I'm now to the Grendel club with a 527 American I picked up last fall here in Canada. I had changed out the stock to a Boyd's Heritage with a LH cheek piece. I've done limited shooting with it, but it has shown to be a sub MOA rifle with the handloads I've tried so far. What I found most limiting, is the barrel is a pretty skinny contour with that fairly large 6.5mm hole in it.
When I saw the MTR version available, I knew this was where I wanted to go, I like fat barrels. Being a lefty, rifles that are built for RH shooters can be hit and miss as far as comfort. Rifles with a rollover cheek piece like a 1712 Anschutz is a no go at all. Some rifles have a fairly sharp surface so shooting 'backwards' can be painful. The MTR stock looked to be workable in the cheek department, but I'd lose out on the ergos of the grip and thumb area. The rifle feels great right handed, and I'll have no problems shooting it as a lefty.
The trigger is NOT a set trigger like my other 527's, but is adjustable from 2.2-4.5 pounds, out of the box it was at 4 pounds and crisp. I did a quick bedding test with the screws and it didn't exhibit and extreme torque, I'll pillar bed it this weekend after an out of the box test. The barrel is 25.6" long and measures .860" at the muzzle. Muzzle threads are M18-1.
I changed the screws to J&P hexes and installed a DIP rail and dropped a 6-24 Bushnell Engage onto it. As pictured with the scope and bipod, it's 11lbs 4oz.
My plan is to shoot some Federal GMM 130 OTM's for a baseline, bed it and then shoot again with FGMM and some handloads.
Better pics of these on the net, but here it is on a dirty couch.....
When I saw the MTR version available, I knew this was where I wanted to go, I like fat barrels. Being a lefty, rifles that are built for RH shooters can be hit and miss as far as comfort. Rifles with a rollover cheek piece like a 1712 Anschutz is a no go at all. Some rifles have a fairly sharp surface so shooting 'backwards' can be painful. The MTR stock looked to be workable in the cheek department, but I'd lose out on the ergos of the grip and thumb area. The rifle feels great right handed, and I'll have no problems shooting it as a lefty.
The trigger is NOT a set trigger like my other 527's, but is adjustable from 2.2-4.5 pounds, out of the box it was at 4 pounds and crisp. I did a quick bedding test with the screws and it didn't exhibit and extreme torque, I'll pillar bed it this weekend after an out of the box test. The barrel is 25.6" long and measures .860" at the muzzle. Muzzle threads are M18-1.
I changed the screws to J&P hexes and installed a DIP rail and dropped a 6-24 Bushnell Engage onto it. As pictured with the scope and bipod, it's 11lbs 4oz.
My plan is to shoot some Federal GMM 130 OTM's for a baseline, bed it and then shoot again with FGMM and some handloads.
Better pics of these on the net, but here it is on a dirty couch.....
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