New 223. Rem, Bartlein, Manners

[MitchK]

Here's my new 223.

I started with a new 700 action from Brownells. Added a Bartlein Heavy Varmint barrel, 1-8 twist, from Sinclair. It finished at 28". Wyoming Armory put the barreled action together for me. APA did the coating and the bolt knob.

My Manners T6A came Monday, after an almost 4 month wait. I had originally ordered a T2A, but decided on the T6A. Glad I did, it looks and feels great. The only problem I had was finding a Torx 30 driver.

A Nightforce 5.5-22 MOAR from Sport Optics tops it all off.

I'm shooting Lapua brass with 80gr SMK in front of 24.5 gr of Varget. They averaged 2892 fps. SD was 10 and ES 31. The center target shows the first 5 shots after bolting the new stock to the action. Next five shots are in the top left. Not sure what to say about the 2nd group except that I was looking for the chrono numbers and not working on the group.

Thanks to Keith at Wyoming Armory, Jered at APA, and the crew at Manners.

 

[Ezra Manners]

Re: New 223. Rem, Bartlein, Manners

Wow, that's a great looking rifle.
I recently got a R700 in .223 with a 20" barrel and am really enjoying shooting it. There may be a Manners stock in my future.

 

[jwp6114]

Re: New 223. Rem, Bartlein, Manners

looks sweet mitch,

 

[holy cow]

Re: New 223. Rem, Bartlein, Manners

Nice looking build and that stock is F...in beautiful.

 

[Some Day]

Re: New 223. Rem, Bartlein, Manners

Congrats beautiful stick.

 

[Rmitch223]

Re: New 223. Rem, Bartlein, Manners

Very Nice! Love the Stock!

 

[leadbullet]

Re: New 223. Rem, Bartlein, Manners

I have a 204 ruger just like your 223. way too much fun to shoot, i know you'll enjoy yours a lot too.
congrats.

 

[ezee]

Re: New 223. Rem, Bartlein, Manners

Great looking rifle. Give VV N-140 a go sometime. Maximized velocity and accuracy in my 223 AI.

 

[holy cow]

Re: New 223. Rem, Bartlein, Manners

Are these stocks priced the same as the T5A? I did not see a price listed for these on their site.

 

[STR]

Re: New 223. Rem, Bartlein, Manners

Man, that looks great. You just made me want to go shoot mine. I use almost the exact same load and brass. I found 25 grains of Varget to work best for me. Congrats, and enjoy it.