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    Farewell to OSOK

    I was not sure where to post this, OSOK was a 22 benchrest shooter so I put it here.

    As I write this I have tears in my heart, my best friend and brother in life has past away today 11/21/23. I...
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    Charlie and me have been talking about this...

    Charlie and me have been talking about this non-fire issue for a while now. I have been having problems with Contact and Semi-Auto benchrest this year in the Savage MkII. With some batting around...
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    Charlie one of the members sent this design back...

    Charlie one of the members sent this design back in my build thread. This is a really good design, wished we both saw this before we built ours. This is one of those things you just look at what...
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    Jim these traps can be both vertical and...

    Jim these traps can be both vertical and horizontal. I went horizontal to keep the elements and contamination out.
    Now Jerry Miculek runs a horizontal trap, here's a video
    ...
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    Lead Test

    To tell you the truth I wasn’t sure I’d get involved again because of others without the facts and chimed in with negativity. So with that aside, I did do some test rounds into the trap before...
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    Hi Don, I realized after I put the pictures in...

    Hi Don, I realized after I put the pictures in that you could see the farm house behind. And guys are focused on that, and when I stand in line from the bench to the backstop I’m looking into the...
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    I know the camera is angle deceiving, everything...

    I know the camera is angle deceiving, everything is line to the middle of the farm field. I know when people look they don’t think it’s a safe direction from the angle. When seated at the bench...
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    I can go out to 70 yards, that's all the room I...

    I can go out to 70 yards, that's all the room I had, and I do have a tuner on. That was the Savage MKII build I did last year
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    Everyone shoots around here, plus the sub sonic...

    Everyone shoots around here, plus the sub sonic is pretty low on noise
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    The trap is all mounted up now, This is my view...

    The trap is all mounted up now, This is my view from the 50 Yd bench
    https://i.imgur.com/pV1wjBZ.jpg

    Started out with cardboard template
    https://i.imgur.com/OaB5Q2A.jpg

    Then fabricating the...
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    Last Detail the lead scraper

    For the last thing I wanted was a clean out tool for the tube, that I can just hang that on the backside of the back stop

    https://i.imgur.com/LFw5JBZ.jpg
    https://i.imgur.com/VQ2RXsv.jpg
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    Hi James, now could you bolt some angle steel in...

    Hi James, now could you bolt some angle steel in the corners to cover the gaps?
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    End caps

    Finally had the chance to make the end caps for the tube, it’s held together with a 1/4" thru threaded rod
    https://i.imgur.com/olkaQww.jpg
    https://i.imgur.com/fUinMNN.jpg...
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    I'm sure if you had a light wind day you could...

    I'm sure if you had a light wind day you could get .5 at the fifty
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    Thanks Martin, now I like that ferris wheel...

    Thanks Martin, now I like that ferris wheel design. It looks a lot simpler than what I did, if I saw that when I was looking I may have gone that route.
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    Don I weighed it yesterday and it was 120 lbs...

    Don I weighed it yesterday and it was 120 lbs plus it will be mounted in the back stop. So yours has more portability, how is that PCP going anyway?
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    Thanks Frank, this is going to work out very well...

    Thanks Frank, this is going to work out very well for me. Just need springtime to show up. Did run some rounds thru it and didn't get any ringing sound from it, that's what I was hoping for
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    So if I put some ingot molds in the tube they...

    So if I put some ingot molds in the tube they come out as bars, learn something new everyday (hehe)
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    Thanks Don, it'll be a pleasure not replacing...

    Thanks Don, it'll be a pleasure not replacing boards this coming season.
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    Yes the targets are hung correctly, this is a...

    Yes the targets are hung correctly, this is a horizontal collector tube style. As far as the end caps, I am making them now. Now if you look at Jerry Miculek’s bullet trap he also uses a horizontal...
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    Thanks James. just got a chance to weigh it...

    Thanks James. just got a chance to weigh it today. That small trap came in at 120 lbs, can't wait till spring.
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    I do have a deflection plate in the swirl...

    I do have a deflection plate in the swirl chamber, it was longer but powdered the bullet. I cut it down at made small and now the lead is staying together much better
    https://i.imgur.com/pjwdmt7.jpg
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    and more pictures

    https://i.imgur.com/X7SxLUG.jpg
    https://i.imgur.com/lfZ8q08.jpg
    https://i.imgur.com/pjwdmt7.jpg
    https://i.imgur.com/hMFhFhv.jpg
    https://i.imgur.com/q7YHgrP.jpg
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    more pictures

    https://i.imgur.com/g6rPJE1.jpg
    https://i.imgur.com/jAu3gNW.jpg
    https://i.imgur.com/UOr12JC.jpg
    https://i.imgur.com/IZA6meD.jpg
    https://i.imgur.com/0JlEUDr.jpg
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    22lr bench rest bullet trap

    Well shooting season has been done for awhile since winter set in. Last year I was in quest of getting good at bench rest shooting and getting the Savage MKII to work well. Now shooting bench rest...
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check