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Posted By: joshf303 Another Shaen build.... - 07/16/19
Got this in from Cali a few weeks ago. Haven’t had the time to get out and hurt feelers with it or post pics, but it’s looking WAY more than capable....

6 BRX .120 freebore .292 neck
Bighorn TL3
Hawk Hill 7 twist Marksman
Trigger Tech Diamond
KRG Bravo temporarily

108s running 2970 on FF’d brass don’t suck. Trued DOPE out to 1200 and reckon it’ll make the cut. Top plate is 3 @ 600, second is 1k with a 1/10 put in after the first shot low. ES/SDs are single digits....

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Posted By: Dogshooter Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/16/19
He put the bolt on the wrong side bro.... you’re gonna need a passenger side Tac-Door...
Posted By: GregW Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/16/19
Nice dude....

I'd put at least a roll of tape somewhere on that rifle just to make it legit you know.....
Posted By: kingston Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/16/19
SWEET!!!

30”??
Posted By: fredIII Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/16/19
Nice rifle. And great shooting
Posted By: TimZ Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/16/19
That is a rig!
Posted By: Yoder409 Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/16/19
Yeah ......... THAT don't suck !!!

NICE setup !!! And mighty fine piece o shootin' !!!! 👍👍
Posted By: joshf303 Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/16/19
Originally Posted by Dogshooter
He put the bolt on the wrong side bro.... you’re gonna need a passenger side Tac-Door...


No sweat... I work out and have my own personal gun caddy...

Originally Posted by GregW
Nice dude....

I'd put at least a roll of tape somewhere on that rifle just to make it legit you know.....


Noted...obliged!

Originally Posted by kingston
SWEET!!!

30”??


26”

Thanks men!
Posted By: aalf Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/16/19

Too cool for school.....

Curious, (coming from a Dasher fan) why the BRX?
Very nice!
Posted By: Carl_Ross Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/16/19
No excuses with that set up. What stock/chassis will it end up with?

I don't see many guys who switch to BR variants going away from them, even if George says they don't feed right.

What mags are you using? Everything seems to work decent out of my TL3 Dashers but the AW with HRD kit is the current go to if 10 rounds will suffice.
Posted By: kingston Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/16/19
Originally Posted by aalf

Too cool for school.....

Curious, (coming from a Dasher fan) why the BRX?



I’m all ears too as I’m on the edge of building a straight 6mm BR—I think... I’ve got a pair of MDT’s BR mags and 500 pieces of Lapua 6BR Brass in hand. An Ultimatum Precision Deadline is enroute and I’m all but settled on a MPA BA Chassis. I’m thinking a 1:7.5 twist Heavy Palma 28”-30”

Barrel life and no fuss brass led me to the BR. Yet, I still waffle and wonder if I shouldn’t go BRA. The short neck of the BRX was a theoretical turnoff—fretting concentricity issues when feeding loaded rounds out of a mag. Those long bullets have lots of leverage on the short neck.

Working against the Dasher are it’s shorter barrel life, rapidly eroding throat, and chasing tune.

Ultimately, I’m thinking a straight 6 BR will allow me to spend more time shooting and less time fussing over reloading minutiae.
Posted By: aalf Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/17/19
Originally Posted by kingston
Working against the Dasher are it’s shorter barrel life, rapidly eroding throat, and chasing tune.

Not sure where that's coming from......

The last Dasher barrel I took off my 1K BR gun had 2600 rounds through it. Never once did I adjust the original load of Varget, running 105 VLD's at 3080, besides adjusting the seater occasionally. In fact, I've never changed any Dasher load after initial load development.
Posted By: Higginez Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/17/19
Originally Posted by aalf
Originally Posted by kingston
Working against the Dasher are it’s shorter barrel life, rapidly eroding throat, and chasing tune.

Not sure where that's coming from......

The last Dasher barrel I took off my 1K BR gun had 2600 rounds through it. Never once did I adjust the original load of Varget, running 105 VLD's at 3080, besides adjusting the seater occasionally. In fact, I've never changed any Dasher load after initial load development.


+1
Posted By: kingston Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/17/19
Originally Posted by Higbean
Originally Posted by aalf
Originally Posted by kingston
Working against the Dasher are it’s shorter barrel life, rapidly eroding throat, and chasing tune.

Not sure where that's coming from......

The last Dasher barrel I took off my 1K BR gun had 2600 rounds through it. Never once did I adjust the original load of Varget, running 105 VLD's at 3080, besides adjusting the seater occasionally. In fact, I've never changed any Dasher load after initial load development.


+1



Well, that's good news.
Posted By: kingston Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/17/19
Originally Posted by aalf
Originally Posted by kingston
Working against the Dasher are it’s shorter barrel life, rapidly eroding throat, and chasing tune.

Not sure where that's coming from......

The last Dasher barrel I took off my 1K BR gun had 2600 rounds through it. Never once did I adjust the original load of Varget, running 105 VLD's at 3080, besides adjusting the seater occasionally. In fact, I've never changed any Dasher load after initial load development.


How's your reamer throated?
Posted By: aalf Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/17/19
Originally Posted by kingston
How's your reamer throated?

.104"......I've never shot anything but Berger 105 VLD's.....
Posted By: bobnob17 Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/17/19
Originally Posted by aalf
Originally Posted by kingston
How's your reamer throated?

.104"......I've never shot anything but Berger 105 VLD's.....


What is your OAL with the Berger, and how far into the lands does that put you - if you don’t mind me asking?
Posted By: aalf Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/17/19
Originally Posted by bobnob17
What is your OAL with the Berger, and how far into the lands does that put you - if you don’t mind me asking?

Around 2.40" OAL, give or take depending on lot #, in the lands around 15 thou.
Posted By: irfubar Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/17/19
The 6mm BR platform is intriguing, how about the feed issue?
Posted By: aalf Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/17/19
Originally Posted by joshf303
.292" neck

Must be some gawd awful thick necks....... grin
Originally Posted by joshf303
Originally Posted by Dogshooter
He put the bolt on the wrong side bro.... you’re gonna need a passenger side Tac-Door...


No sweat... I work out and have my own personal gun caddy...

Originally Posted by GregW
Nice dude....

I'd put at least a roll of tape somewhere on that rifle just to make it legit you know.....


Noted...obliged!

Originally Posted by kingston
SWEET!!!

30”??


26”

Thanks men!



I heard Raptors come ambidextrous now so you should be good for, "whatever"....



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Pics reversed? I didn't think the KRG Bravo was available for Lefty's?
Posted By: joshf303 Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/22/19
Originally Posted by aalf

Too cool for school.....

Curious, (coming from a Dasher fan) why the BRX?


Cause BRX sounds cooler than something named after a reindeer? Just waiting on the Prancer edition....grin...
Nah, nothing against the Dasher. Just wanted to steer on the side of caution with feeding a skosh and keep the original 30* shoulder. I have run both quite a bit and have had ZERO feeding issues with properly tuned mags. Am running a straight BR on my AIAT and thinking ahead I wanted to go BRX there too whenever that barrel goes. Or it may just go on a trip to Shaen purty quick and get the same reamer as the TL3. It's a shooting SOB so should probably just leave it alone.

Originally Posted by Carl_Ross
No excuses with that set up. What stock/chassis will it end up with?

I don't see many guys who switch to BR variants going away from them, even if George says they don't feed right.

What mags are you using? Everything seems to work decent out of my TL3 Dashers but the AW with HRD kit is the current go to if 10 rounds will suffice.


Might try a Foundation, but it'll probably see a T5A in the future. Still HARD for me to get away from that stock...thanks to you....(Ol Blue finally went in for another tube a couple weeks ago)
Not sure what George you are referring to, but I have my guess. No issues getting them to feed here, but I didn't have any problems feeding the 6.5 SAUM cases out of BDL boxes either...grin...
HRD kits in the AW mags are the TITs and that's what I'm running in my AI with the standard 6 BR. Slumming the MDTs right now in the TL3 until I can get the time to get a few AWs set up. They haven't given me an ounce of trouble in 350ish rounds, but don't feed near as slick as the HRD kits. And good phuggin luck getting 12 in them.....but no worries here.

Originally Posted by Higbean
Originally Posted by aalf
Originally Posted by kingston
Working against the Dasher are it’s shorter barrel life, rapidly eroding throat, and chasing tune.

Not sure where that's coming from......

The last Dasher barrel I took off my 1K BR gun had 2600 rounds through it. Never once did I adjust the original load of Varget, running 105 VLD's at 3080, besides adjusting the seater occasionally. In fact, I've never changed any Dasher load after initial load development.


+1


Never heard much of this being an issue either. Nor the short neck causing excessive leverage on the case mouth in the BRX. Reckon properly setup and tuned mags would minimize that quite a bit if it were an issue. Lots of guys running the BR variants, and like Carl said, few seldom go back. I know I'm through chasing tune and lands every 200-250 rounds in the 6 CMs, granted I'll still keep a couple around. For me in this deal it's not a recoil argument, but more so a barrel life and minimal tuning argument.
Posted By: joshf303 Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/22/19
Originally Posted by xverminator
Originally Posted by joshf303
Originally Posted by Dogshooter
He put the bolt on the wrong side bro.... you’re gonna need a passenger side Tac-Door...


No sweat... I work out and have my own personal gun caddy...

Originally Posted by GregW
Nice dude....

I'd put at least a roll of tape somewhere on that rifle just to make it legit you know.....


Noted...obliged!

Originally Posted by kingston
SWEET!!!

30”??


26”

Thanks men!



I heard Raptors come ambidextrous now so you should be good for, "whatever"....



X-VERMINATOR


You just cost me a trip to the local Ford dealership you bastid.

Baddest truck on the planet, think I'll just order up 3 or so....grin....
Posted By: joshf303 Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/22/19
Originally Posted by Jesse Jaymes
Pics reversed? I didn't think the KRG Bravo was available for Lefty's?



No sir...trick photography is only for horn shots....

A good handyman with a mill can turn a right handed stock into a southpaw without much fuss. I for one am not much on wait times and have had Shaen take a couple other RH Manners and mill them where I can run both right handed and left handed actions in the same stock. Milling the rear of the ejection port flat with the top of the stock and adding the bolt handle mortise on the left side is all that needs to be done....
The Bravo and other chassis just need the bolt mortise.

My daughter shoots right handed so I can plug and play with two actions on several stocks and configure rifles however I want in under 10 min.
Posted By: Dogshooter Re: Another Shaen build.... - 07/22/19
Originally Posted by joshf303
Originally Posted by xverminator
Originally Posted by joshf303
Originally Posted by Dogshooter
He put the bolt on the wrong side bro.... you’re gonna need a passenger side Tac-Door...


No sweat... I work out and have my own personal gun caddy...

Originally Posted by GregW
Nice dude....

I'd put at least a roll of tape somewhere on that rifle just to make it legit you know.....


Noted...obliged!

Originally Posted by kingston
SWEET!!!

30”??


26”

Thanks men!



I heard Raptors come ambidextrous now so you should be good for, "whatever"....



X-VERMINATOR


You just cost me a trip to the local Ford dealership you bastid.

Baddest truck on the planet, think I'll just order up 3 or so....grin....


Rescue Raptoooooooooor!
Originally Posted by Dogshooter
Originally Posted by joshf303
Originally Posted by xverminator
Originally Posted by joshf303
Originally Posted by Dogshooter
He put the bolt on the wrong side bro.... you’re gonna need a passenger side Tac-Door...


No sweat... I work out and have my own personal gun caddy...

Originally Posted by GregW
Nice dude....

I'd put at least a roll of tape somewhere on that rifle just to make it legit you know.....


Noted...obliged!

Originally Posted by kingston
SWEET!!!

30”??


26”

Thanks men!



I heard Raptors come ambidextrous now so you should be good for, "whatever"....



X-VERMINATOR


You just cost me a trip to the local Ford dealership you bastid.

Baddest truck on the planet, think I'll just order up 3 or so....grin....


Rescue Raptoooooooooor!


OMG laugh laugh laugh!



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