Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Actually yes, that’s been thought of, just this weekend I picked up a 30cal barrel that’ll be used for testing 300wsm. 6.5prc is longer, might have issues out of a short mag unless you handload. Even then the 6.5prc does nothing a 6.5creed can’t do in a 27” barrel under handloads.This is awesome. Great work, I don’t suppose you are going to do a magnum bolt face
So we run short mags and PRC in the AT and AX308’s???
223 is working great, no issues, having a couple testers being sent out to ensure longevity of springs are what I want.if he actually gets the 223 and a short mag, ill sell a kidney ill be buying so many barrels
When they’re ready to roll out I’ll keep you postedOk back to basics...ill take a 223
The world has been wanting a 223 AI forever
Then I'll bother you for other stuff, can't have you loose your shit lol
Plug for us left handed shooters
But I know the answer
Ya the 20-223 is a cool little wildcat. The other I liked is 6-223, but my all time favorite is 223AI, you can get those bullets really fast.For us varmint guys I am betting that .20 Practical will work also. An AX308 with .20 Practical, .223 Rem, 6.5CM and .308 Win, this would be a neat Short Action System for fixed position.
Take My Money
I’m almost positive but haven’t measured the heads are really similar. At least everything ejects in the correct side.How bout AXMC owners? Any thoughts about us?
The bad part is I would need an AXMC for testing
I know 308 bolt bodies are hard to come by, which would cause other delays.
It’s further away from the barrel, maybe causing it to hit the breech ring, maybe, or allowing the round to fall to the side with the bigger tenon. That bigger tenon is definitely going to be an issue, now the round has to go higher to get in chamber. I don’t recall if 308 mags sit lower in the AXMC adapter then an AX, if they do that would pose another issue. This is all off memory, but I won’t say it’s not possible, we get really bored at the shop ?.The mag adapter shouldn't cause you any special issues, it simply seats the magazine nice and centered of the slightly larger hole.
If you get around to seriously working on it for the AXMC, let me know, I'm over in DFW and have the 308 bolt body
Damn for lefties only being 10% of the world y’all sure are vocal.
Lefty is still not in the works.
On another note, it really is fun just picking up a can of 223 ammo for cheap then blasting away. Ran 120rds of ammo today super slow & as fast as I could rack the bolt. Not a single flaw or issue. Bolt looks good, extractor & ejector are doing well. Checked all 6 lugs and everything is perfect so hardening is good.
It’s a little harder then just cutting the bolt face, feeding, ejection, and extraction timing all come into play.We're the top 10%. If you get the lefty pattern down early, you can scale it for other calibers.
If I can get a short mag out of a axsa I'll sell all my other hunting rifles and deal with the weight
For that I would just make a new post
It’s a little harder then just cutting the bolt face, feeding, ejection, and extraction timing all come into play.
Then like I mentioned with AXMC, I don’t have a tester so trial & error phase would take longer.
I kinda wanted to do a poll on how many AI owners where AT/AX, AXMC, AT/AX Left & AXMC left just out of curiosity. Then maybe ask for poll options on bolt faces, 223 fam, 224Valk fam, 300WSM fam, to see what direction to go in.
Can a poll be added mid thread or would it need its own ?
300wsm bolt face, I’d bet money would be your next more popular project
Luckily I have a spare 308 barrel ?300wsm bolt face, I’d bet money would be your next more popular project
I’ll second this. I would say there’s more interest in a short mag than 224 in an AI
Luckily I have a spare 308 barrel ?
I like the idea of 224VALK but can’t see it being that much more beneficial over a 223 hand loaded.
On another note, 2nd 223 AI being run currently at Foxtrot match today.
For sure for an actual match round. But for overall usage I think it’s almost a wash between PRC/ShortMag Vs Valk224V has better factory ammo offerings
I’m sure 223 is more popular to shoot then 224. Given the choice, I don’t know which I would pick. I can see the advantages of both.
Having a great training caliber would be ideal and probably most beneficial. Having a caliber that I can shoot all day with regular ammo just to pull the trigger...priceless. The longevity of the smaller stuff is beneficial as well. Similar to 308 lifespan but cheaper. I’m sure if you hotrod a 223, life diminishes but it can’t be at the speed of 6creed or the others.I think the point of this was to be able to use cheap .223 training ammo as well as the very common military .223 ammo.
In an AI bolt gun if you were going to worry about .224V you might just save the trouble and shoot something like 6CM instead and not bother with needing a special bolt / magazine and all that stuff.
I can get the ammo flowing with the Dillon & Mark7.223 Rem, cheap brass, cheap reloads, more trigger time and I can hand load some Lapua brass for precision fun.
It was a last minute thing, he went with ammo from another rifle, no dope, zeroed in the morning and only hoped it ran.Larry’s gun ran really well at the match. I couldn’t believe it when he said he was shooting .223. I thought he was joking til I saw a loaded mag. Good work.
It was a last minute thing, he went with ammo from another rifle, no dope, zeroed in the morning and only hoped it ran.
Super happy with the results.
Larry is great with 223, but that ammo came from his other rifle, no load development just grabbed it and headed to the match. I’ve shot it in the Sotex matches with 223, wind really beats it up good. Currently having a big thunderstorm so I broke out the Kestrel to capture winds, 43mph gust would be brutal. Luckily for us it’s usually only 20-25mph ?.No kidding? That was the first match I’ve attended & when he initially said he was shooting .223 I thought he was joking. Then I saw a loaded mag & realized he was serious. I wouldn’t have guessed that ammonia was loaded for another gun. He shot well, - especially for a .223. I was shooting a 308 & at one point I was holding at times 2 MIL. The wind blowing pretty good around noon.