OTM has one in stock, don't hesitate they tend to disappear quick... yet again my prediction is impact WILL be the number one action this year used by top 100 shooters, I said it almost a year ago.
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Impact Precision Actions
- Thread starter jkvinyard
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You need to grind down the catch on the ARC mags.. they are larger and more of a 'hump' compared to the shallower triangular shape of AICS (comparing cross-sections). Most DBM's have geometry to match AICS so the mags don't over-insert and bind on the bolt.
308 BF have been added to the website and are now in stock ready to rock! Impact try’s to keep a steady supply in stock, so when actions do go out of stock you shouldn’t see very long waits for them to come back in. Couple weeks at the most.
Ordered one today from Impact after racking my brain for a few weeks. Also ordered up a Magpul Pro 700. May as well do it right for my first LR rig. Gonna do a 65CM 22" M24/MTU.
The Impact holds such tight tolerances on the Tenon threads from Action to Action, under .005 (As was explained to me this morning from a call with a smith) that they are able to thread all barrels the same which allows you to use an action wrench and change barrels without much trouble getting proper headspace.
Add me to the Impact owners list! I love it! Shooting wonderfully and feeling buttery smooth even when dry. I went ahead and greased it up a bit but it can be put through anything! After today it was caked in a thin layer of red dirt. Felt as smooth as when I picked it up from the FFL yesterday.
Their website states in BOLD that it is not cut for AW.
https://impactprecisionshooting.com/collections/actions
There must be a few in the wild. I saw a picture of it once, but don't know if any of the users follow this site:
Is not much trouble the same as no trouble?
Not trying to nit pick - I also just ordered an impact action but barrel swapping is a new trick to me so looking for any input on it. Specifically swapping with this action.
Thanks.
Man there is nothing to it. I was the same way. It took me a long time to get a vise and wrench bc I was worried about messing it up. First time I screwed a barrel off and put one on I was like why in the world did I not get this stuff sooner! It’s simply tighten up barrel in vise and use correct torque and unscrew. Screw on new one to correct torque. Easy as that. You will love being able to do it yourself.
All rifles are switch barrels... It's market BS to have something field swappable in my opinion. No matter what, you are going to want to double check zero. I was obsessed over switch barrel stuff a few years back till I figured out- they are all switch barrels. You want an action manufacturer that hold tight tolerances, this opens the door to action unseen barrels. Bighorn and Impact are your huckleberry(s) here.
Take your barrel vise - torque it down to the barrel goodntite. Take a hammer and smack one side of the vise to unthread the barrel. Righty tighty torques it shut. You can faf around with the action wrench and your overseas torque wrench that likely isn't calibrated, but a smack or two (make sure to anti sieze your threads) requires an average of 70-150 ft lbs of force to remove it. Here I made a video for you.
^ yup, the "switch barrel" fad is so overrated. Like you state, every rifle is a switch barrel rifle. Plus, you don't have to worry about introducing another potential failure point in the system with a set screw, etc.
It's great that Impact has such tight tolerances that you can order a shouldered barrel to your door, with no gunsmith needing your specific action specs.
It's great that Impact has such tight tolerances that you can order a shouldered barrel to your door, with no gunsmith needing your specific action specs.
Completely agree with the above comments.. if you have a Smith of your choice do the 1st one, those HS measurements are saved so a phone call gets you a new barrel for every reciever on the market.
The notion guys are shooting up barrels so fast, they need to have 10 on order from multiple sources only happens on the internet.
It looks like you have the rifle in a bench vise? That seems to work OK? No need for action wrench/vise?
0.0005" is likely correct. 0.005" is nowhere near tight enough tolerance to headspace all barrels the same.
exactly. bench vise w/ soft jaws.
the only caution i have is make sure your action screws are torqued sufficiently to ensure no extraneous torsional force on the receiver point of contact. No need for an action wrench. You could even have a gunsmith machine flats in the barrel to be able to remove it with a crescent wrench. essentially the same concept.
i dare somebody to troll about headspace...
I don't care about swapping in the field. I greatly appreciate a company that machines to those tolerances consistantly. It takes a lot of prep and dedication to get so many receivers in those tolerances. Being able for order a barrel from nearly any shop helps greatly instead of waiting on one smith that initially installed the barrel to get a blank from a backed up barrel company and cut it. Also the reviews about the smoothness helped.
They are awesome no doubt.
Some of the best rifles and action companies (IMO) come out of machine shops that are already set up for other work.
IE: Tape-matics is a machine shop that has been doing aerospace, dept. defense, oil/gas stuff before guns.
They are passionate shooters that happen to be machinists by trade and figured out they can make a quality action.
You will be very happy with TScustoms! Travis is awesome to deal with and builds hammers!
I’m pretty sure that he will chamber the barrel without the action in hand and ship you the barrel for you to assemble yourself. I know that TS has done a lot of Impacts so he should not need the action in hand.
Question to the smith's offering "pre-fit" barrels........
How do you verify the customer's action has not been modified by "Joe Plumber" riflebuilder down the street or the previous owner didn't watch youtube university and do something stupid to change HS or thread specs?
Are you, the new barrel machinist, assuming all of the liability or do you have a safety clause or procedure the customer does to confirm the action is in "original" condition?
Over the years I have seen some pretty terrible work in the name of accuracy. I believe there is still merit in having the action in-hand for general inspection and cleaning upon re-barrel.
Ern
How do you verify the customer's action has not been modified by "Joe Plumber" riflebuilder down the street or the previous owner didn't watch youtube university and do something stupid to change HS or thread specs?
Are you, the new barrel machinist, assuming all of the liability or do you have a safety clause or procedure the customer does to confirm the action is in "original" condition?
Over the years I have seen some pretty terrible work in the name of accuracy. I believe there is still merit in having the action in-hand for general inspection and cleaning upon re-barrel.
Ern
So far on my two Impact actions, I’ve had over a dozen barrels over several years and two different gunsmiths. Of the two calibers that match (6BR and Dasher) the headspace has been identical. Not off by a thousandth - identical. I always check it when I get a new barrel and I’ve never had to change my sizing die.
Why no other action manufacturers have done this yet is beyond me, but the days of sending your action in and putting your gun down for months is over.
I shot a friends suppressed 223 built off an impact action all day yesterday at a PRS match and it was amazing. My trued 700 is pretty smooth for a 700 but compared to the impact it was garbage. If i had the money for a custom action i would most definitely be buying an impact!
