Punching Paper

Sorry for the long break! I finally had a chance to try out this little bundle of joy! Let me fist say that it does not disappoint, it breaks very clean and it is also very consistent. Moving from a stock 6# to a 2 ounce trigger took some getting use too but by the end of the day I was shooting well.  Other then the lack of safety I have one other gripe about this trigger. One feature of this trigger is that you can adjust the physical trigger left and right, in and out. How ever this is also its greatest short coming, if you move it too far left or right the firing mechanism fails to engage! I have no idea what causes this, but it is very easy to move it left or right and the set screw does not hold this down well enough. I think some epoxy is in order! Once this problem is fixed I’m sure the trigger will continue to work well.

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A few weeks ago I started a porject converting this awesome rifle into a newer style rifle. Here is the link to our forum, detailing my progress. Recently I have modified a Remington 700 stock to fit the Mosin Nagant M38. Needless to say, its coming along very well!

http://sniperrifle.org/custom-rifles-modifying-rifles/mosin-nagant-project/msg319/

I have to say that im rather impressed with this idea! take a look.

A few good reviews from our forums…

Bushnell 6500 elite ML 4.5x30x50mm Review

Falcon Menace 5x25x56mm review

Timney Trigger

Installed on my rifle

I purchased the product mention above to replace the less then spectacular X-Mark Pro. At 100 yards the stock trigger was ok, but out at 400 yards I felt like the trigger (at about 4.5-6 pounds) was holding me back. So I opted for a better solution, I looked over Timney, Jewell and Rifle Basix. I decided to go with Timney, due in-part to price and a lot of great reviews. Unpacking the machined mechanism was as expected. The instructions that came with it were very basic and did not answer the question I had, like “where does the bolt release go?” The holes on the bolt release and the trigger unit did not match up, so I left the bolt stop lever & spring in. It is not hard to manually open it with a pin or field knife. My biggest issue with this trigger is they don’t offer a safety, and had I needed this gun to hunt or carry I would not have bought this trigger. All that said, this trigger feels very comfortable and light. It breaks very clean and I am overall impressed with this product. With any luck I will be testing the trigger this weekend. Stay tuned!

Check out the updated review, as promised, here!

http://punchingpaper.com/2010/06/timney-tactical-trigger-for-the-remington-700/

What can I say? I am a big fan of this small caliber! How ever I am still on the fence about all of the recent companies coming out with .22 knock offs.

In the lovely state of California lots of guns are considered “evil black guns” and are banned. There are a few ways around this, one is a .22 rifle. They don’t have the same constrictions that make it an “assault weapon”, so you can do almost whatever you want to with these bad boys. That I’m for, what I’m not for is cheap knock offs of amazing firearms. It seems, a lot of companies are using the image of well known military arms to market their rifles. I can not judge them all on quality as I have yet to shoot all but a handful.

So with the latest influx of these .22 rifles, I think, is in part due to people wanting a Ferrari on a Volkswagen budget. That and appealing to a new, younger, generation of shooters. I’m glad to see the innovation; I’d like them to spend a little more time to iron out the kinks before their release though. What are your thoughts on this? Feel free to leave comments below or join our forum and discuss it there!

http://sniperrifle.org/

Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22

Colt M4 in .22lr

An AK 47 copy cat

MP5 look-a-like

Ruger's SR-22

SIG 522lr

PPSH clone

A Sterling Clone

Lately I have been noticing a lot of manufactures getting into the 1911 market. I had no idea that there needed to be more of the pistols!

The new Remington 1911

The new Taurus 1911

The new US PALM tactical .22

New Double Star 1911

So what gives? With all the innovations in the pistol business I would have thought this pistol would be phased out.

This is AMAZING, I could not even imagine a shot at this distance.

Harrison learned of his record nine days ago, when he returned to England. In the weeks after his record shot, he suffered a minor gunshot wound and broke his arms when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb.

It was silent but deadly.

A British sniper set a world sharpshooting record by taking out two Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan from more than a mile and a half away — a distance so great, experts say the terrorists wouldn’t have even heard the shots.

Craig Harrison killed the two insurgents from an astounding distance of 8,120 feet — or 1.54 miles — in Helmand Province last November firing an Accuracy International L11583 long-range rifle.

“The first round hit a machine-gunner in the stomach and killed him outright,” said Harrison, a corporal of horse in the British Army’s Household Cavalry, the equivalent of a sergeant in the American military.

Harrison

“The second insurgent grabbed the weapon and turned as my second shot hit him in the side. He went down, too,” Harrison told the Sunday Times of London.

The shots — measured via GPS — surpassed the previous record held by Canadian Army Cpl. Rob Furlong, who killed an al Qaeda gunman from 7,972 feet in 2002.

Harrison’s shots were roughly equal to the distance between the Statue of Liberty and Battery Park.

Experts called Harrison’s sharp shooting as perfect as it gets.

“When you are shooting that far, if you miss by a hair, you miss by a mile,” said John Plaster, a retired US Army sharp-shooting instructor and author of “The Ultimate Sniper.” “That is about as precise as any marksmen on the planet could shoot.”

He said Harrison’s targets likely never knew what was coming.

“At a distance like that they cannot even see anyone and they would not even hear the muzzle report,” Plaster said.

Harrison, who fired the bullets while his colleagues were under fire, said perfect weather helped him nail the perfect shot.

“[There was] no wind, mild weather, clear visibility,” he said.

Courtesy of NYpost

Corporal of Horse Harrison was using a Accuracy International AWM bambered in .338 Laupa Magnum with a Schmidt & Bender 5-25×56 PM II LP scope.

A while back I put together A Ruger 10/22 for both me and my significant other. I plan on doing Reviews on the gear I put on both rifles. First off is this barrel, but before I get ahead of myself…

(pictured with Butler Creek)

I think a .22 rifle is a great tool to use for training your shooting skills. Why? Cost for one, a box of 500 22lr rounds can cost as little as $10. Another reason is lack of recoil, there is no flinch factor. Granted, you’re not going to be able to reach out past 200 yards with a .22 rifle effectively. This will still get you behind a trigger to work on your shooting technique. Trigger time is trigger time, and anyone looking to improve their center fire rifle skills should spent a lot of time behind the trigger of an accurate .22 rifle. Rim fire practice, even at 50 to 100 yards, really helps to improve your focus and trigger control. I have a 10/22 I accurized myself, and it is a real tack-driver. When I go out to shoot, I always bring my 10/22 and shoot a few hundred rounds through it. Try it out and watch your skills greatly improve!

As for the Whistle pig barrel, well it does not lack in accuracy. The stock 10/22 barrel has fallen from grace over the years and is now nothing but average. Sure it’s great for knocking over cans at 50 yards but if you want a bug hole you can cover with a nickel, you need some improvements. Trigger work, a good barrel and a nice scope will go a long way, but for today let’s talk barrels. I first bought a Butler Creek 20” stainless steel barrel. Apart from being heavy enough to sink a small boat it was very accurate. One small problem continually occurred though, it would fail to eject and fail to chamber about 6 out of 10 rounds! After doing some research, I found it was due to the tight Bentz chambering. I tried many types of ammo (from bulk to match grade) and even an extractor fix, but the problem persisted. After doing some homework I stumbled upon this company with a rather strange name. Not being able to find anything but positive reviews I went ahead and bought a 20” barrel with compressor. I also had them anodize it fading from gunmetal to black. I received the barrel in about 2 weeks, and my first words were “wow I don’t even want to use this thing! It looks like a piece of art”. Needless to say the paint job was flawless and stunning. After I installed it on my Yukon extreme stock (black and grey as well) the gun went from good to amazing.

I broke in the barrel as recommended and accuracy only got better. Between 75-100 yards I can shoot the wings off of a flies back! It has eaten up everything I give to it and have not had a single issue since I installed the barrel. Accuracy is stunning, fit and finish is top notch, not to mention the barrel is lighter then the stainless steel. I am more then pleased with the company and the quality of their craftsmanship. Any further 10/22 builds I do I will be exclusively dealing with them for my barrel needs. Check them out for your self and I think you will be happy with what you find.

http://www.wpgbc.com/

Typical 5 shot group with CCI Blazers at 100 yards