The CZickness XLIII prepping for winter.

[wtburnette]

Morning all

I'm building the gun fund back up I have an objective now.

SW22 Victory | Smith & Wesson

www.smith-wesson.com

I shot one of those with red dot and suppressor, pretty effortless to get hits on steel.

I have 3 of these and I love them. The stock one is a joy to shoot and quite accurate. I have a second where I put on a volquartsen barrel and red dot and it's even better. Best of all I traded someone for a Performance Center version, with a carbon fiber barrel, flat faced trigger, TK Hive grips and an extended mag release. This thing, with a red dot on it, is hard to miss with. I highly recommend them...

 

[Bennettjh]

The variant of 457 I'm looking at (Varmint At-One) comes in 16" and 24". I'm leaning towards 16" but I believe I posted a 24" up thread(first I came to). Everything I've read says 22lr is "done" around ~16". Any advice appreciated, you folks have forgotten more than I'll ever know.

 

[T-DOGG]

The variant of 457 I'm looking at (Varmint At-One) comes in 16" and 24". I'm leaning towards 16" but I believe I posted a 24" up thread(first I came to). Everything I've read says 22lr is "done" around ~16". Any advice appreciated, you folks have forgotten more than I'll ever know.

I've not seen a convincing reason to go past 16-18" on a 22LR. On the other hand, everything I seem to know is wrong over at Sniper's Hide, so there's that also.

What I really want to know, are you gonna put a tuner on it??? I need a tuner buddy, you could be the Ernie to my Burt.

 

[Bennettjh]

I've not seen a convincing reason to go past 16-18" on a 22LR. On the other hand, everything I seem to know is wrong over at Sniper's Hide, so there's that also.

What I really want to know, are you gonna put a tuner on it??? I need a tuner buddy, you could be the Ernie to my Burt.

If I get to that level, I'll get a tuner and be your buddy.

 

[mcapo]

The variant of 457 I'm looking at (Varmint At-One) comes in 16" and 24". I'm leaning towards 16" but I believe I posted a 24" up thread(first I came to). Everything I've read says 22lr is "done" around ~16". Any advice appreciated, you folks have forgotten more than I'll ever know.

I have a 24” 457 at-one. Bought it because tdogg said to get a 16”.

Actually, it was just what was available and figured it was just a trip to AllenM from being shorter. I’ll have to chrono it and see what impact it has. Accuracy has been promising but not well tested.

Now…I’ve been looking at Lilja barrels lately and, if given a choice, would go for 18”.

 

[mcapo]

I need a tuner buddy, you could be the Ernie to my Burt.

I’m hurt. I really am.

 

[gmcttr]

The variant of 457 I'm looking at (Varmint At-One) comes in 16" and 24". I'm leaning towards 16" but I believe I posted a 24" up thread(first I came to). Everything I've read says 22lr is "done" around ~16". Any advice appreciated, you folks have forgotten more than I'll ever know.

I have 3 .22 rifles with 16" barrels and they are quite accurate. On the other hand, I assume there is a reason the benchrest competitors use longer barrels. Your choice.

 

[T-DOGG]

I am not going to make any short barrel jokes.

 

[T-DOGG]

I’m hurt. I really am.

You don't have time for me. I have to resort to having all of my fun online with strangers.

 

[mcapo]

You don't have time for me. I have to resort to having all of my fun online with strangers.

Someone has to be responsible and make sure work gets done. Maybe if you weren’t online all the time playing with your friends, you could help me get some things accomplished.

 

[T-DOGG]

Someone has to be responsible and make sure work gets done. Maybe if you weren’t online all the time playing with your friends, you could help me get some things accomplished.

If I help you, then who's gonna do all of this R&D work?

 

[mcapo]

I am not going to make any short barrel jokes.

Length is one thing but it’s profile that leads to hitting the mark repeatedly.

A pencil barrel just won’t get it done when things heat up.

 

[Bennettjh]

I have 3 .22 rifles with 16" barrels and they are quite accurate. On the other hand, I assume there is a reason the benchrest competitors use longer barrels. Your choice.

I noticed your 457 up thread looked like ~16". When the time comes I'll just see what's out there. I guess there's no wrong choice really.

 

[RustyHornet]

T-DOGG showing up to the range.

 

[ChrisK]

Knowing T-Dogg, he would be trying to stick something in the hood scoop

 

[T-DOGG]

I spent a lot of time testing the aerodynamics on that car. The size/shape/placement of the hood scoops and those wings were perfect. Then I found out with both headlights flipped up, it ruined all of my downforce. After further testing I determined one headlight was sufficient for night driving while still giving me the required drag for making that right turn onto my street while on my way home from getting a blizzard.

I'd also like to mention that, because of me being a well seasoned skinflint, all testing was performed in my driveway using smoke grenades purchased on clearance from the fireworks section of the department store and a Ryobi leaf blower. The leaf blower is available for purchase at the low low price of $130.

 

[Benp]

I spent a lot of time testing the aerodynamics on that car. The size/shape/placement of the hood scoops and those wings were perfect. Then I found out with both headlights flipped up, it ruined all of my downforce. After further testing I determined one headlight was sufficient for night driving while still giving me the required drag for making that right turn onto my street while on my way home from getting a blizzard.

I'd also like to mention that, because of me being a well seasoned skinflint, all testing was performed in my driveway using smoke grenades purchased on clearance from the fireworks section of the department store and a Ryobi leaf blower. The leaf blower is available for purchase at the low low price of $130.

My favorite part was the one headlight up for night driving! LOL!

 

[patience0830]

I spent a lot of time testing the aerodynamics on that car. The size/shape/placement of the hood scoops and those wings were perfect. Then I found out with both headlights flipped up, it ruined all of my downforce. After further testing I determined one headlight was sufficient for night driving while still giving me the required drag for making that right turn onto my street while on my way home from getting a blizzard.

I'd also like to mention that, because of me being a well seasoned skinflint, all testing was performed in my driveway using smoke grenades purchased on clearance from the fireworks section of the department store and a Ryobi leaf blower. The leaf blower is available for purchase at the low low price of $130.

That's a lot of work just to sell a leaf blower.

 

[patience0830]

The variant of 457 I'm looking at (Varmint At-One) comes in 16" and 24". I'm leaning towards 16" but I believe I posted a 24" up thread(first I came to). Everything I've read says 22lr is "done" around ~16". Any advice appreciated, you folks have forgotten more than I'll ever know.

If you intend to put a scope on the rifle, there is no real reason to go past 16". If you intend to put a peep sight on it, the longer sight radius can give an advantage. Lilja Sundberg taper on my Sako Quad shoots pretty well. Think it's 18".

 

[88E30M50]

I spent a lot of time testing the aerodynamics on that car. The size/shape/placement of the hood scoops and those wings were perfect. Then I found out with both headlights flipped up, it ruined all of my downforce. After further testing I determined one headlight was sufficient for night driving while still giving me the required drag for making that right turn onto my street while on my way home from getting a blizzard.

I'd also like to mention that, because of me being a well seasoned skinflint, all testing was performed in my driveway using smoke grenades purchased on clearance from the fireworks section of the department store and a Ryobi leaf blower. The leaf blower is available for purchase at the low low price of $130.

Remind me to pass along the lab coat of honor at our next meet up. This is a level of science that the mouse and I could only dream of. Please tell me that there was graph paper involved. Maybe we can work together to tie the steering to the headlight function so you can see when you turn left once in a while too