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243Ai fianly fired

Postby skany » Fri May 09, 2008 5:40 pm

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)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/ ... MG2290.jpg

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!
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/ ... MG2286.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/ ... MG2288.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/ ... MG2289.jpg
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
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Re: 243Ai fianly fired

Postby Beer Hunter » Fri May 09, 2008 6:54 pm

Very nice Andy :)

Is that a round keyholed 2nd from bottom right?

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Re: 243Ai fianly fired

Postby skany » Fri May 09, 2008 7:49 pm

Beer Hunter wrote:Very nice Andy :)

Is that a round keyholed 2nd from bottom right?

Kev.


nope but i can see what u mean does look a bit like it!

The paper got a bit mingin wet when face down on wet grass & cow poo! :angry: :lol:
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Re: 243Ai fianly fired

Postby jeff » Sat May 10, 2008 12:52 am

Can't believe you got to fire yours first. :(

Still, all the issues sorted with mine too now, and off to the range this morning. Will report back.
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Re: 243AI finally fired

Postby jeff » Sat May 10, 2008 8:32 am

Right, FINALLY got out for a play with my .243AI today too. Very similar spec to Andy's:

Stiller Predator action
Lilja 26" fluted barrel, 1:12 twist
McMillan A5 stock
Jewell HVR trigger
HS Precision DM kit

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Anyway, it was pissing down all morning, very windy and probably the crappiest day all year - and I pick it to go to the range! :roll:

Needed to get the Lapua brass fireformed, and only had a couple of hours before the pistol match, with no time to mess about or shoot the wind, most groups were crap, but a couple obviously managed all 5 shots in the same or similar conditions. This is one of those! :)

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5 shot group, measuring edge to edge 0.522" with .243 gives a group of .279", so with fireforming loads, standard .243 case, nowhere near a hot load and no brass prep, I'm well chuffed. Can't remember for sure, but I think this was with N140, though Win 748 had a few good ones too.

I've got a mate coming over from Melbourne on Tuesday, and he's a State level competiton fly shooter, so I'll get some proper loads made up and see what he can do with it too.
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Re: 243Ai fianly fired

Postby skany » Sat May 10, 2008 1:12 pm

took it out last night 2 dog foxs & a cub:)

ideal
just pipped u there Jeff mate :lol:

looks like u got a shooter too:-)

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