GA Precision is launching a new action called the GAP Tempest. This action is made for them by Horizon Machine. It is currently only available as a short right-hand action. THey will be releasing a left hand version and eventually long action versions. 308 and Saum/WSM boltface are currently available. The bolts are a one piece 3 lug, 60 deg bolt throw design with a recessed bolt lugs. This mean that the action doe not have any raceways, which makes it significantly easier to manufacture. It features a long barrel tennon and an intragal recoil lug. The action is 100% drop in for Remington 700 stocks and chassis. The feedlips are cut to accept AI AW mags. This action will not work with AICS mags.
On this action, GAP decided not to go with an integral picatinni rail because of problems many people are having mounting some of the scopes with longer eye relief. Many of these scopes require the front ring to be forward of the recoil lug. Badger Ordnance has released a line of cantilevered unimounts to address this issue. Extended scope rails will be on the final version of the Tempest action, and will extend approximately 1.5-2" beyond the face of the action. This will move the scope sufficiently forward and will still allow it do me mounted low. The shortest unimounts still put the center of the scope 1.3" above the rail, which is higher that many shooters would like. The action uses standard Remington 700 triggers. However, it mounts the trigger with a trigger hanger bracket that allows the trigger to be swapped out in the field with a simple hex key.
The action is very smooth and very fast. See George's video at the bottom.
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Thanks to Bill Tompkins of GA Precision for supplying me with some supplementary pictures of the action.
Update: Bill Tompkins send me a few more pictures to shot how the breech ring works.
On this action, GAP decided not to go with an integral picatinni rail because of problems many people are having mounting some of the scopes with longer eye relief. Many of these scopes require the front ring to be forward of the recoil lug. Badger Ordnance has released a line of cantilevered unimounts to address this issue. Extended scope rails will be on the final version of the Tempest action, and will extend approximately 1.5-2" beyond the face of the action. This will move the scope sufficiently forward and will still allow it do me mounted low. The shortest unimounts still put the center of the scope 1.3" above the rail, which is higher that many shooters would like. The action uses standard Remington 700 triggers. However, it mounts the trigger with a trigger hanger bracket that allows the trigger to be swapped out in the field with a simple hex key.
The action is very smooth and very fast. See George's video at the bottom.
[youtube]nxFn6VPOP-8[/youtube]
Thanks to Bill Tompkins of GA Precision for supplying me with some supplementary pictures of the action.
Update: Bill Tompkins send me a few more pictures to shot how the breech ring works.
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