American Rifle Company
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Its pretty simple... its their action, chassis, a TT and a barrel.
There isn't much about them anywhere besides what is in the threads here. You can piece together the comments on all the pieces parts and get an idea of the sum of its parts.
I only have the Nucleus gen 1, and they have run great. I have friends who run them. It is a love hate type relationship, you either like it or don't. If the features stand out to you, give it a go. I saw the Xylo prototype at SHOT and thought it was very good. If I ever got a chassis, it would be that one, cause it feels most like my stocks.
The thread about the sale is gonna have the most info about their rifle.
There isn't much about them anywhere besides what is in the threads here. You can piece together the comments on all the pieces parts and get an idea of the sum of its parts.
I only have the Nucleus gen 1, and they have run great. I have friends who run them. It is a love hate type relationship, you either like it or don't. If the features stand out to you, give it a go. I saw the Xylo prototype at SHOT and thought it was very good. If I ever got a chassis, it would be that one, cause it feels most like my stocks.
The thread about the sale is gonna have the most info about their rifle.
I recently got 2 of them...the 4th of July special and the newer Nucleus 2.0 version. The first one with a PVA barrel is shooting 1/4" with 140 ELD-M handloads and I am still breaking in the barrel on the newer one. The Xylo chassis is a a work of industrial art and has a feeling of solidity that is hard to describe. I would highly recommend getting the 16lb firing pin spring...it really lightens up the action feel, as long as it ignites your primers. And the ARC magazines work exceptionally well in the Xylo.
Shot a .62ish group the other day with my rifle I got on the 4th sale. 140eldm handloads. Nothing special, maybe I could get a better load going but it had no problem hitting this target at 550 twice in a row.
My question is why would someone want the auxiliary bipod mount? Is the forend particularly short? I love the look of this rifle and it’s definitely on my list of potential rifles. I appreciate the question from the OP.
I've had no problem running a Harris on an Area 419 adapter on the standard Xylo arca rail. No real need to get the extendo piece, here. Different strokes for dfiferent folks.
For the OP: In a round-about way I have constructed one of these rifles by purchasing the individual parts. Just how it worked out-- certainly would've saved money just buying the rifle for $2500. I'm a huge fan of the Nucleus 2.0. I suggest getting a 19lb spring right off the bat, personally. My L/A nuke 1.0 had issues with the 16lb spring, but I've had no issues whatsoever with 19 pounders in both L/A and the new S/A. XYLO is the best chassis I've used, personally. Very similar feel to a traditional stock with a very impressive feature set. For non-hunting use (competition or general LR shooting), I think it's hard to beat, let alone for $2500.
For the OP: In a round-about way I have constructed one of these rifles by purchasing the individual parts. Just how it worked out-- certainly would've saved money just buying the rifle for $2500. I'm a huge fan of the Nucleus 2.0. I suggest getting a 19lb spring right off the bat, personally. My L/A nuke 1.0 had issues with the 16lb spring, but I've had no issues whatsoever with 19 pounders in both L/A and the new S/A. XYLO is the best chassis I've used, personally. Very similar feel to a traditional stock with a very impressive feature set. For non-hunting use (competition or general LR shooting), I think it's hard to beat, let alone for $2500.
Not really... From front edge of magwell to far flat on a CAL bipod they are:
Xylo - 13 1/4"
KRG Bravo with Spigot - 14 5/8"
MDT Oryx - 12 3/4"
I had the $2000 rifle in my cart several times, and really wish I would have ordered it...
The 16 lb spring didn't fire about 20% of my fireforming load for 7ss, so I switched to the 19 lb. I have used the 19 lb spring and it is 100%. I have the 16 lb spring in my comp rifle, and it has been 100%.
The spigot gets your bipod closer the barrel. Ted, however, made his extension a country-mile long. I bought one and cut it down to four slots. If I had a mill I'd mill off the Arca rail too.
If you didn't see Ted in the Modern Day Sniper seminars, and you want one of his products, I suggest watching it.
Yeah...Ted is a bit different, but also brilliant, articulate, upbeat, detailed, and this segment of the seminars was just illuminating.
I kind of really like Ted...haha
Yeah...Ted is a bit different, but also brilliant, articulate, upbeat, detailed, and this segment of the seminars was just illuminating.
I kind of really like Ted...haha
Got a link for that? I did a bunch of googling and couldn't find it. Does it require a membership?
Well, yeah but you ain't going to like it, I don't think.
MDS Schoolhouse
moderndaysniper.mykajabi.com
Here is the deal....they offered it for free if you registered ahead of time. Then, each of five sequential days, at 10 am, you received an email with a link to that day's content (5 or so interviews) BUT they are only available to you for 24 hours.
If you wanted to see them again or at your own pace (cause ain't a lot of us going to spend 5-6 hours watching these for five days in a row) you could buy an all access pass. I forget how much it was, but it was less then than it is now.
Now, after the series has aired, they want $197 for full access. Up to you.
Not counting Frank, there were three other interviews I really liked a LOT. The fella from Leupold talking about the real facts that drive scope behavior and performance, the ballistician from Hornady talking about 4DOF ballistic calc, and Ted who talked about EVERYTHING and I really enjoyed him.
I cherry picked and may well have really like others if I had seen them...dunno.
Cheers
Well, yeah but you ain't going to like it, I don't think.
MDS Schoolhouse
Here is the deal....they offered it for free if you registered ahead of time. Then, each of five sequential days, at 10 am, you received an email with a link to that day's content (5 or so interviews) BUT they are only available to you for 24 hours.
If you wanted to see them again or at your own pace (cause ain't a lot of us going to spend 5-6 hours watching these for five days in a row) you could buy an all access pass. I forget how much it was, but it was less then than it is now.
Now, after the series has aired, they want $197 for full access. Up to you.
Not counting Frank, there were three other interviews I really liked a LOT. The fella from Leupold talking about the real facts that drive scope behavior and performance, the ballistician from Hornady talking about 4DOF ballistic calc, and Ted who talked about EVERYTHING and I really enjoyed him.
I cherry picked and may well have really like others if I had seen them...dunno.
Cheers
Well, FML.
Articulate? Seriously...? I like Ted, I've spoken with Ted in person several times. He's in my backyard. He is brilliant, but articulate...?
I watched some of the videos and most of it was business interviews. I didn't feel like I learned anything new. It was pretty light on technical information greater than what can be found here or elsewhere.
I liked four interviews....Frank and then the ones I thought presented good technical info...Hornday on 4DOF, Leupold on scope performance and myths, and Ted on....well, whatever Ted wanted to talk about but in particular his explanation of barrel vibration and why you have "nodes"....and other stuff.
