.243 AI almost here

Verminator2

Verminator2

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I bought my dad's Remington 700 22-250 to use as a donor action for my .243 AI. I bought a Douglas .243 AI barrel from a friend/gunsmith, so he put the barrel on the action and everything. I also traded a couple calls for my cousins SPS Varmint stock to put on it. Here it is so far.

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I'm waiting for my McMillan A5 in Desert Camo to put on it, it should be SWEET then. I ran some Factory Remington 100gr. Core-Lokts in it to see if it would shoot good enough for deer. After I got it sighted in, 4 shots went into about 3/4". Good enough for me. Can't wait to see what it does with "decent" ammo /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Read that article, pretty interesting. I've shot this barrel when it was on a different rifle, shot great, hopefully it will do the same now.
 
Have you ordered your McM stock yet? I hear often times people are waiting 6 months to year to get them. That would be a killer. They are nice stocks though.
 
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Have you ordered your McM stock yet? I hear often times people are waiting 6 months to year to get them. That would be a killer. They are nice stocks though.


I received one a couple months ago. It took almost exactly 4 months, just what they said.

Jack
 
I was considering one for my last project, but was real hesitant. At the time many were complaining about wait times, and past due delivery times.

It's completly understandable a small shop making so many stocks for the military, police and shooting community. Getting behind is easy.

Maybe they are getting ahead now.
 
No I haven't ordered it. I'm hoping to find a used one someplace. Still have to get the dough to buy one /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Hopefully a bobcat this year will take care of it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Well, I gave the stock a bit of a makeover. Didn't have the guts to paint the barrel, which it really needs /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Here is a group I shot with the barrels previous best load with the 75gr. Vmaxs. Don't know what happened on the last shot though /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif 42 grains of IMR 4895.

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Don't know what happened on the last shot though /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif 42 grains of IMR 4895.




Ben, I'm sure it wasn't the jerk behind the trigger /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Seriously nice coyote rig you have. I hope you get that flier problem solved.
 
Lol, I hope not /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif I shot that in a 8 mph wind at about 4 30 o'clock, fireforming. I'll shoot it again with fire formed loads and a calm wind soon. Hit a rabbit at 275 tonight, and came REAL close on one a tad over 600 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Wow, keep trying-you'll get one.. That's right you have alot of those little buggers hopping around down there. We got a few on our trip down there. I know that's alot of fun.
 
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