It's a tube of steel with a bolt in it and some place to attach a trigger. It might work.
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It's a tube of steel with a bolt in it and some place to attach a trigger. It might work.
Glad they kept the mausingfield bolt handle
Jealous of the west coast guys. Mine shipped same time but won't be in till next Friday.
Very glad yours came with Mausingfield bolt knob.
Very glad yours came with Mausingfield bolt knob.
I won't really know until I get it made into a rifle and shoot a couple hundred rounds through it.
I don't think so. I may have misread your original post, but an action wrench isn't needed in a Barrel nut assembly ( I worded my reply poorly).
You won the SH Nucleus thread comp!
What we really are after is how it feels compared to any custom action. Smoothness, bolt opening, bolt closing... Pro's, cons, you know, that kind of thing.
Just to be clear, the action is at my gunsmith, so I don't have it in hand. I asked him what he thought of it and he said the bolt lift was fast and smooth, and comparable to the Surgeon he built me.
I try not to get wrapped up too much in action ergonomics, especially on a clean action without a trigger. Pretty much every custom action is going to feel good, and if there are flaws, you probably won't notice them until it gets dirty, or people start having issues with different triggers. Even on actions I already have my ideas on which one is the best changes on any day of the week; sometimes it's my Sako TRG because it's a Super Mag action that has a bolt throw like a .22LR. Sometimes it's the Winchester 70 because it's got a magical claw. Sometimes it's the Surgeon because I shot well with it.
Nor do I get wrapped up in features; they are technically cool. Controlled round feed is cool. Swappable bolt heads are cool. Compared to the Surgeon it is better from a technical perspective. There is nothing technically cool about the Surgeon.
However the complete execution of the Surgeon action and KMW Sentinel stock has proven to be boringly reliable for all of the match shooting I do. It does exactly what I want it to.
The action shouldn't get all of the credits, nor the stock, nor any of the other pieces. My stuff works generally because I demand it to, and a lot of what I do is prioritizes simplicity, reliability, and redundancy.
Whahoooo! These are nice. I am pretty pleased.
Will get more pics and maybe a video later tonight. Measurements also.
Will get more pics and maybe a video later tonight. Measurements also.
Wishing now I had gone the Barloc route instead of a shouldered barrel from PVA.
Started the paperwork on mine this morning. The bolt lift was much stiffer than I recall from the one I handled at SHOT. Hopefully, it will break in a bit after assembly. Just waiting for my PVA group-buy barrel and Geissele Super 700 trigger.
Did you go Barloc or are you waiting on a wrench? I never figured the action wrench would be the fly in my ointment.
Another option, the NSS Action Wrench is universal sized to any action diameter of Savage or Rem and would work on the Nucleus, cause you can remove the rail.
http://northlandshooterssupply.com/tools/nss-tools/
http://northlandshooterssupply.com/tools/nss-tools/
I thought about that too, but you need the rail to key the recoil lug when you tighten the barrel down.
I need a wrench. In hindsight, I wish I hadn't done the PVA group buy as I can't use it with the shouldered barloc I also bought. At this point, I think I'll be waiting for the trigger long after. I may have to buy a Timney to hold me over.
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Nucleus (non-barloc) keyed recoil lug is included, with the washer and bolt to disassemble the bolt.
Ditto. Although I didn’t buy a shouldered Barloc. Now that I have a Barloc in hand and see how it works it makes more sense.
MOVIE MOVIE MOVIE!
I am most curious about bolt lift effort, and how easy/hard it is to bind it at the rear.
My Nucleus arrived at my FFL today so I’ll be picking it up first thing in the morning.
Just a few pics... I will do a video and more pics later.
Barloc is so easy. Action was really tight threads, I worked it in slowly by hand. A few times and it went in stiffly, but easy.
McRees chassis, ARC medium (28mm) rings on a 20 moa base, Mk 5 5-25x56. I have about 8.5 mm between a Shillen Varmint contour and my scope bell.
Bolt lift is smooth, and easy. Not super light, I can manage it with one finger while the others push against the stock. I only have Savage to compare it to. Throw is short.
Feeds good with a dummy round. My first control round feed, you need a little more authority if you don't feed from the mag to snap over the extractor.
Barloc is so easy. Action was really tight threads, I worked it in slowly by hand. A few times and it went in stiffly, but easy.
McRees chassis, ARC medium (28mm) rings on a 20 moa base, Mk 5 5-25x56. I have about 8.5 mm between a Shillen Varmint contour and my scope bell.
Bolt lift is smooth, and easy. Not super light, I can manage it with one finger while the others push against the stock. I only have Savage to compare it to. Throw is short.
Feeds good with a dummy round. My first control round feed, you need a little more authority if you don't feed from the mag to snap over the extractor.
Looks great! Can't wait to get mine.
What's the left side look like?
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a shouldered barrel can use any barrel contour
the non-shouldered (nut) version is for savage shank pre-fits
the non-shouldered (nut) version is for savage shank pre-fits
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Looks like the bolt handle is more swept back than I originally thought. One less place to open up a Remmy inlet.
It is drop in for the chassis, no inlet required
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I will do a video of the Barloc assembly.
I will do a video of the Barloc assembly.
Would you mind measuring from the rear of the tang to the front of both the barloc, and to the end of the barrel nut? I'm trying to figure out if this will work in an aiax chassis. Thanks
I will get that measurement.
Yes, bolt release is now a knurled knob, and it is easy to manipulate. There is a short learning curve to figure out where the notch behind the 12:00 lug is for the bolt stop to rotate, but when it is in the right position it is simple
Yes, bolt release is now a knurled knob, and it is easy to manipulate. There is a short learning curve to figure out where the notch behind the 12:00 lug is for the bolt stop to rotate, but when it is in the right position it is simple
