henry d Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 The 6.5 saga continues,I found my local gunshop had a wildcat 250 at the bargain price of £220. They could get it fitted for me and the deal was done.The mod was bored to fit and the barrel was threaded and there is where it goes west As it is a heavy barrelled rifle the mod wouldn`t go on and the baffles couldn`t fit and couldn`t be bored out to fit No problems says my man in the gunshop,we`ll get in touch with wildcat and get something sorted.He phoned daily and left messages E-mails etc. I can`t remember when I put it in,but it must be 4-6 weeks Finally Mrs.Hd takes a call from the Gunshop and leaves a note,they`ve phoned about the SCOPE Please phone tomorrow before 11am. I was sure there would be tears before bedtime........what had they done to my lovely Meopta? Mrs.Hd tells me,just in from pub,"He says it`s OK they`ve got a new lightweight one for me!" I just phoned and they`ve managed to sort out the mod and it`s a LIGHTWEIGHT one,what about the scope I said,choking back the tears,nowt-nada-niente...........She got it wrong it wasn`t the scope it was the mod all the time So next week we will have the ceremonial unveiling and zeroing,followed by a spot of stalking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 (edited) I thought the other day it had been a bit quiet on the 6.5 front H that explains it... I bet that lot will weigh a bit when it comes back, I hope you have been eating your shredded wheat Edited May 5, 2006 by stuartp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted May 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 I`m as hard as a chocolate frog mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeye ive Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Henry I'm a bit confused by the fact the baffles need modifying ..................Is it the expansion chamber behind the baffles that won't slip over the heavy barrel ? Now you should 've took that scope off ...............Consider yourself reprimanded you naughtey boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted May 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 See pic.......self explanatory. `smith said I needn`t take it off,and as they are the professionals............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeye ive Posted May 6, 2006 Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 Henry ,my assumption is the only way to get that mod to slip over a heavy barrel is to increase the diameter of the inner tube on the expansion chamber . You must now have a one off Wildcat ,UNLESS they make a dedicated version for heavy barrels already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted May 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 Apparently they do 2 sizes so they fit normal and heavy barreled rifles and they do lightweight versions too....guess which I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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