I recently took delivery of my new 243 Ackley Improved from Jon Beanland and am really happy with how it came out. I also want to personally thank Stick for his recommendations and help with the throating. I appreciate it.
243 AI
Remington 700 short action bought new
#2 Hart barrel 1-8" twist cut at 22" and 3/4" exposed shank
Jon supplied a .250" recoil lug
New McMillan Hunter in EDGE fill. Black base with olive and grey specs
Borden aluminum trigger guard with no hole in the front
Jewel trigger set at 1.5 lbs and feels fantastic
Graphite black cerakote
Bolt body polished
Kampfeld Ti flutes on the bolt and a campfire bolt knob added
Leupold VX-3 3.5-10
Talley LW low's
The entire package weighs 7 lbs 6 oz.
I sent Jon a dummy round that he throated the rifle to. I used virgin Lapua 243 brass and a 105 Hornady HPBT seated at 2.750". This gives me plenty of room to feed cartridges and chase the lands in the factory ADL box.
I will have to update this post when I have some real targets to share. I have only formed some cases and am still experimenting with the ackley loads.
Thank you for looking and I hope you enjoy reading my post.
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243 AI
Remington 700 short action bought new
#2 Hart barrel 1-8" twist cut at 22" and 3/4" exposed shank
Jon supplied a .250" recoil lug
New McMillan Hunter in EDGE fill. Black base with olive and grey specs
Borden aluminum trigger guard with no hole in the front
Jewel trigger set at 1.5 lbs and feels fantastic
Graphite black cerakote
Bolt body polished
Kampfeld Ti flutes on the bolt and a campfire bolt knob added
Leupold VX-3 3.5-10
Talley LW low's
The entire package weighs 7 lbs 6 oz.
I sent Jon a dummy round that he throated the rifle to. I used virgin Lapua 243 brass and a 105 Hornady HPBT seated at 2.750". This gives me plenty of room to feed cartridges and chase the lands in the factory ADL box.
I will have to update this post when I have some real targets to share. I have only formed some cases and am still experimenting with the ackley loads.
Thank you for looking and I hope you enjoy reading my post.
[img:left]http://s15.postimg.org/z8plvapzf/IMG_2539.jpg[/img]
[img:left]http://s12.postimg.org/guxya88ul/IMG_2547.jpg[/img]
[img:left]http://s11.postimg.org/c5g6zbrqr/IMG_2555.jpg[/img]
[img:left]http://s22.postimg.org/pie1pjy81/IMG_2556.jpg[/img]