Accuracy International Picture Thread

[TheOfficeT-Rex]

6GT. Feeds just fine . 2nd time this has happened to me. No big deal, but that is the kind of epic fail that makes you chuckle.

My BRA would do that constantly when there were two rounds left in the mag. The best part is when you drop the mag and the leftovers jump out.

 

[diggler1833]

My BRA would do that constantly when there were two rounds left in the mag. The best part is when you drop the mag and the leftovers jump out.

First time there were two left...this time was the last round. Definitely a coincidence

 

[Nostradumbass]

That, sir is a thing of beauty! 50 shades of FDE and and S&B. Makes for the perfect AI!

Thanks man!

 

[96C]

The 6BR with HRD spacers was nosediving constantly on the last 2 rounds.

Have you tried pushing the rounds to the FRONT of the magazine? Letting them feed from there as opposed to the back.
I use 6GT with 110gr ATIP' now to try and keep it as long as possible, haven't had any issues since messing around with the above.

 

[diggler1833]

The 6BR with HRD spacers was nosediving constantly on the last 2 rounds.

Have you tried pushing the rounds to the FRONT of the magazine? Letting them feed from there as opposed to the back.
I use 6GT with 110gr ATIP' now to try and keep it as long as possible, haven't had any issues since messing around with the above.

I'll start loading the mags with the rounds forward and see how it goes.

 

[gamewarden]

Feels good to finally be able to post an AI here!
Been on the hide since 2009, and have wanted a gun with a ball on the bolt handle since the early days of GWOT.
While not my favorite model, the AT-X makes most sense for shooting PRS. I got the rifle from a member here, and have since upgraded it to where it sits currently.

Looking forward to the local match next month!!
View attachment 8358412

I'm glad you like it!

 

[Nostradumbass]

I'm glad you like it!

Yes sir!
Thanks so much for a smooth transaction my friend!

 

[Mj30wilson900]

Feels good to finally be able to post an AI here!
Been on the hide since 2009, and have wanted a gun with a ball on the bolt handle since the early days of GWOT.
While not my favorite model, the AT-X makes most sense for shooting PRS. I got the rifle from a member here, and have since upgraded it to where it sits currently.

Looking forward to the local match next month!!
View attachment 8358412

What do you think you are doing? Move that pic rail and then you’ll have more room for weights!

 

[VSP968]

Checking zero off set this morning on this ridiculously long Bartlien barrel SPR spun up for me.

I can’t believe I can actually upload pictures and post from Bumfuck Virginia

 

[Defender3]

Checking zero off set this morning on this ridiculously long Bartlien barrel SPR spun up for me.

View attachment 8360130

I can’t believe I can actually upload pictures and post from Bumfuck Virginia

I've never had signal at that IWLA range, but then I'm on Verizon and it seems we're in some black hole down there.

Also, first shot at 0900, plenty of time for the rain to start and the wind to come up!

 

[VSP968]

I've never had signal at that IWLA range, but then I'm on Verizon and it seems we're in some black hole down there.

Also, first shot at 0900, plenty of time for the rain to start and the wind to come up!

The Verizon must only work when there’s a full value wind and the drizzle is coming at you sideways. Mine worked.

I know this is a transgender AI but I neglected to take a of picture of him when he was shooting his AI AT this morning.

Meet Colonel Rock, USA, retired. This is the hardest motherfucker I know.

This time last week he was in Thailand, no shit.

He’s north of seventy, has been in every US war you know about (and some you don’t) since 1968, has one lung, three Purple Hearts, and runs five miles every evening, rain or shine.

This dude is almost single-handedly responsible for Range 4 being opened every Sunday. He was there last Sunday (I wasn’t) and was shooting clay birds in the impact area (1040 yards) in 24F weather .

This is who I wanna be when I grow up.

 

[FUNCTIONAL]

@VSP968 yea id make that guy a sandwich....

 

[ForgeValley]

The Verizon must only work when there’s a full value wind and the drizzle is coming at you sideways. Mine worked.

I know this is a transgender AI but I neglected to take a of picture of him when he was shooting his AI AT this morning.

View attachment 8360222

Meet Colonel Rock, USA, retired. This is the hardest motherfucker I know.

This time last week he was in Thailand, no shit.

He’s north of seventy, has been in every US war you know about (and some you don’t) since 1968, has one lung, three Purple Hearts, and runs five miles every evening, rain or shine.

This dude is almost single-handedly responsible for Range 4 being opened every Sunday. He was there last Sunday (I wasn’t) and was shooting clay birds in the impact area (1040 yards) in 24F weather .

This is who I wanna be when I grow up.

Would have been cool if he was enlisted... Could have been Sgt. Rock.

 

[Defender3]

Would have been cool if he was enlisted... Could have been Sgt. Rock.

Well, not really as Rock is a pseudonym.

 

[ForgeValley]

Well, not really as Rock is a pseudonym.

Lol, roger that. Col. Rock seems apropos though.

 

[Huskydriver]

The Verizon must only work when there’s a full value wind and the drizzle is coming at you sideways. Mine worked.

I know this is a transgender AI but I neglected to take a of picture of him when he was shooting his AI AT this morning.

View attachment 8360222

Meet Colonel Rock, USA, retired. This is the hardest motherfucker I know.

This time last week he was in Thailand, no shit.

He’s north of seventy, has been in every US war you know about (and some you don’t) since 1968, has one lung, three Purple Hearts, and runs five miles every evening, rain or shine.

This dude is almost single-handedly responsible for Range 4 being opened every Sunday. He was there last Sunday (I wasn’t) and was shooting clay birds in the impact area (1040 yards) in 24F weather .

This is who I wanna be when I grow up.

I see that triple canopy.....

 

[TanktheFrank]

Any of you fellas tote your AT for mountain hunts?


I'm doing a 2nd rifle elk hunt in CO this October and even though she's a portly gal, I really want to to take my AT with 19" .308 or 24" 6mm Creed barrel. I really don't want to go spend $1800+ on a new rifle and scope for one hunt and I'm confident as hell with the AT/T6Xi combo.

Fools errand? Full blown masochism? Good idea or somewhere in between?

Fwiw this is my first elk hunt but I've got a solid network of family and friends in that area. The 30/30 next to the AT will be going on the trip as a backup and a brush gun if they hide out in the thickets.

 

[jbuck88]

There is not right or wrong answer. The rifle is up to the challenge if you are willing to pack it. It's heavier then I'd normally pack, but since I switched to a gun bearer style sling that attaches to my pack the weight is less important since my pack frame carries the weight.

 

[TanktheFrank]

There is not right or wrong answer. The rifle is up to the challenge if you are willing to pack it. It's heavier then I'd normally pack, but since I switched to a gun bearer style sling that attaches to my pack the weight is less important since my pack frame carries the weight.

Good point about the sling. I've got just a slingster that I have used for it locally but I know for sure that won't cut it out west.

I'm going to practice through the summer and maybe take it on some hikes to see what it's like to go further than 2-3 miles in a go.

Also thinking about trying to find a 338 Federal barrel. Maybe 22" and work up a good load for that too.

 

[jbuck88]

I think a 338federal would be perfect.

 

[Blueoval56]

I hunted the foothills quite a bit with my AX, never took it on an actual mountain hunt, but a lot a miles and a lot of vertical at times. First trip sucked but it motivated me to drop some gut fat and hit the weights.
Take the AI and go make some memories!

 

[jbuck88]

Never really hiked in with mine. Did some spot and stalks from the car with the kids but always packed something lighter if hiking in.

 

[TanktheFrank]

I hunted the foothills quite a bit with my AX, never took it on an actual mountain hunt, but a lot a miles and a lot of vertical at times. First trip sucked but it motivated me to drop some gut fat and hit the weights.
Take the AI and go make some memories!
View attachment 8362480View attachment 8362482

Love those pictures and the rifle setup. What sling are you using?

 

[Blueoval56]

Love those pictures and the rifle setup. What sling are you using?

Thanks, it’s a ShadowTech ss loophole sling.

 

[Chargerguy]

Never really hiked in with mine. Did some spot and stalks from the car with the kids but always packed something lighter if hiking in.

View attachment 8362505View attachment 8362506

Damn, looks like it blew that deer right in half! Must’ve been a 6.5 Creedmoor.

 

[jbuck88]

Damn, looks like it blew that deer right in half! Must’ve been a 6.5 Creedmoor.

338lapua with 285gr ELD-M
Had to pack that one out. Easiest way was to let my kid pack half and I packed the other half.

 

[Shootnwrench]

Picked up a used 20” 6.5 Creedmoor barrel that was spun up by TS Customs for my MC.

Berger factory ammo, 130 OTM’s.

Still wrapping my head around the brutal efficiency of this system, went to the post office yesterday morning to grab the barrel, bought two boxes of ammo on the way to the range, couple patches through the bore, 1 fouler round, 3 rd group, zero reset, impacts and hard data in 100yd increments to 1k in -2700 DA in 15mph, gusting 30mph(mostly in my face) in just 21 rounds. Come back to 100 to refine zero and shoot 5 into the group shown.

This thing keeps me stepping back and saying that’s why you buy an AI.

Wicked combination.

 

[FUNCTIONAL]

To prove I actually have and shoot an AI and don't just talk shit. I always intend to take a pic in the act but always forget. Had to take these 2 back out of the case to get the pic before I left.

AT wearing her 6x47 barrel next to her new sister in the Lord's caliber. One of these will be in a match end of the month. Starting to get a hankering for a 24-26" 6.5 barrel for it.

 

[Nik H]

Picked up a used 20” 6.5 Creedmoor barrel that was spun up by TS Customs for my MC.

Berger factory ammo, 130 OTM’s.

Still wrapping my head around the brutal efficiency of this system, went to the post office yesterday morning to grab the barrel, bought two boxes of ammo on the way to the range, couple patches through the bore, 1 fouler round, 3 rd group, zero reset, impacts and hard data in 100yd increments to 1k in -2700 DA in 15mph, gusting 30mph(mostly in my face) in just 21 rounds. Come back to 100 to refine zero and shoot 5 into the group shown.

This thing keeps me stepping back and saying that’s why you buy an AI.

Wicked combination.

View attachment 8362741
View attachment 8362742

The 130-grain Berger bullet is money. I have used the Federal loaded cartridge in my AT and it is amazing. I have tried it in my MC as well and the performance is comparable. Unfortunately, my MC has an LFP and it craters the small rifle primers.

The Berger cartridge with the 130-grain is a large rifle primer, isn't it? If yes, I should give it a go in the MC

 

[Nik H]

To prove I actually have and shoot an AI and don't just talk shit. I always intend to take a pic in the act but always forget. Had to take these 2 back out of the case to get the pic before I left.

AT wearing her 6x47 barrel next to her new sister in the Lord's caliber. One of these will be in a match end of the month. Starting to get a hankering for a 24-26" 6.5 barrel for it.

View attachment 8362887

View attachment 8362888

GOD's caliber?

 

[carbonbased]

GOD's caliber?

Assuming 308, as I don’t think the Sako comes in 30-06 lol

 

[FUNCTIONAL]

GOD's caliber?

That's the one...the one that was really the 11th commandment that cracked off the stone. "Thou shalt not covet nor loose any other cartridge than that of the most holy .308 Winchester"

 

[dm250]

Wow!! This thread is dangerous

Gives me waaaaaay to many ideas to put on the “I need list“

 

[eyekahn]

View attachment 8339478

#partialcamoiscuckage

#rattlecanthathoe

What length barrel? 17.5" or 18"?

 

[BurtG]

18 or 18.5

 

[VSP968]

Beautiful morning on Range 4

 

[Shootnwrench]

The 130-grain Berger bullet is money. I have used the Federal loaded cartridge in my AT and it is amazing. I have tried it in my MC as well and the performance is comparable. Unfortunately, my MC has an LFP and it craters the small rifle primers.

The Berger cartridge with the 130-grain is a large rifle primer, isn't it? If yes, I should give it a go in the MC

I was shocked with the accuracy. A little bit of primer cratering going with mine. This MC is large firing pin as well. The Berger loadings are large rifle primer. 2830fps or so from this 20” tube, more than I could ask for. Not going to argue with a factory load that shoots so well and leaves you with Lapua brass.

 

[Fixr]

View attachment 8363436
Beautiful morning on Range 4

Agree. AI AE Mk l 260R

 

[Bacarrat]

AW in ManBun and MC in 300WM.

 

[VSP968]

Agree. AI AE Mk l 260R

View attachment 8363732

Until I asked you, I thought you had the AI ELR 50BMG out there today the way everyone had shunned you on that side of the range.

I guess they were just being cautious.


BTW, that’s Col. Rock on the right.

 

[stanley_white]

I am cross-linking this post here as I just went through the “I want to use more spacers than my AI AT stock screw length supports” drama myself.

Luckily, I had some screws on hand that worked after a bit of trimming with ye olde Dremel.

Accuracy International Butt Spacer Kit

was looking at ad for an AI rifle, AI Maverick:41 specifically. It shows a Butt Stock spacer kit. My AI/AT came with the extra spacers but no longer length screws as illustrated. I spoke to my vendor and was told the extra length screws were a special order extra. Is the correct?Or am I missing...

www.snipershide.com

-Stan

 

[tevans0707]

Any of you fellas tote your AT for mountain hunts?


I'm doing a 2nd rifle elk hunt in CO this October and even though she's a portly gal, I really want to to take my AT with 19" .308 or 24" 6mm Creed barrel. I really don't want to go spend $1800+ on a new rifle and scope for one hunt and I'm confident as hell with the AT/T6Xi combo.

Fools errand? Full blown masochism? Good idea or somewhere in between?

Fwiw this is my first elk hunt but I've got a solid network of family and friends in that area. The 30/30 next to the AT will be going on the trip as a backup and a brush gun if they hide out in the thickets.

View attachment 8362349

View attachment 8362331

I packed my AT with the AO chassis around the UT mountains for my deer hunt last season. Had it in an Eberlestock most of the time and it wasn't bad, for the times it wasn't I was just using a Magpul padded sling. Mine had a 16.5" 308 barrel with a Sandman S. Best thing I did though was take it out for test hikes to see what made it most comfortable.

 

[carbonbased]

Any of you fellas tote your AT for mountain hunts?


I'm doing a 2nd rifle elk hunt in CO this October and even though she's a portly gal, I really want to to take my AT with 19" .308 or 24" 6mm Creed barrel. I really don't want to go spend $1800+ on a new rifle and scope for one hunt and I'm confident as hell with the AT/T6Xi combo.

Fools errand? Full blown masochism? Good idea or somewhere in between?

Fwiw this is my first elk hunt but I've got a solid network of family and friends in that area. The 30/30 next to the AT will be going on the trip as a backup and a brush gun if they hide out in the thickets.

View attachment 8362349

View attachment 8362331

One other thing I discovered after buying my AT is that mine came with a lighter-weight profile 308 barrel. EO sells “2018 profile” barrels, which are heavier and came on my AX, and the other barrels are lighter/slimmer.

Mile High doesn’t seem to make that distinction?

Perhaps you can check to see which barrel is installed on your rig.

 

[TanktheFrank]

One other thing I discovered after buying my AT is that mine came with a lighter-weight profile 308 barrel. EO sells “2018 profile” barrels, which are heavier and came on my AX, and the other barrels are lighter/slimmer.

Mile High doesn’t seem to make that distinction?

Perhaps you can check to see which barrel is installed on your rig.

I'll have to check that out. I'm not sure what these profiles are exactly. 308 on it is an AINA, FDE 6 Creed came off a newer AX and the shortest is a 6.5 Creed from proof.

Maybe I can find a takeoff in the EE and have it turned down to a shorter weight. Might look goofy as hell but it'll surely save weight.

 

[Nik H]

I'll have to check that out. I'm not sure what these profiles are exactly. 308 on it is an AINA, FDE 6 Creed came off a newer AX and the shortest is a 6.5 Creed from proof.

View attachment 8365244

Maybe I can find a takeoff in the EE and have it turned down to a shorter weight. Might look goofy as hell but it'll surely save weight.

I was told that AI barrels are closest to a medium Palma-type contour. Not exact but close. I always find that contour too light but I am not humping it in the field.

All the barrels I have had built are either Heavy Palma or MTU.

 

[FUNCTIONAL]

I was told that AI barrels are closest to a medium Palma-type contour. Not exact but close. I always find that contour too light but I am not humping it in the field.

All the barrels I have had built are either Heavy Palma or MTU.

I have a medium palma blank from Lothar Walther . I'll double check it but I'm fairly sure it's slightly lighter than a pre 18 AI barrel. I think the marksman contour is more in line.

 

[Nik H]

I have a medium palma blank from Lothar Walther . I'll double check it but I'm fairly sure it's slightly lighter than a pre 18 AI barrel. I think the marksman contour is more in line.

I am not familiar with that contour. Is it specific to LW?

I have a couple of pre-18 LW barrels. I would agree that they are probably larger than the medium Palma. My LW barrels are thinner than my heavy Palma barrels.

 

[CollarChoke]

Shot the flyswatter challenge with the .308 barrel at a 100yards and failed miserably haha .. it's originally intended as a 50yard 22LR challenge with 5 minutes on the clock. It's fun though, the time pressure definitely made it interesting, will try again next time out.

As a side note, my frontend shook loose on this new AXSR (120 rounds through it now) while I was shooting which introduced some play into the system/ I'm pretty sure it happened because I added a bunch of forend weights and the forend seemingly wasn't seated into the "hump" fully when it was originally torqued down. I re-seated it properly (now the gap between action and frontend is also much narrower) and added a little VibraTite VC-3 before torquing back to 35inch/lbs, will see what happens next time out. Assuming it'll be fine now that the recoil impulse for the frontend isn't free floating with the weights on it.

 

[hafejd30]

I'll have to check that out. I'm not sure what these profiles are exactly. 308 on it is an AINA, FDE 6 Creed came off a newer AX and the shortest is a 6.5 Creed from proof.

View attachment 8365244

Maybe I can find a takeoff in the EE and have it turned down to a shorter weight. Might look goofy as hell but it'll surely save weight.

I believe the black barrels are pre 18 or whatever they’re called. The bottom barrel appears to be post 18. They have that “step” in the pre 18 where the contour slims down a bit

My 308 LW barrel on my AT is identical to yours on the rifle. The bartleins and others I’ve had on my ATX or AXMC have been the post 18

 

[FUNCTIONAL]

I am not familiar with that contour. Is it specific to LW?

I have a couple of pre-18 LW barrels. I would agree that they are probably larger than the medium Palma. My LW barrels are thinner than my heavy Palma barrels.

No the ones I used to buy were bartlein. A few other companies made them back before straight contour was the match contour. People wanted more than a med palma but not quite a heavy palma so the marksman was born.