Was able to check one out in a local shop today, they are the light weight hunting contour in case anyone else was curious
We had some come in the shop. Someone at DT made a mistake and only ordered hunting contour barrels in 30-06. We returned ours to DT as we just don’t sell many hunting profile DT barrels.
That’s too bad, I was going to buy one until I saw that. Going custom now.
I had a barrel made with a custom chamber throated to the longest length I could seat a 215 Berger in a 300WM case for more powder capicity with H1000. With 78.9 grains its running 2897 on average with no issues. That velocity is smoking with 175's. How many mils to 1000yds?
I usually shoot around 50-60 shots max , through my 375...then completely clean ( carbon /copper) and store with Hoppes. #9
Do you shoot those 50-60 all in one session? If not, do you coat your bore with some other agent between shooting sessions?
I apply to every high-end barrel I've ever owned. A couple have been DTA factory sticks.
Anecdotal. I have found there is only some correlation between what the barrel looks like inside and how it shoots. Tooling marks, fire cracking, filiform erosion and yet this barrel still shoots sub MOA on my Tikka. I think only guys at the Frank Green level can make sense of this stuff.
This is my experience. And speaking of Frank, he is the one the guys that recommended cleaning last with a Hops patch, my barrels have been rusts free since. After a good scrub down I loose my zero and it require 7-10 shots before the barrel settles back to it's last confirmed zero. If you listen to Hodnet, he just takes a carbon remover through and calls it a day.
It’s a Innorel ST384C off Amazon with a sunwayfoto IB-30 inverted ball head. The tripod is awesome, the head is a great light weight option for a fraction of the cost of the real RRS unit but it has some flex even when locked up. When I bought this setup RRS stuff was almost impossible to get in Canada and I was aiming for the most stability I could get in a light weight package. I’ll upgrade to a better head eventually.
This is really cool, I’m excited to see what you come up with. You really think you can make AICS mags work?
I can deal with ITAR. From what I can see I can make a conversion for AI 338 mags. AICS 308 mags are DS/SF from what I recall so I can’t think of anything that would prevent it from working but it would require adapters which adds to the tolerance stacking problem. As a practical matter it’s easy to make adapters, I can’t yet predict the functional reliability of them though. Anyone with AI mags and a little time can join me on a video call and we can try to get a more definitive answer.
I ordered a couple of items a week or so back on Sunday night. Both items shipped that Tuesday and delivered across the country within 3-4 days. HTI soft case and a sling, both in FDE. Very pleased!
I'd like to have a custom riser like this on my HTI.Started work on something new. The factory cheek rest doesn't go high enough for me so I made one from carbon fiber. This is a quick and dirty R&D unit. I'm trying to create a replacement for the stock itself now. I have some improvements to the factory model I'm trying to implement like AR-15 grip compatibility, among other major updates. The carbon fiber cheek rest is tons more comfortable. It's also more rigid and lighter. I used 5 layers of carbon fiber and went through numerous resins before I found just the right one.
