Shooting the Volquartsen Summit

It took me quite some time, but I finally purchased all of the parts for this Volquartsen Summit precision 22lr build, and I posted about it a few months ago. The good news was it was one of several new builds I had completed all around the same time; the bad news was I took the Summit to my friends property to sight it in along with my new 6mm ARC build, and the 6mm ARC stole all the available time. It took me another month or so to get back to my friends property to sight in the Summit and I started my day by getting it dialed in. 

I used my range finder to set my distance to 50 yards and spent the day shooting at the same range. I didn’t want to remove the receiver from the stock to get a bore sight so I started by just trying to get on paper somewhere. This proved to be pretty easy and within the first three shots I was able to see where my shots were landing. I then held the rifle as steady as I could (I really need to invest in a rifle sled), I walked the reticle up and over to where my shot had landed. This brought the Swampfox scope very close to being right in target. I completed a bit more fine tuning as the day progressed, but getting the scope very close was rather easy.  

I do want to take a moment to compliment the Swampfox scope. While I was a bit underwhelmed with their rings, the scope was actually quite impressive, especially for the price. It has a nice crosshair with a very fine little dot in the center which lends itself very well to precision 22lr. shooting. It’s not light weight, but on this build I wasn’t super worried about weight. 

This group was shot (like all of the groups) at 50 yards using Federal bulk ammunition.  The first 4 shots were grouped smaller than 1/2”, and of course I threw the last shot. 

This next 5 shot group was shot by my son Max (12yrs old) using the Federal bulk. It was about a 3/4” group. At this point the wind began to pick up and widened the groups a bit. 

Next I loaded up some trusty CCI mini mags and was able to get another group just north of 1/2” (if you don’t count the pesky flier) despite the wind. 

Next I loaded up some bulk Aguila and was able to get another 3/4” group. 

My son and I ended the day using the Summit to split playing cards. It only took Max 4 shots to split this card at 50 yards. 

Overall, I am extremely happy with this build.  The Titan stock is wonderful; it is rigid and comfortable. The Summit action is very cool and easy to operate, even with one finger; although I feel I should mention, the action took several magazines to loosen it up a bit. The Swampfox scope was great, and the whole rifle has proven to be very accurate! 

I purchased every part of this build from Brownells and saved a ton of money. You can find the parts used in this build and other great deals at the following link; 

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