Comments on: Eliseo R5 Tubegun Shoots in the Ones with Factory 6BR Ammo

By: Herman

Herman — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:12:14 +0000

Very nice rifle. What are the colours on thes tube kit??

Brgds
Herman Koers

By: Nathaniel G. Lambeth

Nathaniel G. Lambeth — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:53:22 +0000

I have put together several of Gary’s stocks on different actions, ie: Pierce, Remington, Borden, Stiller,and Savage and different after market custom barrels. All have been great shooters out of the gate.

Nat Lambeth

By: Mark Morton

Mark Morton — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:56:22 +0000

Jerry,
I read that article and was impressed. I didn’t know it was a bone stock action though. Now I’m really impressed!
And Kevin, if I’m not mistaken your math is wrong too .091″ and .095 as in not the ones but the zeros.
Mark

By: Editor

Editor — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:47:36 +0000

Jerry, thanks for your comment. You definitely showed what could be done with an Eliseo Tubegun. Here we were stunned to see what could be achieved with the factory ammo. FYI, the bullets in this ammo were beautiful. Very consistent jackets with small, extremely uniform meplats. Joe and I both observed that, at least to the naked eye, these were some of the nicest bullets we’d ever seen. The 90-grainers were purchased about 6 months ago. I don’t know the mfg. date.

By: Jerry Tierney

Jerry Tierney — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:50:40 +0000

Not a surprise to me. If I could win a 600 yard Bench Rest match with a new Remington action with out ANY blue printing, a custom action should really be a shooter in the Elieso tube gun.
Jerry

By: Editor

Editor — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:50:32 +0000

Kevin–
We measured the actual size of one bullet hole as it appeared on the target, which was .234. That gives you actual center to center distance (as close as possible with such small groups). The 5-shot group was measured with On-Target software using a computer scan. That’s quite precise, though it still requires the human eye to center the red circle precisely around each hole. Joe’s 4-shot group is really the most amazing of the lot. He truly put 3 of the four right through the same hole.

By: Kevin Battenbough

Kevin Battenbough — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:24:21 +0000

Joe’s math is wrong on those targets, should’nt he be subtracting .243, giving even better results!! a .91 and .95

By: Robert Whitley

Robert Whitley — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:40:28 +0000

Joe F

The great part is you have a real shooter!

The bad part is you now have no excuses, and it’s all on you if you don’t do well with it.

Sometimes when you put a rifle together, the combination of the action, barrel, etc. can be almost magically accurate, and when I get one like that I tend to not change anything because I always fear it may just be an anomaly that I cannot repeat, although I have to say that tube guns do tend to be very accurate rifles.

By: JoeF

JoeF — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:03:01 +0000

First,Thank You Paul for the nice write up. Second Thank You Gary and John for a job well done.

For awhile I’ve wanted to own a tube gun, and this rifle will be used primarily for 300m prone and some local 600 yard matches. I’m very pleased how the rifle performs and excited to see how it’s going to perform with load development.

By: Steve Blair

Steve Blair — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:27:03 +0000

My RTS with Bartlein .308 barrel is also very accurate, beyond my ability to hold. I will second the bench handling aspects of the stock. It requires constant concentration to achieve very small groups. The gun is a little top-heavy when equipped with bag-riders and scope.