Here's a feature..... customer service.
Argue that Solus fans
Game set and match, the clear winner is Zermatt. And for the record, I own a Origin and a Solus. Aero is in the negative territory as far as customer service goes.
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Thoughts on the Aero Precision SOLUS ?
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Game set and match, the clear winner is Zermatt. And for the record, I own a Origin and a Solus. Aero is in the negative territory as far as customer service goes.
Don't get your panties in a wad... And remember what thread you're in.
If 3 lugs in a circular pattern are not better at equally distributing pressure around a round object and keeping things more aligned under said pressure, why do we use a 3-lug design for suppressor mounts, instead of a horizontal 2 lug? If 3 lugs were not better than 2 lug designs, then why is pretty much every action now a 3 lug, other than a select few? It's obviously better, or everyone would still be using 2-lugs they always were prior to the Browning A-Bolt coming out back in the day...
Also, the integral full-length top rail does increase rigidity and strength along the backbone of the action. While a bolted-on rail does help noticeably, it is still not as rigid and strong as an integral. This applies to more than just actions. This is common machinist and fabrication knowledge.
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Their Solus action's merits has nothing to do with that, but I will agree that their CS has been in the shitter since mid-summer. Hope they get that situated, or they're going to lose even more customers.Here's a feature..... customer service.
Argue that Solus fans
Why Not? If 3 is better than 2, then 4 is better than 3, right...? Go for it.
Roy Weatherby's overcompensating ass decided 9 was perfect for his MK-V action.
Don't get your panties in a wad... And remember what thread you're in.
If 3 lugs in a circular pattern are not better at equally distributing pressure around a round object and keeping things more aligned under said pressure, why do we use a 3-lug design for suppressor mounts, instead of a horizontal 2 lug? If 3 lugs were not better than 2 lug designs, then why is pretty much every action now a 3 lug, other than a select few? It's obviously better, or everyone would still be using 2-lugs they always were prior to the Browning A-Bolt coming out back in the day...
Also, the integral full-length top rail does increase rigidity and strength along the backbone of the action. While a bolted-on rail does help noticeably, it is still not as rigid and strong as an integral. This applies to more than just actions. This is common machinist and fabrication knowledge.
CDG is 3 lugs WITH a toroidal bolt lug bearing surface
And customer service...
Shoot, forget 2,3,4 or 9 lugs; my favorite is my Blaser R93’s 14 radial locking fingers. In reality, arguing over what’s best is kind of silly. My 2 lug Origin is the most accurate rifle I own, proving that after a certain point, it’s the barrel that matters most. It could have an integral rail and there would be no noticeable result of the increase in stiffness in the groups. I like both actions, Origin and Solus, both get the job done. Aero’s complete lack of even recognizing there is such a thing as customer service puts them squarely in the I can not recommend category despite their decent features for the price.
I agree, arguing over lugs is incredibly pedantic.
Whether your rifle is 2 lug or 3 lug doesn't matter at all on the firing line.
CS does matter, and Aero better get their shit sorted out. I would never recommend a product to someone that lacks complete support.
Nobody ever once said those or the Origin were bad actions. As a matter of fact, I've said they're both great actions. But everyone always tends to get their panties in a wad around the new kid on the block, when it challenges the already established builders. Look how many people are now running Arken & DNT scopes...And OCL cans... Just because something is new, doesn't mean it's automatically junk or not worth checking out, or trying one.CDG is 3 lugs WITH a toroidal bolt lug bearing surface
And customer service...
Personally, I bought the very first Solus action I have on a whim, because I got it on sale for like $650 at Primary Arms. I figured, if it works great and does what it's supposed to, and holds up, then i'd consider more in the future as a lesser-expensive custom action option to build on. They surprised me. All I'm saying is, don't automatically hate on something just because it's new and different.
I'm just playing with you.
The Solus seems like a nice action for the price. The shoddy CS seems like a genuine concern though.
No doubt about that... They're ruining what could be a great selling action by pissing on their customers. They had better get it figured out...And soon...Or there won't be anyone else buying their stuff at all......AR's or Solus...
The best thing Aero could do right now, is fire the GM and all his "guys" that be brought along over from all of his previous failures, and hire a whole new management staff.
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Hey @FuhQ, is this the guy you are talking about? It does say he’s in charge of customer service at Aero and has worked at Stag.
I might create a LinkedIn account so I can PM him my lack of customer service experience with the company he’s trying to ruin. It would be hilarious if everyone with an issue bombarded him on LinkedIn.
I might create a LinkedIn account so I can PM him my lack of customer service experience with the company he’s trying to ruin. It would be hilarious if everyone with an issue bombarded him on LinkedIn.
I don't want to speak for him but that seems like our guy (he was at Crimson Trace as a Manager, then Stag as a GM, and now he's Aero's President of Sales/Marketing). I'm surprised he doesn't have pronouns in his bio.
If he's President of Sales and Marketing I'd imagine he'd be at shot show no?
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Interesting. When I google “Stag arms customer service sucks”, I get thread after thread of the same crap customer service complaints now experienced at Aero. Why on earth did Aero hire him, he has a terrible track record?!
He's so bad he's almost acting like a poison pill going around wrecking the reputations of gun related companies one at a time. He's probably friends with someone on Aero's board of trustees or some shit.
The dude went to school at Lynn University. He's probably a liberal plant hell bent on taking down the gun industry from the inside.
*Removes tin foil hat*.
*Removes tin foil hat*.
I was thinking the same thing, based on his career history on destroying companies... There's no way it's purely coincidence it happens everywhere he goes, and only while he's there...
I was at SHOT this week for a couple days and didn't get a chance to relay our current status on Solus actions. I apologize that this update status from Aero below is a week old. I will not provide opinions or remarks about the situation, simply the status on PVA's business with the folks here and with Aero.
Right now, 01/24/2025, all the Solus barreled actions that we have orders up to 1/10 for have the machine work completed on the barrels. The few orders we have since 1/10 are in process, but they're only 2 weeks old so this is less of an issue for those guys.
Everything prior to 1/10 is machined, polished, fluted, and many of them are painted if there was paint ordered. I don't think I missed any on the shelf when I went through tags and the status board today.
Unfortunately, we do not have actions yet. I posted our status request from 1/2/25 a while back in this thread. Last week I had a conversation with the sales rep regarding the delay. He ultimately spent quite a bit of time apologizing and saying that they're ramping up and that management knows that they over promised and under delivered. They're working on delivery/ship as well as production and especially CS backlog.
Below is the screenshot from their status reply after my call with them on 1/15. They asked me to reiterate that they know they messed up, they're fixing it, please be patient. It's been a very long week and I'm going to leave my computer at the shop and spend time with the family, I'll check back here monday.
Right now, 01/24/2025, all the Solus barreled actions that we have orders up to 1/10 for have the machine work completed on the barrels. The few orders we have since 1/10 are in process, but they're only 2 weeks old so this is less of an issue for those guys.
Everything prior to 1/10 is machined, polished, fluted, and many of them are painted if there was paint ordered. I don't think I missed any on the shelf when I went through tags and the status board today.
Unfortunately, we do not have actions yet. I posted our status request from 1/2/25 a while back in this thread. Last week I had a conversation with the sales rep regarding the delay. He ultimately spent quite a bit of time apologizing and saying that they're ramping up and that management knows that they over promised and under delivered. They're working on delivery/ship as well as production and especially CS backlog.
Below is the screenshot from their status reply after my call with them on 1/15. They asked me to reiterate that they know they messed up, they're fixing it, please be patient. It's been a very long week and I'm going to leave my computer at the shop and spend time with the family, I'll check back here monday.
Went and did some load testing on my 8.3” .300 BLK Solus, with the Hornady 190 Sub-X bullets. I used 10.5gr of Alliant 300-MP powder, and it was just a tad too hot, and averaged just over 1100 FPS (about 1105). In going to drop it down about 0.2 grains to be sure it stays subsonic, but hopefully it still shoots this amazing! I’m thoroughly impressed with this little pistol.
Here’s a 9-shot group before I finalized the zero. It was 10 shots, but I made an adjustment after the first shot, so I blacked it out, since it wasn’t part of the same POA group.
Here’s a sub-MOA 5-shot group a little while later after getting it completely zeroed. This thing is ready to smoke some whitetails inside of 150 yards.
Here’s a 9-shot group before I finalized the zero. It was 10 shots, but I made an adjustment after the first shot, so I blacked it out, since it wasn’t part of the same POA group.
Here’s a sub-MOA 5-shot group a little while later after getting it completely zeroed. This thing is ready to smoke some whitetails inside of 150 yards.
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Just put mine together. DNT optic, 1.25 (medium) Steiner rings, Last thing I'm waiting on is my atlas bipod with 419 arca mount.
Very interested to see how she groups up! Trigger is very soft and the action is nice and smooth.
The stock makes it difficult to use a cleaning rod. I tried jacking the cheek comb all the way up but it's still difficult to get in there correctly.
I suppose I could just take the stock off each time I wanted to clean it but that kind of sucks.
Just fits in a 48" box. I had more issues with the height than the length.
@1911Shootist are you still making check rests that work better for the Solus chassis? Some of these guys like @faylix might be interested in one.
I’ve got one on my 17” chassis and I don’t have cleaning rod issues, but I have a long Bore Tech rod too.
I’ve got one on my 17” chassis and I don’t have cleaning rod issues, but I have a long Bore Tech rod too.
Funny you should mention this, but I already ordered one from him!
If Aero keeps it up, I shudder thinking about the prices the used market would bear upon such an action.
I don’t own one, btw. But it’s nice that the barrels will work on an Origin, as you said.
First 5 out of my SOLUS Obsidian.
6gt
Proof pre fit
105 hybrids over Varget
I’ll post full specs when I get some better pics of the build.
6gt
Proof pre fit
105 hybrids over Varget
I’ll post full specs when I get some better pics of the build.
I might’ve just packed it up and gone home after that.
same thing happened my first time out!
where did you get the proof prefit barrel?
did you change it yourself?
Barrel came from Front Range, it’s origin labeled, but that don’t bother me.
Yeah slapped it on myself as I purchased the Obsidian as an action only and at a great price. Ran it with AICS mags and fed flawless. Smooth as glass. Confident letting anyone get behind it.
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I have a Proof Origin prefit in 6 Dasher on my Solus that shoots lights out. Consistent too...
Never tried, but it runs smooth as glass with regular AICS mags.
Yessir, running AW's in my 6GT Solus KRG Bravo build... I did opt for the KRG adjustable mag catch/trigger guard to make sure I didn't have any issues. The AW mags need to be fitted pretty tight to the bottom of the action and the follower holds the bolt open on an empty mag unless modified (like the original AIAW did too) but they feed great!
Yes.
In my wife's factory Solus, we only had to adjust the mag catch for her. Zero issues other than my own ignorance in not realizing that AW mags have a "bolt hold open" on the follower.
In my Manners PRS TCS, the magazines lock in but are STUPID tight. I'd have to file the mag catch length down to get them to fall free properly. Otherwise, they feed fine.
The Solus action is GTG with AW mags provided you set up your chassis/stock correctly. An adjustable mag catch will make life easier.
New video is up going 5 for 5 with the new 8.3" Solus .300 BLK pistol & TBAC Magnus @ 300 yards. Sorry for the audio, the gongs didn't pickup very clearly in this video, so you have to listen carefully.
So maybe i am missing something. I have the Solus action in the 17" aero comp chassis. I am using the GrayOps 6gt AW mag and feeding is hard. You have to put some decent force behind the bolt to get it to feed a round. When i use my poly 5 round AICS mag, it feeds great. Is there anything i can do? I texted the guy at GrayOps and he said he didn't see anything wrong with my set up and was going to reach out to Aero, but I told him good luck reaching anyone there. I love the AW Mag, but its tough to use in competition when it jacks your rifle off the target to get the bolt closed. Oh, BTW, have the mag catch adjusted where the mag is tight against the bottom of the action with no slop at all. Its almost like the rounds need to sit higher than they do to get picked up easier. The lug on the bolt barely catches the brass.
Sounds like you may need to tweak the feed lips open a bit on the magazine to get the rounds to present higher to the bolt face... not sure if the Gray Ops mags make the rounds sit different/lower than the original AI mags but it sure seems like a little tuning may be in order.
I am not sure you can do any modifications with the GrayOps mags since they are billet, CNC cut. The lips are connected to the mag at the rear in a half circle. You may could adjust the front of the lips, but not equally like you would an traditional mag.
Ahh gotcha, my mistake... I've always ran the old AI stuff lol! Do you have anyone local with a regular AIAW mag you can test alongside the GrayOps one to see if it makes a difference by chance?
The Gray Ops 6br mags have an adjustable mag catch. So do their GT mags.
On the BR version I have you just use a small allen key to move the catch up or down.
On their site this is what they say:
I assume it’s here:
The mag catch is not the issue. My mag fits tight against the bottom of the action as it is with no slop.
Alpha brass, Berger 109's, 31.3gr Varget, Federal GM205MAR primers.
Slapped this abomination together earleir in the week. It's a 22in lt palma 6gt barrel, solus action, in a nightstalker. Mdt adj m5 dbm. Zco420 in zco rings.
Question for you guys, the ejector springs are stout as F. Way too stiff in my opinion. I always trim them to where I can depress the plungers with my thumb nail. I removed them, Cut a coil off, still super stiff. Anyone mess with this at all? Case necks are coming out heavily dented from ejector pressure slapping it against the chamber/action while pulling bolt back for ejection.
I primarily run Zermatt and ARC actions with mechanical ejectors, never deal with dented necks. I just size with a fl bushing die, no button or mandrel, and load. All this brass is gonna need the necks straighted out prior to sizing. Anyways the Grayops 6gt mags feed flawlessly in this guy, standard ai aw mags, I was needing to tweak the shit out them, load the rounds to the front rib, was still getting pass overs. Grayops fixed all tbat. Cheers! Will post data once load dev is done.
Question for you guys, the ejector springs are stout as F. Way too stiff in my opinion. I always trim them to where I can depress the plungers with my thumb nail. I removed them, Cut a coil off, still super stiff. Anyone mess with this at all? Case necks are coming out heavily dented from ejector pressure slapping it against the chamber/action while pulling bolt back for ejection.
I primarily run Zermatt and ARC actions with mechanical ejectors, never deal with dented necks. I just size with a fl bushing die, no button or mandrel, and load. All this brass is gonna need the necks straighted out prior to sizing. Anyways the Grayops 6gt mags feed flawlessly in this guy, standard ai aw mags, I was needing to tweak the shit out them, load the rounds to the front rib, was still getting pass overs. Grayops fixed all tbat. Cheers! Will post data once load dev is done.
I have not tried to adjust mine but you are correct, Aero does want the case to absolutely, positively fling out when ejected. I have some AR's that I don't think eject with quite so much gusto....
In a comp setting, this is a good thing... Less chance of a FTE during a stage. The harder and faster you can sling a case out and away from the action/bolt path, the more reliable it will be.
However... As someone who mostly just shoots from a bench and doesn't run comps, and reloads my own ammo, it can be a bit irritating sometimes when you aren't fully thinking and just sling a case 5 feet away, that you wanted to only drop 12" from the action.
In a competition setting the gun that flings your brass 6 ft away means you lose more brass. I use mechanical eject actions and the cases just pop out ivo my shooting position where we can account for all the $1.25 a pc brass and keep the squad moving. No reliability issues here.
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