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3.6" OAL DBM Update Please
Hi Rb/Jason. Do you have an update on progress with the 3.6″ OAL DBM please? Sorry to pester, but I'm in the middle of a build and I would really like to use one of these.
Thanks.
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3.6" OAL DBM Update Please
updated 6 years, 10 months ago
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Prob not best place to contact Jason
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Thanks – I guess not.
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sorry for the short answer, but if you need to contact Jason, pm him. he is a good guy and will check his email when he can.
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OK – thanks.
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Hey Guys,
The bad shipment of steel a couple months back really set me behind on this project. I have two working prototypes as well as a few OEM prototypes so I know the concept works.
My plan was to be ahead for hunting season so I machined 600 optic mounts and 400 shrouds. When I was on vacation a few weeks ago Greg called me and said we were sold out. Holy smokes!
So I've been working on another run of rails and shrouds so I can get back to the bottom metal and mag projects.
This has been our biggest season yet and I'm sitting here with my pants down.
Thank you all for your patience!
I'll get these out as soon as I can
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Jason,
Thanks for the update. I'm pleased to hear that business is good, but it sounds like you are up against it just to keep up with the current line of kit. I'm a fan of the stuff I have from you so far, so I will wait until you can pull your pants up and get the DBMs out. Until then I will be single feeding my 3.5 OAL .300 Win Mag bullets.
Cheers ad good luck.
J
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I too am anxiously awaiting new bottom metal. It's the final component of my rifle.
I've resorted to working up a load that fit in my magazine, as deer season is 3 weeks out. It's not really ideal, especially with those huge, long, 7mm 180gr Bergers, but it's what I've got to work with.
We did get em through the chrono at 3050 fps, but after that, pressure signs. Hoping the longer COAL with the bottom metal will let me crank up a bit faster with lower pressure and better case capacity.
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I'm patiently waiting for this as well…I'm sure it will be worth the wait.
Everything from MT is top notch! Glad to hear business is great. -
I too am anxiously awaiting new bottom metal. It's the final component of my rifle.
I've resorted to working up a load that fit in my magazine, as deer season is 3 weeks out. It's not really ideal, especially with those huge, long, 7mm 180gr Bergers, but it's what I've got to work with.
We did get em through the chrono at 3050 fps, but after that, pressure signs. Hoping the longer COAL with the bottom metal will let me crank up a bit faster with lower pressure and better case capacity.
I guess the new 195 VLDs will be a bit tight then.
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Damn it. This is why you shouldn't let the guys at Bartlein convince you that 1:9 twist will be fine. I KNEW i should have gone with 1:8, good thing i went with 1:8.5 inch twist in the end. It's better than 1:9 anyway. Thanks for the info on the 195's. And they're hunters too!
Looking at the specs, they're only 0.022 longer than the 180's, with a bearing surface 0.096 longer as well. Should shoot fine from my rifle. Now I just have to find a box to play with.
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I think they're hybrids, but they are sponsored by Extreme Outer Limits, and I think they have hunting in mind. There's info on them on the longrangehunting.com site referring to hunting with them in a Nosler 28 too. My custom 7mm Rem Mag is an 8.5 twist as I had the 180s in mind when I ordered it. Should just stabilize the 195s, but 8 or 8.25 twist would be better. Let us know how yours goes if you get hold of some 195s. My rifle is in the UK waiting for me to get back from the U.S. next year.
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