need help to find information on 6mm ppc just purchased

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Hi all,
I just purchased a used 6mm ppc from Epps the make is listed as Adam Wcislo custom benchrest. Does any one know if this is the make of the action or the name of the gun smith or something else? No hits on the internet when I tried to search. Has the open action so I can feed from the left and eject from the right. Looks like very little use, sticker says owner claims 327 round count and looks like that may well be true. Beautiful gun. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks.
Oh ya, off to the club tomorrow to increase the round count!!!!!!!!

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http://s1339.beta.photobucket.com/user/rodauto/library/Custom 6mm ppc
The password is custom6mmppc
 
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Adam Wcislo doesn't ring any bells with me, but I am in Calgary, so perhaps an eastern Gunsmith? Post some close up pictures of the action, and myself or one of the BR lurkers around here can probably help. Rick

edit- Just remembered, there is a stock maker - Robert Adamowicz
 
Adam Wcsilo emigrated from Poland in the 80's. He lived in Waterloo ON had a machine shop, made production parts on a Hardinge CNC lathe. The business folded and he went to work for Dimaco military arms builder. He built a prototype action ( shell holder type bolt head). The rifle shot great and I encouraged him to make a more practical action. We examined several and he decided to make a better Stolle Panda. He made a production run of about 15 of which about 7 were fully completed. I have 3, We sold one at the Super Shoot in 1991or2, you have 1. There are 3 others. One of mine is in the white which uses a bolt from another. The remaining 6 in the white, about 90% finished, he threw out about 6 years ago. He lost interest and was into wood carving. The 4340 steel action ring was 2X stress relieved and fine threaded and appoxied into the 7075 T561 aluminum action body. The pressure relief hole is for a dial pin that indexed the steel action ring that carries the lugs. The bolt is 440 stainless steel hardened to 46 rockwell. His plan was to coat the action ring and lugs with TIN and run the bolt as stainless. But lugs were too deep 1.75" in the ring and the TIN coating wouldn't cover them. So he had to coat the bolt with TIN instead. He was lucky the bolt was hardened to 46 R, or the TI coating would crack and peel as the substrate flexed. The fluting on the bolt looks spiral but it is not. He ran a milling bit straight across the bolt that was angled across the bit's path. Look down the flutes... its straight. The bolt handle is screwed and appoxied in place. Mine has come loose a couple of times.. a weak point.. you should check once in a while. I just reglued and locktited mine. He has a TI coated steel extractor cam on the back of the action that interacts with a notch on the bolt handle.

He made the bolt quite loose in the action. The bolt head fits unfired lapua .220 Russian exactly .439" This indexes the bolt head in the front. Other brass may not fit. Brass I have fired in other guns for a while will not fit my Adam action, the rims must be turned to .439. He reduced the firing pin fall to .180" and the cocking cam is shallow. Makes the bolt lift light. Also there is no notch on the back of the bolt for the cocking piece to index. You can recock the bolt with your hand and a rag We tested primers and it lights federal 205's reliably with standard remington firing pin and spring. The action is hard black anodized.
 
Thanks NormB,
The rifle appears new, must be a new build with the old action. The bolt lugs are not even burnished from use, or would the TIN coating not show any wear?
The first 5 shots went into a .284 group, then with myself and 4 other people shooting our worst group was .568. Not great by PPC standards but with all of us shooting and no load developement I'm pretty excited!
Using the Berger 68 grain match bullet I used in my old Sako PPC and H322 from 26.4 grains to 27.6 grains so far.
Action is smooth and yes the bolt is quite loose in the action but locks up so smooth it's like butter. Opening the action is just as smooth.
Thanks for the information, it's always nice when there is a story to go with the toys and this is a nice toy, wish I knew who assembled this gun so I could get more history, they even supplied a cutaway of the barrel that I assume is reamed the same as the barrel to help with bullet seating and possibly to be able to monitor throat erosion?


Rodney
 
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pictures added to first post

Still learning how this all works, have added pictures. Link is in first post. Must use password custom6mmppc to access pictures

Rodney
 
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Hi NormB,
Have had a chance to shoot this gun again this weekend, works great. I noticed that there is a brass or gold colored ring between the barrel and the action wondering if this is a bushing screwed into the aluminum action for the barrel to seat into?
Found out it doesn't like my Remington bench rest primers so will find some Federal 205's as you suggested.
 
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