Someone should do a group buy on this. Wonder how many we would have to buy to get a price break
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bugger I missed the most important part. Even put an order in for the 18” barrel with a store and wasn’t told it isn’t even available.
Kind of a weird omission I think. They exist throughout their line. You could always just go custom steel. Weight would be near identical, you’d just miss out on the Pimp factor of carbon.
Here’s what I show for their carbon 6mm blanks. I’ll do a 16.5”. 1.5” shorter than an 18” won’t mean anything on target imo.
Got my Lancer mag today and still has feeding issues when moving the bolt slow. Going to try the velcro trick next.
As others have stated...don't go slow, work the bolt smoothly and with a purpose.
Gotta run the bolt, unless you’re trying to be quiet on a stalk, push the back of the magazine forward then push the bolt forward slowly. Should work
Requiring a "user manual" to operate a bolt action is a fail. If after over 100 years of bolt action technology it doesn't work in a foolproof manner 100% of the time then the design needs to be corrected.
I love my Fix but this issue should be acknowledged and (pardon the pun) fixed.
I agree but also disagree. Run it with authority and have no issue, it was designed and marketed as a utility rifle. If i came into it expecting buttery smooth Surgeon, I’d be disappointed too.
Being smooth or not is subjective and not an indicator of a design flaw. Having the rifle mis-feed in a repeatable manner confirmed by multiple people on this thread is a design or manufacturing issue.
What if your car engine were to shut down if you press the accelerator too slow? It would be intolerable and the manufacturer would issue a fix / recall.
We seem to tolerate this because we have some form of emotional investment in our firearms and buyers confirmation bias.
What if your car engine were to shut down if you press the accelerator too slow? It would be intolerable and the manufacturer would issue a fix / recall.
We seem to tolerate this because we have some form of emotional investment in our firearms and buyers confirmation bias.
That last sentence is very true. I guess we will just have to wait see if there will be a remedy
He mentioned that very problem along with the solution and wasn't really complaining about it.......
Correct. The solution being a strip of velcro as a shim on a $3k rifle. He said he didn’t have that specific issue with the 308. Seems to be more the 6.5.
I love this rifle and won’t let this issue take away from that. Period. However, I don’t think I agree with “well just slap a piece of velcro on and it SHOULD be fine” answer.
Buy a car and you find out in order for your doors to latch and lock you have to slam them shut with the correct amount of force. I don’t think many people would be fine with just tossing some velcro in the door jam.
Tried the velcro and A) the velcro didn’t want to stay in place and B) didn’t seem to overly help. Feels like the casing keeps getting stuck on the lip of the feed ramp. There is a lot of play forward and back with the mag. Just seems odd. I may just have to get a hold of Q after the the 4th to see what they will do.
Talked to Dave Tooley today about getting a 6mm Creedmoor made the same profile as the 308 and he let me know he had 20" 6.5 Creedmoor in stock with the same skinny profile as the 308 barrel. He also said that he is doing a Barlein order for The Fix. So if you want a barrrel, hit him up.
I’m going to spend a significant amount of time over the next week just cycling the gun. I haven’t shot a bolt rifle in years and didn’t shoot one a whole lot then so maybe I need to work on my technique rather than blame the gun. If after the week I still have issues I will see if I can’t have Q look at it.
What’s he going to do for barrel extensions? I thought he was all out....
I'm not sure about the Bartlein order he is making but for my barrel I will have to send it to Q for the extension. I'm still waiting on the response from Q for the price but they said it should take about a week to do. Apparently KB didn't inform the person I was emailing that this was an option so be aware of that. When I hear back from Q I will post the details of getting the extension installed.
I'm going to do a 16" 6mm creedmoor with the same outer dimensions as the B/T 308 barrel. I think think this will be a very handy light recoiling rifle for hunting down here in GA and should still be able to reach out quite a bit.
I think that's what I read in the past but I want to hear it from them directly. If so, that's fine but it makes one off barrels expensive.
ETA: not fired since cut down
What am I looking at here? Looks like the rifling distorts in to the barrel. Is this CHF?
What am I looking at here? Looks like radial rings on the lands and groves. CHF? I've never noticed this.
I've got a couple hundred rounds through it max, probably 140+/-
I thought it was shooting fine with 120amax, around 1", little over with a couple anomalies.
They don't shoot great on my DT either.
Shot a little better with 140, just under 1"
This was my first outing, I assumed I would improve with trigger time.
Recently, couldn't shoot a group with 143 eldx or 127 lrx. Like 1.5-2moa. I wasn't having a great range day overall though.
I had it cut to 20" and changed the muzzle to work with the device I've eyeballed and already dedicated other muzzles to, was just looking at this souvenir and noticed the strange features.
What am I looking at here? Looks like the rifling distorts in to the barrel. Is this CHF?
What am I looking at here? Looks like radial rings on the lands and groves. CHF? I've never noticed this.
I've got a couple hundred rounds through it max, probably 140+/-
I thought it was shooting fine with 120amax, around 1", little over with a couple anomalies.
They don't shoot great on my DT either.
Shot a little better with 140, just under 1"
This was my first outing, I assumed I would improve with trigger time.
Recently, couldn't shoot a group with 143 eldx or 127 lrx. Like 1.5-2moa. I wasn't having a great range day overall though.
I had it cut to 20" and changed the muzzle to work with the device I've eyeballed and already dedicated other muzzles to, was just looking at this souvenir and noticed the strange features.
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I am reasonably sure I am going to cut my 22in creed down to 16.5 as opposed to buying a new barrel. I hope over the next year or so more barrels start pushing the price down.
A professional has explained the rings are reamer marks from the initial barrel blank manufacturing, that survive further processing.
Still curious but I'm guessing the lines from the lands are from the rifling process..
Still curious but I'm guessing the lines from the lands are from the rifling process..
The new blast deflector looks great! Looking forward to its release Monday. If your still looking for a name, I suggest
Master Blaster
The Dictator
And Chester Copperpot
Master Blaster
The Dictator
And Chester Copperpot
Kevin posted in the Side Chick thread a new buttpad is 2 weeks out...
I guess we will see if it looks like what we have seen in the past.
I also noticed that Mr. Butthurt Loose Scope is already over there talking Scheiße.
Just food for thought. This weekend We chrono'd an 18" 6.5CM Barrett Fieldcraft and a 21" Barrett Fieldcraft both with 140gr ELD-M 41.7gr of 4350. The 18" avg was 2623 the 21" was 2680. For me personally I would have bought a 16" if it were available.
They can't help themselves.....
That looks like button rifling chatter. Which barrel is that? I've never seen a hand lapped Bart look like that.
Tell us about the shorter handguards too. I didn’t see those on the website.
Anyone know if the Fix requires a “308” AR grip or if a regular AR grip? Looking at the MIAD 1.1 most likely.
I was under the impression that AR10s and AR15s utilize the same grips. I put an Ergo AR15 grip on my Fix. I would avoid grips with extended beavertails as I wouldn't be confident that they would fit properly.
So I bought a Lancer mag to see if the wiggle / feed issues get better..... Nope. Here's a video showing the degree of wiggle.
@Kevin Brittingham - please give us an official Q position on this problem.
Another challenge is that the nose of rounds appears to hit the barrel (not the extension) at the chamber chamfer. The tip getting hung up here is why people are advocating forceful cycling of the bolt. Chamber the same round a few times and examine the tip for damage. For rounds with low neck tension, I would also suspect that the bullet is being recessed into the case reducing OAL.
@Kevin Brittingham - please give us an official Q position on this problem.
Another challenge is that the nose of rounds appears to hit the barrel (not the extension) at the chamber chamfer. The tip getting hung up here is why people are advocating forceful cycling of the bolt. Chamber the same round a few times and examine the tip for damage. For rounds with low neck tension, I would also suspect that the bullet is being recessed into the case reducing OAL.
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Pretty much exactly what mine does. The lancer actual looks tighter than a Larue or 20rd KAC. With those the bullet tips actually hit below the feed ramp and will not chamber no matter how hard and fast you cycle it..... Without the Velcro strip in the magwell. I really only use the 10rd Kac with it and they're much better luckily.
Barrel back from fat camp....I’ll weigh it later today
22 inch 6.5 CM
I’m my haste to put it together I forgot to take a scale pic.
Looks like only lost 6 oz....oh well, looks cool.
I’m my haste to put it together I forgot to take a scale pic.
Looks like only lost 6 oz....oh well, looks cool.
I have two...you can borrow one.
PM me if you want to use one
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