Maxis Project - Rolling Chassis Complete

[DrThunder88]

It's pretty nice. The glass is okay. I'd put it on the same level or maybe a hair below my Philippine-made scopes in terms of clarity. I don't know how it will function in lower light or higher glare situations. The eye relief is painfully restricted at higher magnifications. It's still far enough from my face that it won't bite me, but even the miniscule difference in head position between sitting at a bench and laying prone seems to be enough to make it hard to use. The controls seem to be good too. They feel a tad soft on the clicks, but they respond appropriately to adjustments.

Thanks for the complients. Other than the forthcoming barrel upgrade, I have yet to finish my standard trigger job by installing a lighter spring. It is already shimmed, but the weight is still quite high. I just finished threading the bolt handle, and they just get easier with practice. This one didn't even take an hour. My selection of potential bolt knobs just arrived too. I must say it's nice living so close to McMaster-Carr but not living in Ohio, because standard shipping gets my stuff here the next day and I don't pay sales tax.

very nice! I think I would have had the receiver trued for a standard/heavy lug to handle that kind of recoil, but it will be interesting to see how it holds up!

So far so good on that front. I know it's only early on, but there are as yet no signs of undue stress on the recoil lug or the bedding. I had thought about facing the receiver. Apart from not wanting to wait, I liked the prospect of having a few extra threads' worth of engagement on the barrel. The long action bolt head I used is over a tenth of an inch longer than the short action bolt head Axises come with, and I wanted to preserve as much barrel-to-receiver contact as possible.

The only damage I notice anywhere seems to be on the action screw sockets, but I suspect that's from me trying to put too much torque on them and possibly a worn driver bit.