New Canadian made Action by Insite Arms

[Insite Arms]

the latest prototype of the i16
ready for a few more thousand rounds of testing

 

[J996]

^Looks great guys.

 

[Tikka223]

Any chance you can produce an action with a barrel nut so that we can enjoy several calibers in one action? I would love to be able to swap barrels at home. One action, one chassis, one scope, several calibers.

 

[Northern Amateur]

I am looking for something in the .505Gibbs size. Actually need two as a buddy of mine is building the same rifle together with me.

 

[dastt]

Take my money!

 

[Blastattack]

Any chance you can produce an action with a barrel nut so that we can enjoy several calibers in one action? I would love to be able to swap barrels at home. One action, one chassis, one scope, several calibers.

Any action can employ a barrel nut system. It doesnt require the manufacturer to do anything special.

 

[Tikka223]

So is it a question of making the action with the correct threads to accept the pre-fit barrels?

 

[Alpheus]

The barrel nut simply allows the user, with a action wrench and headspace gauges to screw in the barrel to the right headspace and torque it in. Not all pre-fit barrels use a barrel nut, Savage and Rem 788 are the big ones. Others like AI and Desert Tech are quick change without a barrel nut, different mechanism entirely.

A smith can thread a barrel blank to use a barrel nut easily, for pretty much any action. Pre-fit barrels that have specific threading for specific actions like Savage or Rem 788 also take into account that those actions use floating boltheads, so you can change the boltface and go to a completely different caliber eg 223 to 308.

Barrels are consumable, so it's more like making the pre-fit barrel with the correct threads to accept the action.

 

[zelko]

Are you planning on running that action for the 2017 PRS season

 

[Ryan.M.Anderson]

I enjoy the book in the back which is titled "reloading s##t"

Looks sweet guys - see you in Taber with this set up?

 

[Insite Arms]

We will be running this action in the upcoming season and look forward to see how it performs in the dust and dirt. We also hope to shoot in Taber as well!

 

[rl4930]

Any idea of pricing and availability in left hand? And when it will be available?

 

[slim78]

Nice job again Insite! Hope to see you out at the Taber match in June.

 

[bsand]

Any idea of pricing and availability in left hand? And when it will be available?

They will be making a left handed version luckily. probably won't be as quickly as the right hand version.

 

[Insite Arms]

Any idea of pricing and availability in left hand? And when it will be available?

We will offer the left option soon after the right.
As far as timeline, the action is getting closer to being ready . What is left are few functional refinements and small changes that we are addressing after running high round counts under field type conditions.
We had hopes of seeing this action to market much sooner, however, as more testing revealed opportunity for improvement we realized the timeline will be extended.
Pricing will be set closer to the release date after the R&D dust has settled

 

[wheels]

I assume short action to begin with, with a LA version down the road?

 

[RRCo.]

60 degrees eh? Just like another Canadian-made action.

 

[Insite Arms]

I assume short action to begin with, with a LA version down the road?

Yes that is correct

 

[carverk]

Yes that is correct

Would be nice to see sum mini Mauser/micro action for ultralight hunting rifle then you would get my interests

 

[Insite Arms]

This is a 20 round group on the newest i16 prototype action and a new 6xc barrel

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