Replaced the 20moa aluminum EGW that comes with the rifle with the 30moa Alberta Tactical Rifle Supply Stainless steel one. This is the one for the 110BA, but the 110 FCP HS Precision uses the same 8-40 base screws. It is a piece of art in of itself. Very well made and worth the money in my opinion. As you'll see in later pics, the foot of the base runs the full length. The first pic is of the rifle before changing the base.
A word of caution when installing this rail is that the very front 8-40 screw needs to be shortened considerably as it sits proud when it contacts the barrel threads. When I tightened down the front two screws, the back end sat up from the receiver a little. I took a true flat edge and checked the top of the rail and it was true, so I felt it best to bed the rail. Although it likely would have been fine cinched to the receiver with the slight bend.The zoom in makes it look much more dramatic than it really was. This is after it was bedded.
Update- went to insert bolt and realized the second of the front screws needed shortening as well as the bolt would contact it and not close- 30 seconds and it was fixed
For bedding I used Devcon 10110 steel epoxy. I sprayed the receiver and 8-40 screws with Hornady One-shot Case lube as a release agent, used this for bedding a couple of rifles now and it works perfect. Cleaned up excess with cloth and WD-40. Left everything 'til the next night after work and disassembled and cleaned. It turned out pretty good and easier than I expected.
I was a little nervous doing it and it might have been a little overkill, but I really wanted to make sure the rail would stay put under the recoil of the .338 LM. Already wasted a few rounds in load development when the factory EGW started to come loose...Argh!! At least I got some good velocity and pressure sign data out of it. I noticed the groups were pretty inconsistent, and at the end, I realized the base had worked loose.
The rest of the rifle is NXS 5.5-22x56mm NP-R2, Nightforce Ultralite rings, Tac-Pro cheek riser (the R700 HS Precision one) and a Caldwell bipod w/loc.
A word of caution when installing this rail is that the very front 8-40 screw needs to be shortened considerably as it sits proud when it contacts the barrel threads. When I tightened down the front two screws, the back end sat up from the receiver a little. I took a true flat edge and checked the top of the rail and it was true, so I felt it best to bed the rail. Although it likely would have been fine cinched to the receiver with the slight bend.The zoom in makes it look much more dramatic than it really was. This is after it was bedded.
Update- went to insert bolt and realized the second of the front screws needed shortening as well as the bolt would contact it and not close- 30 seconds and it was fixed
For bedding I used Devcon 10110 steel epoxy. I sprayed the receiver and 8-40 screws with Hornady One-shot Case lube as a release agent, used this for bedding a couple of rifles now and it works perfect. Cleaned up excess with cloth and WD-40. Left everything 'til the next night after work and disassembled and cleaned. It turned out pretty good and easier than I expected.
I was a little nervous doing it and it might have been a little overkill, but I really wanted to make sure the rail would stay put under the recoil of the .338 LM. Already wasted a few rounds in load development when the factory EGW started to come loose...Argh!! At least I got some good velocity and pressure sign data out of it. I noticed the groups were pretty inconsistent, and at the end, I realized the base had worked loose.
The rest of the rifle is NXS 5.5-22x56mm NP-R2, Nightforce Ultralite rings, Tac-Pro cheek riser (the R700 HS Precision one) and a Caldwell bipod w/loc.
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