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Long Range Handgun project
Working on a long-range handgun project that will hopefully
be published in Small Caliber News in an upcoming issue.
Originally, this project was going to be a .223 Remington,
but it has since been changed to a .17 Remington. The .17
Remington is more in line with my interests, and it gives
me the opportunity to work with a short barrel .17.
The gun is a contender that has had the trigger smithed by
Rod Ellingsworth to the tune of about 1 lb. The wood set was
purchased from Bullberry (see links) in the semi-finished
condition. The barrel was bought from Virgin Valley Custom
Guns, and is chambered for .17 Rem. It is 15" long full
bull and matte finished stainless. Accuracy is enhanced with
a BR model Harris bipod. The rig is topped with a Burris 3-12
EER scope with adjustable objective and target knobs.
I have begun to work up some loads with the gun and am pleased
with its performance thus far. Just as a sample, I have included
a picture of a target shot while breaking in the barrel. Disclaimer:
The first shot out of the clean barrel went low and the remaining
four went into .42", which you see below. Because they
were all in the black part of the square, I did not see that
the group was so good or I would have shot a fifth shot for
the group. You can imagine my surprise when I walked down
range to check out the target.
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