It was a nice trade off. I communicated with him through IG and other forms of social media, gave him feedback and photos of all the Q rifles I have purchased and showed much interest in the mini fix. Kb invited me out to build it and I was able to get him an autographed skateboard from a buddy of mine. Very nice crew up in NH at the Q headquarters. I plan on going back and bringing the family with me. Attached is a photo of my son and his new mini fix. Although I don’t expect him to be using it any time soon so I’ll do the honors for him. Merry Christmas everyone! Hold your loved ones and remind them of how much you love and care for them. It is a mean and crazy world out there and we sometimes need to remind each other that love still does exist. Hopefully this photo makes some of you smile or laugh.
The Fix from Q
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Badass man! I just ordered a Fix in 6.5. I had an early version 308 for a while, but I sure couldn't make it do that! Hopefully I have better luck with the 6.5.
What are you guys doing for a 16" proof carbon 6.5?
I see Tag has them for crazy money, but @Supersubes 16" 6.5x47 is looking super sexy, and I think he did something different. Shed some light for me?
I did my own. Tooley could do one for you I believe. Digging the 6.5x47. Functions beautifully from the standard mags, and I’m happy with the speed.
Thanks man, I went back a few pages and used my first-grader skills to read up on what you done. Looks sweet!
Mine is running a 24 inch 6.5 carbon proof. Although I’d like to get my hands on a 16 inches. Mine too originally was a 308
The photo with the rifle was a customer gun we sighted in. It's a factory 308 16" barrel and Federal Premium 168 Berger Hybrid Hunter factory load. Second photo is my 16" proof barreled fix with the same ammo. Pulled the last shot cause I was getting worked up over how good the group was coming out. Haha! The first four went into 3/16". Both at 100 yds.
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Thank you, that worked.
Anyone going to consider the new Sig Cross? It would be interesting to see comparison data since the Sig is half the price of the Fix.
I'd give it a year. Mostly because even if the rifle is good SIG is terrible about dropping products and/or gen2'ing them due to issues at release. I also doubt it'll be any different Indian MIM part wise and could have early parts breaking.
I'll skip .277 Fury if its a two piece clipped case design. From all the NGSW discussions with people in the know, that is not a good design for accuracy. However, it's possible they are doing it with a single piece all brass design. If so, it could be a very interesting round indeed. Especially wildcatted to a 6.5 bore where it should have been to start.
But yes, I'm excited to see these new chassis/designs appearing. Ruger could absolutely jump in with a release in the next few years based on the RPR/American action but adapted to a similar platform. Like an 'Ruger Precision Lightweight Hunting Rifle' or something. As much as Kevin B's personality can rub people wrong, I do think hes right about a lot of innovation going on in the Fix. The action is interesting from a gun nerds perspective but has its own issues... But the overall concept and execution of the receiver and rail are absolutely going to cause some new products to come along like it.
Well this is disappointing. I was out tonight looking for pigs. Had an opportunity for a shot but had a light strike. Thinking I probably bumped the bolt handle up since I was wearing gloves I cycled it, waited for another opportunity, mindful not to bump the bolt and had another light strike. 3rd round finally went off. Connected at 450yds but it looked like a larger boar and he went into the treeline which was only a few yards away.
I've had some #34 not want to fire but these were br-2's.
Low 40s to high 30s tonight so maybe grease got in where it shouldn't and slowed the firing pin down?
I'll have to take a look at it tomorrow.
I've had some #34 not want to fire but these were br-2's.
Low 40s to high 30s tonight so maybe grease got in where it shouldn't and slowed the firing pin down?
I'll have to take a look at it tomorrow.
I haven't followed the thread for a while. Has Q acknowledged and fixed the feeding problems for 6.5 Creedmoor? I just shot with a friend and was able to contrast his buttery smooth Tikka T3 action with my own shitty feeding for the Fix.
I handled a sig cross...it feels like it’s not built to the same standard as q. It feels closer to the mpr from Christensen. Lot of flex, feel of bolt cycling, etc...
to me the q is a better built gun. Is it worth the price difference that remains to be seen. My big thing was i have two bartlien barrels which I think are superior.
to me the q is a better built gun. Is it worth the price difference that remains to be seen. My big thing was i have two bartlien barrels which I think are superior.
Ole 8541 tactical on youtube said he didn't see the similarities between the cross and the fix, i'ma thinking he's blind.
I assume you’re reloading. A possibility could be you are bumping your shoulders back too far when resizing you’re brass. Hornady make a gauge for measuring shoulder bump. Same thing happened to me in a match. .002 too much can make it do exactly what you’re describing.
so you were doing a total of .04 bump?
when you said light strike do you mean it didn’t go off or you inspected the primer and the impact was smaller?
The time this happened to me I was .004-.005 bumped by accident and the bullet was .020 out of the lands. When the firing pin struck the primer it moved the case forward producing a weak primer impact. The primers had a strike but it looked weaker than normal. To see if my method is true on your gun load a couple rounds with the bullet in the lands and fire to see if it goes away. The round will not be able to be pushed forward at primer impact.
Sticker shock on the Big Butt!
Made a BadonkaButt™
Decided to do a Limbsaver with an AirTech 10802
Grabbed a couple screws and brad hole nuts
After removing the factory butt piece(pictures omitted for your own safety) I locked the nut in my vice and machined the bottom screw brad nut to fit the pocket on the butt piece
After getting it within half a thou, I heated the component for an incredibly precise press fit finish, which I seated in with a specialized dead blow tool made in Portland
With a quick test fit, in ISO9001 compliance
On the upper mounting mechanism it was a little more straight forward, but required use of my cnc laser to precisely trim away some excess vibration damping material on the factory butt piece, which was fit in the manner the first was, heated (I was actually doing this because the brad nut has a step and I didn't want to blow the hole out to the larger diameter) and seated with my special Portland Press
Once finished on the Q butt piece, I used my mill and chamfered the fastener seat inside the Limbsaver and got set to assembling
Every BadonkaButt™ is assembled with Brand X blue thread locker, on an ISO9001 tailgate
Made a BadonkaButt™
Decided to do a Limbsaver with an AirTech 10802
Grabbed a couple screws and brad hole nuts
After removing the factory butt piece(pictures omitted for your own safety) I locked the nut in my vice and machined the bottom screw brad nut to fit the pocket on the butt piece
After getting it within half a thou, I heated the component for an incredibly precise press fit finish, which I seated in with a specialized dead blow tool made in Portland
With a quick test fit, in ISO9001 compliance
On the upper mounting mechanism it was a little more straight forward, but required use of my cnc laser to precisely trim away some excess vibration damping material on the factory butt piece, which was fit in the manner the first was, heated (I was actually doing this because the brad nut has a step and I didn't want to blow the hole out to the larger diameter) and seated with my special Portland Press
Once finished on the Q butt piece, I used my mill and chamfered the fastener seat inside the Limbsaver and got set to assembling
Every BadonkaButt™ is assembled with Brand X blue thread locker, on an ISO9001 tailgate
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Possible but I kinda doubt it. Both my barrels are b/t and they have the tightest chambers of any of my rifles. 308 factory brass measures about 1.620" usually and my fired brass is 1.622-3". I actually had another one Saturday so 3 in the last 10 rounds. The ones that didn't go off measure about 1.618".
Either way it's on its way back to q now.
Your bumping too much.
1.623-1.618= .005
Resize a piece to 1.621 and test fire. There’s no reason to resize below 1.620 new brass size in a bolt gun.
By the way brass shrinks .001 after fired in chamber so your chamber is slightly longer than the brass that come out of it.
1.623-1.618= .005
Resize a piece to 1.621 and test fire. There’s no reason to resize below 1.620 new brass size in a bolt gun.
By the way brass shrinks .001 after fired in chamber so your chamber is slightly longer than the brass that come out of it.
Ill be curious what they say. With correct FP protrusion this shouldn't happen. Even with the cartridge able to move forward .004" more then normal it should have plenty of depth to strike an ignition
That's my thinking. I've had quite a few rifles with fired brass that measure out at 1.625 to 1.628 and have never had issues. I tried a few rounds with #34 primers and those took two tries to light but kind of understandable. Not setting off br-2's was the last straw for me. The feeding issues I've been putting up with for a while but haven't felt like sending it in. Traded off one scope and illumination crapped in another so I would be down a rifle anyway this time. I'm not sure when or where the brass that's oversized came from. I just know I had it marked once fired and it's FC so no big loss if I lose some hunting.
Ya, BR2s are very soft. You aren't dreaming the primer pocket ? I messed up that and went deep enough an AI AW had problems igniting BR2s and that rifle had a very aggressive firing pin.
Welp, that's a bummer. Hope it's back in your hands soon and good to go. My original barrel (bartlien tooley) was shooting at best a little over 1 moa, it went in and when it came back with a new tube it was much better then half with factory ELDMs. So I've got faith in their CS dept
I had this exact scenario happen with BR4 primers in a bat b action and the fix was what I stated above. Some actions have smaller firing pin protrusions and a couple thousandths makes a difference in ignition. I was just stating give my method a try before sending off for chamber work. Your chamber seems to be with in go gauge spec from the numbers you stated. Curious to see what they say. It sucks you’ll be without a gun for a while.
I'm hoping it's not the case that the misfires are from cases being a few thousands undersized. That may be fine on a bench or comp gun but they're still pushing the fix as a hunting/utility rifle. It needs to work. Period. I kinda wish they would have just gone with a 60 degree throw and increased the striker spring strength and/or reduced the bolt lift effort.
Was able to sight in and shoot my 22” 6.5 Fix for the first time. Super accurate and fed perfectly from 10 round PMAGS, 20 round Hexmags and 20 round DPMS steel mags. Recoil was much lighter than I expected, the bolt is very smooth to run and the gun very quiet. I shot out to 300yds (max distance of the range) and could place shots exactly where I wanted to on the plates.
Vortex 5-25x50 PSTII
Griffin Armament SPRM 15 moa scope mount
Griffin Armament 30-SD suppressor
Hoptic saddle cover
Knock off Harris bipod for now (atlas coming)
just need to add a suppressor cover, Red Tac rear bag, some practice and I’ll be ready for the long range class I’m taking in March. Have 500 rounds of Sellier and Bellot 140 gr 6.5 for now. May get some match Ammo once I step out farther.
Vortex 5-25x50 PSTII
Griffin Armament SPRM 15 moa scope mount
Griffin Armament 30-SD suppressor
Hoptic saddle cover
Knock off Harris bipod for now (atlas coming)
just need to add a suppressor cover, Red Tac rear bag, some practice and I’ll be ready for the long range class I’m taking in March. Have 500 rounds of Sellier and Bellot 140 gr 6.5 for now. May get some match Ammo once I step out farther.
I messaged them on this very issue with my 6.5CM recently and the response I received was “You need to run the Fix faster than older bolt guns.” Not saying I agree or disagree with this being an acceptable response. Just stating what I was told directly from Q.
I love the rifle and it is my favorite gun to shoot out of all that I own so I’m not going to let that ruin it for me. However, I would have almost rather The Fix utilize a proprietary mag that eliminated this situation than use a common SR25 mag.
I tried the velcro strip in the mag well, but it bothered me knowing it was there. Would love to know if anyone has the rifle can run the bolt fairly slow like a more traditional rifle and have the fix feed reliably or if this is just inherent to a somewhat universal fit mag in a bolt gun issue.
I run the bolt every which way in mine and have zero issues. Runs like a sewing machine. I use KAC 10rd mags
Mine is there now to see if they can straighten it out. It's been a week and a half but I haven't got an update. With some mags bullet tips hit below the feed ramps. 20 round mags greatly exxagerate it. Unusable for the most part. Running the bolt hard only tries to set the bullet back and maybe, sometimes, it will jump up on the ramp and load. Velcro in the magwell for me corrects the tip/ramp alignment but then I get bolt over base issues as the rear of the round kicks down while entering the chamber.
The magwell could be a little tighter but then pmags might not drop free.
The mag could sit higher but there doesn't seem like much room for that.
I think deeper feed ramps like an m4 could take care of my issues at least.
Somewhere quite a few pages back I thought someone mentioned seeing an ig post or something from q that they changed some dimensions on the receiver to take care of the mag issues.
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keep me posted on your situation. I’ll make my decision to pursue this further depending on how they handle yours. If they don’t fix yours I see no reason why they will fix mine.
Glad your’s runs smooth. I built mine at Q last spring. If I knew for certain the KAC mag would solve the problem I would gladly buy 2. But I don’t want to drop that much on mags to have the same problem. 2 P mags and 2 L7 mags and they all do the same thing.
