pattern guns. I’ll take a properly made factory 700 with one of the above triggers over almost any “custom” 700 action. I have, or have used heavily nearly all the custom actions- BAT, Defiance, Zermett, ARC, etc, etc.




Trigger techs are some of the most susceptible triggers to debris and ice. Geissele super 700, or XSTP Mod 22 trigger. As above, I will take an M24 Remington trigger as well.




Eh maybe. I’m sentimental fella, I have R700 guns that I like. I just recognize and admit their issues try to deal with them if I choose to use them.

Does the PTG M24 trigger meet the standard mentioned for Rem 700 style actions, looks like an M24 clone? : https://www.pacifictoolandgauge.com/M24-Trigger-_p_120137.html

 

[Formidilosus]

Does the PTG M24 trigger meet the standard mentioned for Rem 700 style actions, looks like an M24 clone? : https://www.pacifictoolandgauge.com/M24-Trigger-_p_120137.html

No. PT&G just uses whatever name they want- that is not an M24 trigger.

 

[ekupp]

No. PT&G just uses whatever name they want- that is not an M24 trigger.

Thx