I was expecting a lot of recoil, but it was surprisingly mild, even from the bench. Similar to my 11# .308, but louder. I could shoot it all day long.Originally Posted by Crews
I was expecting a lot of recoil, but it was surprisingly mild, even from the bench. Similar to my 11# .308, but louder. I could shoot it all day long.
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
These bolt guns are rekindling a long lost desire to get into longer-range shooting. I recently (today) gained access to a 1000 yard steel range so I'm going to have to start coming up with some ideas to take advantage of it. Researching the items listed in the last three pics in this thread have given me a lot to think about.
Given that pandemic price surges haven't touched precision guns/ammo/optics as much as other stuff, a nice bolt gun may be my next big firearm purchase.Elk rifle project nearly complete. I have a feeling this gun is going to shoot more steel than elk...
Nucleus (American Rifle Co.) long action -30 moa
300 PRC Proof carbon prefit barrel, 24”
KRG Bravo chassis
MDT CIP length .338LM magazine
Leupold Mk5 5-25x56 Illuminated TMR
ARC M10 35mm scope rings (24mm low)
Timney 2-stage trigger (1# / 1#)
Bighorn 12-point barrel nut
APA Little Bastard G3 muzzle brake
Hoptic level
Hoptic adhesive saddle blanket
10.5 lbs
Working diligently to enlarge my group size.
@entropy, is that an H&K or clone?
https://www.americanrifle.com/shop/category/rifles-26
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
More of a lab-or-a-tory experiment...it’s an older Century Lol. It’s been solid though. Must have been made on a Wednesday. It does this all day long at 200m. Good enough for me.
Working diligently to enlarge my group size.
Don't want to put words in mouths, but based on the rear sight assembly and the magazines, it looks like a CETME variant (Century built are common). The HK G3 pattern has the diopter/drum rear and usually the straight mags with slight waffle pattern.
Anything I post is my opinion alone as a private citizen.
No. It’s a CETME. If I put my brain into the wayback machine, I believe the cast stainless receivers are stamped “St Albans VT”and the stamped receivers are marked “Georgia VT”. Mine is a cast stainless. There is a pic in the FAL thread of it in its original wood furniture. I tossed the G3 furniture on because I like the fore end better. The magazines were bought at some point when they were like 3.99ea. Stamped steel and parkerized. Bolt gap is good, although the chap I bought it from tossed in some additional rollers and other spare parts.
Working diligently to enlarge my group size.
All that poor mangled brass....
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