Picked up the new toy on tuesday after god knows how long since I set the ball rolling on my custom built 243AI
Neil AKA dasherman has done a fantastic jopb of screwing all the bits & bobs together to make a rifle that should last me many years!(the time isue was nothing to do with neil by the way!I Just seemed to have a mare with incorect parts!)
the quality of the screwcutting & bedding is unreal!
loaded up 15rds to check the case would blow out to AI flavor ok & off to a little farm jsut up the road from me!
loaded up
5x 68g bergers
5x80g bergers
5x nosler 70g BT with VIT150 & cci BR primers
I thought even tho its a match barrel id do the shoot clean/shoot clean thing anyhows!
anyway
Quick boresight & i was a couple of inches left of the dot which was bloody close as normally im lucky to hit the paperSo a result from the first shot really
Then the shoot & cleaning started!
I fired 3 more 80g bergers & they all were touching !!!popped a 68g berger in & still touching!
started cleaning every other shot & fired 4x 68g bergers into a silly little hole popped the last 80 g in & i tell u it wasent a millon miles away!(bottom right group!)
Basicaly the worst group is like 3/8 of an inch & thats whilst fireforming tp AI & cleaning every few mins !
Plus differnt weight bullets!
Fairly happy with the shillen barrel i can tell u!
anyway a picture paints a thousand words
(noslers top 68g bergers & onex 80g lower right)
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excuse the cow poo as the buggers knocked my box over & were hanging around like a rash around the truck!Kept havin to cahse em off!
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Rifle is a 243AI
shillen 1-12 barrel invisable thread protector
lawton action
A5 Mcmillan piller bedded
Jewle trigger
& looks like a millon other custom builds out there BUT its mine
Its all been media blasted a satin non glare finnish wich looks the dogs %########$
Ill have to say again Dasherman dose a FANTASTIC job at really sensible money!
THANKS VERY MUCH MATE(bet ur glad its finished)
It has a Preditor 8 compact on it which i was a little dubious about as i know Baz has had a few probs with them but ill have to say for the size & the fact that its got the wrong baffels(30cal at the mo untill next week)
It really does work well & its micro small compaired withthe 15"T12 pes i had last!
It may not be quite as good as others but its smaller/lighter/cheaper dosent wake the dead & i dont need ear plugs so thats good enough for me!
Anny way im chuffed & gona try & blood it later!
cheers Andy