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Overview of the Solus series: Aero Precision was traditionally known for their AR-15 offerings. Specifically they have always had a large focus on the builder community. They brought this model to the Solus series as well. If you want a solus you have a few options - you can buy just the action, a barreled action, a stand alone chassis or a complete rifle. The rifle in this article was bought fully complete and assembled from a third party gun store. The Solus series currently comes in three variants - hunter, Bravo and competition. The hunter series as indicated by the name are designed as hunting rifles. The Bravo series is a sort of in between featuring a KRG Bravo Stock. The competition series features a Sendero profile barrel and is in an aluminum chassis that is made and designed by Aero Precision. The Solus series is currently offered in 6mm Creedmoor, 6.5 Creedmoor and .308.

The action: The action is a Remington 700 footprint. This is great because this action has the greatest selection of aftermarket parts and upgrades. The action features a tri-lug design and is very smooth. So far I have about 850 rounds though mine and have not had a malfunction. The action also features an integral 20 MOA top rail. I have seen some mixed reviews on this with some people arguing in favor of being able to choose their own top rail. Maybe they know something I don’t, but I see an integral rail as one less failure point, and one less thing you need to worry about affecting accuracy (I had a top rail fail on me on a previous rifle so maybe I am biased.) If you choose to go the route of buying the action separately you get more options such as an “Obsidian” action that uses a fancier coating than traditional nitride finishing. I am not sure if it actually provides any tangible benefit but it sure does look good! The “Obsidian” action also comes with a cool fluted bolt design. If you choose to purchase an action separately you are able to choose between a .478 bolt face and .540 bolt face. I plan on purchasing a .540 for a future 7mm PRC build.

The barrel and accuracy: Obviously since we are talking about precision rifles we need accuracy! The Solus comes with a sub-moa accuracy guarantee, although I was unable to find any information on the fine print of that guarantee such as ammo, shot group size, etc. I find sub-moa accuracy guarantees to be a bit wonky though. If you take even the most accurate rifle and shoot a 20 round group at 100 yards all 20 rounds are unlikely to be in a 1 inch group. But hey, you never know. I started my accuracy testing with factory Hornady 140 grain ELD-M and got about .75 MOA. I am confident that this rifle/ammo combination is capable of better accuracy than I am though. Even with all that being said .75 MOA is a perfectly acceptable level of accuracy especially with factory ammo! After testing with the factory ammo I moved on to hand loads. I was able to get a load that consistently shoots just a hair over .5 MOA at about 2720 FPS. I think that if I spent the time really dialing in a load I could get even better groups. However, this blog is called practical PRS and there isn’t much practical use to having a .25 group over a .5 group for PRS purposes. Overall I am very satisfied with the accuracy of the barrel so far!

The chassis: The Solus competition chassis is made by Aero Precision itself. It comes in 4 different options. They include a 7/5” (Size refers to the length of the front MLOK rail), a 15” and a 17”. This specific review is for the 17” version but the rest applies to the whole family of chassis. The chassis is made from 7075 T6 aluminum. It features an adjustable stock with tooless adjustments for both cheek height and length of pull. The stock also features a bag rider which comes in handy. Moving forward the chassis features an AR-15 style grip that is interchangeable with most third party AR-15 grips in case you have one that you like more. The grip it comes with by default is 90 degrees and fits my hand very well. The chassis also features an adjustable thumb rest for making sure that your trigger pull is perfectly in line and you don’t apply any errant torque while pulling the trigger. Also featured is an adjustable magazine catch - this is useful for changing the catch to accommodate different specifications of magazines. The chassis itself is compatible with AICS and AIAIW pattern magazines. It is also important to note that the mag catch is ambidextrous. The rail included with the chassis has ARCA running all the way on the bottom and features MLOK slots at the 3 and 9 o’clock positions. One note I have about the ARCA rail is that it goes all the way down without any kind of “end” to it like some other chassis feature. This causes my bipod to sometimes walk forward under recoil and can potentially just come off the end since there is no break to the rail. Maybe this is more of an issue with my bipod but it is worth noting. Toward the front top of the rail there is a spot to mount a top rail above the barrel for night vision or thermals. I don’t currently utilize this feature but it is nice to have. In conclusion the Solus Competition chassis is a great system for any level of competition rifle.

Conclusion: The Aero Precision Solus competition in my opinion is the best “starter” PRS rifle on the market today. Coming in at a sub 2,500 dollar price point it keeps a shooter well within the rules for the production class in PRS. It’s accurate, reliable, and feature packed for the price. Pair it with a nice break, a good optic, and most importantly a good shooter and it will keep you well within the pack at your next PRS match. Thank you so much for reading!

Review: Aero Precision Solus Competition