Joe

Yes I have one and occasionally use. Whilst giving a good estimate it all depends upon the “quality” of the shot hole and the shooter placing the gauge correctly over the shot hole. Regards Joe

Hi Brian Good to hear that your stock has some adjustability but with Anschutz stock design the breech to butt length is way oversized for juniors. A major failure in my opinion. This generally means the left hand is “close” to the trigger guard and away from the rifle CofG. One option I adopted was the use of the MEC Centra hand stop and inserted added spacers thus lowering the sling attachment point. Would agree your thoughts on moving the body angle might just give enough clearance. Keep thinking through the options and the solution will come. Take care and good shooting. Joe

Brian Whilst the concept has merit in practice not sure it will resolve the issue. In the deep distant past I tried this type of sling and found that other issues came to the fore eg wire strands started to break, wire was uncomfortable against the arm etc. Am sure you have tried to resolve the problem before exploring this option. For information in my case I adjusted butt plate down thus lifting stock up, hand stop will need moving forward slightly. Also adopted a higher position by placing right elbow closer to right side. I note most juniors shoot rifles that have a wood stock thus limiting amount of adjustment that can be made. Hence the options available to you maybe limited. Nope do not have that sling went into bin moons ago. Regards Joe

On my setup I have a Centra Spy Short based rear sight and standard short anti glare tube. I then fitted a Centra Duplex Vario that was a very neat fit to the anti glare tube. This setup I found not to be the best ie vario ring too close to the size of the rear aperture. Not sure what would be the best anti glare length I opted to fit a Lenshood II. However then discovered the lenshood II was slightly less in diameter than the short anti glare tube. Thus giving a very loose fit of the DuplexVario to extent that it could not be fixed firmly in place. Following contact with Centra a new “lock nut” was provided and enabled a good fixing of the Duplex Vario. But I consider that this then resulted in the Vario being “well” out of centre with the Centra rear sight. Not good!! Eventually set aside the Duplex Vario. hence based on my experience I would not recommend using a Lenshood II with a Duplex Vario.

Hi Is the “tail” also included or just what is shown in photographs?

Hi Mick just as you discovered the wire rope is not flexible and thus becomes difficult to turn the screw. Hence the need for a Bowden cable where the wire is wound in a different way is flexible and will enable the screw to be turned smoothly. However the Bowden cable is routinely used for brake cables eg bicycles and comes in 1.0-2.0mm OD but for scope control 3.0-4.0mm is more suited. The search continues. Best regards Joe

Hi Jim This is a topic in which I have an interest. Yes the right spring difficult to obtain and I also have a problem in sourcing suitable diameter Bowden cable. Assuming the plunger sleeve is 8mm OD then spring dia would be 6mm with a 1mm wire. Spring length 20mm. The cable I consider should be 3.5/4mm dia and flexible hence the use of a Bowden cable rather than a 7-19 wire cable. Now if you know of a secret supplier of Bowden cables of this size would be interested to hear. Take care Joe

I am not sure on present day arrangements as organised by NRA. However a few years ago when I enquired the problem was obtaining a site on which to place the caravan. NRA were facilitating the sale of used vans but a long waiting list for a site. Ofcourse all things may have changed in recent times. Best of luck in your pursuits. Joe

The previous post is correct as the ball handle has a female thread. However for the Freeland stand the rods were supplied in various lengths (3 in total) so that the then "new" form of shooting i.e. 3P, could be accommodated, at differing heights. The rod shown in the photograph is I think the extension piece that increased the height of the scope from the prone to kneeling position. As there would be an exposed thread at the bottom of the rod clamped to the stand then there was a threaded knurled cap that screwed into the the rod. On the base of the ball handle it proclaims that it is made in the USA Chicago Daka-Ware. Hope this helps. Joe

It is an RJ45. Suggest you speak with Dr Google that will give you the necessary information.