Well this project has been in the works for a while. Had the action, stevens with a 308 bolt face, got a .223 bolt face off the EE here. AICS chassis built for savage, benchmark 30 cal 1-8 twist 1.25 straight contour barrel (finished at 11.5 inches), SSS trigger, and wearing a falcon menace 4.5-18x56 for the time being. Had my night force on it as well but that belongs on another rifle. Not sure what I will end up with but this will do till I figure it out. Been loading 200g lapua's and 110 vmax's. The sub lapua's were not horrible sound wise and grouped well.(still use hearing protection) 110 vmax's same but of course, louder. Absolutely no recoil at all cause of rifles weight and iddy biddy size of round. Is really fun to shoot. Lookin forward to shooting some coyotes with the 110's. Was doing load development last weekend with it so didn't photograph groups but goin out again this weekend so will have some 5 round groups. Benchmark barrel is awesome. Put 30-40 rounds through it...(not a real break in fan) came home and wipeout foamed the barrel. First puddle came out black and almost no blue at all. Dry patched it and repeated. Clear. Dry patched again and one more shot to be sure, clear and clean patches. Barrel looks like a mirror. Really happy with it and was only about a 6 week wait from when it was ordered. Coolest part of this was that I did most of the barrel work and chambering myself. Need to do a skim coat bedding job still but it's doing really well without it. Will bed it no matter what just to take that variable out of the equation. Still need to build a thread protector for it.
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