300BLK Build Begins - And Ends
- Thread starter BillD
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Well handguard arrived today, but still waiting on the brake - backordered but supposed to be in stock again by next week....patience is a virtue! Will put it all together though, just wait to shoot it til that brake arrives.
"Black Box" Customs ships out in a black box, makes sense LOL! But a great job, very happy with the results! It's a 9.5" OdinWorks "O2 Lite" M-lok forend, and like it's name it is a very light piece indeed.
"Black Box" Customs ships out in a black box, makes sense LOL! But a great job, very happy with the results! It's a 9.5" OdinWorks "O2 Lite" M-lok forend, and like it's name it is a very light piece indeed.
Thanks, just hope it doesn't blow up LOL!
P.S. FWIW weight, with the scope and an empty 30rd mag exactly as pictured above, is 6.5lbs.
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Thanks, now I just hope it shoots LOL!
Thanks as well; trusty kitchen scales showing 6.8lbs now with the brake attached, empty mag, and scope - exactly as pictured above. Not sure if I'll keep that particular stock, so didn't cerakote it yet - will use it a bit first and see how I like it. Very happy with the work BlackBox did on the rest of it though.
Comparison to my Tavor for size:
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Thanks!
Sweet lookin rifle. 6.5 Grendel next?. I swore I wouldn't buy a 94 in 307 win to avoid the obscure lever caliber rabbit hole, but it appears I may have fallen into the obscure ar caliber rabbit hole! Don't know if anyone has tried it but I run my 223 brass through the blk sizing die first without the decapping pin then cut, trim and size again. Found this a little quicker.
....well it didn't blow up LOL! Got it our for initial testing today to adjust the gas block and it all went great! Once I spent a few rounds getting that gas block to function, it was almost boring - no FTF or FTE or failures of any kind after that. Only 50 rounds but figured that was good enough for a first outing.Not sure what's next, but yes 6.5 Grendel has caught my attention and I like things a bit different LOL.
Crappy short vid, down to the last rounds for the test - but again, functioned fine, brass all ejecting 3 feet to about 4 o'clock.
2nd range visit, just to put some more break-in rounds through it and get it sighted in at 100M. Had 50 rounds of 135gn Sierra MK's +H110 loaded to mid-level range as per Hodgdon's site. Quick clean-up ev 5rds for the first 20 (same as first outing, think I left that part put in prior post), then 10 rds between cleaning for the final 30. So it's 100rds though it now and break-in should be done. Took a few rounds to get it on paper and then dial in the scope. Last LAR-15 mag (10rds) results below; 1 round "fouler" in upper top left, then center (another quick adj to windage) and then final two 3 round groups upper/lower right. Nothing special, but I've done no load development yet - just mid grade rounds for function/break-in. So I'm hoping to be able to tighten this up a bit more, but I'm certainly happy again with initial results for a 10.5" barrel and my first AR build. Have a 3 gun event coming up in a couple weekends time and I'll put it use there too now.
