14# barrels

[coolhand]

Just wondering if there will be a bull barrel run this year? I sure would love a 14 pounder. Thanks

[PEteacher]

Place an order for one.
I have.

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Jeff

[Kirk]

There will be, I just started the business barrels, to get them cleaned out, Bulls will be next!!

Kirk

[coolhand]

Thanks for the update Kirk!

[gunlaker]

Well this is going to be an expensive year for me . I'm going to have to sell off some stuff to get that Tollofson rifle paid for.

Chris.

[BFD]

If BPTR was a viable sport still, a very heavy .50 caliber would be darn tempting.

[Kurt]

The .50-2.5 would make a good long range target rifle if you can tolerate the recoil and the guy shooting next to you needs you to give him better earplugs.
But you better take a roll of duct tape and give it to the guy marling the hits in the pit to make the spotter plug a little bigger in diameter so it stays in the hole.

[BFD]

I would want to consider the .50-70, loaded as a target round, very closely before I jumped to the 2.5"

But a moot point, I'm gun broke, there is no BPTR to speak of anymore, and I don't really want to shoot anything other then the regular class. I just would like to see what I could do with a .50 however.

[semtav]

If BPTR was a viable sport still, a very heavy .50 caliber would be darn tempting.

It is. Just not the one managed by the NRA. Which hopefully will make it more viable

[SFogler]

BPTR is alive and well at Ben Avery in March and Byers in Sep. Been to both matches and nobody even mentioned the NRA - both were well run and a lot of fun especially without the NRA complaints.

[johnl]

The .50-2.5 would make a good long range target rifle if you can tolerate the recoil and the guy shooting next to you needs you to give him better earplugs.
But you better take a roll of duct tape and give it to the guy marling the hits in the pit to make the spotter plug a little bigger in diameter so it stays in the hole.

Hey Kurt

What about a Saddle or #3 Sporter with a 30” 14#. 50-90 in the gentler 1/36” twist? Probably less rattlin the’ ol molars

[BFD]

A #3 has too much drop for a long range (or silhouette) rifle in my opinion - having shot one quite a bit at both venues. Not a good choice at all.

[Kurt]

John if I was ever to build another it would have the 1/36 twist in a Business rifle as light as possible for hunting only and maybe busting bowling pins.
I have fun at the range with the guys shooting those little AR's at the pins. When they hit them the pins just wiggle a little and when I sneak in a shot at their pin it explodes or it will make summersaults around the pipe they are hanging from
but I use 118 gr of 2f and a 720 gr bullet.

[johnl]

John if I was ever to build another it would have the 1/36 twist in a Business rifle as light as possible for hunting only and maybe busting bowling pins.
I have fun at the range with the guys shooting those little AR's at the pins. When they hit them the pins just wiggle a little and when I sneak in a shot at their pin it explodes or it will make summersaults around the pipe they are hanging from
but I use 118 gr of 2f and a 720 gr bullet.

I wouldn’t mind a lighter one too, my 16# bull is getting too heavy to shoot offhand and I just sold my Saddle big fifty in 1/22”. Kinda miss the saddle but not the recoil. Once or if the US/Cdn exchange rate gets better, I’ll get one in 1/36” too.

[Kurt]

John if I was ever to build another it would have the 1/36 twist in a Business rifle as light as possible for hunting only and maybe busting bowling pins.
I have fun at the range with the guys shooting those little AR's at the pins. When they hit them the pins just wiggle a little and when I sneak in a shot at their pin it explodes or it will make summersaults around the pipe they are hanging from
but I use 118 gr of 2f and a 720 gr bullet.

I wouldn’t mind a lighter one too, my 16# bull is getting too heavy to shoot offhand and I just sold my Saddle big fifty in 1/22”. Kinda miss the saddle but not the recoil. Once or if the US/Cdn exchange rate gets better, I’ll get one in 1/36” too.

I got a little wimpy these last couple years and been spending a lot of time with the .44-77's and the little .40-65 but I just pulled the .50 out of the safe and a box of old loaded ammo from 08 left over from the Q and I will head to the range tomorrow if it don't rain too hard.
Mine has a HVY 34" barrel that comes in at just under 13# Sure like this rifle and it has had a lot of rounds through it and the rifle looks like it.