So who vandalised my rifle then? Is this what this sport has come too? 😡

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Dioclese said:
Dale, there were legends, whispered in dark corners at Bisley, about some of the 1990's FT legends and their temper tantrums. I remember one particular story about an Anschutz 2002 being launched down the range, when the operator missed his final target, whilst on a clear for a set of NEFTA racksHomer face palm
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I am not doubting there are some who were in FT who had tantrums* and abused their own gear, but I never witnessed abuse to third party's kit.

* Ironically I have rifles in my collection formerly owned by two people in the SWEFTA region who were known for this, both now deceased but I am not going name them.
 
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I've been sat on this for a few weeks now and frankly I've been too worked up to even talk about it. Once I found it I nearly knocked the comp shooting on the head ,it really threw me and still has a fair bit with the
Why,when ,where?

There's quite a lot more than I can put into a post but in the next few days I'll try and get some on film.

Ive been talking to a few people in the trade about it and it seems that it's not actually that uncommon sadly.

I'm just at a total loss tbh even though the guns now back sorted with a fresh barrel .

Stop waffling and get to the pics man.

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That is exactly what it looks like down the muzzle end of the xti50.

The crazy part about all this is it's highly likely not happened since I've owned it.
It's not actually as wildly inaccurate as you'd imagine. If it was an hft rig I'd have been hard pushed to tell apart from the occasional slightly odd report every so often when it went 'off ' the boil.

I've been chasing some very strange small poi shifts combined with some very weird chrono results when it was throwing a tantrum.

And yes this the the alutec chassis xti50 that I built the woodwork for ,for AA and the centrepiece of their stand at the British shooting show and the northern shooting show as well as the numerous comps it was taken to and used. And the gun I shot the nsra winter league with 😡

Infact I know a good few of you shot this at the hft worlds..

Gutted, upset and at times just plain angry..

Problem is now that I just can't really let it rest.
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I've seen vandalism before, on the shooting ranges at Military comps. minor like adjusting the scope , more serious damage to crowns , this is not a unique problem .
Some where there is a very sick ******* who thinks he's one up.
Hopefully karma will strike .
 
I am defo no expert on metals but looking at the picture in post 30 i would say flaw.
I look at is this way,i am fairly handy and how would i make a tool to impart that damage. it would need some lateral force,its a fair way down the barrel,if i read correct a stripper was fitted?its as if you would need gto insert then extend teeth/prongs.
Cant see a allen key or screw driver doing it.
Saboutage at a competition yes, but that extent?
envy or jealousy at a club or demo or show, would be a scratch etc,you get a lot of envious people.
 
I've caught up with the thread after a oouple of days and I still can't help but feel this was more like a youtube click bait thread. The thread title clearly indicates the someone purposely vandalised a medal winning rifle, which given a lot of comments is erring on the side of manufacture rather than malicious.

The medal winning barrel has now been replaced by an unknown quantity (not all barrels can be BR barrels) and the medal wnning barrel is being cut in half just to see if it was a defect or something else.

Even if the rifle was a "pass around" rifle in Air Arms before Tommy got hold if it....its still been accurate enough to win medals. So unless its been left alone and someone has stuffed something down there to make the marks it seems unlikely to be malicious vandalism....

Its an interesting thread...however a previous post summed it up for me as "bizarre" :) Personally I really wouldn't give two hoots what the barrel looked or felt like if it was winning me medals :-)

I do want to see the outcome though :D
 
Looks like monkey metal to me, cheap and nasty chinese crap, one thing i have learned from this thread is not to leave my rifle
unattended any more (y) .
 
Before the start of an HFT event guns are left laying around in their bags while we all go and have a feed and a brew is what
i was getting at (y)
 
This has become a very odd thread indeed.

I would comment that if it is thought that the observed damage was caused by deliberate vandalism, then get a length of barrel and try to replicate what is seen in the pictures.

Keep in mind there wouldn't be carte blanche to use any conceivable method under the sun, restrict it to what could realistically be done if the rifle is left unattended at a range or show setting where a miscreant could be observed / caught at any time.
 
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It seems a lot of this has/is blown out of proportion.

Tommy with a showpiece rifle has spent an awful lot of lot of time and effort on this rifle and achieved some very decent scores with it. As a dedicated shooter ( and some of us are) he wants that perfect score and to do that you constantly look to improve anything that may help in your search.

Tommy’s rifle is a showpiece literally and has been on display as a centrepiece.

He , the same as you or I expected the barrel to be perfect in every respect ( we all hope that)To see damage to the rifling on inspection we all would think sabotage, after all look how well it has performed and who would believe that the manufacturer would supply a faulty barrel on a showpiece, nay centrepiece rifle.

I understand his frustration, all that time, effort, testing then to find a “vandalised” barrel.

Sorry folks I too would have stepped into that puddle at that point in time. I would have found it hard to believe that that rifle , important as it was , was faulty from the start.
 
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gen100 said:
It's up to the thread starter to do that ?.
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Jimbobjones said:
It seems a lot of this has/is blown out of proportion.

Tommy with a showpiece rifle has spent an awful lot of lot of time and effort on this rifle and achieved some very decent scores with it. As a dedicated shooter ( and some of us are) he wants that perfect score and to do that you constantly look to improve anything that may help in your search.

Tommy’s rifle is a showpiece literally and has been on display as a centrepiece.

He , the same as you or me expected the barrel to be perfect in every respect ( we all hope that)To see damage to the rifling on inspection we all would think sabotage, after all look how well it has performed and who would believe that the manufacturer would supply a faulty barrel on a showpiece, nay centrepiece rifle.

I understand his frustration, all that time, effort, testing then to find a “vandalised” barrel.

Sorry folks I too would have stepped into that puddle at that point in time. I would find it hard to believe that that rifle , important as it was , was faulty from the start.
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There will be some answers iam sure shortly from Tommy 👏
The Good that will come from this is that (Tommy ) & most of us🔎will all check our barrels from New ,iam sure most do already , easy to do ,if the barrel can be inspected (removed )!

I could be wrong 🤔 but i cannot understand how the rifle was performing accuracy wise to that standard ,with that amount of (defect / damage ) it would be leading up quickly with flyers all the time 👀🕵️‍♂️🤔
So i can fully understand his suspicions !
 
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