baldie Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Finished this beauty this week. As I've now managed to [ finally ] source all the parts, this will become a production rifle , in this format, once proofing and testing are complete. The upper and lower are a matched pair from Cross machine. Very well made and has the nice touch of a tiny adjuster in the lower, to remove any slop between the two. Machined to take my side charging conversion and ceracoated in Armour black. The barrel is a 20" Sassen , helically fluted, and fitted with a 3 port brake. Thread is 18mm x 1. Paint is armour black and Magpul FDE. The trigger is a Geisselle. Stock is a Magpul UBR and a magpul grip. The fore end is a Midwest industries model, with all the usual fittings. Surprisingly enough, this rifle weighs little more than a standard AR15. Once I have tested the platform to my content, it will be available in .308 , 6.5 Creedmoor , and possibly .260 rem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballistol Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Lovely stuff Dave, look forward to a range report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarovski1 Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 I can see you selling a few of these dave.very nice .I would of still rather seen a scope on it for the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoEntry Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 beautiful, gonna have to start saving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCetrizine Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Could you do one in .300 Win Mag like the Falkor Petra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted July 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCetrizine Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Just personal choice or engineering impossibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted July 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 The .300 win mag is long action. AR,s are short action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCetrizine Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Is the Falkor not a true AR10 then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Is the Falkor not a true AR10 then? The 308 AR is not a true AR10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWEM Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Looks really good. One of these in 6.5CM or maybe 6CM could be in my future. How is the extraction of a fired case on these? Do you have to load them down much so that this isn't an issue? What do these weigh, 10 - 11 lbs? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted July 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Its at proof, so I haven't fired it yet. .308,s usually have to have the load tweaked a little. CM works and extracts nicely. I also have a 6CM reamer on its way. It weighs around the same as a bull barrelled AR15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Looks really good. One of these in 6.5CM or maybe 6CM could be in my future. How is the extraction of a fired case on these? Do you have to load them down much so that this isn't an issue? What do these weigh, 10 - 11 lbs? Cheers. I have to say that the extraction issues on these big boys is mostly a myth, and when it has on occasion cropped up can be mostly blamed on poor quality brass. There were originally 25 AR10s brought in and sold by SGC. I've known most of these rifles and that are pretty much faultless, except that in there early days there was an abundance of 7.62 RG.....and that caused a few issues. But now that is more or less unavailable the problem has gone away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWEM Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Cheers for the reply bradders. Time to have a play with quickload and see what calibre makes most sense with a 20 inch barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted July 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 I picked this back up from the proof house yesterday. Rushing round last thing, Trev and I , nipped town to a friends wood where you can just get a 100 yard shot , off the floor, inside a very dark wood. Didn't have a good shooting position at all, but we were basically testing it for extraction. First group is on the left, then the second group showed it tightening. We put around 40 rounds down it and it fed and extracted perfectly, and these were max loads with 167 grain bullets. It also shoots GGG well. I can't wait to get it on a bench with a bean bag, and test iy properly, because I think this load will one hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazzer Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 I not only got to see this today but was lucky enough to shoot it.... all I can say is want one ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(200x135).jpg.0fd0a94f065c6cb243fdff1b40e0819a.jpg)
.jpg.0972b4e2bdf0b5a4109eb96f2b1b62ad.jpg)
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.