GAP Built 280AI

As promised, pictures! Sent parts to GAP 8Apr and picked it up from my FFL today 14Jul.
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That sure is purty...... scope and load development. ........chop chop get the led out.......show holes in paper.;)

What's your "planed" bullet/ load.

Bet its gonna be a shooter.
Congratulations, that there is a fine rifle.
 
That sure is purty...... scope and load development. ........chop chop get the led out.......show holes in paper.;)

What's your "planed" bullet/ load.

Bet its gonna be a shooter.
Congratulations, that there is a fine rifle.
I have a Viper HST I can throw on it but looking to put a new Razor HD LHT on it. Sadly, I don't reload my own ammo yet, looking to get in to it in the future. For now though I am going to order a load pack from Copper Creek with 175gr elite hunters to test out. It will be an elk rifle primarily. Copper Creek also said I can send in the 170 168gr bergers I have for them to load and will test those out.
 
whats total weight before scope. looks like a promising elk gun
Scale shows it coming in at 7.6-7.8lbs depending on how stabilize it.

One question/concern. Is it normal to not be able to pull the bolt completely out? I have to remove the adjustable cheekpiece to fully take the bolt out.
 
It's a 8.25 twist as stated in the picture :D

The scope will add another 20oz and suppressor some more so final weight should be like ~10lb give or take.
 
I just picked it up yesterday and because of the rona I can't shoot it for a while. But the stock is really nice. Solid construction, light, good price from AG composites. I couldn't be happier about my stock choice.
 
Update! Finally finished this beauty. Weighs 9.0lbs as pictured. Guess not completely done. Still need the BTF, nice lens caps, and throw lever.
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For those who asked. I don’t get to the range all that often or as much as I would like. Here is a group after I finally got it zeroed in. Not the best but this is my first true bolt action rifle and attempt at shooting for accuracy at 100yards.
 

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