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Pictures of good firearms being ruined by an idiot for $500, Alex.

Shooter71 sent this pic today. Guess I might have time to work up a load real quick for it. He and I were both impressed with initial trigger pulls on the new Timney HIT trigger. Will put up a few closeups when I get it.

That sure came out slick!

Looks like a sweet rig Kurt! Hawk Hill and Shaen combo, I’m sure it’s a hammer!


Roy

Very nice!! 'Twould love to replicate that for my youngest. Maybe someday...

Nice looking rifle. My 6x45 is likely my favorite deer rifle. Yours will be a lot of fun to shoot and carry. What will final weight come in at?

I just need to send him one of our 223 Montanas and a 6mm barrel. That gun is helping with the nudge.

My scale sucks but the rifle and rail is currently right at 6 pounds 14 ounces. I can't imagine doing more than a #2 on a carry rig these days. So final weight is 11 ounces of suppressor and then a scope of course. Not sure on scope yet but may just hit the SWFA 6x easy button.

Looks like another fun project and light on the shoulder!

Mowhawk 6x45...

Jim, What barrel specs and total weight was yours? Looks great. Shooting any heavies in it?

Barrel is 1-8 X-Caliber stainless,I also have a 1-14 Douglas .223 barrel for it, both 24" and app .600" at the muzzle.McMillan stock, Timney trigger and 700 bolt handle.Without digging it out,I think it is around 7# without scope. When I first got the rifle back from the gunsmith I tried everything from 55 to 105 grains-all shot basically the same, 1" at 100 and 2-3" at 250 yards. Contemplated selling,but didn't want to sell an inaccurate gun for the amount I would need out of it. Somewhere along the line I switched scopes and suddenly my groups shrunk! Haven't tried the heavier bullets yet, but have shot 62,66 and 68 and haven't shot a group over .4" at 100 yet.

I think that happens more often than you think on scopes. Lot of sold and rebarreled rifles lol. Nice shooting. Loaded up 95 vld for test loads and hope to shoot it this weekend.

How did it shoot?

Didn’t have a lot of time to mess with loads. Had 5 shot groups on paper of .5-.65 with both 95 vld and 95 classic. Super nice to shoot suppressed of course. For deer to my max range that kind of accuracy is all I need. Rounds kiss lands, fit mags, and feed like butter.

Any reason you didn't go 6mm creed or 6xc?

Yes. Since ordered all the parts and chose what he chose I’m sure he had a reason. 15 grains less powder per shot might be some of it.

Pretty easy to find quality 223 brass. I'm burning 25 grains of Varget to get 2600 fps out of an 18" barrel with 95 vld. Its actually quite useful to longish ranges at my hunting altitudes. Basically just had an itch so I scratched it.

Right on. Just curious.

Great looking rifle Kurt. Looks excellent buddy. I dig that.