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I have one on my Win Mod 70 .308Speaking of DBM…has anyone used the PTG DBM?
This is true with the factory DBM but you can run AI mag’s with aftermarket bottom metal and minimal work.I’m considering installing a hinged floor plate set up into one of my SPRs. I don’t like magazines sticking out, and the DBM mags are few and far between.
This is true with the factory DBM but you can run AI mag’s with aftermarket bottom metal and minimal work.
AI mags are readily available and are Great quality.
All my Winchesters have been converted and run.
@R Moran
The fact you are out of travel to raise the point of impact (zero) at 100yrd’s is almost guaranteed to be an issue with the scope, rings or base.
Do you have another scope that you can install and try?
If not maybe a member in your area can help out?
What part of the country are you located in?
I don’t shoot it because I only shoot my AXSR now. I gave it to my wife but she has no interest in shooting LR anymore.Get it out and shoot it. Then decide.
They are totally worth it and every bit the same as a good custom action. I sold my A1A for ~$14-1500. They pop up here and there, just have to keep a look out. Post a WTB ad in the PX and see if anyone bites. I encourage you to pay extra if it has a CDI bottom metal (mine did) for those sweet and plentiful AICS mags.This thread has me jonesin' to become an SPR enthusiast, lol. I've been checking gunbroker now and then for a .308; found several but some had cut down barrels, beat up stocks or other issues. Found a few probably worth buying, but they going ~$2500...and at that price, I wonder if I don't just put together a rifle on an ARC CDG and call it a day (although that's likely +$500 with all new parts). But there is something to be said for a badass, turnkey factory rifle.
I guess I'll keep looking. It may be helpful if you guys post more pictures though
Well, the daredevil in me talked me into ordering the PTG DBM just now. I emailed them last week and they said it was in stock. We will see how it goes….
That will cost you $750... Ask me how I know.... or ordering a flat top Manners and paying for LRI or somebody to inlet for it (I don’t even know what that would cost).
That will cost you $750... Ask me how I know.
I've got a walnut Winchester stock I'll give you for free, but I doubt you'll like the size of the barrel channel, haha!Holy crap, $750 for full inletting of a flat top? Oof. So maybe it’s all McMillan unless I stumble across a used option that fits. Alright, guess I’m saving my pennies and running the B&C for a bit!
Mine was fluted and iirm was bedded actuallyDo any of you know if SPR A5M ever came with a non-fluted barrel from the factory? FN's website says the A5M came with either a 20" or 24" fluted barrel, only. However, I've seen a couple A5Ms for sale, both non-fluted, one with 20" and the other 24" barrel. The 24" rifle purports to be NOS from a dealer and comes with original box, with the sticker saying SPR A5M.
I've checked with FN, they verified the serial on both guns come back to A5M models. However, the rep wasn't sure about the barrel (he thought fluted only) and said he would check with the gunsmiths. It's been just shy of 2 weeks, so I figured I'd try here as well.
While I'm at it, is the A3G the only model that is glass-bedded? Or is the A5M/XP as well?
To clarify, FN did get back to me about an hour after I asked here, and said that ALL factory A5s came with fluted barrels, any non-fluted barrel is a re-barrel or an older barreled action in an A5 stock.I was gonna tell you that all A5M had fluted barrels, but then you said that FN verified both serials. I have seen some weird ones out there, and I ASSumed it was FN was selling stocks and bottom metal for cheap, actions and I vaguely remember barreled actions at one time. People have pieced together all sorts of stuff, but I've never seen someone misrepresent what it is before.
So, a few pages back, I posted about a PBR with control round push feed I bought locally. It exhibited some issues. My local gunsmith fixed the extraction/ejection issues, and adjusted the trigger.
But, it continues to shoot, what I think, is very low. Two different scopes and rings, albeit not top of the line, but 2 feet low at 25ish yards to just get on paper seems excessive to me. Are the stock two piece bases supposed to be 20moa? Because they don't look it, or seem to measure it. I've not read of this being a common issue, not sure what else to look for, before I spend $100+ on a new base.
Also, the factory DBM are just a plain cunt to get in and out of the gun. I have three all marked BC/2. One came with this PBR, one came with an XP(CRF) that I converted to a floorplate, and one I bought in a Winchester box. Anyone know if BC is the correct mag? Midwest gunworks has a chart based on control vs push, but doesn't address the crpf. Just looking at some old descriptions, seems they all use the same mag.
Either way, that just for info, I just bought a TBM from Midway and an extra 5rd mag...they are on sale for about $240. I also have the parts to convert it to a floorplate, but the PT&G bottom metal won't fit in the hogue stock or the Win HS precision stock..sigh
I was trying to avoid spending a lot of money on this rifle, this early on. So much for just zeroing a cheap scope with ball, and sticking it in the back of the safe.
Any ideas?