Absolute love my hunter Rail. Nick from vortex mounted it onto the rifle after the hunt for me. It played a key part in killing my whitetail this year in Wyoming. Had it clippped into the tripod while we snuck in and when the buck stood up I was ready. I love their stuff. I now have their muzzle breaks for two rifles and a second acra plate on my back up rifle. I also plan to get their tac table for NRL hunter matches. Great products.
Come hunt with me in CO and you can take that ARCA plate I ended up with back with you. No chance am I shipping it! Has to be a face to face, man to man transaction. So glad you introduced me and the HuntLeague Community to SRS. Hoping to get JJ ringing steel at 600+ here soon after adding the rail.
@@jarednewman9609 don’t tempt me with a good time…. CO is on my list and I would love to come out and hunt with you guys! Leave with a bull and my tac plate haha!
I'm glad I found your video - I have some Manfrotto gear and I want to do this on my Tikka composite stock so I can mount the Magpul M-Lok. Should be fun! I might even fill the back of the stock with epoxy, to help with sound mitigation (right now, with the stock being hollow, every shot echoes inside the stock, so this will help stop that).
I am sure filling in some of the gaps will make a big difference. My son and I are really happy we did this with that rifle as it is shooting great and that Salmon River Solutions Rail is rock solid when attached to the tripod. For the butt stock or just filling gaps you may do a minimal expansion foam that can be shaved down or sanded. That will help keep the weight down and it should eliminate sound and some vibration.
@@huntleague My rifle weighs less than 8 lbs with the scope and Harris bipod, so weight isn't a huge concern, especially if I'm going to be using a tripod - but I have to agree about the choice of filler. The volume of epoxy required in the butt stock would make the back end ridiculously heavy. I happen to have a can of expanding foam, though it appears this stuff expands a lot - I guess I can always test the expansion, and then try it, and scrape it out if it doesn't work well. The company that is selling the M-Lok has it on sale (clearance) for less than half price, so no better time to buy, methinks!
It does have a built in radius. I believe they make one that is flat as well but the one I installed would probably work on either. We have been SUPER pleased with this entire setup. Hoping to take it out next week for our first real hunt with it.
For this build I went with the 1/4-20 which is a slightly larger diameter screw than the 10-32 metric fastener. We are still loving this SRS rail and really happy with this rifle setup. It is super versatile with both the Arca and Pic option. You will love it!
Great choices all the way around! We installed the short rail which is just over 10.5" and I love the way it fits on the Cascade XT. Zero regrets. Works amazing.
That is a really great question. I really wish now that I would have weighed everything before I did it so I could give you a precise answer. My best guess is in the 8-10oz range as the rail weighs 3, epoxy weight is between 4-5oz, plus another ounce or so in hardware. The CVA Cascade XT is already heavier than the regular Cascade model because of the barrel profile. We went with a heavier setup to help with recoil for my son as he is a skinny little featherweight still growing into his man body. We added the HUXWRX Ventum adding another pound up front so it's not a light weight rifle but my goodness does it shoot. He has been crushing targets past a 1000yds with this setup. This has been one of our absolute favorite rifles ever to shoot and the rail plays a significant role in that.
I’m out in the west coast of Canada and I like to keep my gear as light as possible because I go behind a lot a lot gates without vehicles. There’s a sheep hunt or two in my future as well. I’m looking to add M-Lok so I can add the MDT ORYX Bipod (8-9 oz) but if you add the swivel version you end up not having a sling stud up front. It does make any sense. Great thing you’re doing with your boy!
Man,so sorry, am not judging but in all fairness, you missed checking your firearm for live round, 2nd you should never pick up barreled action from scope
Absolute love my hunter Rail. Nick from vortex mounted it onto the rifle after the hunt for me. It played a key part in killing my whitetail this year in Wyoming. Had it clippped into the tripod while we snuck in and when the buck stood up I was ready. I love their stuff. I now have their muzzle breaks for two rifles and a second acra plate on my back up rifle. I also plan to get their tac table for NRL hunter matches. Great products.
Come hunt with me in CO and you can take that ARCA plate I ended up with back with you. No chance am I shipping it! Has to be a face to face, man to man transaction.
So glad you introduced me and the HuntLeague Community to SRS. Hoping to get JJ ringing steel at 600+ here soon after adding the rail.
@@jarednewman9609 don’t tempt me with a good time…. CO is on my list and I would love to come out and hunt with you guys! Leave with a bull and my tac plate haha!
CO love 🙌🏼
I'm glad I found your video - I have some Manfrotto gear and I want to do this on my Tikka composite stock so I can mount the Magpul M-Lok. Should be fun! I might even fill the back of the stock with epoxy, to help with sound mitigation (right now, with the stock being hollow, every shot echoes inside the stock, so this will help stop that).
I am sure filling in some of the gaps will make a big difference. My son and I are really happy we did this with that rifle as it is shooting great and that Salmon River Solutions Rail is rock solid when attached to the tripod. For the butt stock or just filling gaps you may do a minimal expansion foam that can be shaved down or sanded. That will help keep the weight down and it should eliminate sound and some vibration.
@@huntleague My rifle weighs less than 8 lbs with the scope and Harris bipod, so weight isn't a huge concern, especially if I'm going to be using a tripod - but I have to agree about the choice of filler. The volume of epoxy required in the butt stock would make the back end ridiculously heavy. I happen to have a can of expanding foam, though it appears this stuff expands a lot - I guess I can always test the expansion, and then try it, and scrape it out if it doesn't work well. The company that is selling the M-Lok has it on sale (clearance) for less than half price, so no better time to buy, methinks!
Does this rail have a slight radius so is hugs/wraps the semi rounded hunting stock? I like your process of filling in the voids with epoxy. Thanks!
It does have a built in radius. I believe they make one that is flat as well but the one I installed would probably work on either. We have been SUPER pleased with this entire setup. Hoping to take it out next week for our first real hunt with it.
Great video, i think iam going to order a hunter rail from Salmon River Solutions, what fastener option did you get?
For this build I went with the 1/4-20 which is a slightly larger diameter screw than the 10-32 metric fastener. We are still loving this SRS rail and really happy with this rifle setup. It is super versatile with both the Arca and Pic option. You will love it!
Is this hunter rail the "long" or "short" version? I have the same rifle and plan on doing the same install.
Great choices all the way around! We installed the short rail which is just over 10.5" and I love the way it fits on the Cascade XT. Zero regrets. Works amazing.
How much weight did you add? Not trolling. Just curious.
That is a really great question. I really wish now that I would have weighed everything before I did it so I could give you a precise answer. My best guess is in the 8-10oz range as the rail weighs 3, epoxy weight is between 4-5oz, plus another ounce or so in hardware.
The CVA Cascade XT is already heavier than the regular Cascade model because of the barrel profile. We went with a heavier setup to help with recoil for my son as he is a skinny little featherweight still growing into his man body. We added the HUXWRX Ventum adding another pound up front so it's not a light weight rifle but my goodness does it shoot. He has been crushing targets past a 1000yds with this setup. This has been one of our absolute favorite rifles ever to shoot and the rail plays a significant role in that.
I’m out in the west coast of Canada and I like to keep my gear as light as possible because I go behind a lot a lot gates without vehicles. There’s a sheep hunt or two in my future as well. I’m looking to add M-Lok so I can add the MDT ORYX Bipod (8-9 oz) but if you add the swivel version you end up not having a sling stud up front. It does make any sense. Great thing you’re doing with your boy!
Man,so sorry, am not judging but in all fairness, you missed checking your firearm for live round, 2nd you should never pick up barreled action from scope
one hand was on scope one on barrel
There's one saftey Sally in every vid it seems..and with a quality scope and rings it shouldn't hurt a thing gently handling in this manner