Snowy Mountain Rifle Build with Tony Trietch

[Tony Trietch]

As soon as I stop shooting, I’ll get the review worked up. I’ve never had so much fun shooting rocks!


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[Snowy Mountain Rifles]

I’d like to introduce The SMR Alpine Hunter.



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Tony,
Congratulations on a great bull and a great buck with the Alpine Hunter!!! We Will have lots more information up for everybody here soon.

 

[Brightwhite]

Tony, how are you liking that Zeiss V6? I had one for a short time and it was a little to big for the rifle and what I was going for, but seemed nice. But now I have another rifle that might get one of those back on top of it.

 

[Tony Trietch]

Tony, how are you liking that Zeiss V6? I had one for a short time and it was a little to big for the rifle and what I was going for, but seemed nice. But now I have another rifle that might get one of those back on top of it.

The Zeiss V6 is proving to be a nice match for the SMR. I will touch on the scope in the review.

 

[skeptic]

AG Composites Stock? Looks similar to a Manners EH1.

 

[Tony Trietch]

AG Composites Stock? Looks similar to a Manners EH1.

Yup, AG Composite stock. From what I have gathered, it's a model that AG and SMR worked together to build. I will confirm that before I finish the review.

 

[Rolando]

I'm a little late to the party here. First, congrats on the great bull! I have a question about your scope selection. SFP seems like an odd choice for an optic with a holdover reticle and a magnification over 10x. My thinking is that if I'm shooting far enough to need to hold over, I'm probably going to be on 10x anyway, so SFP is fine. I wouldn't necessarily say the same for magnifications over 10x. Are you exclusively dialing elevation? I'd be interested to learn your thought process.

Good looking build.

 

[Tony Trietch]

I'm a little late to the party here. First, congrats on the great bull! I have a question about your scope selection. SFP seems like an odd choice for an optic with a holdover reticle and a magnification over 10x. My thinking is that if I'm shooting far enough to need to hold over, I'm probably going to be on 10x anyway, so SFP is fine. I wouldn't necessarily say the same for magnifications over 10x. Are you exclusively dialing elevation? I'd be interested to learn your thought process.

Good looking build.

Thanks Rolando! I am having a blast this year and this gun is one of the reasons why.
I'm curious why you wouldn't want SFP after 10x?
My thinking is this, if I am dialing up for a longer shot, I will have time and be zoomed all the way in so SFP works great.
If I am in a faster/closer situation, it will have to be much closer to allow a shot opportunity. In this case, it's irrelevant which focal plane I'm using. I am not rushing any shot that I dial up.

 

[bigbulls]

Did this review happen and I missed it. Interested in the scope.

 

[Tony Trietch]

Did this review happen and I missed it. Interested in the scope.

It is not out yet, but I will pm you about he scope.

 

[DRUSS]

Been hearing good things about this scope. Will be nice to see your experiences with it on the 28.

 

[robby denning]

Tony's review just hit my inbox, so we should have it up in the next week or so.

 

[Tony Trietch]

Been hearing good things about this scope. Will be nice to see your experiences with it on the 28.

I did a seperate review of the scope, watch the optics forum for it.

 

[bigbulls]

Great Thanks

 

[prm]

That Full Curl looks like a nice rifle.

 

[Tony Trietch]

That Full Curl looks like a nice rifle.

Agreed, I think something in the 5# range that shoots similar to the SMR I tested would be hard to beat.

 

[carter33]

How is the Crosstac lightweight rear bag and do you bring it on hunts? I came to the conclusion that bringing a lightweight rear bag hunting would be worth the weight penalty as I can shoot the same setup that I practice on that way. I also run the spartan bipod. I currently have a wiebad lightweight rear bag but it just doesn’t feel natural/comfortable with the spartan bipod and hunting rifle, sideways it is too short and upright it is too long unless I extend the legs of the bipod.

 

[Tony Trietch]

How is the Crosstac lightweight rear bag and do you bring it on hunts? I came to the conclusion that bringing a lightweight rear bag hunting would be worth the weight penalty as I can shoot the same setup that I practice on that way. I also run the spartan bipod. I currently have a wiebad lightweight rear bag but it just doesn’t feel natural/comfortable with the spartan bipod and hunting rifle, sideways it is too short and upright it is too long unless I extend the legs of the bipod.

I liked it, it weighs about nothing with the foam beads. As far as height, every shot in the field is different and sometimes a rear bag isn't enough. I found lots of shots (mostly rocks and coyotes) that I could have used a larger rear bag. I guess that's just part of being in the wild, you never know what will present itself to us.

 

[Tony Trietch]

I just realized I never touched on the SMR muzzle brake in my review, not sure how Left it out!

The side discharge brake that SMR builds kept the Alpine Hunter on target as well as any brake I have used. This was very important for me as I am typically alone and have no spotter watching my shot, I need to be able to stay on target as the shot breaks to see my hits. As long as I kept good form and forward pressure at the shot. SMR has designed and built a very functional brake that you can order in SS or Ti.

 

[Tony Trietch]

My Snowy Mountain Rifle review is up!

SMR Alpine Hunter review by Tony Trietch

Any questions you have you can ask here, I will answer asap.