Accuracy International Picture Thread

[FUNCTIONAL]

Just sell it to cloners and get something more functional with the funds.

I am a cloner. That's my greatest problem.

Seriously though I don't have a range or know farmers to stretch past 1k anyway. I'd rather have the history piece than a normal magnum cal gun I shot a few times a year.

The only non clone rifles I own are my AI and and a little 300blk AR.

 

[BurtG]

Cloner boners smh

 

[FUNCTIONAL]

Cloner boners smh

I like to think of them as little investments. In 5 years I just quadrupled my money on one piece. Sako trg and paying off my truck lol.

 

[CaseFinder]

300nm performs better but the 300wm is the correct caliber for a mk13. With a return kit I really should keep it "correct".

Two different considerations, then, which are mutually exclusive. Seems your decision going forward is clear.

 

[diggler1833]

Got a little more barrel break-in accomplished today. Still shooting factory ammo until I get 100 rounds through it. This is Eagle Eye Precision 105gr Hybrids.

10 shots at 655, ended up into 4-5/8". 27" Krieger in 6GT.

 

[Nik H]

Got a little more barrel break-in accomplished today. Still shooting factory ammo until I get 100 rounds through it. This is Eagle Eye Precision 105gr Hybrids.

10 shots at 655, ended up into 4-5/8". 27" Krieger in 6GT.

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How does Eagle Eye perform? Their cartridges are pricey

 

[TheOtherAndrew]

Got a little more barrel break-in accomplished today. Still shooting factory ammo until I get 100 rounds through it. This is Eagle Eye Precision 105gr Hybrids.

10 shots at 655, ended up into 4-5/8". 27" Krieger in 6GT.

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[RUN8]

Got a little more barrel break-in accomplished today. Still shooting factory ammo until I get 100 rounds through it. This is Eagle Eye Precision 105gr Hybrids.

10 shots at 655, ended up into 4-5/8". 27" Krieger in 6GT.

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Nice!

Where did you get the cushion for your cheek riser? I need one.

 

[Fixr]

Nice!

Where did you get the cushion for your cheek riser? I need one.

Hoptic USA https://www.hopticusa.com/product-page/july-4th-saddle-blankets I have them on several rifles and like them a lot, but on higher recoiling rifles the raised pattern has a cheese grater effect on my baby face.

 

[RUN8]

Thanks!

 

[stanley_white]

I am joining the AT club soon.

Which scope rail do you run -- high or low?

Why?

There is no night vision usage in my future.

Thank you in advance for the advice.

-Stan

 

[hafejd30]

I am joining the AT club soon.

Which scope rail do you run -- high or low?

Why?

There is no night vision usage in my future.

Thank you in advance for the advice.

-Stan

Low for my AT

High if you plan to run NV which you don’t seem to plan on doing

 

[stanley_white]

Low for my AT

High if you plan to run NV which you don’t seem to plan on doing

Thank you.

Do both rails have the same number of lugs that interface with the receiver?

It looks like the high rail here has two lugs:

Accuracy International - AT Action Rail Assembly 20 MOA High - 26612

Higher profile to line up with Night Vison Bracket. AI Part No. 26612

www.sportingservices.co.uk

It looks like the low rail here has one lug:

Low Picatinny Rail for the Accuracy International AT Rifle

Aluminium, black hard anodised, “0” MOA. Includes stainless steel allen head mounting screws and rear recoil stop.

www.sportingservices.co.uk

-Stan

 

[hafejd30]

Thank you.

Do both rails have the same number of lugs that interface with the receiver?

It looks like the high rail here has two lugs:

Accuracy International - AT Action Rail Assembly 20 MOA High - 26612

Higher profile to line up with Night Vison Bracket. AI Part No. 26612

www.sportingservices.co.uk

It looks like the low rail here has one lug:

Low Picatinny Rail for the Accuracy International AT Rifle

Aluminium, black hard anodised, “0” MOA. Includes stainless steel allen head mounting screws and rear recoil stop.

www.sportingservices.co.uk

-Stan

Someone else can chime in cause I’m not going to pull mine off to check it. I’m betting the parallel lug in the center is removable or in the gun itself. Both bases have the spot for it in your pic.

I removed the one on my AXMC years ago but I don’t recall if that lug was permanent or removable. I want to say it comes out and the “pin” style one is fixed in the scope rail

Again been a while since I messed with one off the gun

 

[hafejd30]

Thank you.

Do both rails have the same number of lugs that interface with the receiver?

It looks like the high rail here has two lugs:

Accuracy International - AT Action Rail Assembly 20 MOA High - 26612

Higher profile to line up with Night Vison Bracket. AI Part No. 26612

www.sportingservices.co.uk

It looks like the low rail here has one lug:

Low Picatinny Rail for the Accuracy International AT Rifle

Aluminium, black hard anodised, “0” MOA. Includes stainless steel allen head mounting screws and rear recoil stop.

www.sportingservices.co.uk

-Stan

I’ll add it does state on the low one to use oblong existing scope recoil lug in the description. The high doesn’t state this

Which leaves me to assume the high one may be higher or something. So it comes with its own lug for that spot….

 

[diggler1833]

How does Eagle Eye perform? Their cartridges are pricey

Honestly, it has been good (and frigging expensive). It shot my first break-in groups into 4+1, so I just messed with seating depth a touch and .005 further in everything came together.

This is my second go-round at 655 and these results mirrored the first attempt.

When these are gone this barrel will never see a factory loaded round again .

 

[hafejd30]

Got a little more barrel break-in accomplished today. Still shooting factory ammo until I get 100 rounds through it. This is Eagle Eye Precision 105gr Hybrids.

10 shots at 655, ended up into 4-5/8". 27" Krieger in 6GT.

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Damn fine shooting!

 

[diggler1833]

Damn fine shooting!

Thank you Sir.

 

[Mauser48]

Are most of you running the pic rail instead of the dovetail mount?

 

[RUN8]

Most are running the Pic rail, I believe most of the recent production rifles came with them.

 

[Huskydriver]

Are most of you running the pic rail instead of the dovetail mount?

Wtf would you even want dovetail is this 1996?

 

[J-Ham]

Wtf would you even want dovetail is this 1996?

 

[carbonbased]

Are most of you running the pic rail instead of the dovetail mount?

Coming from a CZ 527 owner, unless you’re an aesthete, go with the pic rail and enjoy effortless scope+ring swaps between rifles and a much much wider variety of rings/mounts.

 

[WillHugh]

I picked up a nice 2014 AT folder locally, and want to change it to green thumb hole skins. Looks like I need a green pistol grip kit, and then the thumb hole conversion? Or is there an easier way to go about it? I'm signed up for notifications with Mile High and will keep an eye on Sporting Services. Probably going to require some patience.

Should compliment my AT-X nicely!

 

[BurtG]

I picked up a nice 2014 AT folder locally, and want to change it to green thumb hole skins. Looks like I need a green pistol grip kit, and then the thumb hole conversion? Or is there an easier way to go about it? I'm signed up for notifications with Mile High and will keep an eye on Sporting Services. Probably going to require some patience.

Should compliment my AT-X nicely!

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LRI going to do bolt work ?

 

[Huskydriver]

LRI going to do bolt work ?

Maybe he's only shooting 308

 

[BurtG]

Maybe he's only shooting 308

No it’s SFP but pitted from awesome reloading skills.

 

[FUNCTIONAL]

I picked up a nice 2014 AT folder locally, and want to change it to green thumb hole skins. Looks like I need a green pistol grip kit, and then the thumb hole conversion? Or is there an easier way to go about it? I'm signed up for notifications with Mile High and will keep an eye on Sporting Services. Probably going to require some patience.

Should compliment my AT-X nicely!

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Just the green thumb hole kit and the front panels. The pistol grip pieces get replaced with the thumb hole kit.

 

[Nik H]

Honestly, it has been good (and frigging expensive). It shot my first break-in groups into 4+1, so I just messed with seating depth a touch and .005 further in everything came together.

This is my second go-round at 655 and these results mirrored the first attempt.

When these are gone this barrel will never see a factory loaded round again .

I don't reload so I am always looking for good factory ammo but their cost is high compared to FGMM which works pretty well. I want something in 308 with a bit more MV than FGMM

 

[Nik H]

Probably going to require some patience.

Should compliment my AT-X nicely!

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Nice find on the AT.

Patience is necessary whenever dealing with AI...LOL

 

[WillHugh]

LRI going to do bolt work ?

It wasn't quite as bad as the pictures made it out to be (still not great though). There are three small pits in the bolt face, and a little bit of a ring, but can barely feel that. Trying to decide if I can live with it, but will probably call LRI and see about having it fixed. Rifle looks pretty mint otherwise.

 

[WillHugh]

Just the green thumb hole kit and the front panels. The pistol grip pieces get replaced with the thumb hole kit.

That's what I was hoping for, but was having a hard time finding the front panels separately. I'm likely just blind though. Thanks for the info!

 

[TylerN]

It wasn't quite as bad as the pictures made it out to be (still not great though). There are three small pits in the bolt face, and a little bit of a ring, but can barely feel that. Trying to decide if I can live with it, but will probably call LRI and see about having it fixed. Rifle looks pretty mint otherwise.

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Looks like a good fixer-upper project. Should be sweet once that bolt gets cleaned up and skins etc. are sourced.

 

[WillHugh]

Looks like a good fixer-upper project. Should be sweet once that bolt gets cleaned up and skins etc. are sourced.

That's what I figured. Couldn't pass it up for the price, and have always wanted a thumb hole AT.

 

[Kiba]

It wasn't quite as bad as the pictures made it out to be (still not great though). There are three small pits in the bolt face, and a little bit of a ring, but can barely feel that. Trying to decide if I can live with it, but will probably call LRI and see about having it fixed. Rifle looks pretty mint otherwise.

Nothing that can't be fixed with a 7 axis Dremel, and after you finish polishing the gas cutting off the bolt face you can reshape the cocking cam for easier bolt lift. Here's a picture for reference a few pages back.



I almost bought that rifle yesterday, not because I needed a 4th AI, but because how do you pass up an AT for $2100? Nice score.

 

[The Durk]

I’m one of the cool kids with the heavy bolt lift AT-X now.

 

[diggler1833]

I don't reload so I am always looking for good factory ammo but their cost is high compared to FGMM which works pretty well. I want something in 308 with a bit more MV than FGMM

At near $3/round by the time you get it to your door, it'd be a tough recommendation. I got used to the $3 thing when I bought a box of factory Lapua ammo to break each of my 6.5x47 barrels in.

However, both the Lapua and Eagle Eye stuff has shot in the .4s in all three barrels. I know that the 300NM/338LM guys are snickering at my griping about $3 ammo.

I will say that the 6GT stuff isn't hot. I actually haven't put any over a chronograph, but 3.8 mils to 655 puts me somewhere in the 2,900ish range out of a 27" barrel FWIW.

 

[Lucky Se7en]

MPN 26679GR for the green AT front panels and pistol grip rear and 26723GR for the green thumbhole. This should be what you’re looking for and I believe all current green is sage green rather than the old green from ~2015 and earlier.

 

[carbonbased]

It wasn't quite as bad as the pictures made it out to be (still not great though). There are three small pits in the bolt face, and a little bit of a ring, but can barely feel that. Trying to decide if I can live with it, but will probably call LRI and see about having it fixed. Rifle looks pretty mint otherwise.

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What causes this? Overpressure? I’m not a reloader.

 

[Kiba]

What causes this? Overpressure? I’m not a reloader.

Anything that causes gas to leak which acts like a cutting torch against the bolt face... Pierced primer from overpressure or damaged firing pin tip or too large diameter firing pin or excessive clearance between the firing pin and hole in the bolt face, gas leaks around the circumference of the primer pocket from worn out primer pockets in the brass or undersized primers, defective primers that pinhole at the primer cup edge radius even with mild loads (looking at you, defective Winchester WLR primers from about 12 years ago...)

Pierced primers were a much more common complaint years ago when most rifles (including AI) shipped with larger diameter firing pins which historically played nice with large primer .308s but didn't agree with some of the more modern cartridges like 6/6.5cm, 6 dasher, etc, especially if they used small rifle primers.

Most of the time pitted bolt faces are from pierced primers because people loaded their ammo way too hot, or because they let their barrels get so dirty a load that used to be safe is now way over pressure from a very dirty bore.

 

[CANAVAR]

Just the green thumb hole kit and the front panels. The pistol grip pieces get replaced with the thumb hole kit.

Mile High shows that they have the AT non thumb hole green in stock 26966GR. https://www.milehighshooting.com/accuracy-international-26966-at-aics-stock-sides-sa-folding/

 

[M8541Reaper]

I want something in 308 with a bit more MV than FGMM

Don’t we all…

 

[Nik H]

My insurance policy just arrived

All three Left handed bolt bodies plus a spare left-handed shroud/firing pin assembly for the AXSR. Now all I need is the rifle...LOL

 

[FUNCTIONAL]

I think you have more money tied up in those bolts than I bought my AT for

 

[samb300]

My insurance policy just arrived

All three Left handed bolt bodies plus a spare left-handed shroud/firing pin assembly for the AXSR. Now all I need is the rifle...LOL

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Why buy 3 though? If you buy a LH AXSR it'll come with one...

 

[ma smith]

What causes this? Overpressure? I’m not a reloader.

With hot factory ammo you can still start popping primers. The .mil ASR (Mk22) apparently has been known to pop 300 Norma primers.

 

[Nik H]

Why buy 3 though? If you buy a LH AXSR it'll come with one...

Good question

Because you can't predict which rifle will be available when you buy it. Which two will you buy now? You may be SOL if you have to wait for a rifle that comes with the bolt you need. It may never come.

I can always sell the one I have two of.

 

[Nik H]

I think you have more money tied up in those bolts than I bought my AT for

I don't know what you paid for the AT...LOL

 

[Huskydriver]

I’m one of the cool kids with the heavy bolt lift AT-X now. View attachment 8339155

Whoa whoa whoa where's the at?

 

[Huskydriver]

It wasn't quite as bad as the pictures made it out to be (still not great though). There are three small pits in the bolt face, and a little bit of a ring, but can barely feel that. Trying to decide if I can live with it, but will probably call LRI and see about having it fixed. Rifle looks pretty mint otherwise.

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Meh just swap the bolt head hit up mh no need to rework that