A lot of Raptors have arrived! Two Steyr stocks and two RaptoRails, both in right and left handed version.
And a couple of photos of the Raptor stock for Steyr rifles. The real advantage of this new stock part is that is allows to shoot ‘thumb up’, this was impossible with the original Steyr stock. It uses Anschütz holders for butt-plate and cheek piece, these can be bough second hand anywhere. All surfaces are anodised, in black / natural aluminium colours.
I have already written about my new design, a fixed and smaller version of FolloWing system: The little brother: SteadyWing. Now the first few ones are printed and worked fine during the first tests.
The system is articulated but the trick is that the contact points are not the links themselves, but the small caterpillar legs in the joints. These legs can be separately rotated, so the SteadyWing hook extension can exactly follow any shape. And the end element can be rotated, too – this gives a stable fit, standing with its full surface on the shoulder.
See the differences between Normal and Extended version below. The extended version contains an extra link with its extra leg so it is longer and surrounds the shoulder even better.
And a few more photos about the SteadyWing versions:
A new batch of PinPoint triggers is ready, for the following rifles: Anschütz, Feinwerkbau, Steyr and Walther. These rifles have got a double trigger rail so one trigger unit fits for right/left handed shooters and with short/long fingers as well, depending the position and forwards or backwards reaching direction, so there’s only one trigger for each rifle.
This is the Steyr trigger, with the popular Pyramids blade. The blade can be rotated to switch between central and offset position. I do advise to set the blade exactly perpendicular to the direction of pull, there’s no need to rotate the blade to different awkward positions. Yes I know that many shooters do this but only because their finger is too short, but this trigger can be set backwards and offset so you can reach it comfortably.
Please note that on Steyr rifles, there is a grub screw between the trigger rails, that shouldn’t stand out more than 2 mm from the plate, you might need to replace it with a shorter one.
The webshop offers a wide range of trigger blades (pyramids, grooves, ridges, balls, flat shapes etc.), the two sides always have the same pattern but with a coarse and a fine variation of the chosen surface, see the pyramids on the photo above and below.
As you can see, the new trigger can be rotated by 180° for shooters with shorter or longer fingers. The longitudinal adjustment range is: Feinwerkbau = 30 mm, Steyr = 34 mm, Walther = 27 mm (in general: length of the rifle’s trigger rail + 6 mm).
Another advantage of PinPoint triggers is that the blade is only 6 mm high so the trigger weight will be always the same.
Here are a few photos about the FolloWing Complete. This is Brian’s Hook Kit, topped up with my new adaptive upper wing, with extra link element and thumb screw. I put it together in original white, with its porous surface it looks like a very big piece of strong mint :-)
After dyeing and oiling it has a velvet-like finish, much more resistant to dirt and scratches. The dye soaks into the first 2-3 tenth mm of the surface, so even after a harder scratch you’ll still see the black colour.
Bottom view, now you can see how the inner surfaces follow the body contour. The FolloWing can be moved really freely, and there is in harmony with the whole hook, in material and colour.
I made a selfie with the complete hook to show, how it fits to the shoulder. Maybe one link element less would be better for me, the optimal position of FolloWing is on the top of the shoulder, not behind it. But every little part can be adjusted so it’s not a problem to get a perfect fit.
If everything goes well, a greater amount of new parts is going to arrive tomorrow. If you place your order in the next days, I can send the goods immediately, you don’t have to wait for them for 2-3 weeks as usual. FolloWing, SteadyWing and MegaWing hook extensions, PinPoint triggers for EV-2, FTP-900, Anschütz, Steyr, Walther and Feinwerkbau rifles, and a couple of ComBrella shades…
Added some new photos to the website, about the first photos of the Sinter3D products…
ComBrella shade for Combro chrony, prevents irreal and/or low readings when the sun shines onto the device. It snaps on onto the chrony:
WonderBar adjustable spacers for stocks and hooks, a spacer with four different heights :
FolloWing adaptive butt-plate extension on an EV-2, watch how it fits to the shoulder, and does the same in any shooting position. The FolloWing is mounted to the original upper wing of the hook:
FolloWing for a Steyr hook, in ‘black velvet’, i.e. with a dyed and hard-oiled finish:
FolloWing on my Feinwerkbau hook, in white original (it looks like the strong mints, but gets dirty very easily so needs a finish before use):
I added a new design to the shop, the SteadyWing hook extension. This is the little brother of the FolloWing, without the adaptive moving but gives a wide range of adjustments by the joints and the independently adjustable caterpillar legs. The end element of the wing can be rotated, so it fits better to your body than a simple extended link.
SteadyWing is available for these butt-hooks at the time:
I added a new trigger blade to the PinPoint Blades, it is comaptible with all the adapters. This is a ball point trigger, with a d=5 mm and a d=8 mm ball on the two ends. The distance from the mount is the same as on the other PinPoint blades. This means that the centre of the ball points of the trigger can be on the same places, in the centre or in 9.6 mm offset.
The end points of the balls are at the same distance from the threaded hole so when turned over, you don’t need to adjust the length of the trigger.
From now on, you can order all PinPoint Triggers with this new ‘Ball’ trigger blade, too.
After two successful prototypes, the first production models of FolloWing Universal are ready. They arrived on Friday, I dyed and oiled them until late evening and then put together in the morning, then off to the BFTA Championship… I used a flat PinPoint trigger blade, I wanted to test this one after the round shape I used the last time. You can see on this picture, how FolloWing works: it sits on the top of my shoulder, the rifle hangs down from there and the two adjustable wings always fit with their full surface, in any shooting position. (Photos: Simon Evans)
My Saturday shooting wasn’t too good, but after the competition I was playing with the new FolloWing on the zero range. As it turned out, it is essential to adjust the proper height for the articulated wings, because they have to hold the greater part of the rifle’s weight, but not all. The vertical hook parts have to hold some weights, too. It was a good decision to design this kind of adjustment into the system.
I don’t like to rotate the butt-hook too much towards me, I believe is symmetry. If everything is in line, a possible error is prevented. The wide trigger blade serves the same purpose, I can exactly feel the direction of the pull.
We had some strange standing shots, even on a tree, but the adjustable forend worked well and I didn’t miss any positionals today. Well, some of them was only a lucky shot but let’s remember what uncle Matula said about lucky shots… :-)
I missed a long and windy target, this was not surprising. Then managed to be clear of further misses, until… until I missed Nr. 23, a full size kill at about 35 metres, with a negligible breeze, and then WHATTAFAKK, I couldn’t believe my eyes… I missed my third one on the last lane, but luckily hit the last target. I could hear some MFTA shooters cheering in the background, because NEFTA was leading by 308:307 – but then I handed my scorecard in, the Midlands took over and we won the Inter-Regionals by 316:308 over our greatest rivals.
So the Midlands won the Inter-Regionals trophy, and I made the top score of the day. Our photographer made a photo of me with the cup (and with the winning rifle and the FolloWing on it :-), but this was a team win today so let me name all the Midlands team members here, with their scores:
András Fekete-Móró 37
Dave Harrison 36
James Osborne 33
Andrew Gillott 32
Simon Evans 32
Neil Daniels 30
Des Edwards 30
Peter Rowley 30
Steve Lloyd 29
James Griffiths 28
Marc Fisher 28
Neale Marklew 28
Antony Johnson 24
Sue Swift 24
Dave Killen 17
Congratulations to all the team members!
Added a new product, this is a quality folding bipod. Nothing really new in design but made of really quality materials and on a more friendly price.
With long legs, currently only in black colour (sorry but blue isn’t available at the moment).
Fits to all rifles with Anschütz accessory rail or similar (Anschütz, Walther, Steyr, Feinwerkbau etc.) Already in the webshop: JOPA Folding Bipod.
See this video about how it works: