Well The Devcon should be cured and my rifle should be shipping out in the next 3 days. I might have it as soon as friday, likely by tuesday. It's like f-ing christmas as a kid again.
I sent Marc Soulie of Spartan Precision Rifles a parts supplied rifle build after I heard great things from friends that had Marc build their rifles. I was originally going to have Gnats Ass precision build it, but their barreled actions are 6 months out (at the time I was ordering barrels etc). I was somewhat limited with what I could get at the time I was piecing this thing together 3 months ago. Originally this was going to be a 260 remington. However the caliber change in just my dillon reloading gear would have been 300 plus, and I had a crap load of Lapua 308 brass. The 6.5 barrels from any vendor that was in stock were also nil, I had sold my 6.5 Krieger barrel to a hide member months before thinking the build would take to long. With several hundred 175gr SMK bullets and several hundred pieces of lapua brass / 16 lbs of varget I decided to stick with 308 for this build.
Ended up with the following specs from parts I sourced which were on shelves in stock at various dealers around the nation.
-24 inch finished length Bartlein 11.25:1 5r barrel. m40 contour, threaded /capped. chamber reamer used was 308 match 150 bisley.
-Walmart ADL 243 win doner rifle, trued by Spartan
- 4-40 receiver holes for scope (hope to get a B.E.A.S.T this summer)
-Badger recoil lug and bolt knob
-Manners T4a pillar bedded with skim coat in devcon (KMW loggerhead)
-Remington xmark pro adjustable trigger set to 2.5 lbs
-PTG Bottom metal
-AICS 10 round mags
-Nightforce 40 moa scope base. YES 40 moa...
Suppressor and Nightforce B.E.A.S.T to come summer / fall 2013.
I am just waiting on getting a couple fired cases to start sizing and loading up ammo for testing, I never use factory ammo due to match ammo prices. If I do my job behind the rifle I should be getting bug holes/ ragged hole groups. Serious anticipation till I get her in my hot little (ok, maybe not to little) hands. Pictures to follow!!! Don't ask how much it cost, cause I don't wanna add it up lol.
I sent Marc Soulie of Spartan Precision Rifles a parts supplied rifle build after I heard great things from friends that had Marc build their rifles. I was originally going to have Gnats Ass precision build it, but their barreled actions are 6 months out (at the time I was ordering barrels etc). I was somewhat limited with what I could get at the time I was piecing this thing together 3 months ago. Originally this was going to be a 260 remington. However the caliber change in just my dillon reloading gear would have been 300 plus, and I had a crap load of Lapua 308 brass. The 6.5 barrels from any vendor that was in stock were also nil, I had sold my 6.5 Krieger barrel to a hide member months before thinking the build would take to long. With several hundred 175gr SMK bullets and several hundred pieces of lapua brass / 16 lbs of varget I decided to stick with 308 for this build.
Ended up with the following specs from parts I sourced which were on shelves in stock at various dealers around the nation.
-24 inch finished length Bartlein 11.25:1 5r barrel. m40 contour, threaded /capped. chamber reamer used was 308 match 150 bisley.
-Walmart ADL 243 win doner rifle, trued by Spartan
- 4-40 receiver holes for scope (hope to get a B.E.A.S.T this summer)
-Badger recoil lug and bolt knob
-Manners T4a pillar bedded with skim coat in devcon (KMW loggerhead)
-Remington xmark pro adjustable trigger set to 2.5 lbs
-PTG Bottom metal
-AICS 10 round mags
-Nightforce 40 moa scope base. YES 40 moa...
Suppressor and Nightforce B.E.A.S.T to come summer / fall 2013.
I am just waiting on getting a couple fired cases to start sizing and loading up ammo for testing, I never use factory ammo due to match ammo prices. If I do my job behind the rifle I should be getting bug holes/ ragged hole groups. Serious anticipation till I get her in my hot little (ok, maybe not to little) hands. Pictures to follow!!! Don't ask how much it cost, cause I don't wanna add it up lol.
