New LH T-Bolt Sporter

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Really
like the rifle. Fit and finish are very good. The stock I got has some
figure and curl in it. I'm hitting the squirrel-head sized swinger at
~25 yards 7/10 of the time off-hand and 10/10 rested. It needs a
lighter spring in the trigger, but that is all the bad I can type about
it. Browning says it'll go down to 3.5. Mine feels like its at least
four. Quick trip to have a spring made and swapped out should fix it at
close to two.

I was going get a Leupold rimfire 2-7x and
conetrol mounts until I saw the scope. I had a Simmons shotgun scope on
hand that has better glass and adjustments. I may try to look at a VXII
Ultralight with a change in parallax and reticle down the road. That is
really the only way I can see to get a low power variable to match this
rifle well. 

I tried some different ammo at the max range and
scope setting I use to actually kill things. That's 35 yards and 5x. I
started out testing ammo with five shot groups. I was getting tiny
groups with cheap ammo. That seemed odd to me so I upped it to 10 shots
to get more variation within groups.

I was surprised how well
the 510 and 510B did. (That's Federal champion Target or Lightning
depending on where you get it.) If you get a group of cartridges that
match well it prints small. The 510B seems to vary more and can vary to
the good better than regular 510. I think doing all the benchrest
sorting crap would get you some really good ammo out of that cheap
stuff.

Best groups:
Ammo & group size
SK Standard Plus 0.484"
Winchester Subsonic HP 0.757"
Fed 510B 0.859" (average was more like 0.7")
Best hypervelocity was cci MiniMag at 0.867"

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urbaneruralite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 16 November 2006 Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote urbaneruralite Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: New LH T-Bolt Sporter Posted: 05 October 2009 at 05:00
	Really like the rifle. Fit and finish are very good. The stock I got has some figure and curl in it. I'm hitting the squirrel-head sized swinger at ~25 yards 7/10 of the time off-hand and 10/10 rested. It needs a lighter spring in the trigger, but that is all the bad I can type about it. Browning says it'll go down to 3.5. Mine feels like its at least four. Quick trip to have a spring made and swapped out should fix it at close to two. I was going get a Leupold rimfire 2-7x and conetrol mounts until I saw the scope. I had a Simmons shotgun scope on hand that has better glass and adjustments. I may try to look at a VXII Ultralight with a change in parallax and reticle down the road. That is really the only way I can see to get a low power variable to match this rifle well. I tried some different ammo at the max range and scope setting I use to actually kill things. That's 35 yards and 5x. I started out testing ammo with five shot groups. I was getting tiny groups with cheap ammo. That seemed odd to me so I upped it to 10 shots to get more variation within groups. I was surprised how well the 510 and 510B did. (That's Federal champion Target or Lightning depending on where you get it.) If you get a group of cartridges that match well it prints small. The 510B seems to vary more and can vary to the good better than regular 510. I think doing all the benchrest sorting crap would get you some really good ammo out of that cheap stuff. Best groups: Ammo & group size SK Standard Plus 0.484" Winchester Subsonic HP 0.757" Fed 510B 0.859" (average was more like 0.7") Best hypervelocity was cci MiniMag at 0.867"

CB900F Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator Honor, Integrity Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: Eritrea Status: Offline Points: 8857	Post Options Post Reply Quote CB900F Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 October 2009 at 08:38
	Urban; I've got the target/varmint wood/blue on order. I'm now wondering how much longer it's going to be before it makes an appearance at my dealer's. While it's hunting season, I have enough other things to do to keep my shorts from getting into a knot. But after that - - - - - ! I've had so much good luck with A/O mil-dot scopes on other guns that I'll almost certainly go down that road again with the T-bolt. It's just a matter of deciding which one. Or, I may just recycle an older Bushnell 5-15X A/O mil-dot Legend & put that on. It's a decent scope, but not a great scope. Then again, it's an under $200.00 scope, so no complaints from yrs truly. A nagging concern for me is the limited selection of ammo available. There's only about 4 types of .22 mag on the shelves around here. I certainly hope one of them suits the gun. 900F
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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 October 2009 at 22:37
	I've found the 22mag really chews up small game, if eating is a consideration. Good on varmint (non-eatable type). 22 mag ammo has gone completely out of sight $$$. Looks like that left handed T-Bolt has a receiver cut for right-hand????? Interesting as I shoot right handed some days and left handed others. Wonder if the bolt parts are switchable too? BEAR

urbaneruralite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 16 November 2006 Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote urbaneruralite Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 October 2009 at 09:28
	I would like to see if the stats Browning lists for drop at comb and heel on the Target/Varmint stocks are accurate. They list them as the same as the sporter, but I can't see how that is possible. The RH and LH are very similar. The gun even ejects to the right. I think everything is the same except the cut-outs for the bolt.

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 October 2009 at 09:37
	Urb, from the pic you posted it looks like it has a righthand cutout also??? maybe the leftie can be easily reversed to a righthand? If so the lefty would be the best buy/value for even a righthanded guy as it would be a switch hitter on resale???

urbaneruralite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 16 November 2006 Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote urbaneruralite Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 October 2009 at 09:20
	There's a slot for the bolt handle on the left side. I think you'd have to have an identical slot milled on the right side to use a RH bolt. Might be just as simple as that.