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roundoak
Does the McCellan have the original supplied oak stirrups under the taps. Thanks for your time. Cheers NC

I have a lot of rifles. I shoot all of them a lot. 😀




Trystan

Maybe so, but you still might consider taking the time to find a copy of Sell's The American Deer Hunter and see if any of his old concepts would work for you today. Good ideas never get old, they just get recycled generation after generation.

My understudy rifle is my .243 loaded with a 55 gr. Nosler Shots bullet and 12.5 gr of Unique. Same scope and trigger and feel....... only difference is the Unique load is more accurate then the hunting loads to 200 yds....... The 55 gr load does not fly as flat as a 95gr Berger at full speed but It makes good practice load for Bunnies,Jacks and Pd's.....

I just shoot pistol bullets at 1,200 fps in my Whelen, but nothing wrong with a .22 LR bolt rifle.

I think I need a new under study rifle. A Sako L-61 in 270

How accurate is it? Any idea of the velocity?

Matching the trajectory of the understudy to simulate the main rifle is the tough part. Some cartridge combinations such as the .348/.358/.356 and the .218 Bee are easy. Others are tougher to match up.

Recall Ruger making an understudy for their big bore dangerous game rifles, chambered 223. Otherwise, identical to the large chamberings.

I just shoot cast bullets in my hunting rifles.I have 6 22LR rifles,but not as understudies,just fun to shoot.

Understudy and Overstudy rifles from my gun rack. weight and balance are similar on all of them.




1907 Jeffery 404
1914 Mauser type B 7x57
1930? Mauser 340B 22 lr


Then in the more modern, working guns there is my Ruger 77/22 and Ruger 416

I like your big, medium, and small Mauser trio.

I like those misusers also