Update on Demo Rifle

I have been using the long range hunting handloads I use in my 300 RUM’s. The bullets I use for hunting are the 200 grain nosler accubond and the 180 grain C-21 Cutting Edge lathe turned bullet. Making slight adjustments for better accuracy in this particular rifle. The results have been impressive and I hope the guys don’t think I have been fudging because I have not and have just been developing loads and shooting it as I would any rifle I own. So far I have shot it out to 1000 yards and have pictures of the targets. They are impressive! This rifle will easily take big game animals at 1000 yards if the shooter has the ability to do so. So far my longest shot on game was an elk over 1000 yards earlier this week and the shot was fairly trivial the rifle shot so well. I have shot groups through the same hole at 100 yards. At longer ranges the rifle will shoot as good as a hunter can hold it. The fliers I have had with it I called as my fault when I pulled the trigger and knew where I would find the shot. It was there those couple of times. Last week getting ready for the elk hunt I ranged a target at just under 1000 yards folded down the bipod as in a hunting situation and fired at the target one cold bore shot for a kill. The bullet went through a 6″ bullseye. When practicing for hunting I drive or walk away from the target to an unknown distance. Then I stop, range the target and fire simulating a stalk/hunting situation. Have a nice place to do that on the desert BLM land.

I am sold on the rifle. It has everything a long range hunter would ask for. The rifle is so well balanced with the stock selection that it is easy to carry hunting all day while at the same time having sufficient weight for an accomplished hunter to make precise accurate
long range kills.

Posted by: Don Lewis, Long Range Hunter Forum Member ~ December 23, 2011

 

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Components of an EOL Rifle

Short Action  / Long Action

Length: 7.75 in / Length 8.75 in

Weight: 1.35 lbs / Weight 1.75 lbs

Outside Diameter: 1.36 in / Outside Diameter: 1.36 in

Magazine Length BDL: 2.840 in / Magazine Length BDL: 3.680 in

Magazine Length DBM: 2.870 in / Magazine Length DBM: 3.640 in

Max Desirable Barrel Diameter: 1.29 in / Max Desirable Barrel Diameter: 1.29 in

(1) Premium Grade Stainless Steel. The body of every action is machined from 17-4 stainless steel. This is a tougher, more corrosion resistant material compared to 4000-series alloy often used on firearms. The surface of the action is hardened to 42-43 RC. The bolt body uses even tougher 9310 steel, surface hardened to over 60 RC. Tight benchrest tolerances. Decades of experience in the benchrest circuit have shown that absolute concentricity of the bolt and the action body around the axis defined by the bore line of the barrel is paramount to precision shooting. Each McMillan action is CNC machined from a centerless ground billet blank, not a forging. The face of the action is absolutely perpendicular to the axis of the bolt. Tolerances on general metalwork are held to within 0.005″. Critical parts are held to 0.0005″ tolerances.

(2) Fluted Bolt Aids Reliability. Flutes sweep mud and grit away, helping to keep the action operating smoothly in harsh environments and reduces overall weight.

(3) Accepts Remington-Style Trigger.

(4) Even the underside of a McMillan Action is a “work of art”. In a production action, this area is finished poorly with burrs and tool marks to save costs. In contrast, every component of a McMillan G30 action shows precision engineering and attention to detail throughout, whether the area is hidden or exposed.

(5) Recessed Bolt Face for strength. The bolt face, the barrel shank and the action all surround the cartridge head to add strength in this critical area during ignition. Dual Fail-Safe Ejector. The McMillan G30 push feed action uses a Remington-style plunger ejector, plus a secondary backup spring-loaded mechanical ejector that lifts up as the bolt body passes over it at the end of the stroke. Bolts are fitted to receiver by hand, filing the camming angles and lapping the locking lugs.

Bolt Raceways Are Cut with Wire EDM. Electrical Discharge Machining produces tighter tolerances, no tool marks, and a smoother sliding bolt.

The McMillan push feed action uses a “Sako-style” claw extractor of our own design. This produces positive extraction and push-round feeding. Control round feed bolts use a unique extractor housed in the locking lug eliminating the need to cut an extractor slot in the barrel and also us to hold closer tolerances in the bolt to receiver fit. CRF are available on all cartridges except those with Rigby size .590 case head.

(6) No Tools Bolt Disassembly. The innovative G30 bolt disassembles easily without tools so you can clean the firing pin assembly.

Take the bolt in left hand, palm facing down, with the bolt toward your thumb. Place your left thumb on the bolt handle while gripping the bolt body. Grasp the cocking piece housing in your right hand and rotate away from you about 1/4 turn. Then remove the firing pin. To replace the firing pin, place the bolt in your left hand in the same manner, grab only the cocking piece housing, slide the firing pin in, rotating it slightly until it slides into the guide slot and forward portion of the cocking piece touches the bolt. Now press the cocking piece housing toward the bolt compressing the firing pin spring. Once the cocking piece housing is butted against the bolt body rotate the housing counter clockwise until the cocking piece slips into the locking detent. Simple, no tools firing pin removal.

While the firing pin is out notice there is very little grease on the spring. None is needed. The bolt and the internals are finished with NP3 patented electro less nickel impregnated with Teflon particles) which not only provides the very best in corrosion and wear resistance but also has a very high degree of lubricity so it eliminates the need for grease. We do use a little red gun oil on the firing pin body where it meats the bolt body.

Your rifle has a Schneider match grade stainless #5 fluted barrel will polygon rifling. Berger bullets are thin jacketed bullets which like to be seated on the lands. If you look at the bore you will notice that it does not have convention lands and grooves but rather flats. This adds velocity and does not engrave the bullets. With less jacket deformation the bullet actually flies truer. When we get you some ammo you should see a significant difference in the accuracy at 1000 yards. It has a Vias break.

The stock is basically a clone of the Sako Hunter, the most popular hunting stock in the history of McMillan Fiberglass stocks. The Monte Carlo with cheek piece, along with the palm swell, makes the stock extremely comfortable. The fact that it has some cast off allows you to mount the rifle and find the sweet spot in the scope without having to tilt your heard. It also has some cant or toe out, which allows the toe of the recoil pad to fit into the shoulder crease without having to cant the rifle. The Decelerator pad is the best all around recoil reducing pad on the market, bar none. I would never use anything else, though we do install Limb Savers and Kick-eez if a stock customer requests it. I would not build a rifle with either.

Bob Beck of EOL designed the chamber specifically to shoot the Berger 180 VLD and seat them on the lands. He actually built a load with a COAL that would allow us to feed them from our mag box and eject a loaded round. Then McMillan had a chamber reamer made to those specs. The nice thing is, it will shoot almost all factory 300 RUM ammo without any signs of pressure, so even though it was designed specifically for this load, a customer is not limited to our ammo alone.

Finally, it has a McMillan 6061T6 aluminum 20 MOA scope base rail with a steel locking pin that sits against the front of the ejection port with 8-40 scope base screws.

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EOL Outdoorsman in 300 Magnum Demo Rifle

In an email to Kelly McMillan & Extreme Outer Limits, after being asked how the EOL rifle evaluation was going?
Don wrote:
I am home until January and will be shooting the rifle quite a bit at the
range. Will be trying to get a long range elk with it this weekend. I have
quite a few pictures to post on the forum and get started with the forum
evaluation. My son got a nice 5×4 mulie with it at 326 yards, one shot through
the chest and I got a very nice 10 point whitetail at 764 yards.
I am very impressed with the rifle’s quality, accuracy and balance. I have not
had a chance to shoot it yet other than a quick zero and shot the animals. I
shot one three shot group with the accuracy load I use in my 300 RUM and put
three through the same hole at 100 yards. Not a clover leaf, three through the
same hole just a little bigger than 30 caliber hole in the target. I can’t
wait to shoot it long range quite a bit. It is definitely a shooter, however
the quality, design and feel of the rifle impresses me most. I can tell you
did your homework. This rifle will satisfy the long range community wanting a
rifle in this weight class. I think getting it out there in front of numbers
of hunters is the key.
By:  Don Lewis, Long Range Hunter Forum Member       Thermopolis, WY       December 8, 2011
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Introducing: “McMillan EOL Line of Rifles”

McMillan International Group posts:

“Introducing”
The new line of McMillan EOL Magnum Rifles.  McMillan, Extreme Outer Limits TV, Berger Bullets and NightForce Scopes have teamed to make the most extreme line of long range hunting packages on the market. Each model is made to McMillan’s demanding standards. Custom reamers have been made for each caliber to maximize velocity and performance when using Berger bullets. There is nothing like these rifles available on the market today.  Be ahead of the curve and call today for more information on the McMillan EOL line of rifles.
Models:
EOL Outdoorsman; McMillan EDGE Tech Outdoorsman stock, 26″ #5 fluted match grade stainless Schneider barrel with polygon rifling with Vias muzzle break.
EOL LRH; McMillan EDGE Tech LRH stock, 26″ SR60 contour match grade stainless Schneider barrel with polygon rifling.
We plan to inventory the EOL LRH in .338 Lapua and the EOL Outdoorsman in 7mm EOL Magnum, .300 EOL Magnum and 30-378 EOL Magnum.  Any other combination of models and calibers may be custom ordered.
For more information and sales call 1-877-365-6148.
Kelly D. McMillan
Director of Operations
McMillan Group International, LLC

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