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Your SPR would make a decent base for a custom rig (in particular a great hunting rifle) later on
Exactly the line I was thinking as well
Your SPR would make a decent base for a custom rig (in particular a great hunting rifle) later on
the Sako and AI would likely do far better on the resale market.
Exactly the line I was thinking as well
I just happened to have one.
The SPR action makes a terrific base for a hunting rifle because, while it's essentially a Winchester M70, it's got a pre-64 trigger, which is renowned for it's reliability, and can be tuned for a very nice break. And unlike pre-64 M70s, the SPR is a true short action. The best of both worlds. The scope base mounting screws are also a bit beefier than a stock M70. For those who like to hunt hard with a short action, a custom SPR sporter is close to perfection, IMO.
At one point, CDNN was selling SPR actions, but they're long gone. I'm still kicking myself for not getting any (let alone the half dozen that I should've bought).
Round receivers cannot resist torque from firing.
http://www.scout.com/military/snipers-hide/forums/5514-bolt-action-rifles/13536474-the-mausingfield
read that long thread and if when you are finished you do not want the American Rifle Company action I will be surprised.
Round receivers are wonderful epoxy bedded in conventional wood or synthetic stocks when barrel torque is no more than what 308 Win's shooting 150-gr. bullets cause. With heavier bullets, Rem. 700's so stocked worked loose from perfect fit after 300 or so rounds. 30 caliber magnums on Rem 700 receivers went half that many. Accuracy degraded about a half MOA or a little more, then rebedding fixed it. Hard to detect by most people shooting aperture sights in three positions.
Some 'smiths put a 1" or thicker recoil lug on such barreled actions that helped a little. Pillar bedded 700's did a little better. Some 700's with 30 caliber magnum barrels had their recoil lugs bent forward from recoil. Tubb recoil lugs for 700's are thicker and harder than factory originals.
Question: the $1600 Mausingfield actions have a "Battle-proven M1903 Springfield inertial" ejector. How does it work? Never heard of an inertial ejector.
I don't have much experience with stock/chassis selection. I ended up with a KRG X-Ray chassis because I could install myself without bedding and lose no accuracy potential. the Mausingfield dropped right in, torque down the action screws and go. my other reason for the X-Ray was price and weight. it is the lightest chassis, rivaled only by a manners elite carbon fiber series, but by the time to get the manners mini chassis you are equal weight for nearly twice the money. Or get a traditional stock, add the bottom metal and bedding and you are still significantly more expensive than KRG X-RAy
If one sees accuracy loss in a couple hundred shots and rebedding the round Remmy fixes it, then this cycle repeats, seems to me and others experiencing this its objectivly measuring it. Never known of Winchesters having this problem. One of the multiple time National High Power Champions alerted me about this. So did Sierra's ballistics man. Stock screws torqued in for each day's shooting keeps bedding force repeatable.I am not trying to create an argument but to learn more about this since I am not understanding how anyone could objectively measure the adverse effect of torque.
the really neat aspect of this is the user can intentionally sling brass across space and time into the next universe by running the bolt really hard, or be gentle and have a nice little pile of brass next to the shooter
Then, one only needs decide if the scope will be Docter, Swarovski or Kahles (on my!).simply get a BPR 17 for around $1,900 and go compete with it if you want as they show 1/4 moa out of the box consistently.
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Or stop the bolt short then take the fired case out to go back into the box next to a loaded one so it stays cleaner than those aground.the really neat aspect of this is the user can intentionally sling brass across space and time into the next universe by running the bolt really hard, or be gentle and have a nice little pile of brass next to the shooter, case velocity is determined by the bolt velocity, not a spring
Then, one only needs decide if the scope will be Docter, Swarovski or Kahles (on my!).