Ooooo! What optic did you go with? Have you shot groups with it yet? Do you have an actual weight for it?
I have a PA 3x prism on it now; groups well at 50 so far. The bare gun was 2 lb 14 oz. The trigger was atrocious, and a mile long, but if I can get that cleaned up, the size of this thing would make it astounding to carry around and it looks like it'll have the goods for a shorter range deer gun. It's really a neat design. That little 5.7 is a cool caliber, too - like a modernized Hornet with faster twist.
How do you like the 3x? I think the “scoped” weight of that will be about the same as my 5.56 with the red dot, it’s 3lb 4oz without a mag or ammo. But you will be significantly less money into it. I look forward to seeing your results!
It seems nice enough so far. And yeah, I've got a ULUL Solo 300 build as well, which I love. This Stowaway is just another option, and it is a good deal smaller, though not really lighter, which is neat. And in a caliber that burns 9 gr of powder as a 200-yd deer gun? Yes please.
This will be pretty sweet, esp. if twisted for some of the heavier pills, 75gr etc.
I’m certain he told me recently that the .223/.300 BLK version will be a larger design. The 5.7 receiver will accept all rimfires as well as 9mm once he begins making them.
Good to know. I need to figure out how to address this trigger. Have you looked into it or talked to Aaron about it? I ground 0.25" off the engagement tab, sacrificing case ejection, and it's better but still bad.
Yes. I’ve done:
I have no suggestions on how to fix the trigger. For its purpose as a survival-type gun, it works fine as-is. In today's world, we're spoiled by so many good triggers that mediocre ones like this seem worse than they are.
Just went to work grinding again on the trigger and got it doing great. Crisp and not heavy. My rifle doesn't eject cases now, but they still extract and can be quickly dumped out if need be. Very worthwhile trade for me - the trigger pull from the factory was a dealbreaker. Now, I'm very excited about this rifle!
How bad in inchs? I'd check barrels tight. The nut can bottom out and the barrel extension can be just a little loose. Some people have mentioned it in this thread.
Yeah, I have multiple Faxons and every one of them shoots well. Maybe check everything before you write that barrel off.
OK that's not as terrible as I thought. Could just be a powder bullet combo it doesn't like. My faxon used to do 10 rounds of both the fiochhi and hornady 55 vmax loads under an inch and 73 elds and Varget into 1-1.5moa. Never did find anything to outshoot the factory vmaxs and they killed a heap of wallabies and a decent number of fallow deer.
How do you like the Nosler k can?!? Mine for my 6x45 is still in jail, feds hate me I suppose, and my hybrid 46m would be ridiculous on it. I haven’t found many (any) reviews except the shop owner said “It’s great. Works great, super light”-a salesman of few words.
