This is my rifle, and I'm going to brag

• Aug 23, 2014

• #1

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antco

Ultimate Member

Apr 28, 2010

7,050

Calvert, MD

I'm excited about this new rifle I got last week, so I'm going to brag a wee bit. My apologies.

I am the second owner. The first owner waited two years for it to be built and never shot it. He put it up for sale shortly after receiving it due to some financial issues.

Tactical Operations Delta 55 chambered in 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser
24" Kreiger
Birdsong Black and Green coatings.

Late last week I put on the scope, a Nightforce F1 NXS 3.5-15x50

Yesterday I sent everyone home early with pay and shut down the office so I could go to the top of the city to Brunos Shooters Supply and get home before traffic started up. I finished getting the Dillon all set and ready for this round and last night I made 23 boolits.

This morning my wife made a nice breakfast and I went off to the range. My four zeroing shots served as the fouling shots, then I shot five more shots at 50 yards waiting for a cease fire. Cease fire was called and I moved my target stand out to 100 yards and shot this five shot group in a couple of minutes.

Needless to say, I'm pretty happy with this rifle!

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #2

lx1x

Peanut Gallery

Apr 19, 2009

26,992

Maryland

Nice!

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #3

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jhcrab

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Jun 28, 2012

499

Howard Co.

Were you trying to hit the dime ? Just kiddin - nice shooting, nice rifle

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #4

BossmanPJ

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Feb 22, 2013

7,059

Cecil County

Wow. That is a hell of a nice rifle. Congrats.

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #5

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DC-W

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Good deal and good story. Congrats!

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #6

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Long1MD

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Feb 12, 2013

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Dam good shootin! Congrats!!

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #7

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tom b

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Oct 2, 2011

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Very impressive!

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #8

Scottysan

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May 19, 2008

2,437

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Nice rifle, nice shooting!

Would love to see you stretch it's legs a bit!

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #9

El_flasko

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Nov 16, 2008

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Uber sweet!

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #10

BlackBart

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Tack driver!

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #11

GUNSnROTORS

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Jun 7, 2013

3,620

hic sunt dracones

Nice rifle... and nice shooting!

Your tiny group makes your dime look huge.

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #12

j8064

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Feb 23, 2008

11,635

Deep Creek

That's some mighty fine shooting there.

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #13

ToBeFree

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Oct 5, 2011

2,638

Highland Cnty-Va

Thats some sweet shooting

What bullet weight?

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #14

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c4snipar

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Jul 21, 2014

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Montgomery County, MD

That's damn accurate!


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• Aug 23, 2014

• #15

28Shooter

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Sep 19, 2010

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That's a shooter -Congratulations!

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #16

Alan3413

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Mar 4, 2013

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Looks like a keeper. Good shooting!

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #17

Mooseman

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Jan 3, 2012

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Western Maryland

Nice shooting.

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #18

BossmanPJ

Ultimate Member

Feb 22, 2013

7,059

Cecil County

I want. Rifle that is that accurate.

 

• Aug 23, 2014

• #19

A

antco

Ultimate Member

Apr 28, 2010

7,050

Calvert, MD

Thank you all. That dime was the target but it just kept jumping out of the way. I plan to stretch it out to 200 yards (paper) in a couple weeks when I'm on vacation and probably to 300 (steel) on that same day.

The load is as follows: DO NOT USE IN A KRAG OR MAUSER
-Winchester primer
-Nosler brass
-Accurate 4350 powder 44.6 grains
-Sierra 140g BTHP bullets
-OAL 3.070

I built this recipe based on recommendations of a guy who has this exact same rifle. He worked up a load but I had to modify it to use A4350 whereas his recipe was using H4350. I went down one full grain to deal with my slower burning powder (just in case) but I might slowly step up into the 45-46 range over time. There are absolutely no over-pressure signs at all. I am very happy with this recipe at 100 and I'm interested in seeing how it does at 200 yards.

Keep in mind on the recipe, that any recipe you see in a book will be safe in a Krag. DO NOT use my recipe in a Krag or Mauser.

I had a 45 minute long conversation with Mike Rescigno today; he is the mastermind behind Tactical Operations. As usual it was a great and informative conversation and I went ahead and ordered a titanium Tac30 suppressor from him. We got talking about short AR15's and I almost ordered a can for my Colt Commando but had to stop and tell him "next year for that one, Mike". We laughed and went back to the intended topic which was "What round was this rifle built around?" The answer is Norma 6.5x55 156g Oryx which is on clearance sale at Midway right now. Whenever I get around to taking game with this rifle I'll find some of that ammo and use it. I don't use match ammo on critters.

Great rifle, great scope and a great builder.

 

Last edited: Aug 29, 2014

• Aug 23, 2014

• #20

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fabsroman

Ultimate Member

Mar 14, 2009

35,890

Winfield/Taylorsville in Carroll

Very nice rifle. So much so, that I went looking for the manufacturer's website. Somewhat hard to believe that it is located in Beverly Hills, California.

Anyway, nice rifle, nice loads, and nice shooting. Almost enough to make me jealous, and that is hard to do.