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Backcountry Carbon Fiber

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The Backcountry Hunter Barreled Actions from Preferred Barrel Blanks are purpose-built for hunters seeking performance without compromise—lightweight, balanced, and consistently accurate in every condition. Each pairing of a Kelbly Atlas Lite receiver and our 50/50 carbon-fiber Heavy-Palma barrel delivers the perfect blend of strength, precision, and field-ready handling. The result is a hunting platform that feels alive in the hands—steady on target, easy to carry, and relentlessly consistent when the shot counts.

Chamber options to cover nearly every hunting scenario—from flat-shooting varmint and predator rounds like 22 Creedmoor and 6mm Creedmoor, to versatile all-around performers such as 6.5 Creedmoor and 25 Creedmoor, and hard-hitting long-range choices including 6.5 PRC, 7 PRC, and 300 PRC. No matter the hunt, there’s a Backcountry Hunter setup tuned to match your pursuit.

  • 4.2-4.5 lb barreled actions for rifles that carry light and shoot flat.
  • 50/50 carbon Heavy Palma lapped barrels that don't change POI when hot.
  • Chamber options in 22 Creedmoor, 22 ARC, 6mm Creedmoor, 25 Creedmoor, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5 PRC, 7 PRC, or 300 PRC.
  • Pick your cartridge by hunt style.
  • Atlas Lite - Nitride finish, utilizing Rem 700 triggers that mount with two pins for ease of use.
  • Nanook - (7PRC & 300 PRC) Nitride finish, one-piece action that takes Rem 700 triggers and utilizes a trigger hanger for tunability.
  • Carbon Fiber 18-26″ with a Heavy Palma contour

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Backcountry Carbon Fiber

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Action Details

Kelbly Atlas Lite

Kelbly’s Atlas Lite action is a Remington semi-clone action, featuring a side bolt release and trigger pins.  There is little modification necessary to use a Remington 700/40x stock or chassis.

Kelbly made the Atlas Tactical to be the most rugged action possible for practical, tactical, or hunting.  Building off of the success of Atlas Tactical, the Atlas Lite is its skeletonized, lightweight revision.

Each action comes standard with a Black Nitride finish from H&M Metal Processing.  This finish allows you to use this action dry or without lubrication for extreme environments.  As always, it is best to use lubrication in normal day-to-day shooting.  In addition to the Black Nitride process, it comes with a fluted bolt, to help move dirt into the flutes allowing for better function of the action.

They cut the magazine well to use the Accuracy International single-stack magazines.  One of the key features of this action is the TG ejector, it is a mechanical ejector that does not put any chamber pressure on the round.  It is also a never fail setup, meaning that there are no springs to get gummed up and stop working.

The Atlas Lite is designed to use Hawkins Precision Direct Mount Rings (Stiller – Lone Peak Models) – the Picatinny rails from the Atlas actions work as well if you’d like a full rail instead.

Three Handle Options- Ball, Teardrop, or Tactical (Teardrop is standard)

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Action Specs

  • Weight: 24 oz.
  • Length: 7.860 in.
  • Diameter: 1.355 in.
  • Bolt Faces: .223, .308, Mag (.532)
  • Right Bolt – Right Port OR Left Bolt – Left Port ONLY
  • Head-Space: .692 in.
  • One-piece Bolt with Aluminum Handle
  • Three Handle Options- Ball, Teardrop, or Tactical (Teardrop is standard)
  • Tilted TG Mechanical Ejector, Sako Extractor
  • BlackNitride Finish
  • Dual Pin .250” Recoil Lug
  • Pinned Trigger setup allows for greater stock compatibility; no need to open up your stock to fit for the trigger hanger.
  • Cut for ADL/BDL, will work with AICS (max COAL of 2.85″)