Unfortunately I’m a wild heathen savage and don’t have a pair of calipers. The standard black one is a 308 mag.Can you measure your mag and send those measurements so we can compare to the standard mags? I bent mine using a tool for my SAUM
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Unfortunately I’m a wild heathen savage and don’t have a pair of calipers. The standard black one is a 308 mag.Can you measure your mag and send those measurements so we can compare to the standard mags? I bent mine using a tool for my SAUM
Same as what I did for my SAUM. You can use pliara wrapped up . I've done that tooUnfortunately I’m a wild heathen savage and don’t have a pair of calipers. The standard black one is a 308 mag.
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Mine will be pretty much identical less the can and I use a full length arca on the older Gen 2 picatinny chassis.Don’t know if this was answered for ya but SAC did my 450bm conversion for the SRS… it feeds flawlessly out of their mag. I’d just send them a standard 308 mag or have them build you one with whatever voodoo magic they do to make it work
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I used just the standard. DT only has 2 kinds of mags for the SRS. Standard and magnum.What is the difference between the desert tech long action magazines and the norma magazines? Will the norma rounds not feed out of the 300win mag/lapua magazines and vice versa?
@waveslayer, which mag did you use to tweak in order to feed your short magnum cartridge reliably?
They show three on their website with all three having a different part number.I used just the standard. DT only has 2 kinds of mags for the SRS. Standard and magnum.
For my SAUM I can use Magnum no problem, it's just not ideal. Standard mag with bent out lips works better.
News to me.... so not sure, but I run 2 mags. Out of my magnums I run 6.5 SAUM, 300 PRC, 300 WM, 338 Norma, .338 Norma AI. Standard I run my 6.5 Creedmoor and 6.5x47 Lapua. And with bent feed lips the SAU.They show three on their website with all three having a different part number.
Short action, long action, and norma.
I would have thought the LA magazine would be the best in order to take advantage of the longer bullets and gained powder space. Of course if it won’t mag feed from them then its a no go for me. May its best to stick with the shorter OAL and find where it shoots.
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It would be interesting to measure them to see the differences , I doubt there is muchI would imagine the the third option came about when they started offering the .300 ultra mag.
Anyone running 6 creedmoor in an SRS having feeding issues? I’m getting some finicky feeding of Hornady 87 varmint express (factory).
I'm running 338NM from my "300wm" mags with no issueI haven't used the Norma specific mag, but this is one of my 300 NM reloads (230gr Berger OTM, 3.600" length) in the long action mag. Feeds just fine for me, but your mileage may vary depending on bullet, cartridge length, etc.
Chamber is extremely tight. SAC reamed it out .003” more so I hope that helps.I avoid shooting that kind of ammo through my 40 inch Lilje. However, it shoots the American eagle 660 grain just fine when I run an occasional box through it. I bet you they board you a match chamber that is a bit tight for extracting the mill surp stuff. Either that or it’s too hot. Tear one apart and see what’s in there
Do you avoid Thunder Ammo as well? If so why? Just curious.I avoid shooting that kind of ammo through my 40 inch Lilje. However, it shoots the American eagle 660 grain just fine when I run an occasional box through it. I bet you they board you a match chamber that is a bit tight for extracting the mill surp stuff. Either that or it’s too hot. Tear one apart and see what’s in there
Special Purpose Rifles bought all Proof’s leftover blanks. The whole lot per the Proof’s rep that emailed me.Special Purpose Rifles used to offer Proof Carbon Fiber .375 CT HTI barrels. I have not seen them in stock for ages, I guess we know why now.
My particular barrel shoots lights out and it has a limited lifespan so the last thing I’m gonna do is shoot non-serious 660 FMJ through it. That’s for plinking in an AR-50.Do you avoid Thunder Ammo as well? If so why? Just curious.
Makes sense regarding the ball ammo.My particular barrel shoots lights out and it has a limited lifespan so the last thing I’m gonna do is shoot non-serious 660 FMJ through it. That’s for plinking in an AR-50.
I have never shot a solid through my 50.Makes sense regarding the ball ammo.
I was referring to the 770 & 802 grain brass solids Thunder Ammo sells.
If someone was really wanting Carbon, I know Carbon Six offers blanks.Special Purpose Rifles bought all Proof’s leftover blanks. The whole lot per the Proof’s rep that emailed me.
nice...fastest twist I see is 1:6 not sure if 1:3 can be sourcedI haven't seen or heard anything yet, but it's totally doable. I would guess it's just a matter of component availability at this point (reamers, fast blanks, etc).
Looks like Eric is offering them...
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Question for those more knowledgable than I in DT. Is it possible to get a blank HTI bolt and then have it machined to handle a .338 Lapua so a .338 or Tubbs XC can be used with a HTI.
Yea I got a quote for $2285 that's way to much. You can get a 22 creed barrel and be happy with that set upShort and final answer is NO.
Look at the R&D SAC had to do to make the 223 bolt head. THey won't sell you the bold head alone because they need to recoup the costs. How much could they be? Well, enough that they have said THEY WILL NOT MAKE A LEFT HAND ONE! If it were so easy, they'd just reverse their CAD drawings and rock and roll, right?
There's more than machining, there's heat treating and other things.
Guys, get a fucking 338 LM and be satisfied or buy an HTI.
When I was loading 77gr SMKs in a 20” .223 bolt gun many years ago, I was using 24gr of Varget at 2.25” COAL.Guys I need a VARGET load for a SAC 223 conversion 22.5" 1;1.77 twist.
Guys I need a VARGET load for a SAC 223 conversion 22.5" 1;1.77 twist. I had a superb load: 25.5 grains of RL15 loaded to 2.50" COAL (mag length) in hornady (high capacity thin walled) brass, about 100.7% case capacity according to QL, with a 75 ELD-M. 3000+ fps (got hotter with temp, one of the downfalls of RL15, but it's a 223 so who cares). This load got me consistent hits on an 18" plate at 1150 yards. But yesterday, I made a huge boo boo and poured 1/2 pound of Accurate 2015 into a jug of 8# of RL15 thus ruining about $300 of unobtanium powder; my final and only jug. Time to go to VARGET, ordered 16# from PV where remarkably its in stock. I'm thinking 25 grains compressed load (103% or thereabouts). Thoughts? Experience?
Thank you! given that my Hornady brass has about 2 more grains capacity and I'm loading to 2.495 COAL, I think the 25 grain load I'm going to try will work just fine with the 7524g varget, lapua brass, 77smk, lapua brass, 2.34” coal
wow if that's not hot, I'm going to be fine with 25 grains. I was tempted to go to 25.5...maybe next batch if this batch shows no pressureWith my SAC .223 kit (24" 1:7.5) I run 24.5 gr Varget, Lapua brass, cci 450, and a 77gr Berger OTM set 0.01 of the lands. It's been an extremely accurate combination.
Did you ever find out anything else on this? I'm interested in the 8.6 kit but only with the fast twist.nice...fastest twist I see is 1:6 not sure if 1:3 can be sourced