Anyone interested in long distance .22LR ?

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Boyd's stocks were mentioned in another thread which got me to thinking about my Savage FV-SR.

For this rifle I wanted a rimfire that was at home on our 60yd plinking range as well as our 300yd high power range.

The scope is a fixed 16x magnification SWFA. It seemed like an ideal optic for what I wanted to do. It had over 100moa of elevation adjustment and the reviews indicated the internal adjustment mechanisms were proving to hold up to abuse. That was important because going from 60 to 300yds requires a significant amount of turret cranking. And speaking of turrets, the large markings are easy on older eyes. The price was right at $300 so I clicked the buy button.

Even with over 100moa of elevation adjustment I knew that alone wasn't going to carry it to 300yds. Canted scope bases for the FV-SR were pretty slim pickings so I got the idea to call EGW Gun Parts who specialize in this sort of thing. Super nice guys. They said they'd be glad to help and would recut my base to whatever I wanted. A couple weeks later I had a 40moa base for a mere $25 labor charge. How great is that! I purchased a pair of TPS super low rings... done with the sighting system.

The plastic stock that comes with the FV-SR works ok, but I wanted something heavier for bench shooting with a higher cheek rest. Really not a lot to chose from. Selected a Boyd's "Tacticool" stock. I think they have since changed the flaky name to something a bit more respectable haha. Anyway, the barrel channel is more than adequate for the heavy-profile FV-SR barrel. No touching. The bottom metal was really weak so I purchased a D.I.P. bottom metal and trigger guard kit. Bottom metal is much thicker and allows for more precise torque on the action screws. Still, the cheek height wasn't high enough so I picked up a Midway cheek riser. Ah... just right.

The FV-SR barrel comes threaded properly for rimfire- 1/28 X .4in, so that required nothing other than to spin on a YHM Wraith can.

Done.

I'm here to tell ya that long distance suppressed rimfire shooting is a ton of fun. Nice calm morning at the club when no one else is around... no ear protection strapped to yer head, no recoil... just birds singing in the tress. Click... waiting.... waiting.... waiting... 'ding' on the steel plate. As relaxing and enjoyable as shooting gets.