I’ll be sure to take pics with cans next weekend.
Same here which means I’m no longer in the target audience of AI’s newer rifle designs.
Damn, tough crowd; $70K sitting on the walkway sans suppressor and it's bad...
Damn, tough crowd; $70K sitting on the walkway sans suppressor and it's bad...
Well, you would think by the time you had spent 70K you would have found out how to buy a suppressor.
All I hear are excuses.
Damn, tough crowd; $70K sitting on the walkway sans suppressor and it's bad...
Fine, here’s the shorty AT-XC with a can. I only picked up the AXSR the other day, but I guess that’s an excuse.
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I upgraded to the 15K version:
A very interesting rifle that showed up on R4 today, the TrackingPoint ShadowTrax8 in .338LM. A slaved system with a tablet and a heads up display available through your shooting glasses.
A very interesting rifle that showed up on R4 today, the TrackingPoint ShadowTrax8 in .338LM. A slaved system with a tablet and a heads up display available through your shooting glasses.
I have the same one and have no idea who on the Hide made it for me
A very interesting rifle that showed up on R4 today, the TrackingPoint ShadowTrax8 in .338LM. A slaved system with a tablet and a heads up display available through your shooting glasses.
GTFO with that DARPA reject shit, this is the AI pic thread!
A little father/son time today at the range. Got the kiddo to make consistent hits at 660yds today on a snowman.
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Lower your voice with that moa optic.
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I picked up this beauty from a member here.
I put a scope and other goodies on it.
Then cut some foam for it (great tutorial somewhere here using an electric knife)
This is my first bolt action rifle and I couldn’t be happier. Took it out shooting for the first time last Saturday and had half inch groups at roughly 100 yards using Hornady 147gr tap ammo.
I put a scope and other goodies on it.
Then cut some foam for it (great tutorial somewhere here using an electric knife)
This is my first bolt action rifle and I couldn’t be happier. Took it out shooting for the first time last Saturday and had half inch groups at roughly 100 yards using Hornady 147gr tap ammo.
Did a hell of a job for a first bolt gun congrats!
Thanks! It’s likely going to be my only bolt gun so it was a bit of a “go big or go home” kinda thing.
Thought you’d be closer…your yard as burnt as mine and the corn looks good (as it can)
One of the benefits of a quick change barrel. 308 one day, 6.5creed the next, 6dasher at the match.
Has anyone replaced the magazine catch on their AT/AW/AX?
I thought I remember seeing Samb did one (or was it required for his chassis?).
Not that there is anything wrong with the factory one, but a wider/longer one would make mag changes easier.
I recall the AT-X had a much better competition magazine release, but can't find any good pictures of it.
I thought I remember seeing Samb did one (or was it required for his chassis?).
Not that there is anything wrong with the factory one, but a wider/longer one would make mag changes easier.
I recall the AT-X had a much better competition magazine release, but can't find any good pictures of it.
MKM makes this.
MPA Extended Mag Release
MPA extended mag release Provides a more ergonomic ambidextrous tab for dropping your magazine, allowing you to keep your hand in position.
www.mkmachining.com
Not sure if it's meant for AI. I have a different one on my AT shaped like a whale tale. I think it came from pfl338.
That’s the plan eventually. I don’t know that I’ll ever compete but I may get a 308 barrel and try out different rounds. Right now my only rifle rounds are 6.5cm and .556.
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Fellas, this popped up on a different forum I’m on. Some lgs has an old AIAW 308 and AWM 338 (I think) for sale. Both folders with S&B PM2 and bipods. They’re asking $6k each. Scope included as I understand it. Looks like a heckuva deal to me.
accurate international with Schmidt and bender. Pass or Follow?? $6,000! ouch
they have two of the coolest rifle I’ve ever seen at my shop. One is a 338 Lapua and the other is a 308 They are asking 6000 big ones each! what do you guys think!
www.thehighroad.org
Someone didn't research recent AW & AWM selling prices very well, doesn't care, or just wants them sold quick provided the post was true... I'm very tempted to make a $12k impulse buy if I knew where they were.
Also, having not looked at THR in years, I'm glad to see the same high percentage of curmudgeonly post content. Loved the post in that AI thread about how they're too heavy and $6k being too much and how he could use that $6k to build "at least" 3 rifles exactly the way he wanted to, lol. And now the OP doesn't feel "internet safe" and wants the thread closed because a bunch of recently registered members (probably from here) are PMing him asking for the location of said $6k AIs... classic THR, but it's not the full THR experience until someone gets banned for the most minor infraction of wrongspeak.
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Would've been better for my bank account had I not found this place though...
Took me almost a decade to find snipershide, went through so many forums trying to find one that wasn't just full of fudds.
Would've been better for my bank account had I not found this place though...
I found that store with AWM and AW, based on the OP pics shared (tile on the floor, showcases, walls decoration), and the fact where he is located (had to research his first 10-20 messages in that forum posted in 2021).
AWM is gone
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I found that store with AWM and AW, based on the OP pics shared (tile on the floor and walls decoration), and the fact where he is located (had to research his first 10-20 messages in that forum posted in 2021).
AWM is gone
Careful, now you're really making him not feel "internet safe" and he's going to notify the mods... you stalker.
The mod just closed the thread at his request, lol!
I also dug through his post history for mention of a location and then did google searches for pictures inside gun shops in that area looking for a match on the display cases, flooring, and wall decorations. Also found one of the other shops in the area he's posted pictures from and purchased from recently, lol
Not surprised someone beat me to it and it's cool you snagged the AWM if I'm interpreting your smiley faces correctly. Post pics when you get it!
I really thought about buying both this afternoon when I first saw the post from @taliv , but in all honesty I would have flipped them to fund other projects and builds. I already have 2x AX308s and an AXMC, and have owned AW/AE/ATs in the past. The AW and AWM are still very cool but getting parts for discontinued AI rifles is even more of a pain in the ass than getting parts for current production AI rifles, and I would be worried about that if I damaged a bolt head or firing pin with a pierced primer or something.
Worse yet, if I bought them to flip I'm worried I might catch some hell here and possibly earn my very own abominable snowman meme (it's not like I bought Euro Optic out of 8541 marked S&Bs and then tried reselling them at a huge markup, but it's the same general principle, lol)
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Yes, I will.
AI still makes parts for the AW & AWM platforms.
2 years ago I ordered an AWM 300/338 firing pin assembly to shoot 300 win mag out of my 338 (the rifle came with a spare 300 bolt body).
Nice they had the FP assembly... wonder if they're still making AW/AWM parts or just working through old inventory and when it's gone, that's it?
Even just trying to get stocksides for an AT, not to mention an AE/AW/AWM is a chore. I know the old one piece stock sides were discontinued long ago when the tooling wore out and they were replaced by the modular stock sides, but several years ago I had to wait almost a year for a couple of sets of the newer modular stock sides for my ATs when I wanted different colors, and that was when the AT was still current production.
Last year I wanted to get just a 1.6mm small diameter firing pin for my AXMC and Mile High and AINA could *not* get one for me as there wasn't even a part number in the exploded diagrams to order the 1.6mm firing pin by itself. Sporting Services UK had to get AI UK to create a new part number in the system for just the bare 1.6mm firing pin, and 7 months later or so I had them. Right now I'm 10 months into waiting for a 338LM 1.6mm firing pin bolt body for my AXMC. Buying AI parts is not for the impatient, lol
Wonder if the OP over on THR will start a new thread tomorrow when he goes back to the shop to buy the AWM and finds out it's gone... his last couple of posts tonight sounded like he was thinking of buying the AWM. Maybe he'll buy the 308 instead, $6k is still a great deal for an AW + S&B 5-25.
Are you getting any extras with the rifle/scope/bipod? I saw mention of a hardcase. Is it just a generic starlight or pelican or similar, or is it an original AI deployment case with the precut foam, spare mags, cleaning kit, etc?
Yes, they are making new parts, not old stock. I mean sensitive parts, such as bolt components. It took 3-4 months to place an AWM firing pin assembly to their production plan and 1-2 months to make and deliver.
I wish I could order old skins, too. 3 sets (green-black-tan), but..no way..
One more company in UK offers an old AI AW & AWM stuff, and they have time to time old skins as well. They are working on obtaining an export license to ship parts to the US.
Nothing else besides scope, mount, bipod and brake. Not even a mag. I presume the owner lost it. And a pelican case.
I bet I saw a 338 AXMC bolt body 1.6mm on Eurooptic a month ago. In stock. I’m sure.
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Be nice if G ten gets their export license sorted out. I checked them out a while back and they have the best selection of used parts for older AIs I've ever seen... wonder where they're sourcing all of those parts. I had a bunch of stuff in my cart before I noticed they couldn't ship to the US.
I've had the 1.6mm 338LM bolt body on backorder with Euro since January. I believe they sold their last one in stock around mid December 2024, and I just missed it. Saw it in stock while at work but was headed into a meeting and didn't get a chance to order it ASAP, forgot to order it that night, and a day or so later when I remembered and went to order it was out of stock. I'm in no rush, as long as the backorder gets filled, I'm happy. I don't even have a Lapua or 300/338 Norma barrel and mags yet anyways...
So, a while back, my brand new, in the box, AT-X showed up with a bolt that had the leading number one off from the action serial number. It was a 2 instead of the action's 3.
AINA confirmed that it was a typo as the bolt serial number was not for any AT-X ever built.
Said they could change the bolt, but it'd have no serial number.
It's worth far more than any other AT-X, right, like a misstruck coin? Right?
Anyhow ...
Man, the ABR bag rider is really damned nice, but you probably know that already...
They are nice. I know they are pretty much universal for the most part, but that is backwards to how i have mine orientated anyways. I don't know if there really is a "right or wrong" way but i tried it this way but i didn't like how close mine came to the grip.
Anyways, dope ass rig. That is for sure.
Thank goodness it's suppressed...
^^^^^^Oh, oh, here we go again...
I have an ABR and do like. FWIW, mine is oriented the other way as it helps when I'm squeezing the bag with my left hand.
