Thanks Jochen — Good Luck to Anschütz Shooters in Beijing
As we write this, Jochen Anschütz, new president of J.G. ANSCHÜTZ GmbH & Co. KG, is winging his way to Beijing, China to help support the athletes from many countries who will be using Anschütz air rifles and smallbore rifles in Olympic shooting competition. This year Jochen took over the helm of the company from his father Dieter Anschütz. Jochen represents the fifth generation of his family to direct the operations of the storied German arms-maker. Jochen, along with a team of Anschütz technicians, will be on hand to provide tuning and tech support for the shooters.
Anschütz 64 R for Rimfire Tactical Competition
This morning we were pleased to learn that Anschütz will be shipping one of their model 64 R Biathlon rifles to AccurateShooter.com for testing and evaluation. We think this rifle may be ideal for the new “precision rimfire tactical” discipline. (See our Rimfire Tactical Feature Story). The rifle features a prone-style stock with adjustable cheek-piece and buttplate. There is a forearm rail for mounting bipod or hand-stop. One cool optional feature for is a stock-mounted carrier for multiple magazines.
We hope to have this rifle in our hands by the end of August. We’ll test it for accuracy, fit, and function and then campaign it in regional matches. We hope to bring the rifle to the inaugural NorCal Rimfire Tactical (NCRT) match slated for October 26, 2008 at the Sacramento Valley Shooting Center. Organized by Ed Eckhoff and Vu Pham, this should be an outstanding match with a exciting course of fire. Ed has been working hard on some fun and challenging targets, including a 100-yard “running target” on a 100-foot track.
I very much look forward to the rewiew as i have an 64 MS R (silhouette stock)
IMO it is near the perfect rifle. The impression is quality and professionalism from you open the box.
The trigger is unbelievable (and user adjustable) and the balance superb. I really like the stock.
The action looks ever so slightly rough for a fairly expensive rifle but function is smooth and 100% reliable. The safety leaves nothing to be desired.
@ 50m it shoots one hole groups and i have shot 100m groups @300m.
Mine sports an 10×40 Bushnell Tactical 3200 (since the rifle blew my .22LR budget), which works fine althoug it will never be the ultimate scope. Someday..
A 20 moa rail makes 300m shots w/subsonic ammo possible, and an BR Reflex T8 (borroved from the 6.5mm) makes it look striking as well as being very quiet.
Gun w 200m target
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