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I've had this barrel for a while it was on a T3 Tikka & carbon stock but it was too heavy :P
So we made a stock for it & put it into a Kimber 84M 223 :)
http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/...ps327fe16f.jpg
It weighs 1.935 kgs 4.26lbs as shown in the pics without the bipod.
http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/...ps53fec9f3.jpg
The barrel is 18.75" long & will push the 70 GMX at 31-3150+ fps, I have more load development to do tomorrow.
It is a very light & compact :cool:
1.935 kgs
That's unprecedented.
You planning a 7mm08/7mmsaum for the masses ?
Would sell well. 16 - 20 inch tube
Be the ultimate suppressed bush hunters rifle.
How much would the same setup weigh but with a tikka t3 action rather than the kimber 84 ?
That's a bloody nice looking stock too, the grain runout in the fore end is perfect
Post # 23Quote:
Originally Posted by ebf
http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...07/index2.html
How much for you to make just the stock, so we can retro fit it to our own rifles
Rem SA
Rem LA
Rem mod 7
Tikka T3
Kimber
Etc
With super light weight rifles recoil starts to become an issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
The 7-08 would be a goer but the 7 Saum might be a struggle with the heavier projectiles.
The 6.5 Saum does have merit but would eat suppressors..
They would all cost about the same but they aren't ready for market yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
The wood is a lot softer than traditional materials, it is lighter but not as durable, everything is a compromise.
Is there any type of coating you could put on it to form a hard protective shell?
Greg, you misunderstood the question. What I meant was how much lighter is the Kimber action than a Tikka action ?
The stock in post 23 on the other thread is not the same one you have on the Kimber...
So: same stock, same barrel, same scope but different action...
The Kimber action & bolt is approx 240 grams lighter.Quote:
Originally Posted by ebf
The Tikka is about the same weight as a Rem 700 LA
thats fricken awesome
would a well designed bed of epoxy solve the recoil issue of the soft wood?
is the 223 montana action any different to a 308 bar bolt face?
The action is bedded in Epoxy & the wood end grain is probably tougher than the fill in Carbon stocks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill999
Yep apart from the bolt face, bolt stop & extractor the 223 action is the same as the 308
I know if I took that hunting were I hunt that because im a snag catching expurt id get myself and that butt caught up in all sorts of shit:)Still very nice lite looking rig KG.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg
Would a .308 be lighter then because of a bigger hole down the barrel?
Yep according to the web site it is :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Toby
Kimber America | Montana
the "experts" at guncity assured me that the 223 action was smaller than the 308.......
glad I didnt blindly except that
Was helping out on a on Hunts course in the weekend, it was cold this morning, water drink bottles froze in the Hilux :o
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We discovered that goats 40 yards really don't like the 70 GMX...don't like them much at any range really.
This 90lb chap got pretty unlucky at 3.15pm at around 300 yards, he was 291 when I found a suitable shooting position & he continued on up the hill from there.
http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/...psc6bfd086.jpg
It is sighted in at 100 yards so I guessed & held over about 4-6" with the little scope on 9 power.
When the bullet tried to exit it was stopped but the mushroom, never seen that before, it smashed his onside front leg & then broke a rib on the way out.
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He didn't go far down hill like that.
Here is a pic once we got him back with the bullet back where I found it.
http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/...ps21431006.jpg
It started as a 70grain GMX leaving at 3150fps out of the 18.75 barrel, it finished as 69.7 grain, pretty hard to recover with that sort of weight retention, but pig shields are tough.
http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6f9fbc03.jpg
Very happy with the performance of this tiny 4.26lb rifle you can carry it forever :)
Ever done a .22 terminator AR upper? Would it work?
COAL with be problematic in the AR mags I would think... unfortunatelyQuote:
Originally Posted by Beavis
True that's what I wondered. 75gr bullet going a few hundred fps faster would be sweet
They go incredibly well in a bolt gun, especially the Tikkas :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Beavis
Great result:cool:
What would that projectile perform like at that range, setting off at 3k fps? Similar, or less expansion? Would like to try them in my 1:8 .223.
More importantly, where are you getting them? I bought 100 from Oz but haven't worked up a load 'cos I wasn't sure if I'd ever be able to get more, no-one in NZ could get them last year
It would have been polite to have answered my question first. I bet you used to push into queues when you were a kid. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gimp