Aluminum Neuvo in a low profile LRB.

[Alex Wheeler]

Just finished this one up for @tom . Aluminum Neuvo drop port glued and screwed into a wood laminate low profile LRB stock. Tom picked out a new color to try as well. Bartlien barrel in 6 BRA. I went through the action and trigger as usual. Since this is a glue in I had to get down to raw aluminum so the epoxy would stick. If you have any concerns about this coating wearing though I can assure you its not going to happen. I think I can get through nitride easier. This stuff is tough. It took over an hour to prep the action with a die grinder. I was hoping to have my new barrels in by now to go on this rifle so Tom could get to testing but that didnt happen. She came in a 16.9lbs with the Majesta bedded into NF ultralight rings.

 

[quest450]

WOW ! that is one good looking rifle, nice work Alex
I absolutely love the low profile LRB stock

and good luck with it @tom

 

[jackieschmidt]

I am very interested in the aluminum Neuvo. Do they make one in the short action.
Ontheir Stainless Steel and Chome Moly short length Neuvo actions, they placed the cut away in the bottom of the action too far forward. You cannot lay a round on the ramp or it will fall backwards into the cut away.
Perhaps the aluminum SA would be further back.

 

[Alex Wheeler]

The short Neuvo is pretty short. Even for a ppc in my opinion. This is about as far back as you can rest a BRA case. Still you cant just toss them in anywhere without risking them falling back. But I have never heard a complain about the LR.

 

[LVLAaron]

Once you feel an AL Neuvo... you'll be ordering one.

 

[jackieschmidt]

That was my complaint with my regular drop port Neuvo on my rail gun.

I talked to Bullet Central about it, they more or less said that it was not designed for use on a Rail
Huh????
The way you sit in relation to the Rail Gun at the Bench, you really fumbled around trying to keep the PPC case from falling backwards.
I put a regular Right eject on it. But what I was thinking of doing was cutting a drop port vent in the regular Neuvo where it should be, and simply use the bolt out of my drop port action in it.
The drop port is on that atrocious looking rifle I shot at the TackDriver. It works great in a bag gun where you are in a better position to flip the round into the chamber.

 

[Alex Wheeler]

Jackie, when I was still converting pandas into drop ports I played with location. I found that if the case dopped .100" before the bolt hit the bolt stop you could not catch the case on the forward stroke no matter how fast you ran the bolt. So my advice is to cut the port so the case falls .100" before the bolt stops on the bolt stop.

 

[Hal]

Alex what is the coating on the action.
Is anyone applying to other actions?

Great looking rifle.

Hal

 

[Alex Wheeler]

Its hard anodize with some kind of teflon coating. Bruce told me more about it but I dont remember the details. The black comes off relatively easily, I assume thats the teflon coating. Under the black is an opaque color surface, which I would guess is the anodize. Een if you did get through the black coating, your never getting through the anodize. There different levels of anodize, Im no expert on them but this is a deep one. Stiller anodized the vipers but did not use the teflon coating. Im not away of the teflon being used on any steel actions. Im not sure if could be used on steel. But its slicker than nitride.

 

[jackieschmidt]

Hard anodize can be as deep as .005 deep. It is very durable under normal use.
The anodized finish is not particularly smooth, due to the etching procedure that is part of of the process.

The teflon is probably incorporated to make the new action’s aluminum body feel really slick.

Stiller also put a coating on the bolts, which I think were machined from 4340 on his first runs. I can’t remember exactly what the bolt process was, I thing it was nitride.

 

[Alex Wheeler]

Hard anodize can be as deep as .005 deep. It is very durable under normal use.
The anodized finish is not particularly smooth, due to the etching procedure that is part of of the process.

The teflon is probably incorporated to make the new action’s aluminum body feel really slick.

Stiller also put a coating on the bolts, which I think were machined from 4340 on his first runs. I can’t remember exactly what the bolt process was, I thing it was nitride.

I actually looked into what was on those Stiller bolts because it was so slick. It was call armoloy (if it was the silver bolt). It was some kind of chrome. I actually have a viper in the shop right now. Been playing with it and comparing the two. While we really liked how slick the vipers were and considered them as slick as it gets. After messing with them side by side, this teflon coating beats it.

 

[tom]

First ladder out of it today, you guys can save this photo for every time the whole "this ES equals this much vertical" thing comes up!

Tom

 

[BoydAllen]

Hard anodize can be as deep as .005 deep. It is very durable under normal use.
The anodized finish is not particularly smooth, due to the etching procedure that is part of of the process.

The teflon is probably incorporated to make the new action’s aluminum body feel really slick.

Stiller also put a coating on the bolts, which I think were machined from 4340 on his first runs. I can’t remember exactly what the bolt process was, I thing it was nitride.

I have an early Viper, but not the earliest. My bolt is industrial hard chromed. The earlier ones had a grayish impact plated tungsten disulfide finish. My action felt very rough when I got it,but over time and many cycles it became pleasingly slick, as the interior hard annodizing was dehorned by a little wear. Eventually they started lapping the bolt bore to smooth things up considerably.

 

[Evan]

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First ladder out of it today, you guys can save this photo for every time the whole "this ES equals this much vertical" thing comes up!

Tom

What do you think of the aluminum neuvo now that you’ve worked with it some?

How do you like the Majesta? Is the extra weight a problem at all? I had to hog out my stock when I got the SVSS to make weight.

 

[JFrank]

A couple of additional questions as well. Are the target backers accessible and did the fog clear up or did you have to shoot through that dense fog ?
Thx

 

[L.Sherm]

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First ladder out of it today, you guys can save this photo for every time the whole "this ES equals this much vertical" thing comes up!

Tom

They will just tell you your chrono is off Tom LOL

 

[tom]

Jim, as of now anything made in America has enough clearance to pull into and around the shed, and up to the end of the line. The fog did not lift, and I had to abort on my 2nd bullet with my second primer. It actually got thicker, and drenched my rifle, rest, and everything I had out while I was down range.

Evan, It took an effort to make weight. Milled out rudder, and butt, and a little extra wiggle room by unscrewing the illumination crap. I was concerned about balance, but it tracked well, and recoil impulse seems normal. The receiver is faster back and forth, and doesn't appear to be broken or anything. I just bore sighted this thing, and came up 27 minutes and put the first rounds on yesterday. The scope is the nicest optically I've seen from March to date, but I couldn't use the top end yesterday. The target above was the very first ladder out of this gun, and I tried aiming at the 3/4" dot but after 3 shot I was struggling and switched to the 2" dot. That was 50x, and that's all I could tolerate yesterday. It's only purpose is going to be to aim smaller in that special relay you might get every couple years. Optically, and weight, I like some other options better still.



Tom

 

[tom]

They will just tell you your chrono is off Tom LOL

I've actually argued that possibility since we see this +-50%, basically a coin toss. Which that in itself, renders the ES thing useless as well lol.

Tom

 

[makurtz]

What does the Neuvo AL weigh vs. LR? Bullet Central does not show the weights on their website.
Awesome rifle, Alex!

 

[Bc'z]

Just finished this one up for @tom . Aluminum Neuvo drop port glued and screwed into a wood laminate low profile LRB stock. Tom picked out a new color to try as well. Bartlien barrel in 6 BRA. I went through the action and trigger as usual. Since this is a glue in I had to get down to raw aluminum so the epoxy would stick. If you have any concerns about this coating wearing though I can assure you its not going to happen. I think I can get through nitride easier. This stuff is tough. It took over an hour to prep the action with a die grinder. I was hoping to have my new barrels in by now to go on this rifle so Tom could get to testing but that didnt happen. She came in a 16.9lbs with the Majesta bedded into NF ultralight rings. View attachment 1506878View attachment 1506879

Good lookin rifle!!
I've done a couple of the 3" DC Trackers, but have yet to work on the 4".
I really like how it's tapered back into action and what appears to be lower in the sides of forend lending to a more open barrel channel.
All in all it's just plan sexy!!