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Bucket list rifle setup: 2 and a half months in and it's finally shootable
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<blockquote data-quote="BallisticsGuy" data-source="post: 2461604" data-attributes="member: 96226"><p>My foam came in. Got around to getting some test fitting done. Learned a couple little details about the templates at mycasebuilder, the Covert chassis template (my rifle is an M2 model so I had to do some interpolation and figuring to adapt it to an M2) was done without buttpad or extensions so I have to pull the butt pad and extensions off. No biggie. </p><p></p><p>I also found out that it won't fit in the DT hard case. I had to make some assumptions/guesses about what the actual case that DT uses was and I guessed slightly wrong. No worries, I ordered the correct case based on the template I used. Once I found that out it told me what I needed to figure out what the actual base case is that DT private labels. I started working a new foam set for the DT case and immediately found out that it'll never fit the amount of stuff that I'll drag with me to the boonies but the DT case is the right size for the dramatically smaller number of items that I'll take with me when I travel so I'll have 2 hard cases, 1 for travel by car that weighs about 100lbs fully loaded and 1 for travel by plane that weighs about 70lbs fully loaded out. </p><p></p><p>I need to do a little clearance cutting here and there and bore a bit of a recess for the parallax knob on the scope but but everything otherwise fits really well. The high density foam layers are well bonded together and the red top coat is fantastic quality and visually appealing. I couldn't be happier with mycasebuilder's craftsmanship. My own measuring was almost perfect but I can see where I was a tenth of an inch off here and there and learned a few lessons. My new hard case will be here in a day or two and I'll hopefully be done messing with my 2nd foam layout for the OEM DT case in a few days. </p><p></p><p>Where things seem to be bowing out, I'm causing that by putting things that weren't meant to go certain places into those places they're not meant to go. Just experimenting with alternate locations. </p><p></p><p>One place I'm a little bummed out about: I got my PVS-30 before I got my PVS-27 or my PVS-24LR. The 24LR and the 30 fit in the NV spot just fine but there's no way to get a 27 in there with this layout. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]346016[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Now if the rest of my barrels, bolts and magazines would just arrive. I got a custom .223 barrel/bolt/mag setup from Short Action Customs before DT could manage to get me my factory .338LM barrel or bolt and DT still has yet to ship 3 of my mags. Chalk it up to supply chain nutterbutterness. I don't blame them taking a while. I do wish they'd stop using FedEx for shipping though. FedEx has lost the plot and is now routinely outperformed by the bloody US Postal Service.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BallisticsGuy, post: 2461604, member: 96226"] My foam came in. Got around to getting some test fitting done. Learned a couple little details about the templates at mycasebuilder, the Covert chassis template (my rifle is an M2 model so I had to do some interpolation and figuring to adapt it to an M2) was done without buttpad or extensions so I have to pull the butt pad and extensions off. No biggie. I also found out that it won't fit in the DT hard case. I had to make some assumptions/guesses about what the actual case that DT uses was and I guessed slightly wrong. No worries, I ordered the correct case based on the template I used. Once I found that out it told me what I needed to figure out what the actual base case is that DT private labels. I started working a new foam set for the DT case and immediately found out that it'll never fit the amount of stuff that I'll drag with me to the boonies but the DT case is the right size for the dramatically smaller number of items that I'll take with me when I travel so I'll have 2 hard cases, 1 for travel by car that weighs about 100lbs fully loaded and 1 for travel by plane that weighs about 70lbs fully loaded out. I need to do a little clearance cutting here and there and bore a bit of a recess for the parallax knob on the scope but but everything otherwise fits really well. The high density foam layers are well bonded together and the red top coat is fantastic quality and visually appealing. I couldn't be happier with mycasebuilder's craftsmanship. My own measuring was almost perfect but I can see where I was a tenth of an inch off here and there and learned a few lessons. My new hard case will be here in a day or two and I'll hopefully be done messing with my 2nd foam layout for the OEM DT case in a few days. Where things seem to be bowing out, I'm causing that by putting things that weren't meant to go certain places into those places they're not meant to go. Just experimenting with alternate locations. One place I'm a little bummed out about: I got my PVS-30 before I got my PVS-27 or my PVS-24LR. The 24LR and the 30 fit in the NV spot just fine but there's no way to get a 27 in there with this layout. [ATTACH type="full" width="361px"]346016[/ATTACH] Now if the rest of my barrels, bolts and magazines would just arrive. I got a custom .223 barrel/bolt/mag setup from Short Action Customs before DT could manage to get me my factory .338LM barrel or bolt and DT still has yet to ship 3 of my mags. Chalk it up to supply chain nutterbutterness. I don't blame them taking a while. I do wish they'd stop using FedEx for shipping though. FedEx has lost the plot and is now routinely outperformed by the bloody US Postal Service. [/QUOTE]
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