baldie Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Finished this a couple of weeks ago, and haven't had time to post it. Anyway, the brief was to rejuvenate this old AW. It was to be re barrelled in 6.5 Creedmoor and the old barrel retained [ .308 ] A Bartlien blank was chosen and duly machined up and fitted. Forget the exact length, but 24" rings a bell. The muzzle was screwcut in the correct AI 18mm x 1.5 pitch , and the thread covered with an invisible cap. The customer wanted it painting in H series graphite black. That can't be done and baked at 300 degrees without buggering the bedding. Someone has thrown some sort of paint at the poor thing, without any form of prep, or thought as to how it would look/dry. Typical of some of the bodgers who claim to be painters these days. The action was removed from the chassis and the barrelled action painted properly. It was then re bedded with the correct factory compound and the correct brass spacers. In other words....done properly. The moderator for it is a new Jet-z in matching paint. The chassis itself has a pair of viper skins with the extra fat grip, and is very nice indeed. Just an aside.....this is why the creedmoor works so well....these are 140 grain bullets, and will be around 10 thou off the lands. Check out the mag room.... Took the gun up to Diggle on a lousy day [ normal Diggle weather ] and zeroed it with 10 rounds. Then the guys were plinking at a tennis ball on the backstop at 400 yards. My friend gave me the come ups from his creedmoor and I then proceeded to hit it 3 shots out of 5. Great calibre built on an Icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meles meles Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Hmmm, that looks impressive, ooman. For us smaller brained kritters, would you care to explain why a Bartlein barrel was chosen ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted November 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 The customer picked it from my stock , I think he may have had one in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbal Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Precision RIfle Series Finals 2013 :top 50 shooters 50 barrels were: Bartlein 33,Krieger 9 (in 2012 it was 27/20) then a few each other makes. gbal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gun nut Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 I was talking to the owner yesterday , to say he's looking forward to getting it home would be an understatement! Nice work again Dave and with any luck I'll get a shot out of it by Christmas, weather and JP permitting PS I think it's 26" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazzer Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 I was at Diggle when Baldie tested this one, it was very impressive to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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