The Cooper Montana Varminter in 20 Tactical
The bedding on this rifle was very good and I suspect it is not the factory bedding – having examined other Coopers and, whether there was an initial problem with accuracy I can’t say, but there isn’t now.
Note substantial recoil block and the trigger – Cooper’s own
Laurie has plans to re-barrel his Ruger 204 in 20 Tac
On range, shooting off a bi-pod, the Cooper was a dream to shoot – especially using the moderator - giving the recoil of a rimfire, a superb trigger and stunning accuracy. Having said that, I didn’t use the mod. for group-shooting – hardly fair to evaluate a rifle on the basis of someone else’s moderator. At longer ranges – out to 300 yards – accuracy was very good with the moderator and it may have had no effect but I wanted to see what the rifle was really capable of. Incidentally, when not using the mod. there is a nice ‘invisible’ thread protector.
At 100 yards, it will shoot tiny three-shot clover-leaf groups measuring around quarter-inch but, I wanted to prove (or disprove) the Cooper ‘half MOA’ claim and the two five-shot groups shown do just that - both measuring under half an inch. With a proper ‘benchrest’ set-up, wind-flags and more load-development, you could expect to better my efforts.
The bolt is pretty conventional – just smaller! Here’s the Cooper bolt with a Remmy-size bolt. If you want to build a light rifle, weight saving starts with the action
The tiny three-lug bolt head .
Here’s the Cooper bolt with a Remmy-size bolt. If you want to build a light rifle, weight saving starts with the action
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