I was in Huntsville all week so I'm late to the party, but I have three AIs (short and long actions in differing calibers) and all have shot consistently under 1MOA out of the box and are easily 1/2 MOA rifles if I do my part. AI is quality engineered, combined with Bartlien barrels, and simply delivers.
Playing devil's advocate here but even a 500 dollar savages axis can shoot under 1 moa from factory. Why would one spend 5k to get the same performance?
Reliability. Durability. Trigger. Low bore axis. Integrated arca Way closer to under 1/2 MOA than under 1 MOA
Savage? Just open and work the bolt and you know it's a dog shit action. Had a lefty ss storm idk what model 800$ accustock thing in 65cm for the lady. She hated the heavy bolt lift and so did I. Still sits in the safe, want to buy it for 500$?
How about vs the tikka? They have great actions, disability, and cost 1/3 the price.
Why are you trying to argue this in an AI thread? Just curious.
I may not be the best person to answer, but in my case, I went from an RPR to a Mausingfield to AIs because I could. Each shot well, but the Mausingfield was more accurate than the RPR and the AIs were better ergonomically than the MF, which helped reduced my groups.
Careful, remember that got Arnold in trouble...
Because some of us think tikka is a shit rifle too? And that’s coming from someone who is not an ai fan.
Yeah?
I'm not arguing at all. I'm actually looking to get into prs and doing my homework to make an educated decision. Lots of information on the hide!Why are you trying to argue this in an AI thread? Just curious.
This argument can go on for days. A Toyota gets you from point A to B just as good as a Benz, BMW, Ferrari, etc. But some ppl like nicer shit
I plan to acquire a clip on on the barrel shroud. Perhaps it'd be best to get a separate 1-8 or 1-10 lpvo on a 0 moa mount to run with the thermal.
The MK ones are quite a bit better than the factory offering, I found. Nice to have a thumb shelf that you don’t need to tap into the chassis for.
I'm having a 24" m24 bartlein carbon 6.5cm barrel cut for my ai right now. I'll hopefully get to pick up the at-x Monday. Manzella should have barrel cut some time next week. Run the steel pipe in matches, throw the carbon in for night hunting. Plan to run a steiner C35 in front the zco420. I just need to find a somewhat affordable ir laser rangefinder to throw on top for ranging.
Here’s what I used. Got this radius for 1050 off the post exchange new. Wish they still made these I’d buy two more. Awesome piece of gear.
I really like the pink shirt reflection in the TV and the foot.... and what appears to be a big ass grin on the photographer's face.
Torque specs are 35 in-lbs and blue loctite. Not sure on the actual screw specs, I don't want to give you the wrong info.
It’s Keyslot, not Keymod. There is a difference.
You're correct, my bad, still getting used to the ai terminology. Mlok would been so much easier. But since when has ai ever followed mainstream?
Bolt lift is heavy out of the box on these - night and day comparison to my short action AX, no question. It will take some use and lube to break it in. I've got roughly 2800 rounds fired on the action, as well as an ungodly amount of dry-firing, and it's as smooth as ever.
I thought that too but the keyslot really is better for precision rifles since it doesn't have hardware protruding on the inside and hitting the barrel. And while keyslot looks like keymod keyslot is solid because the tapers. And I like what AI did with the keyslot a on the AT-X angling then so they didn't look like racking at Home Depot or keymod. Plus Keyslot looks like a bunch o' penises so it's got that going for it.
I'd second that, my action smoothed up drastically over the first few weeks. It's still heavy vs custom actions or any 90 degree but it's not rough anymore.Bolt lift is heavy out of the box on these - night and day comparison to my short action AX, no question. It will take some use and lube to break it in. I've got roughly 2800 rounds fired on the action, as well as an ungodly amount of dry-firing, and it's as smooth as ever.
To echo this, I think a lot of people mistake "smooth" for "light" and they are not the same. The actions have heavy lifts - I'm not sure how anyone could dispute that. They are heavy, but smooth.
Keyslot is superior to MLOK imo and kinda mandatory if you ever run a man contour…
Yes I own an ATX. Did you not read the above comment where someone said mlok could interfere with fat barrels with the current thickness of the ATX forend?
The looooong weight needs a hole to access the quicklock bolt to change barrels.
