Legionnaire
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Happy 4th of July! Project for the day: assemble the .260 Ackley I have been collecting parts for for months. Here's the list:
Trued Remington 700 short action and stripped bolt purchased on Sniper's Hide.
BDL bottom metal (came with the action).
PTG firing pin assembly and recoil lug.
Trigger pins, bolt stop, and bolt stop spring from Numrich.
26-inch 1:8.5 varmint contour barrel and barrel nut on sale from McGowan.
Timney 510 trigger bought second hand but unused on AR15.com.
Grayboe Terrain on sale from Red Hawk Rifles.
Leupold Mark IV 20 MOA base on sale from Midway (had the Mark IV rings in my stash).
Vortex PST 4-16x50 MOA LNIB on LongRangeHunting.com.
The Go/No-Go gauges shown are PTG .308 AI gauges which, interestingly, work for all of the Ackley cartridges based on the .308 case. I used them for my .243 AI Model 7 after checking them in my custom .243 Ackley from Tumbleweed Rifles.
I expect I'll have to relieve the stock for the Timney, but other than that, assembly should be fairly straight forward. Hope to check in with a pic of the final assembly later today. Maybe a couple along the way ...
Trued Remington 700 short action and stripped bolt purchased on Sniper's Hide.
BDL bottom metal (came with the action).
PTG firing pin assembly and recoil lug.
Trigger pins, bolt stop, and bolt stop spring from Numrich.
26-inch 1:8.5 varmint contour barrel and barrel nut on sale from McGowan.
Timney 510 trigger bought second hand but unused on AR15.com.
Grayboe Terrain on sale from Red Hawk Rifles.
Leupold Mark IV 20 MOA base on sale from Midway (had the Mark IV rings in my stash).
Vortex PST 4-16x50 MOA LNIB on LongRangeHunting.com.
The Go/No-Go gauges shown are PTG .308 AI gauges which, interestingly, work for all of the Ackley cartridges based on the .308 case. I used them for my .243 AI Model 7 after checking them in my custom .243 Ackley from Tumbleweed Rifles.
I expect I'll have to relieve the stock for the Timney, but other than that, assembly should be fairly straight forward. Hope to check in with a pic of the final assembly later today. Maybe a couple along the way ...
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