Ultralight Ultralight Rifles

[Taudisio]

This is a bit OT but how are you guys doing out West with the seriously heavy winds? Not easy to shoot with sand blowing in your UL UL. Be Well Brothers, BG.

Keep it under 300 yards with 15+mph winds. Any stronger wind and just use it as cover to get closer. Anything below either of those figures, just practice more and get good data out to however far you want to shoot. I posted my 300 yard shooting in about 15mph cross wind. And 10ish mph out to 590. Both videos can be found in this thread.

 

[Sundodger]

Same here, were I do most of my hunting in the mountains or the thick rainforest, high winds just means I can stalk in closer.

When I have gone east and hunted the prairie, that's a different situation, and I am not bringing a UL rifle.

 

[ProRoad]

Sale weekend! Just ordered a Faxon 6 ARC barrel in 16" for $159.99 from Primary Arms. Here we go! Mating it to the BCA side charging upper and Roam Magnesium lower which I received today. More info soon. Here we go!

 

[Luke S]

My Faxon 6.5 Grendal has been solid.

 

[gtriple]

My Faxon 6.5 Grendal has been solid.

My Faxon 223 wylde was a shooter. Like 3/4 MOA with factory BH 77TMK. Only reason I got rid of it was because I got a Shaw portless.

 

[Trackselk]

Those strait pull handles that wrap around the side got me inspired to have a more weatherproof/debris proof rifle, so I got a Roam, built this titanium charging handle, and put an ultralight dust cover on her.
Right now it has 3 layers of heat shrink for grip, we'll see if it stays put in the field.
It's about 1/3" out of full battery in the pic because I have a spent case stuck in the Ackley chamber and I'm hunting around for my brass rod.
I can stay in the scope and not get hit by it so I think it's a success. Any critiques/improvement ideas are appreciated.
I might epoxy a knurled(?) Aluminum knob on there instead of the heat shrink, but it was an easy trial.

Edit* 1.4x ounces
Added a pic of the inboard section. It's all one piece that perches on a spacer, which also works as a bolt stop to the rear. It was a lot of fun heating and bending the titanium, but it wasn't easy making the round stock flat for the screw holes. Once the ti work hardens it doesn't want to move, or even be ground down very effectively. Amazing stuff. You get it red hot and hit it with a hammer immediately, then it's much harder subsequent rounds. Bending it is pretty easy, just don't get it too hot. The round stock weighs half of the square bar, so it was worth the effort.

 

[Trackselk]

Were any of you also wishing these handles in the pic would work with a shortened bolt/solo bolt?
I added some more rambling and a pic to the previous post. I don't think we get any kind of notification when someone edits a post do we?

 

[4090Sharps]

Those strait pull handles that wrap around the side got me inspired to have a more weatherproof/debris proof rifle, so I got a Roam, built this titanium charging handle, and put an ultralight dust cover on her.
Right now it has 3 layers of heat shrink for grip, we'll see if it stays put in the field.
It's about 1/3" out of full battery in the pic because I have a spent case stuck in the Ackley chamber and I'm hunting around for my brass rod.
I can stay in the scope and not get hit by it so I think it's a success. Any critiques/improvement ideas are appreciated.
I might epoxy a knurled(?) Aluminum knob on there instead of the heat shrink, but it was an easy trial.

Edit* 1.4x ounces
Added a pic of the inboard section. It's all one piece that perches on a spacer, which also works as a bolt stop to the rear. It was a lot of fun heating and bending the titanium, but it wasn't easy making the round stock flat for the screw holes. Once the ti work hardens it doesn't want to move, or even be ground down very effectively. Amazing stuff. You get it red hot and hit it with a hammer immediately, then it's much harder subsequent rounds. Bending it is pretty easy, just don't get it too hot. The round stock weighs half of the square bar, so it was worth the effort.

Is the case being stuck at all related to the extraction power of the new CH?

 

[Trackselk]

Is the case being stuck at all related to the extraction power of the new CH?

Nope, sadly I've fired zero rounds so far in this barrel, been too busy. It was just in there for a function test of the new reliabolt. Shouldn't have grabbed an already fired case...
I think my design has a much more robust 'hammer on' durability, but maybe less direct pull extraction pressure due to the flexible titanium.