The Hobbit Rifle

[ezwy]

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First blood for my hobbit rifle. It’s had a few changes since I last shared it. Different stock, suppressor, and different optic. I love both changes. I think this will be my blacktail and whitetail rifle for a good long while.

As far as follow up shots go they are obviously inherently slower but I will say that with changes to how people hunt I don’t see a lot of hunters too terribly adept at quickly running their bolt guns. I grew up taking running shots and shooting jackrabbits with deer rifles. Not a lot of people seem to practice quick follow-ups with precision and good rest becoming more important and common. It’s more common for me to have to tell someone to reload and shoot again after a shot than not. They tend to pull the trigger and rechambering a round, which for years was instinct, doesn’t cross their mind until they are fumbling with it many seconds after being told they need to hit it again.

I can reload and fire my hobbit faster than someone who never works their bolt with a quick follow up in practice. But can obviously work my bolt guns faster than I can my hobbit. I don’t look at it as an issue but it wouldn’t be my pig gun if that was something I had the opportunity to do either.

Very nice. Carttidge and bullet?
I think the contender, ssk50 and g2 being lighter than the encore makes them a Sméagol rifle?
I have a similar setup. Does the microprism ave the right eye relief and or impede using the hammer at all? I have one for a barrel I’m hoping to pick up soon.

 

[PLhunter]

Very nice. Carttidge and bullet?
I think the contender, ssk50 and g2 being lighter than the encore makes them a Sméagol rifle?
I have a similar setup. Does the microprism ave the right eye relief and or impede using the hammer at all? I have one for a barrel I’m hoping to pick up soon.

.223 with a 69.5 hammer hbc bullet.

The microprism needs every bit of that cantilever for eye relief and would benefit from another inch or so. I run the stock at about 10-11 inches and not full length. If it was full length you’d really have to put your neck forward. The prism is fine with the hammer and better than the scope I had on previously. Neither was a major concern though. Even with the not ideal eye relief for its application there is a lot I like about the prism. The fixed magnification, weight, and reticle are great for the goals I had for this gun. The mil reticle makes 400 yard shots very doable. I want a 6x204 barrel for it but honestly after seeing the .223 do work with that bullet it’s unnecessary.

 

[PLhunter]

Very nice. Carttidge and bullet?
I think the contender, ssk50 and g2 being lighter than the encore makes them a Sméagol rifle?
I have a similar setup. Does the microprism ave the right eye relief and or impede using the hammer at all? I have one for a barrel I’m hoping to pick up soon.

If you look closely you can see that I mounted the prism with only 2 of the 3 available bolts from optic to mount. Which is PLENTY of contact for the .223 but does show how it needs to be able to get back. No idea how it’s used on certain AR platforms.

 

[ezwy]

.223 with a 69.5 hammer hbc bullet.

The microprism needs every bit of that cantilever for eye relief and would benefit from another inch or so. I run the stock at about 10-11 inches and not full length. If it was full length you’d really have to put your neck forward. The prism is fine with the hammer and better than the scope I had on previously. Neither was a major concern though. Even with the not ideal eye relief for its application there is a lot I like about the prism. The fixed magnification, weight, and reticle are great for the goals I had for this gun. The mil reticle makes 400 yard shots very doable. I want a 6x204 barrel for it but honestly after seeing the .223 do work with that bullet it’s unnecessary.

Love my prism on my ULUL ar. But I am a short guy and run a pretty short stock.
I have a 6x45 which I like but if we didn’t have a 6mm minimum for certain species I would stick with 223. As long as that holds zero it looks like it’s good to go. Thanks for providing a good visual

 

[BigThig09]

Does anyone have any leads on the Sharps Bros grips or know when they will be back in stock? I signed up for notification emails when they come back in stock, but didn’t know if there was another source I could order from. It’s the last piece I need to complete my Hobbit!

 

[Huntsalot]

My Hobbit rifle that I’ve been using for years. One of my favorite guns to carry. 16.25” 350 Legend Contender carbine. 29.75” & 5lbs

 

[CMF]

Has anyone built one of these in .243? I’ve done a lot of research on different options and keep coming back to this for my young girls. Great idea, thanks for sharing.

I bought all of the components today to finally build this for my kids except the barrel. I’ve got to do a little more research and then i’m going to order the barrel later this week. If anyone has done this for a .243 I’m interested in any lessons learned, particularly related to barrel length. Thanks, Ryan

I know its a late response,but first time I've seeing this thread. We've been having an MGM barrel in .243 on a TC. I think it's the choate stock on it. I put the stock on it to collapse down for the kids. I don't think the kids ever actually shot an animal with it, but my wife killed two bucks in two days with it.
I'm not sure the barrel length, but I'll post a pic. It will be a while before I can measure it.
I'd like to cut it shorter, thread it and make it a 6.5cm.