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That's what I did too EZEARL. I really don't mind the trigger. It's actually pretty good for a rimfire. Really no complaints here... Hopefully my meager shooting doesn't give you guys the wrong idea here. I believe the rifle is going to be a real good shooter. The groups shown above in the pictures are not cherry picked. They are exactly what I shot, listed in the order I shot them: Good honest groups from this new rifle. Rifle has a proven scope on it etc. Not going to win any rimfire competitions for sure, but very consistent and I know what ammo it likes. I'm actually glad it looks like it is going to like the 50gr. Federal JHP's and the Hornady 30 gr. V-Max is the only thing available locally, so I'm pretty happy.

I like the idea of a golf ball shoot. Ghillie suits on the back 9? Do you knock 'em off the tee or hit 'em in the air?

LOL

Reminds me of what the then recently retired Alice Cooper told a reporter at a golf course when asked what he thought of the game of golf. Said he liked it okay but it just wasn't violent enough.

Ha ha... That's funny ezearl. Went to the shoot and it went great. My only limitation is my speed. Shot many rounds where it was 1 shot per ball and 5 for 5, just not as fast as some of the boys shooting souped up 10-22's!!!!! Some of these guys were hitting 5 for five in less than 5 seconds.. Like I said earlier, I have no complaints about this RAR 22 mag. I ended up buying 2 extra mags for it and the rifle works flawlessly. I'd say it is extremely smooth (which it is), except it does sound like your rubbing your finger nails across a fat girls corduroy pants... ... Got to admit, this thing is almost as fun as a horny fat girl too...

Shot the humdinger today. Cool little rifle. I haven't shot a bolt action rimfire in ages (10/22's for eons) and the first shot felt like it was an empty chamber. Pretty funny. Stock is pretty gushy and likes to ride near the mag box in the bags. Bipod is out of the question. Might try to lighten the trigger. Didn't do anything except torque the actions screws. Channel is off center, maybe throw a little heat to it. Load work up was easy enough.

Nice shooting 16Bore. I was taking a look at the wood stocks on the Boyds website and they look pretty good:

https://www.boydsgunstocks.com/ConfigurePackage?ItemNumber=3ZA714U1A1ZZ

Saw those. I like it as it sits, just need to monkey with it a little.

I like mine the way it is too. It is very well balanced as is. The wood would probably add a lot of unnecessary weight anyhow... I hear you about monkeying with it. I fondled 3 RAR's at the fun store and picked the one with the barrel that was centered in the stock. IE: Nicely freefloated. The other ones were not. Not a big deal and can be corrected, but I'm getting tired of "monkeying" with stuff anymore . I can't wait to get to the range again and post some new groups. I have a couple hundred rounds downrange with this rifle now and it seems to be shooting damn well. The guys at the range/club were pretty impressed with how it was shooting. I don't expect this one to shoot as good as a 17 HMR, but it's doing well enough to suit my needs..

Not to mention cashola. I'm becoming a turnkey bitch these days...

Ha ha.. makes life so much simpler that way!!

I'm starting to miss Cor-Lokts too...

Tinkered up the triggers in my Predators by shimming and deburring the flipper-dipper and putting lighter spring down to 2# pull.
The 17 HMR is shooting sub 1" 10 shot and 5 shot groups hover at 1/2" at 100 yds. Gonna try 200 next.
A lot of bang for the buck, cheaper than 22 lr match ammo.

Yep, and there's been plenty of .17 HMR ammo around lately, some at relatively bargain prices. A couple months ago I bought two bricks of 17-grain Hornady V-Max from an Internet site and even with shipping the price was less than $12 a box.

Did you do anything to the stock? Thinking about putting a little heat to mine to center up the barrel and maybe fill it with Devcon to stiffen it a tad.

On my 22 lr I put .032" shims under the bedding blocks to float off forend tip. On the HMR I put a bit of packing tape on one side of front block to take out wobble.
Walnut coming for the 22 lr when Boyds gets around to it.

Interesting. I couldn't get the front one out, but didn't try too hard either. I'll pop it apart and see whats what. Trigger definitely needs a little tweak.

My expectations weren't very high for the thing, but damn if it hasn't easily slipped into a front spot of my safe.

Mine's been fun as hell. The guys at the golf ball shoot were a little intimidated by the sound of the bolt sliding back and forth.... One said, "I knew I had to shoot fast, because I heard your bolt and I knew you weren't going to miss"....

If you use a pin punch that tapers toward the handle, and drop it into the block from the inside of stock and wiggle it a little it will come loose. My 17 HMR took 200 rds to break in, don't give up too soon on those dang fliers.

Ah, good call. Will give it a whirl....