I wanted to share some info on this project.
The M.A.C.S. project was being developed specifically to compete for certain types of business. One of the requirements is a "no bedding" system.
Last year, I shared some info about the development in another thread and you may remember this:
Design on this project feature was started in June of 2008 but had been slowed by my lack of time to devote to it.
Since that time, we have steadily been playing and refining. Last November, I started serious testing with it and the results were good. I had a small run of the initial C.A.D. and installed the first production sample into a SENTINEL stock while the others went to anodizing. I shot that sample in the 2010 Snipers Hide Cup figuring that it would be a good addition to some realistic testing. After shooting each day, the rifle was removed from the stock and re-installed. Each day, the rifle retained zero.
It must be noted that the shooter must retain their brains in their head in order to get any meaningful data from the equipment and I forgot that on day 3. However the last rifle shot of the competition was a 1" dot at 100yds from prone. The rifle finished out well with a center hit on that shot.
Basically the rifle did a very good job of retaining POI/POA during the entire event. As some of you have seen, I don't baby my gear and usually throw the rifle down (with bolt back and mag out) to get to my handgun during the run&gun stages.
The overall results were good enough for me to decide that it should become an option on the SENTINEL stocks as well as the M.A.C.S. and I now have the first 16 rifles out on the street with the I.M.B.
Below, you can see that the stocks have been inletted to allow a very nice integration of the block. One of my key goals was to obtain a lot of receiver contact and support all the way up to the waterline of the stock and still get good cosmetics. This is a shot of one of the live installs that went out a few months ago.
More information is available on this update page:
. . .<span style="color: #000099"> go to this page and scroll down to the slide show pictures</span>.
CAD work for the Long Action version and the XL-CIP version is 99% done. Badger M2008 std and magnum versions should also be completed by end of year.
While the M.A.C.S. is still not in full test mode yet, this is a major component of it and these results bode well for how that project should run once let out of the gate.
Thanks to everyone associated with helping this project along and being brave enough to test it and chance its failure.
Everyone have a safe Memorial Day Holiday.
Let us remember our brothers and sisters in our country's service as well as those that served in the past. I very much appreciate all of you no matter how small a part you think you play.
Best,
Terry
The M.A.C.S. project was being developed specifically to compete for certain types of business. One of the requirements is a "no bedding" system.
Last year, I shared some info about the development in another thread and you may remember this:
Design on this project feature was started in June of 2008 but had been slowed by my lack of time to devote to it.
Since that time, we have steadily been playing and refining. Last November, I started serious testing with it and the results were good. I had a small run of the initial C.A.D. and installed the first production sample into a SENTINEL stock while the others went to anodizing. I shot that sample in the 2010 Snipers Hide Cup figuring that it would be a good addition to some realistic testing. After shooting each day, the rifle was removed from the stock and re-installed. Each day, the rifle retained zero.
It must be noted that the shooter must retain their brains in their head in order to get any meaningful data from the equipment and I forgot that on day 3. However the last rifle shot of the competition was a 1" dot at 100yds from prone. The rifle finished out well with a center hit on that shot.
Basically the rifle did a very good job of retaining POI/POA during the entire event. As some of you have seen, I don't baby my gear and usually throw the rifle down (with bolt back and mag out) to get to my handgun during the run&gun stages.
The overall results were good enough for me to decide that it should become an option on the SENTINEL stocks as well as the M.A.C.S. and I now have the first 16 rifles out on the street with the I.M.B.
Below, you can see that the stocks have been inletted to allow a very nice integration of the block. One of my key goals was to obtain a lot of receiver contact and support all the way up to the waterline of the stock and still get good cosmetics. This is a shot of one of the live installs that went out a few months ago.
More information is available on this update page:
. . .<span style="color: #000099"> go to this page and scroll down to the slide show pictures</span>.
CAD work for the Long Action version and the XL-CIP version is 99% done. Badger M2008 std and magnum versions should also be completed by end of year.
While the M.A.C.S. is still not in full test mode yet, this is a major component of it and these results bode well for how that project should run once let out of the gate.
Thanks to everyone associated with helping this project along and being brave enough to test it and chance its failure.
Everyone have a safe Memorial Day Holiday.
Let us remember our brothers and sisters in our country's service as well as those that served in the past. I very much appreciate all of you no matter how small a part you think you play.
Best,
Terry