Dolphin Modular F/TR Rifle

[Rifleman]

Nice read , if only me numbers would come up

[Parabuteo]

Nice read , if only me numbers would come up

I have to admit that I could not ordinarilly afford to cough up the thick end of 3k (the base rifle is circa £2500), but my wife is financially pretty switched on.

The plan was to save up, and I already had the Sigtron 8-32x56 LRTD and some saved.

She pointed out it would take a couple of years, during which the price of the cost of parts would go up, and the value of my savings would go down, so she found a small loan at very reasonable interest and suggested I go for it.

If Carlsberg made wifes!!

After an open class guy who shoots very well saying "jees, I only beat you by 1 point with a 4k rifle...you need to trade up mate and be proud of that score" I had to take the plunge having been well and truly bitten.

I think I was shooting with the oldest and least appropriate rifle in the club for F/TR, although a few years ago it would have been exactly what F/TR was all about.

I am lucky to be part of a very good club with a core of very good F, F/TR and bench rest shooters (The Dorset Riflemen). We have several British team members and the past World champ in F/TR, so there is plenty of experience to learn from.

Ian...see you sunday mate...bring the bog snorkelling kit!!

[jamie g]

nice write up i enjoyed that sounds like you have a cracking bit of kit now that will last many years i have looked at there website a couple of times.
im not into target shooting but the other things they do on there are very good. and i like the look of there workshop all the mod cons

the guys certainly seam to know there stuff.

[Parabuteo]

nice write up i enjoyed that sounds like you have a cracking bit of kit now that will last many years i have looked at there website a couple of times.
im not into target shooting but the other things they do on there are very good. and i like the look of there workshop all the mod cons

the guys certainly seam to know there stuff.

I hope so J.

Mik and John at HPS have suggested I should get quite a lot of millage out of the barrel as long as I stick to N140 ONO.

A lot of really competitive F/TR shots are using the N5** powders, but the double base powders do seem to burn out barrels quicker, although they see barrels as a consumeable...

If you are at that end of the sport I guess they are

Dolphin do all sorts, not just new builds. Mik was on abour re-barrelling his L1A1

[marky123]

Hello
Where did you test it?

[Parabuteo]

Hello
Where did you test it?

Mik goes down to Bisley quite regularly, so I got a trial there with 20 rounds of factory.

I then put 60 of factory and home load through it on receipt at Century, Bisley....in the horizontal rain!!

It has since been used at Stickledown this sunday just gone.

Deluge and windy in the morning (learned all about soggy bullets from that!!) got 56.3 at 900...early days and beat some open classers so not worried as a beginner. Some were obviously bad shots, wind change and wet ammo, so no worries about the rifle.

In the arvo the survivors went back to 1000. Again my lack of experience/consistency let me down, but the wind relented (guess who missed it...) and the sun came out...not for long but it happenned...honest.

The kit was that wet that it took a while to get an image at 1000.

I got a 60.4, which aint bad for a first attempt (I have only shot at 1000 before twice, once with an SSG...I think I scared it!!, and once with John Seagers Open class where I got a 63 something, but he made the wind calls so I cannot claim it really).

The nice thing is thus far there is no sign of water issues, a doddle to look after, and still got a daft grin

[Eagernoskill]

"Only time and tinkering about with COLs will show it's full potential, but given the nasty wind yesterday, and my lack of experience in the wind, I was pleased with the results. Far better than my earlier shooting in fair weather, particularly when I sorted my position out (cheers Tim..remember..Bren gun..right?).

One of the things that is telling is that I never expected to be able to shoot, both eyes open, with a .308, and see the target throughout, with the rifle falling nicely back onto aim. The only thing messing things up was my position, which I sorted...thanks to a South African boot"

Its a service I offer - size 12 up a%^se - to adjust body position and attitude!
But enough years on a bren / FAL does result in certain body positions!
We wont the mention the grumpy snarl I got for the "scope tip"

I went to test the Nesika action that MIK had started doing.

Based on that test I ordered a new Dolphin FTR with the Nesika - with which I won FTR section at the Europeans

But seriously to confirm - Mik sure knows his stuff and the product and service is second to none.

"EagerNoSkill"