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Why not a MAK repeater as a budget MOR/Tactical Rifle?


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Seems to me that one of those plus a bipod and aftermarket trigger would be a very solid rifle for MOR/Tactical. Very accurate, takes AICS mags, uses interchangable parts with Rem 700, has very similar ergos to the AR-15, any ideas? Rebarrelling to 260 is easy.

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Parts are interchangeable with a Rem 700, because that's the action used for it. Some folks are leary of gluing in an action too.

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http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=7&...93&t=511839

Seems to me that one of those plus a bipod and aftermarket trigger would be a very solid rifle for MOR/Tactical. Very accurate, takes AICS mags, uses interchangable parts with Rem 700, has very similar ergos to the AR-15, any ideas? Rebarrelling to 260 is easy.

atek3

Parts are interchangeable with a Rem 700, because that's the action used for it. Some folks are leary of gluing in an action too.

what's the matter with epoxying in an action?

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I would suggest that the fact that the receiver has to be epoxied in is a definite negative compared to the AICS system. The AICS is pretty much a turn the two screws and shoot. Different barrels and different actions can be put in the stock with no changes or tuning. I like the looks of the system better than the AICS but IMO it appears to require a hell of a lot more work to get it shooting....? :mellow: Am I missing something?

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I would suggest that the fact that the receiver has to be epoxied in is a definite negative compared to the AICS system. The AICS is pretty much a turn the two screws and shoot. Different barrels and different actions can be put in the stock with no changes or tuning. I like the looks of the system better than the AICS but IMO it appears to require a hell of a lot more work to get it shooting....? :mellow: Am I missing something?

from what I gather, putting in different actions might be tough, but putting in different barrels is apparently very straightforward. Basically you remove the handguard, install an action wrench, and unscrew the barrel.

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The system is made for a Remington 700 Short Action, or an action with a similar contour. Kevin McDonald emailed me that you can bolt it in, but, you need a circular recoil lug, ie precision ground washer. The highpower shooters just glue them in.

Merlin, benchrest shooters use glue ins. They change barrels all the time, even during the matches.

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I had a chance to play with one that a highpower shooter was selling. They look COOL, but like it was posted it has to be glued in.

I myself would spend the money and go with the AICS. Just my 2 cents on the deal. B)

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The first time I ever set my Benny Barrelled Action in my AICS stock it shot .2s with the first load I tried in it. THe tuning consisted of twisting an allen wrench in two bolts till I had a little white under the thumbnail.... Benny said that looks good and away it went to shoot better than any gun I have ever built for myself...

It's just so Damned Fugly.....

I think I might just have to find myself one of those stocks and see for myself... :)

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I myself would spend the money and go with the AICS.

I don't know nuthin' about the MAK, but I know that I have less than $2k in my AICS

-- AICS stock (about $800)

-- Rem-700 PSS 5R rifle, complete (Mike Rock 24" stainless barrel) (about $600)

-- (sold off the synthetic stock... so net cost was about $100 less than that)

-- Action work, cryo and blended muzzle brake done by JP, about $500

net result, a way-more-accurate-than-I-can-take-advantage-of rifle... for about $1800, plus glass.

$.02

B

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