With the current discussion on .22's I thought I would ask this question.  Last year I finished an offhand rifle on a highwall musket action so I could practice during the winter.  I always get my tail kicked in the offhand portion of the gong matches that I shoot.  I know it's not as critical as schuetzen but if one wants to finish high, he has to do well at the offhand target.  It has a GM barrel and Steve Baldwin chambered it with a Benz reamer and a slight crush fit on the rim.  So far, I've only used Aguila match, T-22's, and Rem Target for the offhand work.  All of them take hard thumb pressure to seat about the last 3/16's of an inch (Remingtons the worst) so I use the bevel on the block to seat the cartridge.
Do you think this method of seating the cartridge would affect accuracy??  Is there some kind of tool that one could safely use to cam the .22 cartridge straight in??  Bob

I have a RKS 22RF barrel match chambered by Cody arms( Wyoming armory) on my Low Wall. I can slide the case in easy enough and use twizzers to pull it out. This barrel will do 10 shots at 50' literally one hole group.  How tight of A chamber do you really need, besides being offhand with the human error of placing your shots? On aguila I wipe off there lube and use SPG instead ,at matches  I use Wolf ammo. Maybe try other ammo to see what feeds well and shoots good.Pete

Maybe that is why so many older 22 match rifles were built on Ballard or Stevens 44 actions.

What about the Martinis? I dont think i've seen an inacurate Martini. Block comes straight up.
Tom

Tom,

As Joe said, the Martini block doesn't come straight up - it rotates on a pin in the rear of the block, which means it also moves forward, which helps in seating.  FWIW, my Mk V Int'l cams the rounds in, and it is almost impossible to re-use an unfired round that has been extracted.  Shoots pretty well, too...
Maybe I should get it out some more - after all, I still have that large stash of Lapua Midas lying around!

Skalkoho, I had the rifle chambered with a Benz reamer because I understood that it was tighter than standard but not as tight as a match reamer.  They usually use that reamer when making custom Ruger 10-22's.  I'll try other ammo as well but I've had some on backorder from Midway for some time.  There was a fellow out west that was making a tool for camming cartridges into HW's, Hepburns and others for BPCR shooters that wanted to seat them hard into the lands.  Do any of you have contact information for him??  Thanks

Thanks for the info, Bob.  I talked to a friend last night and his is a little different with the initials DSR on the handle.  I may have to get one from Rhoades if I can't find the other.