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PVA Status Updates: Hancock Rifle & NUCLEUS Barreled Action

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Ordered 2/3/18, set to be delivered on 2/11/19 - 6.5 JHR my first purpose built rifle to get into some of the PRS scene around me. I've had a Gen 1 razor in the box since April of last year, the hat that came with it is well worn but I resisted all urges to throw this on a different rifle until the JHR arrived!
 
From various threads & comments, there still seems to be some hold up in getting the standard nucleus actions from ARC to PVA for the barreled actions. Really unclear if its on PVAs or ARCs side. No word at all from PVA recently on whats going on or any guidance on delivery timeframes. Frustrating, but thankfully I've got other rifles to keep me busy. it'll get here when it does.
 
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Some motivation for those still waiting.

This is trip#3 with my 6.5SAUM JHC. First 2 trips I did 50rds each. Initially this ultra mild break in load was producing 2872fps average. I’m 120rds in And speeds have inproved to 2941 average with the exact load and ES/SD’s keep dropping. The battel is settling in nicely. After today she will have 200rds down the pipe and then I’ll do a proper trip to shoot for groups maybe tomorrow if time permits.

Oh and for the 6.5SAUM, ARC mag with an Area419 mag extender fits 9 rounds. Could use a more powerful spring though. Sometimes the bolt doesn’t pick up the last round. Or I could open up the lips a tad bit more so the round rides higher.
 

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Some more chrono pics from today. The barrel sped up a full 130fps with the same load from new to 200rds in. Very impressed with ADG brass!! I have no reservations calling it as good or better than Lapua. Zero prep was done to this brass.

The 10 shot chrono is the same break in load. The 6 shot was one node up from that. I had only loaded 6 round of that charge. This Rock Creek barrel doesn’t dissapoint.
 

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Recieved final payment request for order #2189,placed on 3/5/2018, for a 6mm Dasher JHR. Happy to finally have gotten to this point but what an 11 month cluster fook.
Now to see if I can get one 6 Dasher Mag Kit which has been out of stock for the last year.
 
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Recieved final payment request for order #2189,placed on 3/5/2018, for a 6mm Dasher JHR. Happy to finally have gotten to this point but what an 11 month cluster fook.
Now to see if I can get one 6 Dasher Mag Kit which has been out of stock for the last year.



Nice to know josh is filling jhr order before nuke barrelled actions.... congrats on getting it.....
 
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I would be interested in hearing PVA's opinion on ARC temporally no longer selling the Barloc due to POI shifts.

Can we get source? Thanks!

Just checked the ARC website and Barloc shows "temp out of stock".

I just bought a indexed recoil lug collared Barloc for shouldered bbl. It's gonna be for a LA Archimedes.
 
Got my JH rifle in 6.5cm and it’s a beaut. Got it cleaned up and ready to hit the range the next couple days breaking in and testing speeds/groups.

I’ll keep updating as I go.

Still haven’t decided which optic I’m going to mount tonight. I currently have a Gen2 razor, a K624i and an ATACR 4-16 with no home. I’ll have a couple beers and think about it. Lol.

One thing to note, apparently there’s no coupon for a PVA brake anymore in the box (unless my ffl ganked it which I doubt). I was only going to test their brake because of the discount, so for now I’ll be using my Area419 hellfire.

Edit: and yes, for anyone who saw my previous post, I shortened a vacation to get home to my rifle I’d been waiting over a year for. ?
 
Got my JH rifle in 6.5cm and it’s a beaut. Got it cleaned up and ready to hit the range the next couple days breaking in and testing speeds/groups.

I’ll keep updating as I go.

Still haven’t decided which optic I’m going to mount tonight. I currently have a Gen2 razor, a K624i and an ATACR 4-16 with no home. I’ll have a couple beers and think about it. Lol.

One thing to note, apparently there’s no coupon for a PVA brake anymore in the box (unless my ffl ganked it which I doubt). I was only going to test their brake because of the discount, so for now I’ll be using my Area419 hellfire.

Edit: and yes, for anyone who saw my previous post, I shortened a vacation to get home to my rifle I’d been waiting over a year for. ?

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....

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So now PVA is building your rifle.

....you're not understanding. I know that they're building my rifle....or finishing the rifle. But most of the folks that made their final payments on the same day as me had their rifles ship last week. Order numbers both before and after mine. I was simply stating that my order may have slipped through the cracks (what it sounded like) and putting the information out there in case anyone else is in the same boat. Or mine could have just been last on the list. Just trying to share information. People have been waiting for the rifles for a long time.
 
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