Might get more traction in the semi auto subforum.

Longshot231 said:

I saw a guy at a rimfire shoot an RPR with SK ammo and aftermarket trigger shooting clover leaf groups.

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My testing with CCISV puts 100 yd groups of 10 under 1 1/2”. Often 6-8 under 1 1/4”.

There used to be an all-you-can-eat Mexican Buffet that was awesome. I used to crush plate after plate on many a Saturday.

I would mostly load up on the fajitas with everything... sometimes I would start with a Chicken Tortilla soup from the soup containers at the end of the line.

One time early on in our infatuation with this place, a buddy of mine went back for 4 bowls of an adjacent thick, white/yellow substance. After the fist one he said, "THIS IS THE BEST SOUP I'VE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE!"

Someone remarked something like, "That's Tio Jose's cum soup, dude."

He was like "NO, I LOVE THIS!"

It's all he was having. He asked our Latin Amigo, "ASK THE OLD LADY WHAT THE NAME OF THIS SOUP IS!"

Senora, que tipo de sopa es este?

Teee heee, Es Chisteep! she said.

Slow on the takeup, it's like 10-9-8... we're like... What the hell kind of soup is "Chisteep?"

Then we saw that there were tortilla chips at the end of the line that day... It wasn't thick soup- it was thin cheese. Cheese Dip!

Homey had just absolutely chugged 4 giant bowls of nacho cheese... HARD.

LOL. We were all starving to death in the coldest winter they ever had on Benning.

FInd that place and eatah fajita for the GWOT era.

Oh and sorry for the technical difficulties as this was new equipment for me and I've not done a livestream like that.
Also I'll mute myself next time I'm yelling at my kid


-Richard

As of this moment, Arken Optics and Accessories price increases are going into affect today. DNT Optics has announced their price increases, however, those increases will only happen once they run out of existing inventory and tariffs affect new deliveries. We are not raising pricing until that happens as well.
We have yet to be informed by any other brands about imminent increases, although I did receive a few inquiries from different brands asking what other brands have announced. We will keep you informed as new information becomes available.

Up top for my MOA shooters.

TicTacTex said:

Very nice grab.

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J-Fonz said:

Sheeeeeiiiiiitttttt what a deal

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I am stunned this lasted the night. Brian is as good as they come. And has some killer rifles. Just lucky enough to snag it this time

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$2100 shipped

DKN83 said:

Since i couldnt get the 50cal, some money is left to do some foolish stuff
I have all the rifles i need and prefer to practice a lot.

Right now stumbled across an unfired axmc in sage green.
I have not seen any troubles with those rifles besides the lfp/sfp. Interested in 308/338lm only. Rifle comes with both bolts, mag change kit and barrels.

Biggest concern right now is the fact the model is discontinued. Thinking of how lost i am with finding sidestocks for my aw/awm, i am thinking about what happens if i need support with this one.

The color is great though

I prefer this one over the newer models but well...whats your opinion on the support issue?
What about the trigger, is this a comp trigger?

Any thoughts about good/bad are welcome.

DKN83 said:

Since i couldnt get the 50cal, some money is left to do some foolish stuff
I have all the rifles i need and prefer to practice a lot.

Right now stumbled across an unfired axmc in sage green.
I have not seen any troubles with those rifles besides the lfp/sfp. Interested in 308/338lm only. Rifle comes with both bolts, mag change kit and barrels.

Biggest concern right now is the fact the model is discontinued. Thinking of how lost i am with finding sidestocks for my aw/awm, i am thinking about what happens if i need support with this one.

The color is great though

I prefer this one over the newer models but well...whats your opinion on the support issue?
What about the trigger, is this a comp trigger?

Any thoughts about good/bad are welcome.

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I have two Sage Green AXMCs, and one Elite Sand AXSR. I have shot one of the MCs in 338LM, 6.5CM, and now it's 300NM. The other MC has never seen anything but 338NM. The SR has only been 300PRC. I never ran into any LFP/primer trouble with 338NM or 338LM (the 338NM is all handloads, the 338LM has been all Berger factory 300gr ammo). I never had LFP/primer issues with the 6.5 shooting factory Hornady 140 ELD ammo, but I DID start piercing primers with the Berger 144gr factory load, so I got a SFP .308 bolt assembly for it. Then, I got into the same trouble with the 300NM shooting Berger 230gr factory ammo, and I replaced the 338 bolt assembly for that rifle with the SFP version . The one that is set up for 338NM came from AI in that chambering, and has never been changed to anything else. It still has the LFP it came with and has never had an issue for over 1500 rds.

I don't think there has been much of an issue with LFP/primer problems when shooting any of the original cartridges the rifle was originally intended for (.308, 300WM, and .338LM) with the possible exception of small-primer .308s (maybe?). If you did run into a problem, a new SFP bolt assembly is available, albeit on a semi-sporadic basis sometimes, and will fix the problem.

An un-touched MC will have the original, battle-proven AI trigger, not a Comp trigger, or the hybrid one in the SR. I prefer the MC trigger for its track record. It can not be adjusted as low as the SR, but I don't find it to be an issue at all. It's great, to me. I've not had any problems with the SR trigger either, but some have reported it, and usually it just needs cleaning when it occurs.

Given the choice between a brand new MC vs SR, I'd go with the MC (but the SR is really close, it's just preference). If you can get the MC at a significantly lower price than a new SR, I'd take it in a heartbeat. As far as support, they aren't really an "old" design yet. I suspect parts availability will be good for some time, especially anything important for the rifle to function. "Availability" for parts, in the AI world, has to be taken in context, because parts for even their newest designs can be frustrating to get. Just to be on the safe side, you might consider picking up a SFP bolt assembly for each of the sizes you intend to shoot - just whenever you see them available, just in case. That way, you already have what you need IF you experience primer problems, AND you have "spare parts" already on hand if even if never need them.

Short-bus said:

Civil asset theft should only be used following a conviction. I believe that was how it was intended, but it morphed into the debacle that it's turned into.

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That's what it was sold to the people as. Kinda like weapons of mass destruction, the Patriot Act....... What they told us was a cover storyline about safety and security.

All the world is a stage

Is the 6 creed barrel M27 tenon?

I'll probably get in front of the camera and do a quick livestream to talk about the tariffs and a few likely scenarios for riflescopes.
I have a couple of work things to do first, so probably in an hour or so.

These are interesting times.

ILya

Talking from experience 100% get the lri setup with aics mags. I put a cdm bm in mine way back when jeff was still alive and the modern mags make this route a no brainer. Those other mags are terrible compared to a good aics mag in the fn.

koshkin said:

Thank You for joining us, Richard!

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We will do this again, and to those who sent the nude pictures last night

Man I have not seen an old SP-4024 in years.

Kent

DeathBeforeDismount said:

Laughs in ZCO . Sorry brother too soon.

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I barely have any in stock, I'm 80 backorders deep. I'm scared that the potential price increase from Tariff's will hurt us bad...

ToddM said:

Yeah, pretty much any time an industry can increase prices blame free (obamacare, covid, tariffs, etc.) you can bet a lot of companies will increase the amount their extra cost plus a chunk more to pad some profits. You can make a case that it helps offset the reduced volume of sales that higher prices could cause, but if you look at the balance sheets it rarely works out that way.

As long as consumers keep buying at higher prices it's hard to blame companies for grabbing some extra profits while the gov't takes all the blame. Consumers are at the same time the most powerful group in existence, and so stupid as a whole they are unable to wield it.

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This is not a large margin or profit industry, many of us are doing this because we enjoy the industry and community. The owner of CST has multiple businesses, some that make way more money (Construction, drafting,engineering) than CST.

If CST doesn't break even or becomes a burden than we will no longer exist as is or he will sell it.
I'll go back to selling jewelry at the Pow Wows

Thank You for joining us, Richard!

Yes that's all true, but given the choice between dealing with PTG, installing a unit from FN that hasn't been made in 5+ years while using proprietary mags & going with a current production unit from @LRI that uses AICS mags, well, that's a no-brainer to me... But the heart wants what it wants, man. The only things 'wrong' with the TBM are its ugly as fuck & proprietary mags (which I'm sure are only getting harder to come by).

Civil asset theft should only be used following a conviction. I believe that was how it was intended, but it morphed into the debacle that it's turned into.

LexP39 said:

Fits rem700 clones?

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Yup

armorpl8chikn said:

There is worse things than death.
And most of them are in prison.

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Funny thing. The recidivism rate.

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I went back to the B5 Precision stock, it just felt more at home on the 6 ARC. She's back to being a heavy pig weighing in at 11lbs 2oz with an empty mag.