Impact titanium action?

[ohiofarmer]

I just ran across the below quite in the gunsmithing section and wondered if anyone has some details? Perhaps Impact will chime-in? Thank you.

“I just heard that Impact was coming out with a Titanium action, that'd be pretty slick.”

 

[beretta_man11]

@hic28 brought that to my attention. Not sure where he saw it.

 

[CV_Ag]

It’s true. I’ve heard from a little birdy....And they also posted a teaser on their Instagram. 0.71 lbs

 

[hic28]

 

[Bender]

My kids can pay for their own college.

 

[Derek200]

Wow.

 

[duramaxed]

While you’re on a roll Impact, LA?!

 

[duramaxed]

While you’re on a roll Impact, LA?!

Lapua BF included of course

 

[CV_Ag]

Take my money!

 

[jonthomps]

Awesome news. Can't wait for this to come out!

 

[RTH1800]

Titanium or steel bolt? Asking for a friend.

 

[D_TROS]

WHAT does the original action weigh?

thanks
DT

 

[ThePretzel]

Titanium or steel bolt? Asking for a friend.

In the picture it looks like one of their standard nitrided steel bolts. This may or may not be the final production bolt they use.

 

[B4Maz]

Does it have a steel insert for the barrel tenon threads and lug raceways?

 

[KPK]

Original steel bolt with low pro knob. Around 10oz lighter than original 737.

 

[mensajd]

Titanium has terrible thermal conductivity. OK for bike frames. For rifle actions, not so much. Maybe sporters that aren’t shot much?

 

[mcfred]

What bearing does that have on a bolt gun? You think another 10 oz of steel's going to wick away all that heat in a 4lb lump of iron in the barrel?

The action's just something to hang a scope, trigger and barrel onto and hold some pressure for .0015 of a second per shot. That's it. If thermal conduction mattered an iota then all these modern bolt gun receivers would be made out of berylium copper, not steel.

 

[Supersubes]

Titanium has terrible thermal conductivity. OK for bike frames. For rifle actions, not so much. Maybe sporters that aren’t shot much?

That has no bearing whatsoever in a bolt action receiver design. One could argue the opposite angle though, and that is titanium has thermal expansion numbers that are on the best end of the scale. Probably good when you’re mounting a sight system to it possibly?

 

[Supersubes]

I ordered a lone peak razor Ti recently. Gonna be a bit while they catch up on production. Going into a lightweight suppressed hunter. I’m curious to see how it stands up to regular use with periodic maintenance. Titanium is a horribly shitty material for use in bearing surfaces. Would be nice to see one or more of impact’s team shooters use one of these for a season or two, to see how they stand up.

 

[CV_Ag]

I highly doubt any of the team guys will run one of these for their match gun(s). Just doesn’t make sense. Weight is your friend. This was developed more for the hunter style rifle, way less shooting compared to a season of competition. Most of the Impact guys in OK are big coyote calling and hunting guys so this is more geared towards that I believe.

 

[samson7x]

Any ETA on these?

 

[ThePretzel]

Titanium has terrible thermal conductivity. OK for bike frames. For rifle actions, not so much. Maybe sporters that aren’t shot much?

Thermal conductivity means nothing when it comes to a rifle action. You care about barrel temperature, not the temperature of the action.

Besides, if you're shooting fast enough to heat up the action itself you've got bigger problems. Most notably the fact that your barrel is going to be burnt out within 500 rounds shooting it that hot and fast.

 

[Supersubes]

I highly doubt any of the team guys will run one of these for their match gun(s). Just doesn’t make sense. Weight is your friend. This was developed more for the hunter style rifle, way less shooting compared to a season of competition. Most of the Impact guys in OK are big coyote calling and hunting guys so this is more geared towards that I believe.

I totally agree, but it would go a long way to proving how robust they are(or aren’t). Ti actions are not known for being tough.

 

[CV_Ag]

I totally agree, but it would go a long way to proving how robust they are(or aren’t). Ti actions are not known for being tough.

True. Like an expedited wear test. One season of competition equates to something like 5 years of hunting. Definitely would be interesting to see before and after.

 

[ThePretzel]

True. Like an expedited wear test. One season of competition equates to something like 5 years of hunting. Definitely would be interesting to see before and after.

Try a lifetime of hunting, if not more. The top level competitors are shooting 4,000-6,000+ rounds a season and going through 2-3 barrels in the process, between matches and practice. Most hunters never see the end of the barrel life on even their 7mm Rem Mags or other short-lived magnum cartridges.

 

[duramaxed]

I wonder how much weight would be cut from a steel receiver in the same cut as the ti receiver above. Or with a bigger loading port....