codyadams
Well-Known Member
Well, he got his check, and I had time this weekend unfortunately being in a hospital (different story) so I got the stuff ordered up for his rifle build.
We did decide to modify the chambering for now. We are going with a .260 ai, I have everything for it as I have one, its cheaper to load for, with lots of components available, and I figure once he gets a few years on the rifle, we can swap the barrel out to a full on elk chambering like a 300 ss or 300 wsm, instead of an in-betweener like the 270 ss would be. With a supressor, it will be sweet to shoot as well.
Also went with a 22" medium sporter contour x-caliber barrel, with a 7 twist, to run some of the 130+ monos out of it, so I can be confident of penetration and likely exits on elk.
For a scope, we're gonna start out with an Arken sh4 6-24, so we could keep it in his budget, but still have a decent optic to get him used to dialing.
Got the timney trigger on it's way, pretty much essential!
Lastly, got the XLR Element 4.0 aluminum chassis on order. This one is gonna be a while.....they quoted 25-30 weeks. Hopefully it will be like my previous orders from them, and beat their quote significantly. Until then, we will just throw it in the current stock until it gets here, so he can at least start shooting after the 8-10 week wait for the barrel. Probably get 100 rounds of Peterson or Alpha SRP brass ordered up next!
We did decide to modify the chambering for now. We are going with a .260 ai, I have everything for it as I have one, its cheaper to load for, with lots of components available, and I figure once he gets a few years on the rifle, we can swap the barrel out to a full on elk chambering like a 300 ss or 300 wsm, instead of an in-betweener like the 270 ss would be. With a supressor, it will be sweet to shoot as well.
Also went with a 22" medium sporter contour x-caliber barrel, with a 7 twist, to run some of the 130+ monos out of it, so I can be confident of penetration and likely exits on elk.
For a scope, we're gonna start out with an Arken sh4 6-24, so we could keep it in his budget, but still have a decent optic to get him used to dialing.
Got the timney trigger on it's way, pretty much essential!
Lastly, got the XLR Element 4.0 aluminum chassis on order. This one is gonna be a while.....they quoted 25-30 weeks. Hopefully it will be like my previous orders from them, and beat their quote significantly. Until then, we will just throw it in the current stock until it gets here, so he can at least start shooting after the 8-10 week wait for the barrel. Probably get 100 rounds of Peterson or Alpha SRP brass ordered up next!
