Remington 700 build up.

[wickedblkgt]

Nice rig. Scope and all how much are you into it? Is your scope a Vortex razor?

[motoman]

This shows how the barricade stop works.

[motoman]

I'm pretty happy with this chassis so far. Haven't had a chance to use it but the fit and finish is great.

[motoman]

Received a call from Lisa at Master Piece Arms yesterday saying my chassis is complete and shipping out. Looks like it will be here Tuesday.

Stay tuned!

[dee]

You missed a good match yesterday.

[motoman]

Is that in the manner's a5 still?

Yes sir, sure is.

[KBScobravert]

Sighted the rifle in and put some rounds through the barrel today. Brand new Bartlein barrel with less than 60 rounds through it. Quarter MOA from a .264 projectile, sure why not.

100 yards.

Is that in the manner's a5 still?

[motoman]

Sighted the rifle in and put some rounds through the barrel today. Brand new Bartlein barrel with less than 60 rounds through it. Quarter MOA from a .264 projectile, sure why not.

100 yards.

[motoman]

The update is about halfway done. The bolt is now correctly timed for case extraction, the 6.5CM barrel and break are installed, and now I'm just waiting to pick up the chassis. A fellow shooter let me borrow this Manners A5 till I get my chassis. More to come.

[motoman]

Update

I hadn't mentioned this earlier but I've had some issues with my bolt and had to send it off to Fairbanks, Alaska to be fixed. Long story short, my bolt wasn't timed correctly, and wasn't timed for full case extraction. What does this mean? It means when I cammed the bolt arm all the way up, the extractor wasn't engaging, which left me having to muscle spent rounds out of my chamber.

Dan Armstrong with Accu-Tig fixed me up with a new bolt arm timed correctly.

My rifle is in the shop and waiting for the new barrel to be spun up next week.


After doing some more research on chassis systems I've decided to go with something different. Master Piece Arms makes a competition chassis that I consider to have more features than any other chassis on the market. The biggest benefit is the barricade stop system and how it works. The video below demonstrates how it'll be used.

[dee]

I love this story so here goes.

They went to a tournament my dad did well in consistently. 2nd round he set the All-Time tourney record with a 0.076 group at 100 yards.

To the uninitiated, that is 5 rounds from 100 yards with a differential of less than a tenth of an inch. Zero dot 076 thousandths.

20 minutes later someone shot a group of 0.073 to take away his record and the win.

That happens a good bit in br. It's a very touch competition.

[DON SVO]

Benchrest is an entirely different beast. One of the guys we shoot with shoots benchrest and he's told me about those types of matches. Making 39 out of 40 hits and being in 8th place in a match.

I love this story so here goes.

They went to a tournament my dad did well in consistently. 2nd round he set the All-Time tourney record with a 0.076 group at 100 yards.

To the uninitiated, that is 5 rounds from 100 yards with a differential of less than a tenth of an inch. Zero dot 076 thousandths.

20 minutes later someone shot a group of 0.073 to take away his record and the win.

[dee]

The money invested is not for the faint of heart. My rifle was initially built as an entry level match grade rifle with right around $4K into after parts and smithing work. That's not including the cost of reloading ammo.

But as Dee said, it's a VERY rewarding sport to get into. We shoot with some of the top shooters in the country and the knowledge we gain from them is priceless.



Benchrest is an entirely different beast. One of the guys we shoot with shoots benchrest and he's told me about those types of matches. Making 39 out of 40 hits and being in 8th place in a match.

I've shot with that benchrest group. At 250yds you shoot a mini clay pigeon and with a custom gun to it comes down to who cleans the match plus the best group for a tie breaker.

As for PRS it might not be the cheapest or easiest to jump into like the pistol stuff or 3 gun but for me it's much more rewarding just due to the complication.

[motoman]

I'm very glad I have not caught this bug. It sounds damn expensive

No kidding

The money invested is not for the faint of heart. My rifle was initially built as an entry level match grade rifle with right around $4K into after parts and smithing work. That's not including the cost of reloading ammo.

But as Dee said, it's a VERY rewarding sport to get into. We shoot with some of the top shooters in the country and the knowledge we gain from them is priceless.

My dad and stepmom did bench rest for years. Stupidly expensive habit, and they went all over the place for tournaments.

Benchrest is an entirely different beast. One of the guys we shoot with shoots benchrest and he's told me about those types of matches. Making 39 out of 40 hits and being in 8th place in a match.

[DON SVO]

My dad and stepmom did bench rest for years. Stupidly expensive habit, and they went all over the place for tournaments.