minkstone Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Beautiful looking actions, but the "barley twist" fluting spoils it for me,...are there options on the type of fluting Baldie? Can you "Tuftride" bolts and actions on customers own rifles, and is it a very expensive process? Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Yes, you can have a lighter, slower helical twist, or straight flutes, diamond flutes, or none at all. If you call in at the stand at the show this weekend [if you are going ] all permutations will be on display. Tuftriding is available on anything, but its not cheap. As with most chemical refinishing, the companies like to do a job lot. A single bolt costs the same as a dozen, so you need to have enough to send in one go to make it reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Here's the finished rifle. Valkyrie Valhalla action , Bartlien barrel chambered in .22Br. 20 MOA rail, stainless bolt ball, and bolt fitted has the camlocks and tuftrided finish. Stock is a Robertson tactical, fully bedded and finished in a double pattern. It has a silver and black flectarn buried in the base layers, to accentuate the silver and black action, then the top coats are silver marble over a black base, overlaid with candy apple red. 8 coats of clear to bury it with a wet flat inbetween each coat. Dakota arms floorplate that cost one whole kidney.... Come and see it at the show. I will also have the new plain action there too. Pics to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Here's the finished rifle. Valkyrie Valhalla action , Bartlien barrel chambered in .22Br. 20 MOA rail, stainless bolt ball, and bolt fitted has the camlocks and tuftrided finish. Stock is a Robertson tactical, fully bedded and finished in a double pattern. It has a silver and black flectarn buried in the base layers, to accentuate the silver and black action, then the top coats are silver marble over a black base, overlaid with candy apple red. 8 coats of clear to bury it with a wet flat inbetween each coat. Dakota arms floorplate that cost one whole kidney.... Come and see it at the show. I will also have the new plain action there too. Pics to follow. V. V. nice david and what a terrific prize for youre show raffle competition. Illl seee you on the sunday make sure you have the kettle on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagged 77 Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Wow that paint work came out nicely Dave, stunning build! Good luck with the show this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Here are some sneak previews of the basic action. Its stainless steel just the same as the others, but its a basic round action with no frills. No flutes etc, just a good , basic custom action. It has a sako extractor etc and the only options availble on it are rail type, and bolt knob. It comes with your choice of rail and a custom recoil lug. One and two piece bases in aluminium are included in the basic price of £850 retail. Stainless one piece rails are extra [tbc] Choice of badger style bolt knobs in two sizes or stainless ball included. These are available to the trade direct from myself , or to your choice of RFD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannywayoflife Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Very very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pork chop Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 very nice dave love the 22br and the basic action very smart,nice clean simple looking i think it looks as good as the other action,hope to get to talk tommorow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambsey Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Stunning Dave, especially like the candy twist bolt. Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
204 RUGER Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Sorry Dave but m going to make sure I totally avoid your section at the show tomorrow..........purely because it could be a very expensive day out if I go near it...nice Looking action at a good price for a full custom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 hi baldie , where can i see the actions,your website? (on the net!) as hope fully id like to have another rifle built prob in 6x47 , and £850 sounds about the kinda swag id pay for the build/action ! thanks TIM.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergal Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Great looking actions Dave, hope you get lots of orders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxing2night Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 Great looking actions Dave, hope you get lots of orders. They are truly things of beauty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 hi baldie , where can i see the actions,your website? (on the net!) as hope fully id like to have another rifle built prob in 6x47 , and £850 sounds about the kinda swag id pay for the build/action ! thanks TIM.. oops didnt ralise there was 2 pages ! seen em now ! sweeet ! wish i ad your job ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Finally got out with a box of ammo for the first serious test of the gun. I decided to go with Hornady A-max in 75 grains and Varget powder. Using data off the 6mmBr website, i loaded up a few rounds starting at 27 grains and going up to 28.5. I though that was the max and stopped. Only when i checked again did I realise the max is 29.5. The gun shot well from the off, regularly putting 3 out of 5 in one hole, but losing the other two slightly. However, as with a lot of cartridges, the groups started to really shrink as the load got hotter. These were the hottest two, and there were no pressure signs whatsoever. I,m going to go the full grain extra, and then play with seating depth. These were 0.010" off. Once i have a good load , i,m going to swap the bolt. This bolt has no cam locks. Its brother has [identical headspace] and that should prove a good test of whether the cam locks make a difference in this particular case. This would be a lovely bench gun had it been in a more suitable stock. The bolt lift is so light its unreal. Trigger was set way too heavy and i,d no allen keys with me , but it shot lovely....one of them guns that just feels "right". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pork chop Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 dave do you know what speed you getting with the 75's.would love to try them but only got a 10 twist in my br Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Not even hooked the chrono up to the gun yet PC. I,m a firm believer in looking at the groups, not the figures on a chrono. I,ll wait until i,m happy with the load, then run it over the chrono to see what figures i have to set a ballistic chart up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pork chop Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 ok buddy be interested when you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted March 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 Been out with some more rounds this morning, taken up to book max for this bullet, and it would stand some more....no pressure signs. It appears it likes them slightly closer to the lands, these were 0.005" off. May try it on the lands next time. Anyway, this is an average group from this morning. I personally dont think this bullet will get much better, and plan to try some Bergers at some point, plus the experiment with the other bolt. Either way, producing regular groups of this quality proves the gun to me personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onehole Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 Been out with some more rounds this morning, taken up to book max for this bullet, and it would stand some more....no pressure signs. It appears it likes them slightly closer to the lands, these were 0.005" off. May try it on the lands next time. Anyway, this is an average group from this morning. I personally dont think this bullet will get much better, and plan to try some Bergers at some point, plus the experiment with the other bolt. Either way, producing regular groups of this quality proves the gun to me personally. The Amax range seem to give high two,s and low three,s in the calibres I have used most of the time but have rarely seen better,,,,,ok for my applications generally speaking but look to Berger etc etc to pull in better. Lovely rifle ,,,,,,perfection!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 forgot to ask today baldie are the odins heat treated before or after machining ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted July 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 i was hoping youd say that , cheers ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckyou34 Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Anybody have try the Valkyrie actions ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Pimp Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 John Carr turned up at Diggle last weekend with two versions of his latest action - they look and feel great. One was a repeater, the other single-shot. If you want to see one - and all his other actions - John will be at the Northern Shooting Show next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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