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Don’t worry about the deer !
Those weeds ! Those weeds ! They gonna take the whole crop.
Those weeds ! Those weeds ! They gonna take the whole crop.
Captain, a new message is coming through the comms!I have nothing to do with the weeds or the corn haha
I’m just a trigger puller
I figured a deersniper would understand
JEDI U MUST SHOOT THE WEEDS
This past weekend was our monthly club match at Precision Rifle Queensland in sunny Australia. As always I was shooting my AT-X. This month had the 6 Creedmoor barrel spun on. Unfortunately, the wheels fell off for me in the last two stages and I ended up with 6th overall. When I got home and inspected the rifle, I realised the action was loose in the chassis. That would explain why the last two stages I couldn't hit much. It might be time to bond the action like my old AX.
Did you ever double check the torque when you first got the rifle ? Just curious.
Yeah. I pulled it all down and torqued it all. The AI dealer here in Australia cerekoted it for me too.
Would a touch of blue loctite on the action screws be beneficial?
With the ATX checking torque is much more involved then a standard chassis as you have to take it apart each time
Why I just bought a AXSA
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Spoke to some more experienced guys about bonding the ATX chassis. They pointed out the ATX chassis is thinner in design and would require milling for the epoxy to be correct on the flat bottom chassis as well as the washers needed for this.
So after arguing with the voices in my head I ripped her down and loctited all 4 action screws and the 2 screws holding the chassis halves together
#loctiteforlife
#12lbsboltliftgangforlife
So after arguing with the voices in my head I ripped her down and loctited all 4 action screws and the 2 screws holding the chassis halves together
#loctiteforlife
#12lbsboltliftgangforlife
I have the AXSR and I haven’t run into loose action screws. I also take her completely apart every 6 months to deep clean the AZ desert meth dust out of her.
With a can (it’s airsoft)…so maybe @Huskydriver will finally love meeeee
Those fire ants are getting out of control
Just picked up this AXSR in 300 PRC. I wanted to get the Kraken but the wait time would be too long and I would miss the CA excise tax deadline!
I am going to try this out at the range tomorrow. No time to get back into reloading yet, so I'll use Hornady Match to see what kind of grouping I get out of the box. Hope the blast won't be too much with this Fat Bastard brake or I'll have to get an Insite Heathen or Ace brake.
I am going to try this out at the range tomorrow. No time to get back into reloading yet, so I'll use Hornady Match to see what kind of grouping I get out of the box. Hope the blast won't be too much with this Fat Bastard brake or I'll have to get an Insite Heathen or Ace brake.
I have a black AT and I do have to say it is a great color
Witness mark everything to appropriate torque, but I never check torque after that
Mine groups the factory 225ELD in ragged holes at 100, but the ES/SD is pretty bad since they had to start sourcing their powder from new sources (pre-2021 manufactured ammo was better). The newer stuff does ok out to 1000, but to really take it out where 300PRC lives I’ve had to handload.
How many action screws does the SR have? I think it’s 6? The new ATXC models have 6 now. Which I’m not suggesting anything but there may be a reason they didn’t stick with 4 in those
Beauty. As much as I love sage green and elite sand, both times I laid down my own cash for an AI I went all black. I was accidentally shipped a sage green AXMC when I ordered. So tempted, but sent it back for the black. That being said, if elite sand was still available that would be my next one now that I have black covered.
Yea I meant checking the witness marks frequently. The torque is reset during the 6month tear apart.
5.
Perhaps the Gen 3 AXSR will have 8?
Interestingly the AT-X manual doesn't have the action screws needing loctite. Other screws it does. After my experience, I highly recommend it along with the correct torque.
Accuracy International: AXSR .300 PRC - 27", Sage Green
AI : SR30P27MBL. The AXSR is based on Accuracy International's submission for the USSOCOM Advanced Sniper Rifle program (ASR).
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Thanks but I should have said that I am waiting for a left-handed sage green AXSRAccuracy International: AXSR .300 PRC - 27", Sage Green
AI : SR30P27MBL. The AXSR is based on Accuracy International's submission for the USSOCOM Advanced Sniper Rifle program (ASR).
Is it just optic illusion, or is the optic touching the forend bridge ?
This is what I did after my little fiasco...but add that I also did the two screws holding the trigger into the action.
#blueloctiteforlife
Just wondering is there any kind of internal lug to keep the recoil forces off the receiver screws ?
I have never been inside a ATX rifle.
Definitely happy my AX is bonded, but will keep an I on screws torque’s from now on.
The stuff between the action on the AX/AT/MC would have a hard time keeping the gun together with no action screws fastened under a fair amount of shooting.
People keep calling it bonding but its a carry over from the days when the actions were not as flat as they are today and they needed to keep flatness consistent. I.e the four brass washers to create a gap and fill.
Its not glue and it wont keep the gun together under real use if the screws are not tight.
Lil bit of heat and it peels off like blue tape.
AI might know.
I vaguely recall @Scott Seigmund explaining the compound was used in order to create uniformity between the action and the chassis back in the day AI was leaving tool marks on the actions. Also explaining that the application process is safety hazard to the operators on the assembly line (gasses/fumes ect).
Maybe he'll chime in. Bottom line is the solution to an action coming loose is more torque on the bolts.
I vaguely recall @Scott Seigmund explaining the compound was used in order to create uniformity between the action and the chassis back in the day AI was leaving tool marks on the actions. Also explaining that the application process is safety hazard to the operators on the assembly line (gasses/fumes ect).
Maybe he'll chime in. Bottom line is the solution to an action coming loose is more torque on the bolts.
Do you normally shoot in 250°F weather? Because I've never had an AI fall apart unless it was coming out of an oven.
I use Devcon 2-part Aluminum putty #10610. In my research I found that was what I believed to be what AI used on their production rifles, but I certainly could be wrong. I tried the Devcon plastic steel epoxy and it sucked.
Not at all what i implied so for the guys in the back that just showed up.
By itself, I don't believe its meant to keep the gun together under a heavy use which is what most people here think its meant to do.
Does it add a thin layer of extra holding strength specially considering there is zero draft between the mating entities?
Sure.
Based layer khaki and used some small tree branches from the yard with earth brown rust oleum. Randomly placed the branch (small leafs) and sprayed brown over the base painted rifle.
I mean...I don't think anyone believes the bonding is intended to allow the rifle to perform normally without action screws, but I know for a fact it won't come apart on its own.
In my opinion the true benefit of the bonding agent (which IS glue), is to prevent zero shift in the event of a hard knock or rifle drop. An inherent weakness of a flat-bottom action on a flat-faced chassis is lateral impacts can shift the action in the chassis worse that a round action in a v-block.
I shot the best 100-yd group of my life with an unbonded action in my chassis, but then when I beat on the barrel with a mallet the zero shifted. When the action is bonded I didn't have any issues with zero shift.
In my opinion the true benefit of the bonding agent (which IS glue), is to prevent zero shift in the event of a hard knock or rifle drop. An inherent weakness of a flat-bottom action on a flat-faced chassis is lateral impacts can shift the action in the chassis worse that a round action in a v-block.
I shot the best 100-yd group of my life with an unbonded action in my chassis, but then when I beat on the barrel with a mallet the zero shifted. When the action is bonded I didn't have any issues with zero shift.
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