Re: Tac Ops Delta 51
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: brinkhdlow</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Great looking piece Keith! I am pretty sure my wife is already sick of listening to me by now. She only has 20 day and 8 month to a year of listing to me.</div></div>
Thanks for the complement, Murel. It might be a good idea to minimize talk of your upcoming Delta 51 around the wife. The more she hears about it the more she might want an equitable toy for herself. If you're lucky she might just confiscate your Delta 51 and you'll have to order another one. But if she isn't into guns we're talking clothes, diamonds, cars, ect.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: brinkhdlow</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mike was the one who pushed me to get the A3 with the adjustable stock. I’m glad he did because I am sure I would have ended up in your position eventually. I order my stock with the forward mounts as well to mount an IR light/laser and PVS24. It is going to be sick! Can’t Wait!</div></div>
Excellent decision to get your Delta 51 with an adjustable cheekpiece. I have really high cheekbones, and coupled with the PMII 5-25X, Mark 4 Highs', and 40 MOA Base I have to use a little foam under my Tac Ops Stock Pack to get my eye the correct height behind the reticle. It works, but I'll be able to line up faster and easier with the adjustable cheekpiece.
I haven't shot any photos of any of the Tac Ops rifles I've seen set-up for NV gear. They've mostly been Delta 51, X-Ray 51, and Echo 51 rifles'. They are pretty sweet.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: brinkhdlow</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Oh ya, also, what is the difference in the bottom metal?
Murel</div></div>
Tac Ops Bottom Metal is machined from 303 Stainless Steel (Williams are only available in cromoly now). The Tac Ops BM is also more beefy, the shape of the trigger guard and "door" are different, and the Door Release Button is larger and serrated. In addition, the corners are smoothly radiused and snag-free. 303 and 304 Stainless are rather hard on cutting tools and require more frequent sharpening and replacement, so machining out of these materials is definitely a labor of love. The material is too hard to be cut accurately by the Engraver's chisel, so Mike uses cromoly doors on Tac Ops Bottom Metal with engraving.
Below are some close-ups of a Tac Ops Bottom Metal I shot rather hastily before the his barreled action and bottom metal were packed-up and sent to Birdsong. The photos are sort of blurry, but you can see the shape of the Frame, Door, and Trigger Guard as well as the radiused edges and the Release Button. The rifle is a lefty X-Ray and should be ready pretty soon. I'll shoot some photos of it and post them after Mike certifys the rifle.
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">Overall view of bottom of Tac Ops Bottom Metal. Look carefully and you can see the radiused edges on the Trigger Guard:</span></span>
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">Closeup of trigger guard of Tac Ops Bottom Metal. Although the bow is slightly out of focus you can easily see the radiused edges:</span></span>
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">Closeup of the Release Button inside the Trigger Guard:</span></span>
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">Closeup of the "hinge" area on the Tac Ops Bottom Metal:</span></span>
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">Beyond the bolt handle with the Tac Ops Bolt Knob Conversion (Bolt Knob not threaded-on) you can see the Trigger Guard Profile:</span></span>
If you want to see a few more ITW photos of said lefty X-Ray 51, see <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">"
Naked! Lefty Tac Ops X-Ray 51 action"</span></span>.
Keith
