Accuracy International Picture Thread

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Was curious about bolt lift since it came up during another thread, but since its AI related I'll post it here as well. Not that it is scientific. But putting 20lbs of lead on the scale and taping paracord to the most outward point on the bolt, greatest leverage, measuring the negative weight.

2014 AXSA was 7.5lbs to cock the bolt.
2022 AT-X took 12.7lbs
2020 AXSR 8.5lbs
Trg22 6.4lbs
Mousingfield 6.0

The AXSA has a replacement SFP bolt, but the LFP bolt felt the same.

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@hafejd30 to strip paint I soak paper towel in acetone and wrap the skin with it then wrap/ seal the piece in cling wrap over the paper towel. I let it sit for 2 or so hrs and when I open it up the paint falls off (literally) and just a few small stubborn spots that take 5 minutes to clean up. No negatives to the skins yet.
 
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FUNCTIONAL said:
@hafejd30 to strip paint I soak paper towel in acetone and wrap the skin with it then wrap/ seal the piece in cling wrap over the paper towel. I let it sit for 2 or so hrs and when I open it up the paint falls off (literally) and just a few small stubborn spots that take 5 minutes to clean up. No negatives to the skins yet.
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I could have put more effort into removing it. But honestly when I saw the original color underneath it was much lighter than I was hoping for. I was actually going to do FDE to match that mount on the table.

But looked over at my green spray paint and decided screw it let’s have two black/green camo AI rifles 😁

My Nightforce will sit higher on this gun being its in a spuhr set up for the AXMC and ATX it was on. But I’ll resolve that later if needed. This also has the high action rail vs low on my other rifle
 
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jbuck88 said:
Was curious about bolt lift since it came up during another thread, but since its AI related I'll post it here as well. Not that it is scientific. But putting 20lbs of lead on the scale and taping paracord to the most outward point on the bolt, greatest leverage, measuring the negative weight.

2014 AXSA was 7.5lbs to cock the bolt.
2022 AT-X took 12.7lbs
2020 AXSR 8.5lbs
Trg22 6.4lbs
Mousingfield 6.0

The AXSA has a replacement SFP bolt, but the LFP bolt felt the same.

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Interesting that the AT-X is so much higher than the others.
 
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CollarChoke said:
Any specific brand/make? Just the AI AT/AW 308 ones? Now that the main design works, adapting to other pattern magazines for the internals is pretty easy. I just happen to own a ton of the MDT AICS magazines.
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Yep, cheap fuckin still gotta fuck with em from the factory AI AT/AW #0726 mags.
 
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Mike Casselton said:
Looks like someone already built my idea.
Those are very nice.
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If you have a 3D printer here are a couple of designs that I made awhile back.

They're not as fancy as the ones you quoted but they work.

Getting the thread clearances correct for printing was a b!tch.

https://www.thingiverse.com/firestarter321/designs

ETA: If someone wants to send me 4" of a junk 30mm tenon AI barrel I'll make the models for it as well.
 
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jbuck88 said:
It probably has the same amount of rounds through it as the AXSR. Which is not many. I should try with swapping bolts around. Think I have a new unused bolt as well as can pull the one out of my AXSA.
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My curiosity got the best of me for swapping bolts to measure the bolt lift.

AX with AX bolt 7.5lbs
AX with ATX bolt 9.5lbs
AX with new bolt 10lbs

ATX with ATX bolt 12.7lbs
ATX with AX bolt 10.1lbs
ATX with new bolt 14lbs

The new bolt was not lubed except for the factory.

AXSA has around 4k on it. I'd have to check all of my log books to get an exact number.

ATX has a few hundred.
 
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Meh. Their like kids I like them all. AI , sids chick and fix , desert techs , etc.

AIs and side chick and fix are prolly my fav bolt guns though

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Wish I still had that axsa even tho it would just collect dirt.

Everyone needs a nice custom light barrel. Or a fix

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Bacarrat said:
So what happens after you acquire the AI's? Buy more?
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Phase 1:
Play musical scopes because you get life lessons on why your vortex and leupold make you supah ghey.

Phase 2:
Sell it a few years down the road in a mome.t of weakness. Come back to these threads because you miss the best people on this forum who are too good to go into any other threads. Feel regret and sell of your 6dasher 36# Frankenstein and try to find an AI only to find out the one you want has gone up in value.

Now you are back where you started but likely the dollar value lost of an entire 2nd AI.
 
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FUNCTIONAL said:
Phase 1:
Play musical scopes because you get life lessons on why your vortex and leupold make you supah ghey.

Phase 2:
Sell it a few years down the road in a mome.t of weakness. Come back to these threads because you miss the best people on this forum who are too good to go into any other threads. Feel regret and sell of your 6dasher 36# Frankenstein and try to find an AI only to find out the one you want has gone up in value.

Now you are back where you started but likely the dollar value lost of an entire 2nd AI.
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I'm going with Phase 3. Buy more barrels since I have all the bolts for the MC.
 
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FUNCTIONAL said:
Phase 1:
Play musical scopes because you get life lessons on why your vortex and leupold make you supah ghey.

Phase 2:
Sell it a few years down the road in a mome.t of weakness. Come back to these threads because you miss the best people on this forum who are too good to go into any other threads. Feel regret and sell of your 6dasher 36# Frankenstein and try to find an AI only to find out the one you want has gone up in value.

Now you are back where you started but likely the dollar value lost of an entire 2nd AI.
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I'm a huge fan of the MK5HD and will not be ashamed of it. Same for the MK4HD with PR2 reticle. Especially with the massive military discount they give current and prior service. Haters be damned.
 
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HKSniper11B said:
I'm a huge fan of the MK5HD and will not be ashamed of it. Same for the MK4HD with PR2 reticle. Especially with the massive military discount they give current and prior service. Haters be damned.
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Leupold internal tracking engineering personified....

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Huskydriver said:
Uh nooo and that is pretty well documented in a lot of places that they have issues tracking 100%
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I can vouch for the current 2024+ MK5HD scopes compared to what I'm seeing from QA from 2-5 years ago. I'm immensely pleased with the quality of the MK5HD frankly. Both on my own, and what I've seen of the military issued on the Barrett MK22.

And no I won't lower my voice 😉
 
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HKSniper11B said:
I can vouch for the current 2024+ MK5HD scopes compared to what I'm seeing from QA from 2-5 years ago. I'm immensely pleased with the quality of the MK5HD frankly. Both on my own, and what I've seen of the military issued on the Barrett MK22.

And no I won't lower my voice 😉
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It's cool I still remember hitting my m3a in country to get it to start moving with the turret again.... Pretty will known thing on active duty if you were an actual 11bb4 .... Every once in awhile the ole leupy needs a smack to track
 
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Huskydriver said:
It's cool I still remember hitting my m3a in country to get it to start moving with the turret again.... Pretty will known thing on active duty if you were an actual 11bb4 .... Every once in awhile time the ole leupy needs a smack to track
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Oh I sure as shit wouldn't want to run the old Leupolds. Especially not the MIL/MOA M3A on the M24. I will alwYs love the M24 but f×ck were things archaic in those early years of the GWoT for our generation's snipers, OEF/OIF era.

No, I wasn't a B4. Let's make that clear. 11B1P.

All that said, seriously take a look at the most current MK5HDs. Get your hands on one somehow, visit a shop, something. I picked it over a Nightforce NX8, ATACR and Zeiss. Only scope I've loved more -- that's a solid $1500-2000 more -- was the S&B Ultra Performance and PMIIs.
 
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HKSniper11B said:
Oh I sure as shit wouldn't want to run the old Leupolds. Especially not the MIL/MOA M3A on the M24. I will alwYs love the M24 but f×ck were things archaic in those early years of the GWoT for our generation's snipers, OEF/OIF era.

No, I wasn't a B4. Let's make that clear. 11B1P.

All that said, seriously take a look at the most current MK5HDs. Get your hands on one somehow, visit a shop, something. I picked it over a Nightforce NX8, ATACR and Zeiss. Only scope I've loved more -- that's a solid $1500-2000 more -- was the S&B Ultra Performance and PMIIs.
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I have.... Witness marks usually don't line up glass is better but leupy rnd I doubt is running anything better inside mechanically which in my theory is why they are light
 
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HKSniper11B said:
All that said, seriously take a look at the most current MK5HDs. Get your hands on one somehow, visit a shop, something. I picked it over a Nightforce NX8, ATACR and Zeiss. Only scope I've loved more -- that's a solid $1500-2000 more -- was the S&B Ultra Performance and PMIIs.
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Unfortunately, the first nice scope I ever bought was a Mk5hd 5-25 with their horrible CCH reticle. Horrible to me, at least.

Scope was mechanically satisfying with a nice locking turret method. Had a nice matte finish. But gdamn my eyes swam when looking through it due to that reticle.

And minimum focus was 50yds or so, which I discovered I didn’t like that much. Not a hindrance when shooting things, but a pain when dry firing at close targets.

I should look through a sample with a better reticle. But so many of their designs have tons of dashes, which I found I cannot stand.
 
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BurtG said:
A years supply of barrels turns into a decade or more supply once you start poppin out crotch goblins

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I guess in 10-15 years it might be exponentially the other way tho
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Got 3 boys. Here are the youngest. 200rds is a regular afternoon. Can go double that if they bring a friend.

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