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Funny somehow if you think that one distorts the complete barrel which also get's several inches longer in the Hammer process vs only pulling a few ~0.1mm deep channels in the bore via button pulling. Put that in percentage then the hammer forged barrel should be 100's of times worse. Saying that I never had a fluted barrel. Anyway I would prefer a slightly smaller diameter on a non fluted barrel than playing around with flutes. No matter how it is made. edi

Fondled the 6-36 for a few minutes recently, seems a bit shorter than the 5-25. I really liked it. Good for left hand actions? edi

Seems as if hundreds of trucks arrived and Shot Show is being built up. IWA does not look as promising after the Spielwaren Messe at the same venue was called off. edi

Anyway, no risk no fun. we booked flights to vegas. @ds1 still have your bottle of moonshine at my sisters place. Will attack it again when over at IWA. edi

They keep sending us stuff about the IWA as well as the LE show a day or two before. "Only local authorities could close it" is what I heard. Recent Boat show in Germany was called off a day before opening... imagine all the yachts that were carted from all over for the exhibition, set up and then called off. I was saying they should move the shows from Germany to the UK.... I attended a NEC show a few months ago all as normal. Actually I should make that suggestion on a German forum.😜 edi

Not sure yet our selves, have all sorted to get into the show however will hold off with plane tickets till last minute. The Safari Club convention starts a day later. Was hoping to get that in as well.... edi

A few companies (as well as Beretta) have apparently already pulled out. So far it seems a go ahead. edi

I think a good product needs to grow. Very seldom will a new on the market product be perfect in design or material choice. Any action I have so far seen seems to have room for improvement. In my opinion it is also too much for a single person to design, manufacture and keep quality control to the level needed. I have worked in the past with a few one man show action manufacturers. They had very good points, brilliant features but also some not so great. Over time that can be rectified. The Euro market in long range shooting will grow quite strong in the near future, Long Range comps on the mainland with over 400 entries recently. edi

I recon one could replace the Allen Key version with the wheel version if one prefered that. Adding a spring into the cheek raiser is no big deal either if wanted. edi

MM Beatle on this or SD forum supplies Atlasworx in the UK. Or go directly Atlasworx Australia. If you go chassis you probably won't need a mag system. Just with wood or composite. edi

Go Remington 700 or clone. Atlasworx has LA floor plates for 300-338 etc with AI mag. Even a CIP 338LM if needed with the longer COL AI Mag. edi

That's version 2 (pre CTR) Btw, you can also order the newer release lever that follows the trigger guard shape which is a bit better for hunting. Less chance of unwanted mag release. edi

Which one are you looking for. Atlasworx have 4 different ones for the T3/T3X 1) Alu clone of the plastic original to take original Lite/Varmint etc. mags 2) AICS 223-308 pre CTR very similar to CDI, needs to be inlet 3) AICS 223-308 CTR footprint will fit into CTR stock inlets 4) AI AE 300wm long action needs some inletting from T3 Lite/Varmint etc. edi

DS1, a lot of water will run under the bridge till then... there might not be an IWA again. We still had half left in the bottle you gave us at my sisters house near IWA. The buggers will have it drunk until I get over again.... edi

Pity I had tickets for both Enforce & IWA. Hope they honour the tickets next year. Then again might look at shot show year after next. edi

Yes this rail is made to suit the stepped E-Tac3 & E-Tac4 stocks. also has M-Lok in the mid section. Normally Arca is a camera rail and should be easy to post as such also from the US. edi

Fantastic paint job. Lovely rifle. Well done Baldie. edi

Mark, bedding into a plastic stock is not the greatest. Often difficult to bond depending on what material the stock is actually made of. I have not heard of Redux nor used it. If it is an adhesive it might have different properties than actually wanted as a bedding material. Bedding compounds should be highly filled with metals, minerals and fibers. edi

I don't think one will go far wrong with Devcon, they normally have good products. We have bedded well over 500 stocks in the last years but would not use any of the normal bedding compounds. We blend our own bedding compounds using aerospace approved epoxy systems which lead to several advantages. OK if all bits are at hand however for the odd bedding devcon etc is easier. edi

Exactly Pete, we do know that the heat is transformed into the barrel, we do know that there are only millisecs. From the amount of heat and the short time and the heat transfer rate of the material one can assume how hot the surface of the barrel can be. Also how much it expands vs a tiny bit into the surface. This difference in temperature leads to stress and cracking. In material with or without sulphur, with or without chrome etc. Of course there is the chemical as well as abrasive element also but I think the main killer is firecracking/thermal shock. Heckler and Koch did tests and came to the conclusion that 20 round bursts then cool had longer barrel life than rifles that were shot single shot on the range. edi

It does not make any sense what you are saying. think it through again and start over. Maybe a bit more research? edi

Na, I don't buy it. Grain boundaries are always there no matter what you do with steel. Fire cracking can be seen in many other areas and materials such as in furnaces without any pressure. Fire cracking is a function of thermal shock. Extreme hot surface expands more than the materials allows, only option left is to crack on the surface. To decrease amount of fire cracking a steel with higher thermal conductivity would help as well as a material with lower Youngs modulus as well as a material with higher yield strength. (More thermal stretch before break/crack) Those with a lot of time on their hands could calculate the surface stress due to thermal shock in a barrel. edi

Mat did you buy that one new ? 10- 12 years old? Normally we had a number under the recoil pad. edi

At least with heads we all know what is meant. Language evolves. Recon we are at 50% that call the bullet a "head". Sit's on the neck where a head is supposed to be. Problem is they named the bits on a cartridge wrong day one. This will therefore never go away until fixed. edi

Have two sets, both 34mm both the lower version. edi ps. that Rem 700 also has the 20 MOA Spuhr rail.