Hart Barrels w/PDC and Oryx chassis

[MLone]

I just finished my two builds I was working on. Both have Hart barrels and Athlon ETR 4.5x30x56 scopes. One has the Oryx chassis, CZ455/24" barrel. The other the PDC, CZ457/26" barrel. I finished the Oryx and have shot it once, last week. I just shot 50yds so far and the first 6 shots of TAC22 went through the same hole, not a ragged hole, the same hole and then one flyer and 3 more in a now ragged hole. Thats a 455 with a Mr Fly trigger. I havent shot any high dollar ammo through it yet.

Tomorrow I shoot the PDC and see how it does. I am taking some TAC22 just like with the first gun but I am also bringing some Eley Match, Lapua Center X, and Lapua Long Range, to see how it behaves with good ammo and whether or not the batches are liked by the barrel. Hoping for a low wind day or I wont waste that high dollar ammo and just shoot the TAC22 and probably some CCI STD.

Anybody have any questions about Hart barrels, just ask and I will do my best to answer. I had a 5 month lead time with them. Same for PDC. The quality is such that I think its worth the wait.

 

[Mark_Dorman]

Nice looking rifles. I've started to hear more about Hart Barrels recently. They seem nice but following to see how they shoot. What diameter are the barrels?

 

[MLone]

Nice looking rifles. I've started to hear more about Hart Barrels recently. They seem nice but following to see how they shoot. What diameter are the barrels?

They are 1". I'm going to shoot that 26" tomorrow. Im hoping for a low wind day. Mark, I was talking to you over on RFC about some of this. I think a lot of people dont use Hart because of the cost. I never compared them to Lilja because of the atmosphere at Hart. Family operation that concentrates on craftsmanship and quality rather than mass production. It didnt bother me about the 5 month backlog because it was 5 months for the PDC chassis. I love the Oryx 455 which I already shot and tomorrow I will find out what kind of gun that PDC 457 is.

 

[bobby1028]

Following. Do they do oversize tenon w/barrel shims like Lilja, or bolt shims for headspace tuning ?

 

[MLone]

Following. Do they do oversize tenon w/barrel shims like Lilja, or bolt shims for headspace tuning ?

I cant answer that question. I had two barrels made and sent the actions off to them and they installed the barrels and head spaced the assembly for me. They charged me 50 bucks per barreled action to do that. Karen Hart can help you with all that. Send her an email about it and she will get with Jim and get an answer. I paid 570 per barrel plus extras and shipping. YMMV

 

[Mark_Dorman]

$570/barrel seems quite reasonable if they're on par with the likes of Lilja and Modacam prefits. Really interested to hear how they shoot.

 

[MLone]

$570/barrel seems quite reasonable if they're on par with the likes of Lilja and Modacam prefits. Really interested to hear how they shoot.

I tried to shoot today Mark, but the wind sucked today. I shot anyway just to shoot. Ever since Milton came through here we havent had many days without gusting wind. I shot many different types of ammo today but the wind made it look like a lot of flyers. I would hammer the center of an ARA target and then have them going all over the place. It also could have been that I maybe didnt have the right lot numbers even though I had a good brand. When I shot the 24" the week before the wind wasnt as bad and I ran the ARA target with 99% bullseye and 12 out of 25 center shots. I really want to get a good day and post some targets where you can see. Do you want 5 shot groups? I'll try to give you what you want.

 

[Mark_Dorman]

I tried to shoot today Mark, but the wind sucked today. I shot anyway just to shoot. Ever since Milton came through here we havent had many days without gusting wind. I shot many different types of ammo today but the wind made it look like a lot of flyers. I would hammer the center of an ARA target and then have them going all over the place. It also could have been that I maybe didnt have the right lot numbers even though I had a good brand. When I shot the 24" the week before the wind wasnt as bad and I ran the ARA target with 99% bullseye and 12 out of 25 center shots. I really want to get a good day and post some targets where you can see. Do you want 5 shot groups? I'll try to give you what you want.

Sorry to hear the weather hasn't been cooperative. Sounds like a solid initial test and outing regardless of the weather.

I would love to see some 5 or 10 shot groups at 50 and 100, but also don't want to have you go out of your way if it's not something you normally do for ammo testing.

 

[MLone]

Sorry to hear the weather hasn't been cooperative. Sounds like a solid initial test and outing regardless of the weather.

I would love to see some 5 or 10 shot groups at 50 and 100, but also don't want to have you go out of your way if it's not something you normally do for ammo testing.

that is not a problem if I get the right weather. Yesterday I couldnt see wasting good ammo when the wind was making it shoot like Thunderbolt. When you are getting flyers with Long Range, or Tenex, its not a good day to shoot. I brought some cheap stuff so the day wasnt wasted and I was able to put some down the pipe. I wasnt going to shoot 100 yesterday but I did put some MagTech $.05 a round down range at sub MOA 10 rounders. Like you, I want to see what it will do with good ammo. I plan to go Monday. Praying for good weather.

 

[MLone]

Sorry to hear the weather hasn't been cooperative. Sounds like a solid initial test and outing regardless of the weather.

I would love to see some 5 or 10 shot groups at 50 and 100, but also don't want to have you go out of your way if it's not something you normally do for ammo testing.

I was able to shoot some 50yd shots yesterday. There was a 16mph wind, with gusts, coming from 4 o'clock and it still shot decent at 50. The bottom row 3 groups are all 10 shots. All the rest are 5. The middle center was adjusting scope. All TAC22. I wasnt willing to do the 100 or use good ammo.

 

[68hoyt]

Following , want to see what the Hart will do