"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
06/10/2015 at 04:34 • Filed to: None
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"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
06/10/2015 at 04:34 • Filed to: None | 3
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You are seeing stangskyting. Yes, they’re shooting that fast using a bolt-action rifle.
Here’s another, from a more boss competition.
And finally, a bloke, eating up three 6-round mags at a rate that would put a PDK to shame.
I should learn how to do this.
Leon711
> Wheelerguy
06/10/2015 at 04:55 |
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The guy in the second video (Nils Tormod Maelen) looks like Stiener Sagen from Lilyhammer.
Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
> Wheelerguy
06/10/2015 at 05:09 |
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Sweet :) Now for something more powerful.
Axial
> Wheelerguy
06/10/2015 at 05:36 |
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Rifles without a full stock bother the shit out of me. They just don’t look quite right...
PS9
> Wheelerguy
06/10/2015 at 06:15 |
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Wow, that’s a way better pastime than stankiting! (Wearing a pair of underwear for a straight month and then flying it like a kite on the last day)
Mike
> Wheelerguy
06/10/2015 at 07:03 |
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I can shoot faster...
Of course, my rifle is an old K31. Straight-pull bolts might be considered a little cheaty....
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Wheelerguy
> Mike
06/10/2015 at 07:05 |
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Nah, it’s just like those stick-shifted sequentials in rally cars.
samssun
> Wheelerguy
06/10/2015 at 07:18 |
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Far shooter has a (semi) FN FAL, aka “the right arm of the free world”.
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Mike
> Wheelerguy
06/10/2015 at 07:19 |
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So what you’re saying is, it’s awesome and even cooler than a normal bolt-action?
I already knew that.
Snuze: Needs another Swede
> Mike
06/10/2015 at 08:07 |
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I have the whole K rifle set from the 89 to the 31. Lovely, lovely guns. Did you find an owner tag behind the butt plate?
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Snuze: Needs another Swede
> Wheelerguy
06/10/2015 at 08:13 |
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These remind me quite a bit of Mad Minute drills. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_minut…
And those old blokes did it with SMLEs, not these super slick worked over competition rifles. I have a WWII Lithgow Enfield, and she shoots just as good as she looks. I’ve never gone for a full speed drill before, but I could probably rip off at least the minimum 15 rounds. It’s just that smooth.
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Mike
> Snuze: Needs another Swede
06/10/2015 at 08:38 |
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Yup. Mine belonged to a member of the Landstrum (the “elderly” reservists in an army already made up of reservists). Which could also be inferred by the condition of the blueing - it looks like the rifle spent 50 years lying on its side on some shag carpet.
They are truly lovely rifles, though. The Swiss did with a WWII service rifle what many struggle to do even with modern tech. Shooting a 5-inch group at 600 yards is fun. Gets you some weird looks from the AR bros with thousand-dollar setups that can’t even put rounds on paper at 100 yards.
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Snuze: Needs another Swede
> Mike
06/10/2015 at 09:07 |
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That’s awesome. I found troop tags under the butt plates of 2 of the rifles, though I’ve only checked 3 of the 5 that I have. I’ll have to dig in one day and see if I can find out any more information about the original owners, if they were regulars or Landstrum or whatnot.
I really love my 1889, I landed one that is in absolutely beautiful condition, the stock has a very nice burl to it. It’s a real wall hanger if ever there was one - but I buy guns to shoot, not look at. My uncle and I worked up a load for it to try and replicate the chamber pressures of the original semi-smokeless propellant but we are having issues with the firing pin not striking the primer. I always have a bunch of different gun projects going on so this one has sat on the back burner for a while, and my uncle is now out west for the summer. Maybe this fall when he returns we’ll tear back into it.
As for condition, I know what you mean, mine has a lot of blueing missing. Sadly I had it out 2 weeks ago and got caught in an unexpected thunderstorm. I quick threw the rifle in my gun bag, but it wasn’t waterproof. When I got it home and took it out, surface rust had already formed in the spots where the blueing had rubbed off - near the muzzle and front sight post, and on the stock bands mostly. I tore the whole gun apart and used bronze wool and CLP to scrub everything off. If you ever encounter something like that, I recommend some bronze wool, it wont damage the steel or the bluing but it will take off light rust. It’s much better looking now, though I’m still kicking myself for letting it happen in the first place.
The accuracy on these things is amazing, and the surplus GP11 ammo is fantastic, really match grade stuff. The legend is that when the K31s were hot for match shooting back in the 70s, everyone just used surplus ammo because no one ever worked up a load that could perform any better. And taking it to the range is great because it gets so much attention, and shoots just as good as anything else there. Though as usual, it’s more about the shooter than the gun.
uofime-2
> Mike
06/10/2015 at 10:20 |
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The poor shooting of the AR has as much to do with the shooters as it does the gun. Of course don’t try to tell them that you can’t become a better shooter by buying accessories, only by buying lots of rounds haha
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Mike
> Snuze: Needs another Swede
06/10/2015 at 11:11 |
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“...I buy guns to shoot, not look at.”
I like you.
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Snuze: Needs another Swede
> Mike
06/10/2015 at 12:54 |
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I like you too. But I knew that when I saw you shoot a K31.