Ok, I lied, Its already built.
This is another budget build (SURPRISE!)
Spikes Honey Badger Lower
Neat, got it free cause my ffl buddy felt bad for making me wait for something, otherwise it would be a poverty pony.
BCA Side charging 16" upper in .350 Legend. BCA standard fair, nothing spectacular, BUT the barrel on this one is actually quite smooth and the finish looks much better than the last one I got a few years ago.
Alpha Combat Carbine stock kit. Again nothing exciting, these are cheap and effective, fairly low play, and square shouldered pin wont collapse.
Anderson MFG Stainless Match LPK. The trigger in this IS a step up from a mill spec trigger, tho not what id call "match" quality, all other parts simply a LPK. It dosent come with the enhanced trigger guard I like but for like 40 bucks ill deal.
Stoner (cheaply sourced) .308 "competition" muzzle brake. These are all over ebay for about 4 bucks less than midway, but i was already ordering stuff for my .30-06AI savage build.
At some point im going to shoot the thing off and abuse it with rustoleum or krylon....
PICTARS!
So Ive actually had this gun out to shoot (sans brake, just a regular flash hider) a couple times, and ive got to say I like it.
I originally did a 20rnd pressure ladder for my handloads, but didnt even chorno or try sight in, just shot and checked for issues. I got to hodgdons max with no swipes or other such issues, The remington 7.5 primers i was using were cratering slightly at just over max, but edges and face looked good, so that might be a firing pin issue.
Last week we shot about 10rnds of factory FMJ, 5 rounds of 180 PPs (to chorno), and 60 FMJ, and 10 XTP 147 hornady bullets.
Zero failures besides issues with crooked bullet seating on my handloads.
Accuracy with the Burris FF3 at 100yds was about 1.5" horizontal and 3ish" of vertical stringing. Shooting at a 1" target dot with an unmagnified optic isnt really my thing....much less at 100yds. Ill try get better info with a scope later.
Recoil was surprisingly stout, perhaps a little punchier than a 6.5 Grendel/x39.
Its snappy too. Im not good at rapid fire but my 7lb AR was harder to control then my buddies Scar17 when banging away a 10rnd mag.
My .458, while about a pound heavier, came back harder but it didnt jar you as bad....I dont remember it doing that anyway....
Chrono readings were taken, and my Magspeed (pulled the hand guard and strapped it to the barrel) is in the garage, but if anyone wants the exact figures ill got get it later.
Factory 145s came in about 2100 (list 2350)
Factory 180s about 1900 (list 2100)
Handloads 147 Hornady bullets at 2350 (Hodgdon spec for this load (max) is about 2500)
This is another budget build (SURPRISE!)
Spikes Honey Badger Lower
Neat, got it free cause my ffl buddy felt bad for making me wait for something, otherwise it would be a poverty pony.
BCA Side charging 16" upper in .350 Legend. BCA standard fair, nothing spectacular, BUT the barrel on this one is actually quite smooth and the finish looks much better than the last one I got a few years ago.
Alpha Combat Carbine stock kit. Again nothing exciting, these are cheap and effective, fairly low play, and square shouldered pin wont collapse.
Anderson MFG Stainless Match LPK. The trigger in this IS a step up from a mill spec trigger, tho not what id call "match" quality, all other parts simply a LPK. It dosent come with the enhanced trigger guard I like but for like 40 bucks ill deal.
Stoner (cheaply sourced) .308 "competition" muzzle brake. These are all over ebay for about 4 bucks less than midway, but i was already ordering stuff for my .30-06AI savage build.
At some point im going to shoot the thing off and abuse it with rustoleum or krylon....
PICTARS!
So Ive actually had this gun out to shoot (sans brake, just a regular flash hider) a couple times, and ive got to say I like it.
I originally did a 20rnd pressure ladder for my handloads, but didnt even chorno or try sight in, just shot and checked for issues. I got to hodgdons max with no swipes or other such issues, The remington 7.5 primers i was using were cratering slightly at just over max, but edges and face looked good, so that might be a firing pin issue.
Last week we shot about 10rnds of factory FMJ, 5 rounds of 180 PPs (to chorno), and 60 FMJ, and 10 XTP 147 hornady bullets.
Zero failures besides issues with crooked bullet seating on my handloads.
Accuracy with the Burris FF3 at 100yds was about 1.5" horizontal and 3ish" of vertical stringing. Shooting at a 1" target dot with an unmagnified optic isnt really my thing....much less at 100yds. Ill try get better info with a scope later.
Recoil was surprisingly stout, perhaps a little punchier than a 6.5 Grendel/x39.
Its snappy too. Im not good at rapid fire but my 7lb AR was harder to control then my buddies Scar17 when banging away a 10rnd mag.
My .458, while about a pound heavier, came back harder but it didnt jar you as bad....I dont remember it doing that anyway....
Chrono readings were taken, and my Magspeed (pulled the hand guard and strapped it to the barrel) is in the garage, but if anyone wants the exact figures ill got get it later.
Factory 145s came in about 2100 (list 2350)
Factory 180s about 1900 (list 2100)
Handloads 147 Hornady bullets at 2350 (Hodgdon spec for this load (max) is about 2500)
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