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Adjustable butt plate arrived thanks David, and now fitted with only the smallest amount of trepidation making a huge hole in the butt. Yet to to be fired, but feels better than the previous assembly of bits and pieces, I'm sure the adjustment will come in handy, but I'll need to do that having tried it out. Only just fits into the safe now, quite fiddly get it in on the diagonal.

Other Shed additions are the bipod and scope rail, the bag rider will need some furtling to fit with the new adjustable butt plate. As in 20mm dia hole sort of furtling.

Shot a timed 'competition' last weekend, and the lack of extraction really makes it too slow, but it's a joy to shoot.

Nice bulls-eye machine tongueout

I don't know what TR purists would make of it; but personally I think that's an effective way of making use of a solid action and a great trigger.

not being a TR-purist any longer - due to old age , I have committed the very same sin and stuck a scope and legs on my CG63 in 6.5x55
That way I can at least still hit the center of the target which produces good feelings clapclap

here a few (not very good) pics of the tool

the scope is a Nikon 4-12x40 with BDC which is brilliant!
The mounts are german EAW Apel swing off mounts, which are excellent! You can take off the scope, replace it and you are exactly where you were before!

Best regards from Kent

Gunter

I finally have a Swing! MkIV, RPA trigger, Krieger barrel in a vented stock with adjustable cheek piece and buttplate in left hand configuration. I am chuffed.

And I saw the mythical Swing MK5, with improved finish, built in top rail so they do exist!

That is a seriously striking colour and I quite like it!

Great to see more Swings surfacing and Gunter, on the subject of adding a bipod and 'Scope to Swing, I certainly think this is acceptable and in the spirit of the original F Class concept.

My eyes

Hi I recently bought my swing from a club member who no longer shoots letters & numbers are -
SIN 71 M5 1480
so it's a mk5 but that's all I know oh and it shoots great! but is hellishly stiff after the shot will this ease up?

I have swing mk5 no. 1453 which was stiff to cock from new. I recently had the good fortune to obtain a replacement action body which solved the problem. However I believe these items are becoming as rare as rocking-horse poo!

Stiff cocking can also be due to excessive wear in the action slot in which the cocking pin rides. HPS can supply a replacement RPA-style cocking pin and machine the action to fit it:
https://www.hps-tr.com/swing-paramount- ... ment-parts

The easy way to make the Swing bolt open easier is to replace the huge firing pin spring with Belleville washers. It's an easy conversion, and it transforms the rifle's useability. The washers can be obtained from HPS-TR. Approximately 60 are required.

Pete

Pete wrote:

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The easy way to make the Swing bolt open easier is to replace the huge firing pin spring with Belleville washers. It's an easy conversion, and it transforms the rifle's useability. The washers can be obtained from HPS-TR. Approximately 60 are required.

Pete

But then you'd loose that almighty twang as you fire it, something several people shooting alongside me have commented on. But I can admit to being tempted by the Belleville washer conversion to make opening the bolt a little easier.