Posted by Les Fraser on
URL: http://oldforum.flyshooter.com.au/Building-a-500m-fly-gun-on-the-cheap-tp5709076.html

Since coming into this sport in some years ago i have tried to have  initiate methods to grow the sport, the website, loan gun, training weekends, forum's etc. There is one thing that has been missing till now and really this idea came from watching what is happening around the country with precision shooting sports.

Shooting disciplines are declining but not in a way that most think it is not people just one day waking up and saying i want shoot that discipline any more it is in reality the raising cost of components and gear that often makes the decision for you.

To get into the fly now unless you can afford the retail the average price to get in is over 10 k with rifle scope and rests and gear reloading etc.

So what i propose is this i will lay out how i came to get into the sport with a LG rifle and the total costs.

I brought a 6BR stolle panda off used guns for about 2K i sold the trigger the mounts and the stock off which reduced the cost of the rifle to about $800 from memory.

I had the barrel re chambered to 6x47L and to start with i had a T36 Weaver i had on another rifle but i was waiting at the time for a Night force 12-42 NPR2. My first mounts were second hand hand me downs as was the jewel trigger and the stock was given to me by a shooting mate Dave Purcell which wasn't inleted or finished in any way.

The recoil pad was a Thong that graciously donated it's presence from my feet to the back of my rifle.

My first rest was a Caldwell and first bag was a loner from one of my other shooting friends.

So really the set up was still less than 3k all up.

Now i suspect every one is thinking yeh but what did you up grade too.

Nothing this rifle is the same rifle that has won 17 matches SOTY back to back first person to do so and set the latest LG Australian record. I have upgraded the scope but other than that it is how it was when i built it including the barrel which Matt Paroz had just taken out and i don't think there was any lands for about 5 inches it was nearly a smooth bore pretty much.

So here is the challenge i was everyone who is interested in getting new shooters into the sport and when you are looking at used guns or other site for your daily gunporn in take if you see something that could be turned into something special let people know on this site. There are bargains out there and you can get yourself moving forward for a reasonable amount of money but if you take steps and work towards the end result a competitive rifle that can do the job, the journey is worth while.

Les