baldie Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 Fridays gun is this little beauty. Built for PRL, its based on one of my own Valkyrie actions from a few years ago. The Barrel is a Sassen cut rifled blank, 1-7" twist, finished at 24" , parallel profile, and chambered in 6mmBr Norma. Muzzle thread is M18 x 1 and invisible capped. Sassen very kindly sponsor this shooter for the upcoming PRL league, as do they sponsor the British AI team with barrels, of which i'm a member. Very generous guys, and good to see a british manufacturer putting money back into the sport. Something to remember when you are planning your next re barrel chaps. Trigger is a Timney Calvin elite 2 stage unit. The barrelled action and base coat of the stock, is done in Cerakote Magpul FDE, and the stock has highlights done in OD green and Pale brown. The stock is an MDT ACC unit, with butt weight, and a myriad of internal and external weights supplied, including a bag rider. The gun is heavy. It should exhibit almost zero recoil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick 53 Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 Nice rifle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 Nice build Dave it will certainly be steady given the cartridge and profile of the barrel ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No i deer Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 Very nice 😋 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caerhays sniper Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 How wide is the barrel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted July 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 1.250" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby-93 Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 How does a 1.25” straight barrel at say 28/30” balance in a tactical style stock, McMillan A5 for example? Are barrels of that length and diameter better suited to heavier and longer forend socks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch-22 Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Scooby-93 said: How does a 1.25” straight barrel at say 28/30” balance in a tactical style stock, McMillan A5 for example? Are barrels of that length and diameter better suited to heavier and longer forend socks? Can’t answer with regard to a McMillan A5 but one of my Defiance/Eliso tube gun barrels is a 1.35” straight bull barrel that’s 30”. It is extremely heavy. The Eliso chassis is heavy in itself but the barrel makes it very front heavy. The forend tube of the chassis is long and heavy too, but as I mount my over barrel Phoenix/Fortmeier bipod I don’t have any issues. I think the longer forend the better, as it will balance better with a bipod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephentri Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 Hi would anyone know if there is a max weight of barrel that a rem or tikka action can take saying barrel is fully floated, just thinking the longer and heavier you go much put a lot of stress on the action , Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caerhays sniper Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 16 hours ago, baldie said: 1.250" 😮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Re-Pete Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 For what it's worth, I've had a 30" Lothar Walther straight taper s/steel hanging on my Tikka M595 (6.5x47) for around 5 years and a couple of thousand rounds...............hasn't fallen off yet. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnbuccaneer Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 Likewise I have a 28" Bartlein at 1.15" for 5" then down to 0.96" at the muzzle and it has provided sterling accuracy for the last 3200 rounds and 4 years, and it will be going off this weekend to have the same profile of Benchmark fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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