![]() If this rifle goes hunting it will be light varminting (occasional prairie dogs and coyotes) and big game in situations where bipods or solid rests are used, it is never far from the truck (less than a mile, probably much less), and shots tend to be on the longish side. Eventually I might add some lead weight in the butt of the stock to bring the center of balance back and further reduce recoil – this rifle isn’t intended to be going up and down mountains after elk so the extra weight, which will further help accuracy, won’t be a big detriment. The barrel is a “heavy sporter” contour which makes it somewhat heavy with the center of balance well forward of the action. The engraving on this side of the barrel reads “Coyote Hunter”. The action face was trued, the barrel threads were cleaned up and the bolt lugs were lapped to help improve accuracy. It has a new Interarms Mark X action (one of the better commercial Mauser actions but not available for some years now), Timney trigger, Krieger 6.5-06 Ackely Improved barrel (stainless, fluted and hand-lapped with a 1-8 twist), and is glass bedded and free-floated in a Boyd stock. ![]() (A good barrel will last several thousand rounds if properly treated but you can burn them out in less than 100 if you cook them.) 30-06 accompanied me to the range yesterday, partly so I could zero it and partly so I would have something to shoot while the 6.5-06AI barrel cooled. That left me with two rifles that needed to be zeroed. 30-06 which had a Burris Fullfield II 4.5-14xAO with Ballistic Plex reticle. A few days ago I swapped scopes with my Remington M700. Originally I had put a spare Leupold M8 fixed-power 4x on it just so I would have something to aim with when shooting fire-form loads. Yesterday, for the first time, I was able to get to the range and shoot the rifle. The completed rifle finally arrived on October 23rd, just a week before elk season. (Going beyond that requires a whole different level of equipment and expense.) On June 1st of this year I placed an order with Krieger Barrels to build the barrel and do the necessary gunsmithing. ![]() Eventually I decided to build a poor man’s long range rifle using the 6.5mm caliber, with hopes that the rifle would be good for targets out to at least 1,000 yards and preferably to 1,200 or even 1,500 yards. The more I learned about the ballistics of 6.5mm bullets and their suitability for long range shooting, the more I leaned in that direction. ![]() 338-06, possibly in the Ackey Improved configuration, and a 6.5mm-06 Ackley Improved. For the next several months I spent a lot of time trying to decide what kind of barrel to put on it. In November had Boyd laminated and pre-fit stocks on sale and I bought one. In August of 2008 I bought a new-in-the-box Interarms Mark X rife action that was set up for use with. Here is the story about it I wrote up for my family (mostly Granddad, now 97). It became the basis for a custom rifle which I was able to shoot last Friday for the first time. Last year I was able to buy a new Interarms Mark X action with a Timney trigger.
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