Cold range day

Thebear_78

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Sep 30, 2004
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I took the rifles for a walk today. Let them stretch they’re legs a bit. It was a beautiful day, sunny and calm at about 12 degrees

I was very impressed with the new MPA chassis. I really like the grip and the way it positions the trigger finger.

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The new 6.5 also showed a lot of promise. 5 shot groups around 1” at 100 where the average, generally shooting the first three into very nice groups but started to drift as it warmed up. I’m guessing it will do better after a skim bedding. I had to hog it out around the recoil lug to get the new barreled action to fit.

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I replaced my 308 trigger with a timney 517. I like the strait trigger, especially with the vertical grip angles on chassis and tactical rifle stocks.

I shot these two decent groups with my 308 and 22 creedmoor at 200 yards. My 300 yard range was a touch busy today. I really wish I had access to a closer longer range.

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I really like that atlas bipod. I’ve been using this atlas for a couple years now. It is very solidly built and very versatile in the field.

My 308 load is as follows

168gr berger classic hunter
48.0gr CFE223
LAPUA brass with fed 210M
2.87” COL
2630fps in my 16” barrel with thunderbeast ultra 9 suppressor



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Thebear_78":37zsxphi said:
I really like that atlas bipod. I’ve been using this atlas for a couple years now. It is very solidly built and very versatile in the field.

May I ask which model Atlas is it? I am looking to get one soon. Does it give the rifle a jump off the bench when fired? My 7mm Magnum Sako featherweight with the muzzle brake jumps off the bench with the Harris bipod, and I dislike that. So I took if off ever since.
 
It is a BT17 atlas. Being able to preload the legs really helps with “hop”


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