I gave up on getting a repeater, so I found a 40XB and worked with Stacey Blankenship at Milehigh Shooting to get it into an AICS.
Not as cool as Surge's Hall actioned repeater that Moon at GAP put together for him, but I like it.
It may look a little odd with the 20MOA badger rail and the 28MOA AI scope mount, but I'm planning ahead. This is my 22lr trainer for the AE MKIII that I'm going to get. I'm looking to get a 6.5CM, but thought I'd get a trainer first for the winter and get the real rifle for next season.
Stacey had Adam do some minor fitting around the safety and some other areas where the chassis bound on the action. He cut down a mag and added some padding to keep the magazine from rattling. The 20MOA Badger rail and 28MOA AI mount are because I'm going to use the the AI mount and Premier on my AE MKIII when I decide on the particulars. Stacey thought this would be a good way to buy once for the real build, and I can put another scope on the trainer- though I REALLY like the Premier.
Wasn't planning on doing it, but I ran out to the Colorado Rifle Club and used the sillhoutte range. Adam had bore sighted it for me and I got it zero'd at 100 pretty quick. There was steel at 150 too, so I hit that with 3.2MILs come up. At 200 I used 6.5MILs At 300, 14.4MILs. And at 390 about 21.3MILS. The wind was really starting to pick up and I think maybe the bullets were starting to tumble? Random shots would land short and the wind was making me use 2-4 mils hold. We are supposed to get 6-10 inches of snow tonight, but it was clear blue skies when I started and got a bit cloundy and windy by the time I was done.
The most fun shooting I've had in years. 150 rounds of Wolf Extra Match and steel and a little wind to make it interesting. Rifle shot great- working with Stacey and Adam really made it painless.
Can't wait to rain down death on some prairie dogs and get some practice in with out costing a fortune, besides the rifle. The most expensive and heavy 22lr I've ever played with.
Not as cool as Surge's Hall actioned repeater that Moon at GAP put together for him, but I like it.
It may look a little odd with the 20MOA badger rail and the 28MOA AI scope mount, but I'm planning ahead. This is my 22lr trainer for the AE MKIII that I'm going to get. I'm looking to get a 6.5CM, but thought I'd get a trainer first for the winter and get the real rifle for next season.
Stacey had Adam do some minor fitting around the safety and some other areas where the chassis bound on the action. He cut down a mag and added some padding to keep the magazine from rattling. The 20MOA Badger rail and 28MOA AI mount are because I'm going to use the the AI mount and Premier on my AE MKIII when I decide on the particulars. Stacey thought this would be a good way to buy once for the real build, and I can put another scope on the trainer- though I REALLY like the Premier.
Wasn't planning on doing it, but I ran out to the Colorado Rifle Club and used the sillhoutte range. Adam had bore sighted it for me and I got it zero'd at 100 pretty quick. There was steel at 150 too, so I hit that with 3.2MILs come up. At 200 I used 6.5MILs At 300, 14.4MILs. And at 390 about 21.3MILS. The wind was really starting to pick up and I think maybe the bullets were starting to tumble? Random shots would land short and the wind was making me use 2-4 mils hold. We are supposed to get 6-10 inches of snow tonight, but it was clear blue skies when I started and got a bit cloundy and windy by the time I was done.
The most fun shooting I've had in years. 150 rounds of Wolf Extra Match and steel and a little wind to make it interesting. Rifle shot great- working with Stacey and Adam really made it painless.
Can't wait to rain down death on some prairie dogs and get some practice in with out costing a fortune, besides the rifle. The most expensive and heavy 22lr I've ever played with.
