Thread: 8.6x47 Lapua

I built this in April to replace my 338BRX AR15 upper, my favorite Pig rifle upper, when it became obvious we were going to loose all the centrefire semis forever



I wanted something light & short to replace the 20" barreled 338BRX, I had everything in stock except the barrel which is an 11.75" 1-9 338 True Flite.



I recycled the ASE can from the BRX, I had the Rem 700 TI action, McMillan Hunter Edge stock, centre feed 10 shot double stack mags, btm metal & Timney Calvin Elite trigger.

I chose the 6.5x47 case because I knew I needed a bigger donor case than the 6BRX to get the velocity desired & didn't want it to be as big as the 6.5 Creedmoor or 338 Federal to try to keep the noise down with such a short barrel, the ASE can as basically indestructible

It shoots the Barnes 160TTSX pretty well at around a brisk 2600 fps



These guys weren't that impressed with it last night, the 10 round mag pays dividends, even though I only used 5 & lost 3 bits of brass



Very happy with the 3.5-10 x 50 VX3 I took off one of my other uppers, perfect for this rifle & its intended purpose, those little buggers are pretty tough to hit when they are close & in top gear