OT; I've created a monster

JF in MI · Jul 10, 2016

Some years back I posted a picture of my home made 22 target rifle. I?ve been picking at it ever since. Built a second one but was thinking of selling it because it didn?t turn out exactly as I wanted. My wife started shooting it and started entering local egg shoot competitions with me (3 rounds of 5 eggs each at 100 yds. Only 5 shots allowed at those 5 eggs). I had a total of $275 in each rifle including scope and all when she told me she wanted to do it ?right?. So I added a barrel tuner to her gun (about another $200) and it worked out good enough that I added one to mine. Each time we went out she got better and at today?s match she out shot me. Also shot the same as some rifle/scope combinations costing about 8 times as much. Now I?ll never hear the end of it. (Top photo is of her sighting in)

steve_in_mo · Jul 10, 2016

That's nice work. Are you taking orders?

4wdtom · Jul 10, 2016

That's great, you should be happy, you both enjoy shooting and it didn't cost too much. Eggs at 100 yards, I am impressed.

Robin Hood · Jul 10, 2016

JF, what is a barrel tuner?

Steve@Advance · Jul 10, 2016

"Home made" as in... Home assembled? Machined yourself?

Tell me more! I'm impressed!

GordoSD · Jul 10, 2016

Is she shooting using her left eye? If not work with her to get her haed level and square. Your eyes focus best when your head is straight ahead, neither up or down, or left or right. Start with that position and then bring the rifle into it without moving. Practice it sitting and offhand to get the idea.

MNGB · Jul 10, 2016

(quoted from post at 15:10:58 07/10/16) Is she shooting using her left eye? If not work with her to get her haed level and square. Your eyes focus best when your head is straight ahead, neither up or down, or left or right. Start with that position and then bring the rifle into it without moving. Practice it sitting and offhand to get the idea.

WHY?? She is shooting great why mess things up? I see this a lot someone is doing something but it not as someone else thinks it should be and right aqway lets retrain and screw things up.
Nice rifle and congrat5s to her on some great shooting.
GB in MN

RBoots · Jul 10, 2016

That's a nice gun JF. Better watch it though, they styling of it makes it look like an ASSAULT RIFLE!!!! Oh wait, only of you have no idea what a .22 is!

Wheatfarmer · Jul 10, 2016

Good job all the way around. Love see Women shoot. Just lost my wife, but she was a good shooter.

JF in MI · Jul 10, 2016

OK, its like this; My rifle started as a Marlin 20. I sold the stock and sights for what I paid for the whole rifle. I did a lot of machining modifications on the receiver/bolt. I eventually put on a 20" Green Mountain barrel blank that I machined and chambered (PTG match) myself. Fitted a Richards Microfit rough finished stock with a raised cheek piece, a cheap folding bipod and a $35 (including mounts) Chinese 24 power scope.
My wife's started as a Stevens 56C (once again I sold the stock and magazine for what I paid for the whole rifle. It didn't come with sights) and highly modified the receiver/bolt then added a 24" Green Mountain barrel blank that I machined and chambered to fit. Another Richards rough stock (and hand made high cheek rest) with cheap bipod and cheap Chinese 24x scope. Added (machined to fit) Harrell barrel tuners to both (each one costs almost as much as the rest of the rifle). Was having a hard time finding affordable cases large enough for them so with $18 worth of Home Depot hardware and pine (each) made custom carry cases (unbelievably easy to make).

FLOLDFORD · Jul 10, 2016

Beautiful guns. What is the brand of scope you are using? I've got a couple of 1022's that I've been wanting to build for a few years but just haven't got around to it. Your pictures make me want to get started

JF in MI · Jul 10, 2016

Since, in 22 rimfire, you can't custom load the cartridge for the rifle you have to 'tune' the barrel vibrations to match the ammunition you're using. The tuner is essentially a weight that can be fine screwed in or out (to "make" the barrel longer or shorter) so the bullet leaves the barrel at the same point of vibration each time (or so I'm told). I was astounded at how well they work but takes one heck of a lot of ammunition to find out (testing).

JF in MI · Jul 10, 2016

Its this cheap Chinese 6-24x 50mm scope (AOEG 24?)(Ebay) that, so far, has worked out (OK, so it is all I could afford). It has a mil-spec type reticle which I like and is lighted (which I don't need). The adjustable parallex works great but don't expect much if you like to keep fussing with the windage and elevation adjustments as it may not come back to the same spot each time. The ocular on my wife's adjusted fine, but mine needed some rubber O rings to keep it from moving around. For $35 with mounts its hard to beat.

JF in MI · Jul 10, 2016

Ha! As I bet you well know, one almost always loses the cost of labor that goes into these things. Does anyone here make a profit selling a tractor they restored????

FLOLDFORD · Jul 10, 2016

That is cheap. Have you done anything with a 17HMR? I have one and it is a tack driver as long as the wind is not blowing. Took a coyote at the hunting lease last year with it at over 200 yards with a cheap scope and Hornady ammo. He dropped where he was standing.

Greg K · Jul 10, 2016

Lol. No its a SNIPER rifle! Look out! That is pretty neat. I wish they had competition like that around here, but the closest I've found is pistol shooting bowling pins.

Greg K · Jul 10, 2016

That's very interesting. I never heard this before, just learned by application.

JF in MI · Jul 10, 2016

I have heard that 17 is good (with no wind) but the issue with me is I already have too many guns (probably why I can't afford one GOOD one). I will be investing in burial tubes for the next likely administration.

JF in MI · Jul 10, 2016

>but the closest I've found is pistol shooting bowling pins.< DANG! I loved doing that. No sooner did I build my own custom 'pin-gun' when the local range stopped doing that (back in CT).

FLOLDFORD · Jul 10, 2016

You are right about that!

Donald Lehman · Jul 10, 2016

Those are nice looking rifles. You have done some fine work there! I do like to see the ladies shooting.

We used to do an egg shoot at every monthly Fish and Game club meeting before the meeting started. Hung an egg in a onion bag at 100 yds. Drew straws to see who shot first. We each threw in a buck and the first guy to hit the egg got the pot. As far a guns were concerned, it was run what ya brung. The guys were using everything from .22's to 45/70's with black powder loads. The rules were offhand, no slings. Lots of plain and fancy misses! Sometimes it would take 30 shots before someone tagged the thing and once in a great while some wiseacre drilled the thing with the first shot fired. Sure was fun.

Donald Lehman · Jul 10, 2016

Yeah, when I bought my first round ball muzzleloader it took me over a pound of powder to get the recipe right.

donjr · Jul 10, 2016

That sure is some perty furniture on your rifle! I have a Hornet with the lam stock. Girl next door thought it was an oak stock until I told her it was laminated. And then she didn't want to believe it. But, yours is even pertier......

RBoots · Jul 10, 2016

Hey JF, can I ask where you shoot at? I'd like to get into something like that, but not sure where I could do that around here. I thought you said you were in the greater Mecosta area? I'm about 10 miles south of Ithaca.

Ross

mj · Jul 10, 2016

(quoted from post at 16:10:58 07/10/16) Is she shooting using her left eye? If not work with her to get her haed level and square. Your eyes focus best when your head is straight ahead, neither up or down, or left or right. Start with that position and then bring the rifle into it without moving. Practice it sitting and offhand to get the idea.

Don't do it! She is doing it 'her way' and is good at it - don't confuse her! I don't think about HOW I aim, squeeze or the like; I just shoot and am a pretty fair hand at it. 8)

GeneMO · Jul 11, 2016

Good for you guys!! Tell her it is a good hobby for her and keeps her off the streets!

Gene

DGinVT · Jul 11, 2016

I rebuilt two 22 1022s, both with thumb hole laminated stocks and heavy barrels, replaced the trigger assemblies as well and have a Bushnell scope on one about 8 power. Shoots extremely well. Pretty straight forward project. I just use the factory 10 round clip with standard velocity ammunition.

JF in MI · Jul 11, 2016

This past Sunday we shot at Central Michigan Sportsman's Club which should be very near you. I belong to Isabella County Sportsman's Club which is about 40 min north of where you are. CMS has egg shoots every 2nd week of the month, ICSC has them every 4th week of the month.

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