My 300 AAC Blackout Build
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The Remington closed the factory line for retooling of their cheaper .300blk. If this round cant be bought in bulk for around .50 cents a round then it will never be a big deal for range plinkers. Fingers crossed for the summer my supply is getting real low
Ditto. If bulk ammo costs more than 0.50 cents, I'll stick to the labours of reloading.
Cheap Norc 55gr FMJ is around 30¢ a pop.
I'm not following your logic here. It's an apples to orange comparison. You're talking about +/- 20 year old surplus Chinese ammunition vs. new manufactured commercial Remington product. The cost difference in the manufacture of the projectile alone would necessitate a higher price difference between the cartridges.
I see "Cheap 55gr. FMJ 5.56mm" and I think Norc ammo. Now if you said with the exception of surplus stuff...
Humm, ok, 75¢/rnd then?
LOL, next range session buddy!
Yup. Uses 300AAC Blackout ammo (SAAMI standard and not a wildcat cartridge anymore) with the same 223 mags, BCG etc. Only diff is the ammo and barrel.
Yeah, I got this barrel 'cause there was nothing around shy of the $350 mark. I was getting desperate and contacted a sponsor but they never replied back so I went with the NEA for now. Just waiting for the 10.3" DD barrel from Wolverine to come in 'cause I originally wanted a 10.5-11.5" barrel. I've heard good things about NEA barrels so we'll see.
I'm told that regular carbine buffer/spring works for subs. I have no clue 'cause I've been working almost 4wks straight and haven't had time to get to the range. Come to think of it, I haven't gotten my reg papers for "frame" yet from RCMP. I've got to call the RCMP and register it as it stands now.
Subsonics run fine with a standard buffer. No mods required.
Just need to use the right powder (Accurate 1680 for heavy subsonic loads) and no problems.
I just loaded some 150gr to see how light I can go with 1680 and still get them to cycle. I usually use Lil'Gun for mid-weight loads.
Just finished a build myself. 9.5" barrel from ATRS, and the muzzle device is the ATRS Flash Eliminator, which looks like a suppressor. Fed 115 gr supers and 208 grain subs just fine the first time out. Ammo and brass availability is an issue, I will probably have to start modifying .223 brass, any advice on that would be helpful.
I went to princess auto and bought a 6 inch chop saw and just cut them off at the shoulder then de-burr them, then run them through the sizer die, then trim to length and one final de-burr and you're done. Not the fastest process but I also bought an RCBS case prep center to help speed up the de-burr stages.
The good thing is that there is always 223 brass at the range which makes your 300BLK brass free other than your time and a couple tools that can also be used for things other than making 300BLK brass.
Same here, works great.
I use that chop saw for making allot of my obsolete calibers.
You have to enjoy tinkering.
The .300 is even sweeter when you add that step of converting your own brass.
My .300 NEA shoots like a house on fire without the slightest hiccup.
Flame away!
