All but one of my guns wear custom tubesboth hunting and compitition. Scoring Custom Mossberg 500 at the Range and Live Turkey!. MSRP: $38.60 www.chamberchiller.com, This is a very compact cooler to add to your range bag. I believe you can never go wrong with 1 minute. So the barrel cool device knocked approximately 5 minutes off the cool time. There should be nothing that would confine the rifle "in place" on top of the chunk. Rfurman24 did a thorough comparison of several, including the Coleman mattress pump. Lighter profile barrels need to cool because the heat can and usually does effect accuracy. I'll have to look for some of those temp strips. Varmint? Does that make since that it would do that. There are several methods that can be employed to cool barrels quickly such as using fans, ice water, cold packs, wet towels, etc. Generally, four classes of conditions exist within a rifle receiver when firing numerous shots. Furthermore, its shaped and colored like an NRA-certified empty chamber indicator, so its ready to pull double duty. When I shoot for accuracy during testing I have about a 5 sec per shot rythem for 5 shots only. While it should not be done with a gas-operated rifle, running water through the barrel is better because the cooling is more uniform from end to end. I may get a chance to go to the range and shoot 15 test round today to see if the group closes up to what that load produced early on. Regardless of whether water is poured on the outside or through the bore, in no way does it harm the barrel. Just WOW on this thread. Come join the discussion about optics, hunting, gunsmithing, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! In Houston, ambient temp. The contestant must support the rear of the rifle with no additional support. The nozzle is customizable to the chamber length of your rifle, guaranteeing that the unit pumps air where its needed most. The various styles of leather bags I have mentioned are shown in the Sinclair International catalog. STRICTLY ENFORCED, there will be no sales of alcoholic beverages permitted on Tennessee State property! Ryan, how do you know when the throat is cooled enough? I have a hard time fitting some of the rechargeable AA's I have in there, and sometimes they don't seat 100%. How it behaves as it heats up might be worth knowing. Please consider this when choosing clothing for the event and shooting accouterments such as shooting boxes and loading tables. The article originally appeared in the June 2019 issue of Gun Digest the Magazine. One Remington 700 in .223 has a 26" heavy barrel. Membership Registration Needless to say, they didnt have a tub of water at handusually only a full bladderas if the corrosive percussion caps and primers of the day werent hard enough on a gun. You must log in or register to reply here. If the cartridge a particular rifle is chambered for is available with match bullets, I try to shoot at least one of those loads. Remember Tip #1 Consistency. We do not desire to have the barrel material holding the heat. If shooting a match, I dont want to have to pull a wagon for my barrel cooler. Could probably even put some ice in it. Shoot it and when it is shot out replace it. All general practice range safety rules are strictly enforced, and we stress. The level of accuracy may not be as good as I will eventually achieve through trial-and-error handloading for a specific rifle, but it gives me something to shoot for and to possibly improve on. It is about as steady as can be. Joseph Von Benedikt is with Rafe Nielsen of Browning to take a look at a new X-Bolt series rifle. Sharing in the Tradition of the Long Rifle in Pacific, Missouri. Another shoots five-shot groups and gives the barrel five minutes to cool between shots. Depending on barrel diameter at the muzzle, most .30-06's will start scattering shots by the time the barrel gets too warm to hold onto for any length of time. IMPORTANT SPECIFICS It is best to accuracy-test a rifle during ideal range conditions with no wind, but since Mother Nature seldom cooperates where I shoot, wind flags are used. I don't think you need to worry about the condensation, as the tube is much hotter than the ambient air temp, not to mention water[that from the condensation, not adding water], even very small amounts, it one of natures best 'coolers'. If I let the rifle cool, the very tight grouping doesn't come back until I clean and dry patch the bore, then I can clover leaf 3-4 rounds again. What is the purpose of the round being developed. For things to run smoothly, there are many tasks: shooter registration, preparation of the range, "running, scoring, and tabulating" targets, safety officiating of the range, and more. Hmm, now that is a good idea and would be a reasonable way to do it. This one should be a pretty simple test but feel free to ask any questions. Usually 3-5 shots with 30 second spacing between shots is all I want to take. The use of a physically Challenged Chuck Adapter (henceforth known as PCCA) will be allowed under the following conditions. Only six extra points possible for fire-starting. Particularly nowadays. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. I dont see the point of even bringing it if its not going to serve its only function which is cooling a barrel the barrel cool and the riflekuhl hardly move any air so theyre not gonna do anything relatively speaking for cooling a barrel. Primarily a shooting contest, it is also a reenactment of the famous "Jim-town" shoots of years gone by. All PCCA will be the property of and be provided on loan from the match director and reasonably identical. That being said I already have everything needed. I never really thought much about barrel cooling during a match other than just sitting and waiting for the barrel to cool down. I do most of my shooting at my own private range and have a lot of conveinences and shoot indoors and out. Im not sure what youre asking? Select Post; Deselect Post; Link to Post; Back to Top; Post by gws on Nov 2, 2022 13:20:53 GMT -5. No double rest allowed the contestant's body must support the butt end of the rifle. Barrel throats erode faster in a hot barrel; a little cooling off period between shots is generally a good idea. People worry way too much about barrel cooling. I have read alot about letting the barrel cool, and wondering what is considered cool. Rather, it lies on its side with one end resting firmly against the rifle butt. I let it sit like that while I'm setting up the bench. Varmint rifles and rifles used for competitive shooting are tested with five-shot groups. The string ranking will determine supplicant places. #2. A Hoppe 's Bore Snake was deployed every 50 shots. I'd just cool it off between groups. Determine when your barrel is getting too hot with these barrel temperature strips. (3) CR123A batteries included. I wanted to add some additional numbers that I think are important. Blowing down the barrel from the muzzle end is strictly forbidden. The Mossberg 500 Pump Action Shotgun is one of the most popular home defense shotguns on the market. The use of Shaders is permitted. Shoot a second shot within say 30 seconds. A funnel is attached to one end of the flexible plastic tubing, and a cartridge case is attached at the other. One shot about every 2 or 3 minutes. As expected from MagnetoSpeed, the RifleKuhl is engineered to the hilt. SIGHTS With the advent of long-range optics, another consequence of a hot barrel became apparentheat mirage. Cooling Barrel between shots. Here is an example of what I believe to be stringing as a result of barrel heating. On my Mausers with medium-weight sporter barrels, that's somewhere around 5-8 shots, fired over a span of 2-3 minutes. As time has gone by I no longer try to eek out every last bit of speed from my guns. Has anyone tested the pro version of the chamber chiller? Hence one of the allures for longer shot strings on the external temp of the barrel. (The latter is also commonly described as a bunny-ear bag.) So please feel free to add something to the prize table. Lighter and tougher and more precise than ever, it's the perfect back country hunting rifle. After each cooling the bore is wiped dry by pushing through three cotton patches. Good job. Range rules for the Sergeant Alvin C. York Memorial shoot Pall Mall Tennessee Waco, Missouri, https://facebook.com/events/s/spring-family-rendezvous/1460410837698017/, March 17, 20239:00 am - March 18, 202312:00 pm With that rifle i can fire five rounds fast. New here so I'll say Hello all. A chamber flag with an integrated fan to cool your barrel. Levers and side pressure plates on the top allow the inside distance between the ears of the sandbag to be quickly adjusted. (The high pitched whine sounds like a vaccuum cleaner) But, being an engineer, and wanting to build a better mousetrap, I attempted to improve on this idea. One fouling shot is then fired, followed by shots for record. between sets. If your goal is to get a reliable zero for hunting, you should allow the barrel to fully cool between each shot. Don't let the shooting get in the way of having fun. The magneto speed was at the bottom of performance. Its exit port is also sizable, directing the airflow directly down the chamber. The simplest thing is a pumpup garden sprayer with plain ol water and a nozzle to fit the chamber and run water through the barrel for about 15 sec. Thats my method and it works for me. Keep me cool also. 5 Top Barrel Cooler Options So You Dont Get Hot Under The First Look: Optic-Ready FN 509 Compact MRD, Stabilize Yourself: The Rifle Bipod Buyers Guide, Best Biometric Gun Safe: Swift And Secure. Ever wonder what your barrel temperature is? You DO get a few questions from the other shooters, but most seem to think its a good idea. Much harder to be consistent with this method. I'm not sure it really cooled back down until it was in the air conditioned car. No money prizes please. Thanks for all the replies and for all the, uh.er..wisdom. A competitor's equipment is only allowed in the loading area during the relay within which they are competing. If a big-game rifle is capable of keeping three bullets close to or inside an inch at 100 yards, I could not care less about its five-shot accuracy. Water is poured into the funnel slowly to avoid overflow back around the cartridge case. The Chamber Chiller company tailors them to the particular calibers. That might work for my practice shooting, or even load development (though somewhat inconvenient, last ladder test I shot 60 shots), but it wouldn't help much with competition. If the pump was supported above a pool of ice water in a cooler it would work even better if it was hot outside. There is no limit as to weight or caliber. From a safety standpoint running a damp cleaning patch down the barrel between shots is a good idea. Yes there are countless more effective ways to remove barrel heat but zero of them are as practical as a fan pushing air down a barrel. Give a Gift As to rate of fire, I think if you keep it under 10 rounds per minute average you'll find that the barrel is only tollerably hot. lightbulb. Founded by Frank Galli in 2000, Snipers Hide has been offering informational videos, podcasts, and other support to its users in one location. Free floated barrels avoid these effects. His flag works exactly like the old wind vanes we used to see on the roofs of barns and houses. JavaScript is disabled. I bench shoot and i still wait inbetween shots. (A small household throw rug placed atop the bench is easier on a gun's finish and the shooter's elbows than bare concrete.). you heat the barrel up to those temperatures, I don't think anything good is going to come out of the experience. Over the next few months I will be comparing a few of the barrel coolers on the market. Please follow the button below to be taken to their site for purchase. If a barrel gets too hot, all sorts of bad things happen and frustration follows. In this comparison the heat transfer rate will be directly related to the mass air flow rate since the cooling medium(ambient air) and the barrel will be the same. It don't think it would hurt if I don't keep a steady blast, besides a tank doesn't hold a lot of air.