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Steel Action Tuning with FBT UNIC stock - a popular upgrade package for weapon weight reduction | Field report
The Steel Action straight pull bolt action rifle | with UNIC stock completed
Due to the increasing demand for FBT UNIC Carbon shafts for the retrofitting of existing Steel Action Weapons We want to take a closer look at this can in the market.
Straight pull repeater have become indispensable (perhaps also because of the many young hunters). They are very popular because they can be fired very quickly and ensure effective hunting for certain types of hunting.
Well-known models are now available from Chapuis, Blaser, Merkel, Heym, Mauser, Anschütz, Rössler, Browning, T-Bolts and Steel Action, to name just a few.
In consultation with many customers, the Steel Action is conspicuously often used in the praised to the skies - even often as the Perfect hunting weapon without a lot of frills described - designed for practical use and at a reasonable price.
Summarising the most important features, the following are particularly important Dry triggerwhich precise runsthe simple handling and TOP shooting performance mentioned.
The Repetition process runs like "butter". This makes it very easy to stay on target when reloading. With a little practice, it is possible to reload quickly.
Only the weight (from 3,100 to 3,800 grams depending on barrel length, barrel diameter and stock) is criticised. And it is precisely this small problem that our customers want to solve with the UNIC carbon perforated stock from FBT - Solve Fine Ballistic Tools.
As we handed over 2 stocks to Steel Action owners last week, we would like to take a closer look at the technology of the Steel Action gun.
Bolt action rifle Steel Action Facts
- All-steel weapon without aluminium
- Special feature surface hardness: Housing and closure are Nitrocarburised by means of a plasma process (60 HRC)
- Straight pull fastener with system Twist-off cap with three locking lugs
- The stable control pin of the twist lock (6 mm) also locks when closing - like a fourth locking cam
- The "two-piece" Picatinny rail is moulded from a solid steel sleeve
- Cold hammer forged Heym barrels - Barrels from 45 cm up to 61 cm barrel length depending on the cartridge - or -
button rifled Lothar Walther barrels - 17 and 19 millimetre barrel diameters available
- Standard Mouth thread M15x1
- System length adapted to cartridges for short repeating lengths: HS and HM
- 5+1 round steel magazine with plastic feeder
- Variably adjustable 500 - 2,500 gram trigger weight
- Intuitive, clearly visible manual tensioner
- 100% Made in Germany
- Example weights for 308 with 45 cm barrel with 19 mm ∅ and synthetic stock 3225 g; with 51 cm barrel with 19 mm ∅ and synthetic stock 3325 g or with 17 mm ∅ 3165 g)
- RRP basic price Steel Action HS with synthetic shaft: € 2,249.00
What can you say? Steel Action = a concentrated load of well thought-out, high-quality technology at a TOP price-performance ratio. As always, the design of each weapon is a matter of taste.
As a trained toolmaker and mechanical engineer, the gun is made entirely of steel.
The decision of many companies today to Use of aluminium to reduce weight and faster production thanks to modern CNC machines is economically easy to understand.
Steel Action's decision to just No aluminium which wears out more quickly, the Straight pull weapon simple and solid to build and even to increase the surface hardness of the steel by nitrocarburising.
It is interesting to note that Steel Action (after a telephone enquiry) has 2 suppliers with different barrel manufacturing processes for the purchase of barrel blanks.
These are Cold hammer forged rifle barrels from Heym and button rifled barrels by Lothar Walther. So far, no differences in precision have been found, and presumably this means that dependencies and possible supply bottlenecks (in these crazy Corona times).
Rotary head caps are used in fully automatic weapons. and can withstand high cadences and thousands of shots. High locking surfaces ensure stability and safety at all times.
The decision by Steel Action, this locking technology is clearly understandable. And the more shots are fired, the easier the system will probably go through the "system run-in" when repeating.
The Large, variable adjustment option for the trigger weight of 500 to 2,500 g is remarkable for a standard fume cupboard. This means that a lot can be taken into account - the topic Safety due to higher trigger weight also.
An interesting feature is the completely silent manual tensioning, which is easy and simple to tension and release. The Clamping condition can be clearly felt and seen. And overall, there are probably 100% "Made in Germany" In times of corona with supply bottlenecks, this is no mistake.
Steel Action weapon - our conclusion
You can't go wrong with the Steel Action gun. You get a lot for your money. As always, the weapon design is ultimately a question of personal taste.
The weapon has its weight - certainly also due to the use of all-steel - but has FBT has responded with the UNIC carbon perforated stock and brought a very light stock onto the market for retrofitting. This means that "everything is in order", so to speak.
