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PVA Status Updates: Hancock Rifle & NUCLEUS Barreled Action
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It may depend on the caliber of your rifle. Depending on what reamer is in the machine or what reamer is going in the machine next may determine when your rifle ships.
Mine took 200rds for the barrel to speed up and settle down. Don’t bother working up a load till you put 200rds down the tube to break it in. Mine went a full 120fps faster with the same load from new to round 200. Enjoy your new rifle man.
Mammoth, did you look on the small user manual box for the discount code? Mine was on the lower left corner of the label, where my battery is sitting. It’s possible the codes were only given up to a certain date.
Oh, and....
I'll post some pics up! haha, my work bench was a disaster so I didn't want to embarass myself.
I'll look for that box, my packaging was BADLY damaged so that may be why I didnt see it.
I saw that, and had planned accordingly
I've got a few hundred rounds of generic rounds loaded up just to watch the speeds until it flattens.I'm also happy to say that whatever "bump on close" problem the bolts were having seems to be completely absent on my unit. Smooth as silk.
They stated that more recent batch of actions includes the new bolt head design which was supposed to fix the issue. Glad to hear it was resolved.
Dang it. I didn’t realize that. I only have 90 rounds down mine. I guess I need to go shoot it some more.
Yep, that was the one concern, and a little disappointment, I had when my rifle arrived, it’s not packaged well at all. The zip ties they use had pulled loose and the rifle was just flopping around in the box. PVA should really pack their rifles better. A little foam would go a long way at protecting them a little better.
Agreed. At least there's netting on the barrel but the gun was literally flopping around, box was heavily damaged and had gotten wet/falling apart.
I know they're saving costs everywhere they can for the price point but it was a bit disappointing.
That’s not how mine arived. Mine was secure and had no movement in the box.
Mine was secure when it left, I assume. The Zip ties were there as were the hole they used to reside in lol. Can't help what the shipper does.
I know this is a bit off topic, but I received a rifle from Mark Gordon one time & was so impressed with the box he shipped it in I had to keep it thinking it might be useful someday, haha!
I'm sure they could spend all day answering calls and returning messages, but you'll never catch up if you do, so it's best to just work.
Time frames.... that is funny.... they tried that at the start.... look how that is working..... last one I got says I should have my gun by now
Ya, I got am email in October confirming the specs on my Barreled action. Got my hopes up, been almost 13 months now and a few cock tease updates.
Would be nice if PVA would provide an update.
Facts:
I’ve been emailed twice now that I need to pay - once in Dec with a quick mea culpa from Jeremy that because my order is a Left Hand rifle, it was in error.
Then I received the email again on Jan 14. I paid the next day. I asked to confirm FFL. Jeremey emails and tells me that actually I don’t have to worry about paying right away since they are at SHOT and still working through the LH chassis mods.
I emailed again on Feb 1 and Feb 11 - no responses.
Again - would be nice to have an update.
I understand how situations like this happen, and throughout my career have been exposed to this many times. Unfortunate and tough to work through (from all sides). I’m still looking forward to receiving a PVA built rifle.
Its nice you trust a business so whole heartedly that an order placed in excess of 1 year ago is getting anyones attention. I like that level of positive thought.
Well...what real choice does anyone have? People are starting to get their orders, and the deposits are non refundable. I don't think anyone seriously thinks PVA is going to make off with deposits and never deliver.
ARC swore over and over and over at SHOT that they were in full tilt boogie production mode now so hopefully we start to see some folks get satisfaction.
Called today and yesterday. No answer.
What email have you guys emailed to be contacted back?
What email have you guys emailed to be contacted back?
The code was there but it didnt have the text yours does! Just the code.Mammoth, did you look on the small user manual box for the discount code? Mine was on the lower left corner of the label, where my battery is sitting. It’s possible the codes were only given up to a certain date.
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Oh, and....
I've actually had better luck messaging here than email. Jonesturf responded pretty quickly to me more than once.
not that I am aware of. I have an order for a JH in the range of #38xx but I know that is just website orders for all items. I know some folks have received parts that they ordered (brakes, nuts, etc) that were after my order.
I don't need an exact date it'll be ready but just an idea of how many they are shipping a month now that things are "back to normal and on schedule with new processes and machinery" so that we have some idea of when we might get the rifles. I would assume that some smaller optioned rifles may ship later (left hand or different bolt faces?) so I tried to keep mine simple- right hand, 6.5CM, FDE stock.
This will be my first long distance rifle and just having some idea if I'll be able to shoot this summer or fall would be nice for making plans.
I remember in one of the podcasts, Josh stated it was 197 JH rifles sold. Think it was made in August or so.
Actually I just listened through it again and it says several hundred. Not sure where I got 197 from.
Impressive. I would have guessed a couple hundred at best. Guess the market is a lot bigger than I had imagined.
I haven't seen the barloc point of impact shift anywhere, you got any links for that?
I so want to call/email and ask about a status, but that would likely just add to my impatience and slow down PVA... so, I'll post here (I'm order 2331, JHR in 6.5C)
plus, it's -6 w/o windchill right now, and I'm just not masochistic enough to realistically be shooting in this weather anyway.
on a related topic, would this be a good choice for a Steiner with a 56mm bell?
https://www.milehighshooting.com/spuhr-sp-4901-34mm-picatinny-mount-9mil-30moa-1-181/
might as well get some accessories ordered so when the rifle & scope arrive I'm ready to go...
plus, it's -6 w/o windchill right now, and I'm just not masochistic enough to realistically be shooting in this weather anyway.
on a related topic, would this be a good choice for a Steiner with a 56mm bell?
https://www.milehighshooting.com/spuhr-sp-4901-34mm-picatinny-mount-9mil-30moa-1-181/
might as well get some accessories ordered so when the rifle & scope arrive I'm ready to go...
I would say no. The Nucleus rail already has 20 MOA built in. Adding another 30 MOA of cant may be too much. You may not be able to get a 100 yard zero and your certainly won’t be near the center of erector travel unless most of your shooting is 1400 yds +.
Your bullet drops about 2in at 100yds and hob is about 2in so you start with about 4 moa down. 50 - 4 = 46 x 2 = 92. So in a perfect world (haha) a scope with 92 moa of elevation would work in a 50 moa cant. The erector would be jammed to one side. DON'T try to cut it so close unless you can swap out the mount with ease.
This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen so far for the maximum possible scope mount angle. Obviously there would be trade offs when pushing to the limit of the scope.
Yeah when you push the limits of travel the optical quality drops off, also. Nothing you can do about it, it's physics.
My Nucleus (20 MOA base) has an ARC 20 MOA scope mount (40 total), and with my Vortex AMG 6-24 I have about 3 mils 'above' my zero at 100yd. You can see bias in the black around the FoV because you're looking at the outer edge of the available 'image' from the front lens assy. As I get down 5 or 10 mils (1000+yd), the optical quality is much better.
Being this is a dedicated 1000+yd 300 PRC rig, that's fine. If I was going to be running PRS matches where I'd never dial over 10-13 mils or so, I'd use the 20 MOA base and 0 MOA mount.
My Nucleus (20 MOA base) has an ARC 20 MOA scope mount (40 total), and with my Vortex AMG 6-24 I have about 3 mils 'above' my zero at 100yd. You can see bias in the black around the FoV because you're looking at the outer edge of the available 'image' from the front lens assy. As I get down 5 or 10 mils (1000+yd), the optical quality is much better.
Being this is a dedicated 1000+yd 300 PRC rig, that's fine. If I was going to be running PRS matches where I'd never dial over 10-13 mils or so, I'd use the 20 MOA base and 0 MOA mount.
thanks for the catch on the rail, I neglected to factor in the cant from PVA built in.
now to decide if I want another Spuhr or try a MPA mount... I suppose a have a few weeks to decide at the least.
now to decide if I want another Spuhr or try a MPA mount... I suppose a have a few weeks to decide at the least.
Finally got mine and got it together. For the cost of shipping they could have packaged these things a lot better. Mine had punched completely through the barrel end of the box.
There’s a guy that ordered a JHR about a year ago that works are a box making facility. He could have hooked them up!
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