To Rio (from North America) with Love
Long-time Forum member Luis (aka LRCampos) from Brazil has spent many months putting together his “ultimate” F-Class rifle. It hasn’t been easy, as there were many legal hurdles to overcome in sourcing key components from the USA and Canada. But Luis could celebrate this week, as his “Green Dream” finally arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Luis has waited more than a year for the components to be built and the slow process of import approvals to be completed. But the rifle has finally arrived, giving Luis an early Christmas in Brazil. He was kind enough to supply a couple photos of his new toy, a switch-barrel 6mmBR and .308 for F-Class. With these two calibers he can shoot either F-TR or F-Open class.
The gun is built around a Stiller Predator action with custom bolt knob. The 6BR barrel is a 28″ Krieger, 1:8″ twist, HV contour chambered with a .272 no-turn neck. The second barrel is a 1:12″ twist chambered in .308 Winchester. The barrels have been ceramic bead-blasted for a low-gloss finish.
The beautiful green/black stock is a Robertson GBF model with adjustable buttplate and removable cheekpiece. This is a design developed for F-Class with input from the Great Britain F-Class team. It boasts a “front rails” design with a very low profile. Luis tells us: “The fore-end is similar to Richard Franklin’s Low Rider stock, and I asked Ian Robertson to install an Anschutz front rail, so I can shoot with a bipod in F-TR competition.”
All work was done by Karl Feldkamp of Kampfeld Custom in Clinton, Michigan. With over 20 years of machining experience, Karl does outstanding work on both target and hunting rifles. Some of his other creations have been featured as Guns of the Week on this website.
Hello Moderator!
Thank you for the honor to be on the Daily Bulletin! I am really flattered!
I am new to the 6mmBR caliber, so I am loading my first loads with care and I will probably test it next week. I am anxious to see it in action!
AccurateShooter.com / 6mmbr.com was my inspiration on this rifle. Almost all my knowledge came from here! The Stiller Action I saw on Daily Bulletin. The same with the Robertson GBF stock and I found Kampfeld Custom on a post by a 6mmBR.com member on the Forum.
Thank you Moderator and all Forum members for all the help, information and to have this great website going strong!
Karl does real nice work. LR, you should be very proud of it.
Butch
Luis, that is one beautiful rifle! I hope you can really get F-Class going in Brasil, we’re looking forward to your next visit to Arizona. Boa sorte! German Salazar
Parabéns Luis!
We were fortune to lure Luis into United States and Michigan in particular for the IBS Benchrest School in Tawas. On the way he went to and met Karl Feldcamp, also in Michigan. Luis was the prize student of Joe Krupa at the school. They went together well. Luis finished second behind Joe Krupa. Lowell Hottenstein was third. With Luis using Joe’s equipment he was naturally the top student. Luis is an avid shooter and eager student. Luis is a true benefit to the shooting game.
Francis, thank you for your kind words!
It was a pleasure to attend and meet you on a such great event as the IBS School in East Tawas. I hope I can get my feet more “wet” on Benchrest next year.