Nice. I'll take those groups all day long at 100. Congratulations!!

 

My hat is off to you. Great job.

 

Excellent shooting!! Nice equipment, too.

 

Yeah those are killer groups. Well done and nice rifle!

 

Nice shooting, sir. What ammo did you use?

 

This morning it was cool at 5 degrees Celsius (40 F) and still foggy enough at first to make seeing the target at 100 a bit of a challenge. It soon cleared. Most importantly, it was very calm -- at least for a while. The first bull was encouraging. The fourth was perhaps the best I've seen.

The four ten-shot group average was under .650".



The rifle, a 54.30, is shown below as it was this morning.

That type of shooting would make anyone proud, even t

 

Wow, impressive. Where's Joe Rhea (Cyclops)?

 

You know what Joe would say: "HOLY "

 

Impressive groups, especially #4!
What is the advantage of the extended tube(bloop tube?) if not to lengthen the sight radius?

 

That's a Starik Carbontube; there's a tuner weight built-in ahead of the muzzle. I don't know if @Penage Guy has used this, but it's there.

 

Is it adjustable?
I have seen them on some rifles I compete against shooting indoor 50 foot bullseye.
I use a vibration dampener on my CZ barrel and it did improve group size but I shot a Winchester 52 heavy barrel indoors. Switching to an Anschutz Super Match this year.

 

Is it adjustable?
I have seen them on some rifles I compete against shooting indoor 50 foot bullseye.

Yes, it's adjustable. Otherwise it would be a tube with a weight not a tuner! The muzzle end of the tube is threaded, and the weight can be screwed in or out. It's the same principle as BR-orientated tuners.

Starik tubes are quite popular here in the UK, due to availbility and reduced weight thanks to the carbon fibre tube.

 

Thanks for the kind words.

gunr, the Starik is a tuner with a carbon tube. As a tuner it's adjustable. It's length is based on the Purdy "Prescription" formula for a particular length barrel.

While it's very difficult to prove that a tuner works at 100, it's also equally difficult to prove it doesn't. I suspect that tuner effectiveness diminishes with distance, but it seems to help at 100 yards. I have had more "good" results with one than without. Of course, this is not a conclusive determination as it's based on outdoor results and what's likely a comparison of samples too small in size.

 

 

The only ones I've ever seen had a peep sight on it so "assumed" it was to increase sight length, wasn't aware there was a sliding weight involved.
The only barrel I have that's threaded is on a Mk IV Ruger.

 

The Starik tuner has provisions to mount a front sight, which, of course is not used with a scope. Increasing sight radius may be desired when using a front sight.

The weight is rotating, not sliding. There's no need for a threaded barrel as the Starik tuner is clamped to the muzzle.

I don't have a close-up of the tuner on the rifle in question, but below is a "short" Starik tuner on another Anschutz rifle.

 

Great shooting! What was the velocity data? Ammo?

 

Thanks. For what it's worth, the box of Midas from which the rounds came had an ES of 23 fps and an SD of 5.0 -- which is very good. Not all boxes from this lot have had such good chrony figures.