by AusTac » 30 Oct 2016, 6:04 pm
Set out early this morning with my lithy .308 to try and grab a little 100m section i know of in the bush, the aim was to get some time behind the rifle and confirm my zero from the previous session.
The rifle has some heft about it, weighing in at 3.5kg bare, mine weighs about 4.5kg with all the gear, next is the cock on open action, coming from a 303 lee enfield this takes a little getting used to, not to bad during rapid fire as i work it like i hate it, but if i'm single top loading it needs a little snap to get that bolt up, which is just me, 99% of you will all own cock on open actions.
Another little issue i've been having, which is again, just not being familar with the rifle is during some slow " precision" fire the bolt has a tiny bit of extra travel ( 1cmish ) after it ejects the round, being the good person i am, i pick up all my range produce, which has often through my own fault seen me work the bolt back and catch the ejecting round then going forwards andlocking it down without a round being stripped from the mag, sorted that now however with getting used to full bolt strokes.
The trigger is crisp from factory, with a clean break, you know exactly whats going to happen, for me it's perfect and i'm not going to mess with it. I would of however liked a rounded trigger, the one on the rifle is pretty square.
For those wondering about packaging, it comes in a long box that we're all probably used to, with a lithgow arms cotton rifle slip bag and obviously some intructions, intrestingly, i didn't receive a extra spacer in the box like i did with my la101 not that i think i need it, but its nice to tinker once and place it on the shelf.
Over all i'm extreamly happy with the rifle/setup its built tough, and i don't have to be so precious as i do with wood, and being in the same country, i hope it's not going to be a hastle to get parts should the need ever arise.
Now i'll include some range photos that i'm not that proud of, but i'll keep it real for you guys. The conditions at the time were a little sketchy, but it needed to be done this weekend. There was some light drizzle with about a 30km cross wind, i tried to take shots inbetween the big gusts. As you'll see i shot prone on a bipod, with a rear bag which was set ontop of my chest rig.
I had a packet of federal premium with the 168gn sierra matchking and a pack of ppu 150gn soft nose lets just say i regret cheaping out at the gunshop the day before, some are groups on top of groups, when i ran out of the t spots, scope fine adjustments were made continuously throughout the shoot. The ppu was pretty erratic, and after buying 5 boxes i'll most likely run the federal
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