Pure Precision actions
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My gunsmith and I just bought 2 SA mag bolt face SKLTN’s for 7-6.5 PRCW builds, it’s very much like a Defiance AnTi but has a 75deg bolt throw, It weighs the same weight as a Defiance XM length AnTi action, 21.9oz
Hopefully my rifle is together in the next cpl of weeks and can give you a better review on some practical use.
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I've handled several, both steel and titanium. I think they are fantastic. I'm still partial to the BAT vampire/bumblebee, but have seen no reason not to like the skltn.
I was pretty close to trying one during the Black Friday sales they were cheap, but I ended up getting a nanook off Brownells for not much more. I’d like to know how it turns out as well.
Yes Black Friday is when I ordered the actions as well, went back to order a cpl more long actions and sale was over….
have to wait for the next sale I guess. !
I ordered the Ti Summit. At first I thought it was heavy and rough, greasing it good and cycling it a bunch over the course of 2 weeks helped it a bunch, on e I got it barreled and 2 dozen rounds thru it, I'm much happier with it. It's pretty smooth, some binding but only when I don't ring the bolt straight back. Overall, I call it good enough for a night hunting rifle. I will admit, in spoiled by my Zermatt TL3s and Ti3s. But it's far from apples-to-apples here due to the bolt throw.
1100$ or so vs the Ti3 at $1800, you decide, I'm not giving up any Zermatts for this, but for the guy who looks at these and says a barreled action or just the action at about the same price...this is a logical choice and a good one at that.
1100$ or so vs the Ti3 at $1800, you decide, I'm not giving up any Zermatts for this, but for the guy who looks at these and says a barreled action or just the action at about the same price...this is a logical choice and a good one at that.
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Yes Black Friday is when I ordered the actions as well, went back to order a cpl more long actions and sale was over….
I keep a list in the notes section of my phone throughout the year of more expensive purchases I want to make. When Black Friday rolls around I start looking for deals and decide which of those purchases I want to make.
I've chambered barrels for at least 10 of them. The headspace and thread pitch is prefit compatible. The firing pin assembly is tool less for removal; which I really like. The customers have been extremely happy with them.
A little review on the Pure Precision SKLTN action, overall its an excellent action, I really like the 75 deg bolt throw and the tool less firing pin assembly is a nice option as well, I have about 200 rounds through my 7-6.5 PRCW and fires and feeds perfectly, both our SA were a little weak on extraction of loaded rounds or fired cases, you definitely have to be firm with your cycling of the bolt,
I’m probably asking this wrong but are there other brand prefix that will fit. For instance, will a Ruger or Zermatt prefix work?
There are not any other shouldered Prefits that match up I am aware of. The headspace is different from other R700 based actions.
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To help revive an old thread here- I've been running a skltn Ti for the past couple months on a coyote rifle and I've been very happy with it. Pure is currently running a sale, so I went ahead and ordered another action for next year's deer rifle. They're some of the lightest actions you can get, so I'm hoping it pairs nicely with a XLR element MG and a carbon barrel.
I had pure spin up a carbon 18" barrel in 22gt and that thing can shoot. I'm very happy with it.
I had pure spin up a carbon 18" barrel in 22gt and that thing can shoot. I'm very happy with it.
I ordered two more SKLTN SS actions, a SA for my gunsmith and a LA for a 280 AI build, should be here in the next couple of weeks.
Cant wait to get them.
Cant wait to get them.
They were really quick to ship. Even with new years, it only took about a week. Ordered a SA magnum skltn Ti on 12/26 and it shipped today 1/3
Yes Pure Precision is first class to deal with
Steph Hakes makes it easy, but my actions are coming to Canada so takes a little longer to receive.
I have a stainless SKLTN I bought on sale last Black Friday, it’s the rifle on the left. 20” proof 22 creedmoor in a manners night stalker. It’s as accurate as any of my other rifles, I like it a lot.
That’s basically exactly what I’m looking to build in 6cm for coyote hunting. Does the skltn action have savage small shank threads?
Did you get your night stalker stock for the pure precision skltn action or did you get it in Remington 700? I’m a little confused why it matters if the skltn action has the Remington 700 footprint. New to this stuff, trying to figure it all out.
My gunsmith threaded the barrel but I don’t see why they wouldn’t be standard R700 threads.
I got the mini chassis and just ordered it for an R700 short action. Some actions have different features that may keep them from fitting a standard R700 inlet even tho action screw spacing is the same that’s why some are listed but it’s pretty impossible to list every aftermarket action. I asked manners before ordering since the SKLTN isn’t listed but it doesn’t have anything crazy going on so I figured it’d fit the mini chassis fine
It says on their website that the action uses "standard remington 700" threads, however that could be open to headspace discrepancies. Preferred barrel blanks and a couple others will make prefit barrels that you can order straight off their website. Otherwise, you'd have to send the action to a gunsmith to chamber and thread a barrel blank for this action. I have a Preferred pre-fit barrel on another rifle and it can shoot better than I can.
I also have a pure action that I ordered as a barreled action. It's a quality barrel, but the preferred barrels are significantly cheaper.
They now have the PP skltn action listed. If you were me and planning on going with that action would you order the stock in rem 700 still or go with the skltn inlet? Maybe it doesn’t matter, I’m not sure? I’d like to keep it easy to re sell if that scenario ever arose.
did manners say anything to you about the SKLTN action not being a great fit for the mini chassis because the bottom of the action has those cuts machined out to save on weight?
Wether you order for an r700 or SKLTN you’ll likely get the exact same stock regardless
I’m sure if manners was concerned about an action not fitting properly in their at the time current chassis/inlets then they wouldn’t offer it or they’d advise you not to run that combination. Instead of asking random Internet people about manners builds you should probably call and ask them some questions
I did, they said probably not a good idea. They still give you the option on their web site though. Thanks for your time.
I really like the action and was set on it until I found out I couldn’t run it “or shouldn’t run it” in a mini chassis. I really want to go with the mini action so I can use the same stock and swap out different barreled actions depending on the season and what I’m hunting and or shooting. The coup de grace has my attention now but it seems like it has potential to need some tinkering. This being my first custom rifle I don’t think I have the knowledge to be trouble shooting issues whether it be the SKLTN or the coup de grace. Anyways, I appreciate your input.
I don't understand why you wouldn't be able to run it in a mini chassis. It's a standard R700 footprint. I currently have kine sitting in a R700 XLR element MG and the thing shoots lights out. Stocks/chassis that are universally cut for a R700 will also hold resale value better. Go compare how much a stock that's been bedded for a specific action compares to a stock.
I also intend to grab a manners to try for one of my other pure actions. Most likely the nightstalker with a preferred barrel carbon prefit.
That’s exactly why I want to go mini chassis in the r700 footprint. If I absolutely had to I could re sell it without completely losing my ass. Especially being a manners night stalker. I was told by manners that the weight reducing cuts on the bottom of the bolt don’t allow a great mount up point in the mini chassis. Jnull is running that exact setup and hasn’t had a single issue so obviously it can be done. I’m very very tempted to do it anyways. I just really don’t want issues that I’m not capable of trouble shooting either.
While I don't have a MCS on hand to get pics, I do know that most chassis will have some kind of v-block setup for holding the action in place. The action screws will then pull the action down into the v-block to secure it. I've attached a profile picture of the bottom of the skltn Ti action. You can see the same round profile is maintained along the entire length of the action. The only lightening cuts that are on the bottom are the cuts around the trigger pins. This portion is irrelevant to mounting because nothing is designed to contact that region of the action. I've also attached pics of a XLR element MG and a matrix pro for v-block reference. Both of my skltn Ti's live in XLR element MG's at the moment.
