Not necessarily but extremely time and labor consuming. The cone breach is the big part, if traditional extractor slots were used, it wouldn't be worth the effort IMO.  The very competitive rimfire shooters "glue in" barrels to actions and actions to stocks for that matter. You can imagine at the highest competitions, they are doing every little thing to gain an advantage. Accuracy is 100% relative. In F-Class they are tossing barrels because their X counts dropping. These barrels are still shooting sub MOA out to 600 and 1000 yards but for them, they are gone. 95% of shooters would kill to have a barrel that could do that.

Yeah, those saving hammer barrels was interesting discussions.  Like you said, relative. 

Where some competitors save their hammer barrels for national or big matches.  Otherwise, they spin them off and put on other barrels for club matches or other stuff.  Even where some of them buy barrels in batches of 3-6+.  I can get their perspective of competition and the unicorn status of those barrels.  I guess I have enough money to do so, but I only shoot so much these days.  If I had regular access to other ranges like they do on the mainland, I'd probably shoot a lot more, and be more broke.   

Oh boy, don't get esk started on rimfire pistols.  He has a safe full of the "good chit".

My 22 pistols are definitely plinkers.  An M&P 22 and my dad's High Standard.  Inspector was very interested in the High Standard.  I need to replace all of the springs in the HS to get it shooting well again though. 

These rifles can outshoot 99.9% of shooters. https://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=42895.0

These rifles can outshoot 99.9% of shooters. https://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=42895.0

Those are beautiful.
Shot range buddy's custom prone Win 52 with a 3oz trigger. Wow. It was so cool.Very accurate

Those are beautiful.
Shot range buddy's custom prone Win 52 with a 3oz trigger. Wow. It was so cool.Very accurate

Those are WAY above my pay grade but Win 52s, now you talking my language. They are like Hot Rods, they don't make um like they used to.

My friend has an Annie Prone rifle that I want. I know once I buy it it's going to be deep into the rabbit hole. Jacket, Glove, Sling, etc....The sights alone will run me broke. I shot it and it's accurate AF.

This whole thread is going to run me broke. I come on this forum only for the classifieds. 

These rifles can outshoot 99.9% of shooters. https://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=42895.0

I’m not gonna lie.  I checked them out and was very impressed.  I am not even close to appreciating a rifle like that. 

This whole thread is going to run me broke. I come on this forum only for the classifieds. 

Hold up, I a$$umed you were already far, far, far down the rabbit hole.   

I got the black rifle disease super bad after I got involved in a large gun board.  I  to think about how much I spent on ARs over the years.  That wasn’t even a rabbit hole either.  If I wasn’t neck deep in centerfire stuff, I would probably have a Zermatt setup or something similar already on order.   

Those are WAY above my pay grade but Win 52s, now you talking my language. They are like Hot Rods, they don't make um like they used to.

This thread went over my pay grade 3 pages ago.

Hold up, I a$$umed you were already far, far, far down the rabbit hole.   

esk shoots Rimfire Benchrest. I shoot more positional stuff like PRS or NRL22 so our builds are very different. Our group shares the rimfire passion and have been shooting together for years. That group is a bad influence for sure. 

Our group is a bad influence for sure....... ......... pretty deep in the rabbit hole for sure.

We pick up our premium 22LR ammo from Jennifer at www.kaleoarms.com.  Email her at admin@kaleoarms.com

She can get anything that's available on the internet, bearing in mind that there is limited availability of every type of ammo in these hard times.

LGS in Honolulu have a hard time moving the good (and expensive) ammo, so they are hesitant to bring it in.  That's why you won't find in the LGS
what we have and shoot at Kokohead like Lapua Center-X, Lapua Midas+, Eley Tenex Red, Eley Match (black), RWS R50, SK Rifle Match (red), etc.

Email her with what you want and she will try to find it for you.  Sometimes we search the internet for the good ammo and then
ask her to order & have it delivered to her company in South Dakota.  She then combines other orders and puts them on a pallet
to ship to Honolulu.

Minimum is one brick 22LR, but try to combine orders with some friends to make a large order, or  buy a case to make it worthwhile to your group and to Jennifer.

Jennifer is reasonable on ammo prices, shipping and handling charges, so talk to her about what you want. 

Yes Jenny is the place to go. I buy cheap plinking ammo, mid range and the goodie goodie from her. I don't even go to LGS looking for premium 22lr, understandably they just don't have the premium stuff and even if they did, it'll be in small quantities. Once you get in the local rimfire crowd in my experience everyone shares and gives you ammo to try and give feedback. There is other ways to source premium 22lr ammo and get it here in Hawaii. Jenny is just easier and she is super cool and helpful.

This thread went over my pay grade 3 pages ago.

That sounds like something a Tesla driver would say

This thread went over my pay grade 3 pages ago.

You have a pretty Gucci rimfire rifle if I recall correctly. 

esk shoots Rimfire Benchrest. I shoot more positional stuff like PRS or NRL22 so our builds are very different. Our group shares the rimfire passion and have been shooting together for years. That group is a bad influence for sure. 

Oh, you just haven’t ventured as deep as esk. . . 

I’ve gotten a number of buddies to buy guns, some of them stuff from me.  But more basic stuff like pistols an ARs.  Nothing that pricey.  That said, I did buy an AK from one buddy that he got through an estate sale.  I ended up putting a bunch of money into that AK project.  I guess I’m “rabbit hole” prone.  Haha

I’ve ordered from Kaleo a bunch of times for all sorts of different ammo.  From match .223 to .41 mag.  Always super helpful. Might have to check in with them when I get back from vacation for some 22, 6.5, etc.   

Kaleo arms is great. I've ordered from them a few times, various calibers. Jennifer is always very helpful.   

You have a pretty Gucci rimfire rifle if I recall correctly.

Tacticool, there's a difference. 

That sounds like something a Tesla driver would say

Cause working on a car engine is also over my pay grade (besides changing oil and battery). So EV removes the engine totally. 1 less thing to worry about.   

Tacticool, there's a difference. 

Uh, the purple one? 

Uh, the purple one?

Oh, you mean the wife's one. Yup. KIDD action, single stage trigger, barrel. Brownells receiver.  And purple stock.   Prime is almost done with it. There was a lot of sanding of her stock to get the parts to all fit.  And Henry knows Mrs.CMO is OCD about that kind stuff, so gotta look super good, even though the receiver will cover lots inside the stock.