I already have an AXMC in .300WM...
What I don't have is a bad-ass hunting rifle with a beautiful AAA grade stock and all the other shit that goes with a hunting rifle you'd love to show off and be a little scared to actually take hunting.
Where does an AE MkI come in? Well, why would I want to have a custom rifle built with a more "typical" style action? The AE, if I'm not mistaken, is made from high-carbon steel; great for a deep glossy blued finish (which to me, is essential for the style of rifle I want). Action isn't bonded to the chassis. Still the stellar AI action design (still a six lug action right?) with a great trigger. And it's cheap- relative to other AI's anyway. And the round action with rounded rear bolt section would give some nice lines.
Thoughts are, .300 Rem Short Action Ultra Mag, or 6.5 SAUM after having the bolt face opened up; I'm assuming the action would be strong enough to hold up to the pressure? See if a stock maker can somehow incorporate part of the chassis, perhaps after some extensive milling to decrease size and weight; hopefully removing any possibility of environmental conditions negatively influencing the action and barrel. I would need to come up with something for the magazine component to this; preferably a flush seating mag holding 3-4 rounds- might be able to make something happen with remington flush detach mags- maybe have to screw around with a few options before finding what works? I just know I cannot have a standard AI mag hanging down there, fucking up the lines of a work of art.
Anyway, any thoughts on this? Obnoxious idea? "Different enough" to make it worth while? SAUM in an AE MkI a death wish?
What I don't have is a bad-ass hunting rifle with a beautiful AAA grade stock and all the other shit that goes with a hunting rifle you'd love to show off and be a little scared to actually take hunting.
Where does an AE MkI come in? Well, why would I want to have a custom rifle built with a more "typical" style action? The AE, if I'm not mistaken, is made from high-carbon steel; great for a deep glossy blued finish (which to me, is essential for the style of rifle I want). Action isn't bonded to the chassis. Still the stellar AI action design (still a six lug action right?) with a great trigger. And it's cheap- relative to other AI's anyway. And the round action with rounded rear bolt section would give some nice lines.
Thoughts are, .300 Rem Short Action Ultra Mag, or 6.5 SAUM after having the bolt face opened up; I'm assuming the action would be strong enough to hold up to the pressure? See if a stock maker can somehow incorporate part of the chassis, perhaps after some extensive milling to decrease size and weight; hopefully removing any possibility of environmental conditions negatively influencing the action and barrel. I would need to come up with something for the magazine component to this; preferably a flush seating mag holding 3-4 rounds- might be able to make something happen with remington flush detach mags- maybe have to screw around with a few options before finding what works? I just know I cannot have a standard AI mag hanging down there, fucking up the lines of a work of art.
Anyway, any thoughts on this? Obnoxious idea? "Different enough" to make it worth while? SAUM in an AE MkI a death wish?
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