Biggest part of the reason to buy an AI is AI mags man what is you doing??????
New optimized mags like @CStroud said! Get a few, and you are all set
This is an active range complex aboard a military base and when Range Control cancels all training due to excessive heat danger this is called a black flag condition.
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Also known as the military being a faggot.
Shooting is not strenuous.
They had me wearing winter weight uniforms doing exercises at airborne school in black flag. I wish they would have canceled that stupid shit.
Shooting is not strenuous.
They had me wearing winter weight uniforms doing exercises at airborne school in black flag. I wish they would have canceled that stupid shit.
So, a great ending to a 4-year search.
A few days ago, I posted that I purchased a new LH 308 AXMC bolt body from EO. I was going to send it to Fritz for conversion to a 300WM boltface. What I didn't tell you all is that a few hours earlier, @Tack425 PM'd me that he was expecting a shipment of TWO brand new LH AXMC 300WM bolt bodies. He and I have been talking about trying to find one for three years now. I still ordered the LH 308 body as insurance since there was only one in stock. I didn't think that getting two was possible, but two days later, he sent me a photo via PM showing that he had TWO of them. He offered to sell one to me at his cost. Needless to say, I jumped on that.
Today, USPS arrived, and lo and behold, I have the holy grail.
I also have a spare LH AXMC bolt body in 308...LOL. I will keep it and sell my original to someone who is looking.
This couldn't have turned out better. The smile on my face is ear-to-ear. Goes to show what a great community we have here on the Hide.
Many thanks to @Tack425 for being an outstanding person!
A few days ago, I posted that I purchased a new LH 308 AXMC bolt body from EO. I was going to send it to Fritz for conversion to a 300WM boltface. What I didn't tell you all is that a few hours earlier, @Tack425 PM'd me that he was expecting a shipment of TWO brand new LH AXMC 300WM bolt bodies. He and I have been talking about trying to find one for three years now. I still ordered the LH 308 body as insurance since there was only one in stock. I didn't think that getting two was possible, but two days later, he sent me a photo via PM showing that he had TWO of them. He offered to sell one to me at his cost. Needless to say, I jumped on that.
Today, USPS arrived, and lo and behold, I have the holy grail.
I also have a spare LH AXMC bolt body in 308...LOL. I will keep it and sell my original to someone who is looking.
This couldn't have turned out better. The smile on my face is ear-to-ear. Goes to show what a great community we have here on the Hide.
Many thanks to @Tack425 for being an outstanding person!
Congrats, man! I know the feeling of the AI bolt search, and also know how it feels when someone in the group helps out.
I think a shout out to AI would be in order too for taking such good care of their customers... I was guessing Q2 2032 so they came in WAY under schedule!
In all seriousness though, congratulations @Nik H, glad you got the best solution possible for your setup.
In all seriousness though, congratulations @Nik H, glad you got the best solution possible for your setup.
Fucking lefties taking up precious AI production time that could be better spent making actually useful parts.
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Trying out the new 300WM bolt on the AXMC! Does not disappoint
^ 100% accurate. Has been that way since at least the '90's. They only cut the fun stuff though when it gets hot.
I can also promise you, that even though dudes were still dropping like flies... that 'essential activities' include basically everything as long as it fit on the training schedule.
The last sentence leaves the door wide open as long as the CO/NCOIC wasn't a wuss....Something about deploying to a desert shortly thereafter or some stuff. And there were years where all you did was rotate over.
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I once had an E-4 infantry kid aboard MCAGCC 29 Palms (the California desert) look at us and boldly claim during training that he was a 'desert tortoise' and could make it an entire day on a single camel back of water. I enjoyed watching the Corpsman stick a thermometer into his asshole 4 hours later when he went down as a heat casualty. If he hadn't been medevac'd, I'd have made fun of him the rest of the evolution.
Just turn the 308 bolt into a Lapua bolt to complete the set.
I already have that bolt. It came with the rifle. I have the entire set now. Just trying to figure out what caliber to buy. EO has a factory 300 WM barrel in stock. I am debating between it and waiting for a 300 PRC.
MC and SR share the same mags? There were some reports of feeding issues with the prc and the SR’s.
Can help. I’ve got a new AI 300PRC Blk barrel if they are hard to find for whatever reason. Haller
AINA makes a barrel, but AIUK doesn’t make a mag. From the factory mine wouldn’t feed; based on threads here I purchased services from @PerformanceWeapons to modify the AI mags.
Looks like I do other than the huge muscles. LOLHow it feels to complete the set.
Finally ditched the Harris. Trying to decide whether to grab a .308 or 6.5 creed 16.5” barrel for a suppressed setup. Currently running 24” .308.
Sell NOTHING until you check EVERYTHING out. Make SURE your firing pin assembly fits in both bolt bodies. Make SURE that they feed and extract the cases properly, etc. Don't assume ANYTHING. Speaking from experience. I bought a new 338 small firing pin bolt body from EO that was incompletely machined, and the firing pin assembly from my 308 complete bolt assembly would NOT rotate upon insertion no matter what. It was not EO's fault, it was AI's. Fortunately, it was easily returned and replaced with another bolt body, but it was right-hand, and not rare like a lefty would be, so it was immediately available. Don't give up your 308 until you KNOW the 300WM bolt body is 100% GTG.
That was all AXMC... I bought a new AXSR in 300PRC with a factory mag and have had NO problems with feeding from the mag like many others have described. I don't know why I didn't have the same problem they did, because the mag is marked for 300WM. Given the choice, I'd pick 300PRC over 300WM every time because of the extra performance, and not having to deal with a belted cartridge when resizing. But there are a lot of people who have had issues with mag-feeding a PRC from a WM mag, so I understand their frustration even though I didn't experience it.
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That is good advice for sure.
- I have fitted the firing pin/shroud assembly to the new bolt body.
- I have cycled the bolt to ensure that the trigger operates properly.
- I have checked the safety switch in both positions to ensure it operates properly.
- I can't try cycling rounds from a magazine, since I don't have a magazine or a barrel.
