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Posted: 6/10/2008 4:08:25 PM EDT
| I have a chance to purchase a like new Bushmaster V Match with 24" barrel, less than 500 rounds fired for $850, owner saids it shoots under 1/2". You guys believe that? is the gun worth it? |
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I have a 20" V-Match that is very very accurate. My 20yo son and I have both shot 1/2 MOA groups at 100 yards with Federal Value Pack 50 grain JHP, many times. I had the barrel threaded and put a Smith Vortex on it and I put the lower off my Bushy Varminter with their 2 Stage Match trigger on it. For a chrome lined barrel, it is a hellva shooter. For any rifle it is a hellva shooter. Bill |
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Didn't think they made the V match with 24" barrel. My V match came with a 20" military barrel. The Varminter comes with a 24" barrel, but its not the military barrel. I believe its non chrome lined and heavy profile. This barrel is accurate. The military chrome barrel is hit and miss. I think the Varminter is capable of 1/2 MOA but the V match, at least my V match, wouldn't even come close for me. I ended up getting the DCM NM barrel and swapping out the crappy FF tube with an aftermarket and now it shoots under 3/4 MOA 10 shot groups with the right loads. |
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I shot sixty (60) rounds of Radway Green out of my 20" V-Match (Bushy Match Trigger & Nikon Monarch 3.3-10x44 scope) into 2.25 inches at 100 yards. That is two thirty (30) round mags and my eyes get pretty tired so I didn't take all day doing it and also that is 20+ year old surplus ammo. I have put the Federal 50 grain JHP Value Paks into under 1 MOA many many times, usually 1/2 moa with that ammo. I also have a Bushy Varminter with their DCM non-chrome 24" barrel which is somewhat better, but not that much. (JP Trigger/hammer & Zeiss 6.5-20x50 scope) I have always been very very impressed with my V-Match and BTW, Bushmaster does indeed offer it in a 24" barrel. From the Bushy website: 
Bill |
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I believe it with the correct ammo, optics, trigger and of course shooter. My V-Match 20inch wiith a tuned 2 stage trigger, Leupold Tactical 3-9x40 I have shot many 5/8 inch groups with Hornady 55 V-max factory ammo. I have one or two in 9/16. So I think 1/2 is possible. A great shooting rifle |
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I sure do enjoy owning and shooting my V Match Bushmaster... 3 shot group at 100yds... http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o312/hainespd/DSC01456-3.jpg http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o312/hainespd/bushy-3.jpg |
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