Does anybody still think the 40x is special?

[dat]

Love the center grip Xp. Had three at one time. Wish I had kept one.

I have one i'd let go

 

[butchlambert]

I have a new old US 40X barreled action in 308 that needs a home.
It is unfired-Maybe a M40.

 

[davidjoe]

I have a new old US 40X barreled action in 308 that needs a home.
It is unfired-Maybe a M40.

I’m interested.

 

[butchlambert]

I’m interested.

I can't post photos here, but send me an email address.

 

[butchlambert]

Photos sent.

 

[NZ_Fclass]

I recently found a 40X for sale. I have always had a "thing" to own one. It's just back from the gunsmiths after having an awful 308 barrel removed - not original -and a Proof stainless barrel in 6BR added and pillar bedded. The stock was in good condition, but had been left in the sun, so I removed the finish, stained the timber to a dark walnut and gave it 4 coats of satin from a rattle can.

It went to the range on Sunday with a moderate load of IMR 8208 and 95g SMK's and held the waterline at 600yds at 2955fps and an SD of 8.2. Alpha BR brass/RWS primers. The factory trigger is crisp and showing no signs of wear, so it will stay on the rifle.

While it would have been nice to duplicate the original factory profile and length (and even calibre), I have gone for a 30in light Palma profile - I had it in the cupboard for a different project - and it seems to suit the rifle quite well. The original offering of 6mm International just fell in the "too hard" basket, as I would have had to source a reamer, dies, brass etc. and I really didn't want another 308. 6.5 Creedmoor just felt like blasphemy - although, had the Creed been around, I'm sure Remington would have offered it.

For it's first range trip, I mounted a Bushnell 4.5-30. I'm not sure what it will end up with to keep a "classic" look - but it's unlikely to be some overweight F-class behemoth - maybe a Sightron 8-32?

Now...if can find a 40XB to keep it company....6mm ARC could be fun!

 

[NZ_Fclass]

No, not really anymore. But I did back in the mid-to-late 1990's! Owned two of them, a single-shot and a repeater (stainless). Had the single-shot chambered in 6.5-.350 Remington Magnum (held about 4 more grains than the 6.5-.284) for prone HP. That rifle won the first NRA LRR ever held at Oak Ridge, TN, in 1997; and it put me in the LR shoot offs at the National Matches that year. Had the repeater chambered in 6.5-08 (.260 Remington for you younger guys) for NRA HP. (It never cycled as smoothly as my Model 70's.) Neither rifle made it thru Y2K, rather they helped bank roll my first Barnard P action Palma rifle starting out the new century.

It's a shame that the 350 magnum and the 264 magnum faded away...and seem to be reborn lately without the belt! I built a 30-350 in the 90's - a hunting gun on a Mauser action. Worked fine and exceeded 30-06 speeds by quite a margin. I should have buit the 264/7mm and developed a better F-Open cartridge!

 

[jdh47]

The 6.5 RM was way ahead of it's time. Trouble is they brought it out in a really light M600 Carbine. People got beat up a little and it never caught on.

 

[butchlambert]

The 6.5 RM was way ahead of it's time. Trouble is they brought it out in a really light M600 Carbine. People got beat up a little and it never caught on.

Joe, I'm ready to chamber 2 of them when I get Kim's HS gauge and reamer.