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For a change I remembered to take a pic of the original project rifle before tearing it apart.
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Nice!
The one who dies with the most toys still dies--except in Christ.
I'm always in such a rush to tear them apart I forget to take those! And you know they're never "done". Nice end result,what barrel?
"An armed society is a polite society"
"...shall not be infringed" What's the confusion?
It's a 26" ER Shaw. I really wanted that darned helical fluting.!! Turned out to be a pretty good shooter.
That's sweet.....what stock/color scheme is that? Looks to be a Varmint contour barrel, fits good?
Thanks, it's a Boyd's Prairie Hunter in Pepper Laminate.
The barrel is Magnum contour, I think the pic angle makes it look a bit heftier than it is, haha I won't go there!!!
How long was the wait for the barrel? Last Shaw I bought took over a year.
"An armed society is a polite society"
"...shall not be infringed" What's the confusion?
If I remember correctly it was about 8 months turnaround on it.
I ordered another one this past November and they estimated about a 6 month or so wait. Hopefully they're in the ballpark.
Good looking gun. I like the barrel twist too.
Thanks Snowgetter. I've had a lotta pea shooters come and go over the years but I'm pretty attached to this one, think I might hang on to her.
Nice Job Barrel Burner! That is a excellent example of taking a perfectly fine savage hunting rifle and creating precision tack driver. I bet she's a shooter!
Beautiful,love the pepper stocks.
Sexy lil rifle if i my say so!!!
Thanks guys.
You know 223, I should probably be ashamed of myself for this, but I stopped load development on this one once I hit 1/2 moa. Only burned one powder and no seating depth tinkering so far. I loaded up 4 batches of 5rnds and have been using that last combination ever since. She holds 1/2 moa real consistent unless I get impatient and get her too warm.
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Life is tuff.....its even tuffer when your stupid
{John Wayne}
Oh how I wish they all tuned up like that!Originally Posted by BarrelBurner
Originally Posted by keeki
Guess it doesn't really matter. If ya cant afford $15, you won't be buying much anyways
It would get boring if we didn't have one every now and again that gets our blood pressure up!!!
I'm working with one of those right now.
That looks good. What bolt handle is that and what caliber (if I missed it)? If you don't mind, what does the barrel measure at about the 20" and 18" mark? I've looked at that contour but I don't plan on leaving it the full 26" in length.
Thanks Twostepct.
Bolt Handle is an oversize Savage stainless that's been dressed up a little.
It's chambered in .280 ack imp.
The helical fluting makes it a little tough to measure the diameter exactly, but its about .740" at 20 inches and .755" at 18 inches.
Hey thanks a bunch, I really appreciate it.
For a change I remembered to take a pic of the original project rifle before tearing it apart.
Before:
and After:
Nice looking build barrel burner. What caliber is your Shaw barrel in? Im thinking about getting one from shaw in .204ruger but had heard rumors that these barrels werent of very good quality for a build. What is your view on a shaw barrel?
Thanks Remingtonman.
This one is chambered in .280 ack imp.
I really have no complaints about these barrels, but I'm not shooting them in match level competition.
Accuracy-wise I was pleasantly surprised , the .280 ack shoots in the .5's but may do better but I stopped load development on the fourth batch of loads and have been shooting those ever since. It was intended as 500yd and less hunting rifle so i figured that was good to go.
The other 2 barrels do a little better. One is pretty consistent at .3's (no BS, have numerous reference targets) with some .2's here and there, the other was the exact same barrel and usually ran in the .4's.
I did pre-lap these by hand before shooting the first rounds. I don't know how much difference it made but it didn't seem to hurt anything and maybe made them a bit easier to clean.
I've purchased all of them within the last 3yrs so I can't say what they were like prior to this. I'm waiting on a fourth barrel in 6.5 Creedmoor from them which I'm hoping to see fairly soon.
If you go with them, just be prepared for a wait, I was told 6-8 mos for this last one and I'm at about 6 mos right now.
thanks for the info barrel burner.did you float and bed the action on your .280 AI?
I did both, Action is bedded in Devcon with pillars installed and barrel is free floated.
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