Hey folks,
Just back from the range and thought I would share my thoughts after putting 70 rounds down range.
Before I left, I saw a facebook post claiming that they were getting 10moa groups with 55gr ammo, so I panicked a bit and bought some hornady black 75gr factory loads to come along with my hornady amax 55gr handloads (minimum charge) to give the rifle a quick test and have some fun.
Velocities quickly measured at 2260fps for the 55gr (keep in mind this is a minimum loading), and 2404fps for the 75gr Hornady black.
My shooting setup today was a magpul bipod, no rear rest, cross mag, airsoft 1.5" cheek riser, and a burris 2-7x32 fullfield II with E1 reticle. Shooting was done at 100m. I'll add a note here that that cheek riser with my optic mounting choice is absolutely perfect, which made shooting very enjoyable.
To my delight the rifle turned out to be outshooting the shooter with my amax handloads, however the 75gr hornady black did not fair so well. My amax handloads turned out a couple of good groups including a 1 1/8" 3rd group and a 1 3/8" 5rd group. I noticed once the barrel heated up I was getting a consistent flier in my other groups which would make them closer to 2". The 75gr Hornady black was abysmal at >2" for all of the groups shot with it. It also had fliers in every group. I attribute the fliers to a mediocre barrel quality that one would assume comes with any budget rifle.
The rifles action was dry and mostly smooth however I did notice it binded a couple of times when running the action. I suspect a combination of lube (rifle was not lubed prior to range trip) and break-in will remedy this. It performed very well otherwise. With a ar mag fed bolt action like this you need to work the action confidently and not gingerly because if you move the bolt back at all after pushing a round forwards in the mag it will double feed.
I didn't find the rifle to be loud, but I shoot a lot of SBRs so I always double up my earpro. I will still be installing a linear compensator.
Again, I noticed that this rifle really exudes an air of quality about it, and it seems surreal for the price paid. So far I am very happy with it. If BCL or the distributor are reading this MAKE THE SAME THING IN .308 PLEASE!
Enough rambling...
Just back from the range and thought I would share my thoughts after putting 70 rounds down range.
Before I left, I saw a facebook post claiming that they were getting 10moa groups with 55gr ammo, so I panicked a bit and bought some hornady black 75gr factory loads to come along with my hornady amax 55gr handloads (minimum charge) to give the rifle a quick test and have some fun.
Velocities quickly measured at 2260fps for the 55gr (keep in mind this is a minimum loading), and 2404fps for the 75gr Hornady black.
My shooting setup today was a magpul bipod, no rear rest, cross mag, airsoft 1.5" cheek riser, and a burris 2-7x32 fullfield II with E1 reticle. Shooting was done at 100m. I'll add a note here that that cheek riser with my optic mounting choice is absolutely perfect, which made shooting very enjoyable.
To my delight the rifle turned out to be outshooting the shooter with my amax handloads, however the 75gr hornady black did not fair so well. My amax handloads turned out a couple of good groups including a 1 1/8" 3rd group and a 1 3/8" 5rd group. I noticed once the barrel heated up I was getting a consistent flier in my other groups which would make them closer to 2". The 75gr Hornady black was abysmal at >2" for all of the groups shot with it. It also had fliers in every group. I attribute the fliers to a mediocre barrel quality that one would assume comes with any budget rifle.
The rifles action was dry and mostly smooth however I did notice it binded a couple of times when running the action. I suspect a combination of lube (rifle was not lubed prior to range trip) and break-in will remedy this. It performed very well otherwise. With a ar mag fed bolt action like this you need to work the action confidently and not gingerly because if you move the bolt back at all after pushing a round forwards in the mag it will double feed.
I didn't find the rifle to be loud, but I shoot a lot of SBRs so I always double up my earpro. I will still be installing a linear compensator.
Again, I noticed that this rifle really exudes an air of quality about it, and it seems surreal for the price paid. So far I am very happy with it. If BCL or the distributor are reading this MAKE THE SAME THING IN .308 PLEASE!
Enough rambling...
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