Gentlemen:
With out meaning to derail the true intent of this thread:
SDCL:
I hear that Henry Nierychlo has Virgin Winchester bras at about $48/100 count. Thats not cheap, but its decent brass. There is a down side, I have had a good aquaintance who is farily knowledgeable about the 858 platfrom reload for it, and its my understanding that when you can find it after firing, the ejected brass is quite beat up. This tidbit is not meant to discourage anyone from experimenting with relaods in the 858 platfrom, just be aware that brass life may be shorter than expected.
G-A-M:
That is an iteresting build, Have you shot it in that configuration?? Will a deflector be required to prevent spent cassing to optic contact??
I am intersted to see what results you might garner. I would also be intersted to see that if moving the bipod contact area up and down the handgaurd has any affect both on POI, and gropu size. Further that looks like an 858-2 variant with an NEA high tube adaptor and canteliver mount. In that one the barrel is probably chrome molly and SHOULD actually be quite accureate, or at least in honnest comparison to is chrome lined coussin the 4V.
Have you had a chance to slug the barrel and see what the true diameter of the bore is. My thought are that the hornady 123 grain Vmax polymer bullet in 0.310 dia should do quite well.
Interesting project all round.
Oh and as this is a show and tell, this is what mine looks like for now:
Specs as follows:
- Lighty Used Cz-858-4V
- Nea Upper and lower handgard set
- One NEA 4" Rail section
- One NEA 2.5" rail section
- Fitted NEA Hybrid Brake
- NEA Low Tube Stock Adaptor
- NEA ambi sling attachment plate
- 6 position commercial Carbine stock assemblies
- Black after-market grip
- Nea Ambi Safety Latch (installed but not shown)
- NEA V3 Tac Bolt Release (installed but not shown)
- NEA Extended Mag Release (installed but not shown)
- Magpul AFG (gen 1)
At this point I can not deside if I am going to use a Micro, or Comp M3 style red dot on the forward rail. There after I woudl like to replace the stock with a CTR, add a few more rails and a SF scout 300 that I would like to attach to this one via barrel clamp, but thats about it for now.
regards
AbH