Hello gun-nutters,
First, a disclaimer: I am no professional reviewer by any stretch. I just wanted to share an excellent customer experience that I had.
I recently purchased an insite arms rifle. I am very, very, pleased with my purchase. The customer service Insite offered was excellent. They took the time to talk with me, answer any of my questions. Andrew, one of the partners of Insite, sent me a picture of a 10 shot group shot from a firearm that I was interested in purchasing. Andrew also corresponded with me afterwards to see how the rifle shot, gave me some load development ideas, and let me know that he test shoots with Federal Gold Medal and/or Blackhills ammo. The main point here is that Andrew, and Insite, is available to offer support and answer any questions that you may have.
Any good build starts with quality components: like a surgeon action (with an integral recoil lug and pic rail), jewell trigger, hawk-hill barrel, and aics stock. Then add the gunsmithing in to keep things square, and voila, you have an excellent shooter.
With Insite, you can custom order your components or buy from in-stock rifles. During my last conversation, Andrew mentioned that Surgeon actions and hawk-hill barrels are the go-to components though. I asked about a defiance deviant action, and he said he could get them, but that they would take time. I also asked about Bartlein barrels, and he said that he preferred the hawk-hill barrel. On to the shooting...
I shot 4, 5-shot groups. The top two targets are with 185 bergers over varget (the left target) while the right target is 185 bergers over RL17. The bottom two are remington factory loaded 175 grain SMK's. The bottom right target I shot quickly just to see how the rifle fed, and so that is why the group opened up. But a .861 5-shot group fired rapidly, with no feeding issues whatsoever is a group that I would take any day. I didn't have the IPSC timer with me, so I don't have a time to post. It was as fast as I could cycle the bolt and pull the trigger.
I shot off of a bench, with a 10 power scope and with no rear bag. My best group was .523 moa with berger 185 grain handloads. I pulled one shot, otherwise, the group would have been way tighter. I did not do any load development. It was a load that worked well for me in another .308 that I had, so that is a plus, it is not picky about what I feed it. I am confident that when I do go back to the range with a higher powered scope and a rear bag, it is a 1/4 moa rifle, all day. I may do load development for it, but the loads that I have do shoot well, so I may just stick with them.
I verified the group size with on-target software. I was going to post a screen shot, but then it would have been 4 screen shots for the 4 groups, and I suck at posting pics on this site.
I like to shoot new rifles sort of handicapped to get an idea as to how they perform. I use these rifles to target shoot as well as to hunt. I do not always get perfect shooting positions while hunting, so I like to see how the rifle would perform in a sub-optimal position; shooting positions are even less optimal when shooting a PRS-style of competition. I would have gone prone for the shooting, I prefer to shoot prone, but my range does not allow prone shooting. Bench only for rifle. I understand that bench shooting is closer to optimal than field shooting, but to account for that, I do not use the rear bag. If it were a competition or something, I would use every advantage that I could get, including a rear bag and higher magnification scope. If my rifle can perform with a 10x vortex pst scope and no bag, a harris bipod (sans swivel), with 'average' match ammo, then for sure it will perform quite well with excellent factory match ammo or finely tuned hand-loads, and other accessories. And it is worth mentioning that the slick surface of the bench did not offer any traction for the rubber bipod feet of the harris.
Any accuracy test should use the same ammo, like the FGM or the Blackhills, but all Cabela's had was the remington ammo. The bullets were heavliy crimped and so were the primer pockets. I am sure that if I had FGM or Blackhills, the groups would have been tighter. But, with all of the conditions that I shot under, the rifle performed very well, and in a big way.
I am very happy with the purchase. The rifle, with the short 20 inch barrel, handles closer to my ruger gunsite scout than to a target rifle. It handles like a carbine. The overall package tips the scales at 13lbs, unloaded, with the 2.5 to 10x optic mounted. A little heavy for trudging up and down a mountain, but great for the foothills and the prairie. And I am sure that it will handle very well at a precision rifle match. I can post again after a couple matches in the summer of 2016.
So, from me, there is a big two thumbs up for Insite Arms. For anyone wanting a high-performance rifle for fun, competition, or hunting, Insite has you covered. They offer top of the line components, high-performance rifles and excellent customer service.
http://www.insitearms.com/
First, a disclaimer: I am no professional reviewer by any stretch. I just wanted to share an excellent customer experience that I had.
I recently purchased an insite arms rifle. I am very, very, pleased with my purchase. The customer service Insite offered was excellent. They took the time to talk with me, answer any of my questions. Andrew, one of the partners of Insite, sent me a picture of a 10 shot group shot from a firearm that I was interested in purchasing. Andrew also corresponded with me afterwards to see how the rifle shot, gave me some load development ideas, and let me know that he test shoots with Federal Gold Medal and/or Blackhills ammo. The main point here is that Andrew, and Insite, is available to offer support and answer any questions that you may have.
Any good build starts with quality components: like a surgeon action (with an integral recoil lug and pic rail), jewell trigger, hawk-hill barrel, and aics stock. Then add the gunsmithing in to keep things square, and voila, you have an excellent shooter.
With Insite, you can custom order your components or buy from in-stock rifles. During my last conversation, Andrew mentioned that Surgeon actions and hawk-hill barrels are the go-to components though. I asked about a defiance deviant action, and he said he could get them, but that they would take time. I also asked about Bartlein barrels, and he said that he preferred the hawk-hill barrel. On to the shooting...
I shot 4, 5-shot groups. The top two targets are with 185 bergers over varget (the left target) while the right target is 185 bergers over RL17. The bottom two are remington factory loaded 175 grain SMK's. The bottom right target I shot quickly just to see how the rifle fed, and so that is why the group opened up. But a .861 5-shot group fired rapidly, with no feeding issues whatsoever is a group that I would take any day. I didn't have the IPSC timer with me, so I don't have a time to post. It was as fast as I could cycle the bolt and pull the trigger.
I shot off of a bench, with a 10 power scope and with no rear bag. My best group was .523 moa with berger 185 grain handloads. I pulled one shot, otherwise, the group would have been way tighter. I did not do any load development. It was a load that worked well for me in another .308 that I had, so that is a plus, it is not picky about what I feed it. I am confident that when I do go back to the range with a higher powered scope and a rear bag, it is a 1/4 moa rifle, all day. I may do load development for it, but the loads that I have do shoot well, so I may just stick with them.
I verified the group size with on-target software. I was going to post a screen shot, but then it would have been 4 screen shots for the 4 groups, and I suck at posting pics on this site.
I like to shoot new rifles sort of handicapped to get an idea as to how they perform. I use these rifles to target shoot as well as to hunt. I do not always get perfect shooting positions while hunting, so I like to see how the rifle would perform in a sub-optimal position; shooting positions are even less optimal when shooting a PRS-style of competition. I would have gone prone for the shooting, I prefer to shoot prone, but my range does not allow prone shooting. Bench only for rifle. I understand that bench shooting is closer to optimal than field shooting, but to account for that, I do not use the rear bag. If it were a competition or something, I would use every advantage that I could get, including a rear bag and higher magnification scope. If my rifle can perform with a 10x vortex pst scope and no bag, a harris bipod (sans swivel), with 'average' match ammo, then for sure it will perform quite well with excellent factory match ammo or finely tuned hand-loads, and other accessories. And it is worth mentioning that the slick surface of the bench did not offer any traction for the rubber bipod feet of the harris.
Any accuracy test should use the same ammo, like the FGM or the Blackhills, but all Cabela's had was the remington ammo. The bullets were heavliy crimped and so were the primer pockets. I am sure that if I had FGM or Blackhills, the groups would have been tighter. But, with all of the conditions that I shot under, the rifle performed very well, and in a big way.
I am very happy with the purchase. The rifle, with the short 20 inch barrel, handles closer to my ruger gunsite scout than to a target rifle. It handles like a carbine. The overall package tips the scales at 13lbs, unloaded, with the 2.5 to 10x optic mounted. A little heavy for trudging up and down a mountain, but great for the foothills and the prairie. And I am sure that it will handle very well at a precision rifle match. I can post again after a couple matches in the summer of 2016.
So, from me, there is a big two thumbs up for Insite Arms. For anyone wanting a high-performance rifle for fun, competition, or hunting, Insite has you covered. They offer top of the line components, high-performance rifles and excellent customer service.
http://www.insitearms.com/
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