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Why you should consider a 223 for a LR rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="sable tireur" data-source="post: 3038161" data-attributes="member: 27307"><p>As noted above, the rifle was designed and built by John Whidden for Palma competition.</p><p></p><p>John has used some of the Anschutz chassis for the last few years on some of his competition rifles. Here though he is using a distinctly different manufacturer. The quote is John's:</p><p></p><p><em>Given all of this interest in the .223 Rem, I decided to build one myself and see if all of these theories about wind performance held water. Starting with my <strong>Barnard P action</strong>, I worked with <strong>Tec-Hro</strong> in Germany to use one of <strong>their Fanatic stocks</strong> for the project. The Fanatic is a modern aluminum stock suitable for prone or Three Position use. The stock uses adapter blocks to work with a wide variety of rimfire actions such as Anschutz, Walther, and Feinwerkbau. As far as I know we were the first to test it out for centerfire use. After shooting the stock with my .308 Win barreled action installed to refine a few details and ensure the stock would stand up to recoil, I then mounted my .223 Rem barreled action and went to the range.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2021/09/sunday-gunday-john-whiddens-new-223-rem-palma-rifle/" target="_blank">https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2021/09/sunday-gunday-john-whiddens-new-223-rem-palma-rifle/</a></p><p></p><p>Enjoy!</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sable tireur, post: 3038161, member: 27307"] As noted above, the rifle was designed and built by John Whidden for Palma competition. John has used some of the Anschutz chassis for the last few years on some of his competition rifles. Here though he is using a distinctly different manufacturer. The quote is John's: [I]Given all of this interest in the .223 Rem, I decided to build one myself and see if all of these theories about wind performance held water. Starting with my [B]Barnard P action[/B], I worked with [B]Tec-Hro[/B] in Germany to use one of [B]their Fanatic stocks[/B] for the project. The Fanatic is a modern aluminum stock suitable for prone or Three Position use. The stock uses adapter blocks to work with a wide variety of rimfire actions such as Anschutz, Walther, and Feinwerkbau. As far as I know we were the first to test it out for centerfire use. After shooting the stock with my .308 Win barreled action installed to refine a few details and ensure the stock would stand up to recoil, I then mounted my .223 Rem barreled action and went to the range.[/I] [URL]https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2021/09/sunday-gunday-john-whiddens-new-223-rem-palma-rifle/[/URL] Enjoy! :) [/QUOTE]
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