Thread: 8.6blk - anyone here in nz have one....

Originally Posted by Scrub

I will give my opinion after the roar in the south , but to date I simply love my FIX , I have been developing sub sonic & Ultra sonic loads for the FIX from the Faxon website .

It is very expensive to purchase components for in NZ , You can buy new Alpha brass & I so far I have developed loads - Barnes TTSX 185Grn -32.4 gr of Accurate 1680 average MV 2215 groups well.

Sub sonic loads to date are Maker 350 -16 grn Accurate 1680 MV av.1002, Peregrine 280gr 15.6 grn Accurate 1680 yet to test . please dont start with my loads , I am not a expert in this field , old just a hunter .

After shooting a 300 win Mag with 200 grn Percision Hunter the FIX 8.6 is about the 243 cal level of recoil, and so dam hush . There is lots of YouTube videos out there and naturally some haters who probabaly arent hunters , that's what it was designed for , The owner Kevin is a partner in Crusader game park in SA , the Q-fix is used on Water buffalo and warthog and all other species - My effective max. shooting distance I will ensure is under 150yds , and normally thats a long shot in the roar on reds Oldbushy

Grant Ward at sales@tacticalimports.ca has imported some , but with our $ being only about 55c in the USA $ they're expensive , but I just love my new toy

See that's really interesting.

Have just refunded my Fix back to Grant as it would not group less than 4 MOA with .308 , after all sorts of different handloads and over $500 worth of factory ammo - What a bunch of convincing that took , Supposedly the Holy Fix Rifle could do no evil.

It wasn't until other issues popped up with the rifle that Grant was convinced to give me a refund - Namely the trigger pins being so loose they would fall out and a certain other aspect of the rear end of the rifle I will only mutter through closed teeth occured.

I liked the fix , but for what it was and what it was worth , I wouldn't pay that much for what is essentially a bolt action AR10. Especially not given the performance I was getting.

Yes , the barrel and mounts and everything else was torqued correctly.