gun nut Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Hi Dave, promised to let you know how the new AR worked out and I had my first full range day on Saturday past. Changed a few bits since it left you but I kept the Armalite hand guard so as not to mess up the accuracy potential it showed in your test group. This is how it looks now This is it on Saturday past along with the 300m target it shot with the handloaded 77SMK's 5 Shots at 300m, wind gusting 5-15mph from 11 o'clock to 12 o'clock First 2 shots were at +6.75moa and made a .75moa correction for the 3 in the 10 ring. Not bad for an AR with mag length ammo .809"/330yds = .245 moa Thanks for another cracking rifle Dave that has totally lived up to your promise. Mike ps this is the last group from the load development session the Saturday before at 100yds Shots 1,2,3and 5 are in one hole, I pulled 4 when I saw the first 3 in the one hole the 4 shot hole measures .338-.223=.115moa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offroad Gary Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 looks good, whats the spec on the parts please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MH Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Nothing wrong with that handguard, the fashion these days is less is more so no need for lots of rails. Nice groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.300wm Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Like the suppressor, what brand is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Nice one Mike, those are stunning groups ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MH Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 The 77 SMK is a good bullet, the Nosler 77 is even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Does the Nosler have a higher BC John ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pork chop Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 i do wish people would stop posting pics of ar's.it going to cost me money sooner or later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MH Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Does the Nosler have a higher BC John ? Difficult to determine as the SMK quote a variable BC and Nosler a single, however, the Nosler is supposedly more consistent as each box contains bullets made on the same machine with the same dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Thats always gonna be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Thats always gonna be better. Not necessarily so.Noslers are just another version of the same bullet. Some guns like them, some don't Sierras have won more matches, so that has to tell you something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MH Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 That will because they make and sell more, quantity and not necessarily quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gun nut Posted October 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 No harm John, but when I get a load that works as good as this why in the world would I want to experiment with different bullets?To be honest I think this is about as good as I can shoot so it'd be hard to tell if another bullet was better or not My brief to Baldie was to make me an AR that could hit an egg at 300m with mag fed ammo, job done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gun nut Posted October 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 looks good, whats the spec on the parts please? DPMS thick wall upper, Double star lower, magpul UBR stock and rubber pistol grip, Armalite hand guard ,a 20" Border barrel 1;8.5 twist chambered .223Wylde and a Jewel AR trigger. A March 2.5-25x42 scope and a Laurence Precision Aurora ( it was bought at great expense and supposedly built specifically for a .270 Stalking rifle, but was pants on it) it does work quite well on the .223 though as there is probably a quarter of the gas volume of a .270 which it couldn't cope with. I'm sure Baldie would be delighted to build you another but even he admitted they don't all shoot like this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Well it shoots just dandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Vhit 140 Mike ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gun nut Posted October 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 No Dave, 23.5 grn Varget,once fired Hornady brass, rem 7.5 primer and 2.260" OAL. didn't have N140 but have a healthy supply of Varget. To be perfectly honest it was the first load I tried, and it was in a thread on UKV that someone used it for their CSR load so I tried it, shortest cheapest load development I've ever done Makes up for the times I've spent weeks and £££££'s getting good loads. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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