Ronnie's tuned Marauder Pistol (RE Tack 12 sniper)

I have been thinking about this paint job for quit some time now so i decided to go for it. i have also added a Jim Gaska shroud extension which i fully endorse! then i noticed the Hawk scope being a little temp sensitive on range finding at longer distances so i added a thermometer to the scope. it just sticks on and can be removed later. for night target shooting i installed an led light just above the level and re wired the original light and zipped it to the under side of the BKL mount.

i topped it all off with an angle meter from Ray Apelles. one can see this through the the scope wheel. i will post another later as the picture did not turn out  right. more pics to follow and perhaps another write up on just the angle meter. this small wheel mounts to one of the spanner holes on BKL mounts and riser blocks. it will tell the shooter at what angle the target is at so he can compensate for the difference in poi. i really like it.

i also found this gun stand and made it into a pistol tote/cleaning stand. it folds up and slides together for compact storage and travel.

i must say, this Marauder Pistol is one fun gun to shoot. i just recently tuned a gun for a real nice guy by the name of Barry out of Redding California. he sent me some H/N Field Target Trophies to try out in a 5.53 mm head size which weigh in at 14.66 grains. when checked on the scale, they in fact have a pretty tight tolerance  so  i said what the heck...... i will try em out. well it paid big dividends!!!!!! the first 3 shots went into one hole but was not totally convinced of this i posted a fresh piece of grade A target paper. there where too many shots on that paper to really tell for sure.  i printed 4 shot groups on the new paper and all measuring less than 1/2 inch end to end with at least 5 shots per bull and some had 7 or 8 shots. then i pushed the paper out to 27 yards and shot at the bull pictured bellow and all went into a size of a penny shooting off my knee. a bench rest would probably produce even a better group. who knows for sure. later in the day i shot a few more and all groups where equally impressive. i  think i have a new pellet here and might prefer it over the Air Arms Falcons in this particular case.

i also noticed that the poi was holding strong from 20-27 yards with little to no poi change. with a decrease in velocity of about 25 fps from the light falcons i found this very interesting. all i had to do is hold a half a mil dot higher.  i grabbed the chronograph and fired 5 pellets through it at 25 yards. the consistency was better than i have seen before at that range. the spread was about the same as at the muzzle. this has got my attention for sure. then i went back to my computer and ran a ballistic trajectory program on it and found that the ballistic coefficient was at .034---that is amazing! then ran a trajectory chart and compared it to the Falcon trajectory chart i have. it was only off by one quarter inch click though out a 50 yard operating range. that is fantastic imo.  what i came to conclude is that for some reason this pellet retains a heck of a lot more energy down range over the Air Arm Falcon Pellets and with better accuracy.

8 shots at 27 yards off the knee
14.66 grain H/N FTT

i will be doing some more testing at longer distances to prove everything is fine trajectory wise but the initial testing looks great.

i am offering the RE tack 12 tune for $95  

Ronnie Easton
916.752.6762
wheelscroller@gmail.com