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Thank you gents, very kind.

look on the left hand side of the barrel, where it meets the action. Somewhere around there it will have "JM" stamped, that denotes a genuine Marlin.

It says nothing of the sort. It doesn't say what caused the fault, only that , that particular rifle had one. Strange that none of the other American owners [ however many there are ] have not reported the same fault. When you've seen and mended as many trigger faults as I have over the years, you realise , if it smells like Bull, looks like bull, it usually is, Bull. Full marks to Sig for being all over it.

No idea, but it's light.

It will also be used as a plinker, so will get some rounds down it from time to time. The customer also wanted to use this stock, which has a very wide barrel channel, and a sporter would have looked silly. I also hate sporter profiles, with a passion.

This customers brief was a lightweight rifle in .223 for climbing up and down Cumbria with. I started with a Borden Alpine action, to which was fitted a 20" sassen cut rifled, heavily fluted varmint weight blank. M18 x 1 and capped. This is the way I always advise a customer to go when weight is an issue, and the calibre allows for a short barrel. A short stiff varmint is always going to be more accurate than a long thin sporter. The barrelled action is painted in OD cerakote. Picked a nice lightweight Hausken moderator for it too. Trigger is a Calvin Elite, and its sat in one of Edi's stocks. The recoil lug socket was bedded. Floorplate is an Atlasworx. Customer wanted one of the old "baldiecam" patterns, and this was executed in several shades of Duracoat, which is actually better for stocks than Cerakoat.

Fear not...the thing will be in bits, faster than a greased weasel......😂

Very few factory rifles will cope with sand, the only one that will, is the AI, with any reliability, because it was made to withstand the stuff. I'm guessing your rifle of 100 years pedigree is a military arm ? Purely by its age, it will have a very basic trigger, and basic triggers will stand crud well too. this isn't a 100 year old gun. It has a modern trigger, designed for Civilian use, and by people who dont subject a gun to those conditions. Virtually all aftermarket triggers will fail in this way, from dirt. I've seen jewel's fail with only rain. Its all subjective. Most aftermarket units tell you in the instructions to manipulate the bolt slowly. For very good reason, unless you want a slam-fire. They all will do it, if abused. Those two tactifools were abusing that gun, and the way, they panned off the gun, while saying there was a fault, set alarm bells ringing with me personally. Personally, I think if there was a known issue, Sig would have sorted it PDQ, as the gun has been out already in the states. The X mark pro issue, remington found, cost them millions. I really doubt any manufacturer would let any trigger issue slide. Then of course, there is the question of whether the trigger had been adjusted low enough to make it unsafe, that's not mentioned, but I'd lay guinness to bricks it had. Shooters cannot leave an allen key hole alone.....Much the same as ...well...... 🤣 I'm looking forward to mine, and if there IS a trigger problem, I'll say so, but it won't be abused to make it fail.

Are you guys serious ? I wasted half an hour of my time listening to that backwoods bubba. That rifle failed because it had half a the contents of a bedouins slipper in there. The rifle is absolutely filthy with sand in every orifice. You only have to look at how roughly they are having to manipulate the bolt to see that. That is the real danger of youtube. Any cretin with a camera can set themselves us a Reviewer/Expert, and you get sh1t like this , and it truly is sh1t. No affiliation to Sig whatsoever, I'm simply buying one with my own money, cause I fancy one. That video is mint choc chip.

The cartridge HAS been adopted as far as I know. If so, there won't be an ammo problem. The Fury has only just received SAAMI acceptance. It will have to do the same with CIP. It isn't going to sell here, with estimated ammo costs circa £3 a bang. Shame, because its a real game changer, power wise. Hate to say this Scotch, but I really hope the cross isn't like the Fix. I've shot the fix, and it was frankly, horrible. That bolt handle is a joke on a 4.5K rifle.

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Not much gets me moist these days, but i've just backordered one of these. There are non in the country yet, despite companies advertising them..... I'm gonna do bad things to it.........

I need to get me some of them 88's John. Its the Darling bullet in the states for the Valk. Thats a really nice group. Running starline brass ?

Love to lee, but its not gonna happen anytime soon is it ? I like the look of it, and will get one myself to try. It isn't going to be as efficient as a brake I suspect. I've used a lot of A-tecs and ASE's over the years, and always rated them.

The 90's are doing 2900 fps from 26 grains of powder. It would go harder as their is no pressure there, but I dont want to trash the primer pockets, as the starline brass has a reputation for it.

Oh no bother John. I had mine out just before lockdown, trying the new reloder16 in it. Get yourself a tub, its even better than vhit 160.

Another recent one. Customer wanted a .224 Valkyrie, and we chewed over the pro's and cons of an AR or bolt action build. The Valkyrie is a fussy round. I hate to say that, but it is, and i'm certain its down to average brass. I keep hoping one of the Gucci brass guys will take it, and we live in hope. Its a very strange cartridge. The best I can consistently get, after hours of experimentation, is around half inch groups, in either platform. Whilst its no tack driver at 100 yards, the little cartridge belies its long range performance. I remember shooting my AR at diggle, with a guy either side of me shoot AR223's. It was blowing a gale, and I was holding the V bull at 300 yards with mine. The two guys either side, were getting blown off the target, onto the backer. Despite running very little more powder than a 223, it will shove a 90 grain, faster than a 77, from an AR in 223, and that's its real beauty. A friend has hammered gongs out to 800 in wind with his, so there is a very real advantage over a .223 in wind, with it. Parts are an issue. If you go the AR route, it has to be a 6.8SPC bolt head and mags. If you go bolt route, this action, or the TL3 , is it, in custom. Bighorn do a dedicated bolt head for it. I believe there are factory guns from moss berg, and possibly remington appearing too. This is a bighorn Origin, from good old Paddy. It has a sassen 1-7" cut rifled blank fitted, in Rem Varmint profile, M18 thread and one of my 3 port brakes fitted. Trigger is a Bix n Andy. Its sat in an Accuracy International AT stock. Paint on the metalwork is Magpul FDE. Paint on the skins is the same, with various other shades . Skins are a pain....if you are prepared to do them right, that is. These were degreased, then blasted. Degreased again, then a special self etching plastic primer applied. You then have to get the base coat on, as the primer flashes off. Into the oven for a low bake. Then another colour, and a low bake, repeat as many times as you have different colours.... Takes a long time. The magazine is a standard AICS with my small cartridge conversion fitted. This action is control round feed, so works beautifully with such a little case.

Cant remember without looking at the spec sheet John, probably 26"

If enough gas is making it to the brake to make it work, the moderator isn't doing what it should. You can't have both and expect them to work properly.

One of last weeks guns. This is a 6XC built on a Bighorn origin action. The barrel is a 1-7" cut Sassen, muzzle threaded M18x 1 and invisible capped. It also has one of my new brakes. Trigger is a Bix N Andy. The stock is a very rare Sentinel, fitted with its own floor plate and AICS mag. Its been fully bedded. The one area which had to be be cut away and altered was the ejection port, dont think anyone would know though ! Paintwork is Cerakote Tungsten . As always, all work is done in house by myself.

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These were machining marks. It had definatly not been inspected. Fit for growing tomatoes up.

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