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Hi all,
I'm pretty new to this caliber, having recently completed my first 6.5G, and I am having a blast!
Used a 18" Liberty (Stoner) barrel purchased at Christmas. Yay, Merry Christmas to me... Anyway, been lurking here since long before that, and watched the drama with interest.
Assembled it, tested it, not "entirely happy". Still shot good though, for the 7 or so rounds on a reasonably low charge of 28.5 grains WIN748 and a 123 gr. Lapua Scenar.
Got an exchanged bolt from Satern, and bought another from Underground Tactical.
Thanks to Mark with Precision Firearms, the barrel is now perfect!
Decided to assemble it with a Midwest Industries Gen2 SS 15", and a VLTOR A1 style FH. Not sure if the rest is worth mentioning, but the Rainier Arms forged upper exceeded my expectations. Decided to top it off with a SWFA SS3-15x42 and an American Defense Recon mount.
Now that it is back in action, I am very happy! Now I am starting the process of working up a load or two consisting of the components I have on hand. Scored 4 boxes of the AA 123 Scenar loads from MidwayUSA last week, so I have something to compare to
Have shot it at 100 and 200 so far, but it's going to take a little springtime work to get the 300 yard line up. It's a new firing position and we have a lot of growth to trim back, and the honeysuckle is going nuts again. This weekend looks promising!
Thanks to you all for making this place such an informative site!
I'm pretty new to this caliber, having recently completed my first 6.5G, and I am having a blast!
Used a 18" Liberty (Stoner) barrel purchased at Christmas. Yay, Merry Christmas to me... Anyway, been lurking here since long before that, and watched the drama with interest.
Assembled it, tested it, not "entirely happy". Still shot good though, for the 7 or so rounds on a reasonably low charge of 28.5 grains WIN748 and a 123 gr. Lapua Scenar.
Got an exchanged bolt from Satern, and bought another from Underground Tactical.
Thanks to Mark with Precision Firearms, the barrel is now perfect!
Decided to assemble it with a Midwest Industries Gen2 SS 15", and a VLTOR A1 style FH. Not sure if the rest is worth mentioning, but the Rainier Arms forged upper exceeded my expectations. Decided to top it off with a SWFA SS3-15x42 and an American Defense Recon mount.
Now that it is back in action, I am very happy! Now I am starting the process of working up a load or two consisting of the components I have on hand. Scored 4 boxes of the AA 123 Scenar loads from MidwayUSA last week, so I have something to compare to
Have shot it at 100 and 200 so far, but it's going to take a little springtime work to get the 300 yard line up. It's a new firing position and we have a lot of growth to trim back, and the honeysuckle is going nuts again. This weekend looks promising!
Thanks to you all for making this place such an informative site!
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