New member/ Picked up my first bolt action about a month ago!

[nudarkshadowl]

Picked up a Remington AAC-SD in .308 a few weeks ago. Started out life as a basic 700 in .308. After doing alot of research and bouncing back and forth between Leupold mark 4s and the Nxs Night Forces, I ended up with a Night Force NXS 5.5-22x56. I already had a Harris bipod so I threw that on as well.









Went and shot it with some very nice Lake City match ammo and got decent results, but found myself lifting up to get a proper cheek weld. I had noticed that with a rest, or bipod, the forend flexed and touched the barrel affecting accuracy. I had previously read about this issue and planned on replacing the stock anyway... so, after much research about, Bell and Carlsons, McMillans who happen to be a few miles from my house, Mcree, Hp, JAE stocks, etc. I decided my best fit for what I wanted out of the stock, pricing, looks, intended use, etc. would be the accuracy international AICS 1.5 in FDE! I am so excited to shoot it this weekend! It looks great, has a DBM (which i forgot to put in after the install and isnt in the pictures), is self bedding, has the adjustable cheek weld and butt plate, etc.

last thing I need to get is the AAC 762sdn-6 which should be at my lgs here shortly, then the 6 month wait, lol. Anyway, here she is! Great forum BTW! It has been very helpful in choosing my modifications!

 

[nudarkshadowl]

Did a small mod to the 700 today... got a new trigger! Went with a Timney 510 set at 1.5lbs by Timney themselves. The manufacturer happens to be a few miles from where I work so I just called them up, told them what I wanted/needed poundage and went to pick it up a few hours later! Trigger feels great!!!:banana:




and this was my first five shot group of the day last weekend, shot at 200 yards. This was with the Xmark Pro trigger still installed, so ill be interested to see if they get any tighter after the Timney install.