AR-15 BS Thread

I went .300 so i coukd use it as a hunting option where I live.
We have an extended early and late deer season for archery and pistol
So it gives me an extra 3 months of woods time.
I love my 5.56 as an all day shooter and wasnt planning on switching calibers, BUT the state gave me to good an excuse

 

Now im looking for a red magnifier, i put a holosun 503c on the pistol. Any thoughts?

 

Took the Larue 260 and grendel out today.
Did 1K with the 260 and did decent. Still need more practice.
Tried the grendel at 500 and it was way to easy. 20 out of 20.
Tried at at 1K and got a few hits but not many. It's a shooter!

At 500 yards:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtWfCRPnMTg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

Not that I'd shoot that far but do you have to have a special scope bracket so you dont run out of adjustment on your scope?

 

Ideally you'd have a 20MOA scope mount to allow for the extra distance. I happen to have enough in that Nightforce scope for 1K yards. After I was finished I went to dial back to zero but dialed up instead. It only went up another couple MOA then stopped, was out of travel. Doubt I'll even go past 1K so my 0 MOA scope mount is fine for now.

 

Most sane scope and cartridge combos have enough adjustment to make it to 500 and hold dead on, but I've seen some crazy long distance stuff that requires massive enough corrections that zeroing at 100 becomes impossible. I've even heard of an ELR team that zeroes at 1k.

 

Forgot i had a lightweight barrel.

 

From what I read you get full powder burn out of an 8” barrel for 300blk, so anything longer than that is not necessary for ballistic performance. Not sure about if longer may be better for cycling reliability though.

 

Personally I would piece together an upper with Aero Precision striped upper, YHM free float rail, and then a barrel.

For barrel length I would run between 11” and 12.5” because shorter for my wingspan just isn’t comfortable and it’s still compact with a 6”-8” can.

BCM has a 12.5” with Mlok, I’m sure the Larue is also good.

 

Had a friend install the "heart" free float handguard on my wifes AR-15. I put together the the lower end and had a complete upper kit. Swapped out the standard grip for the free float in hearts. Wife is going to paint in the grooves on the hearts at some point.

 

Sometimes I wish I didn't get so into guns. The truck would be almost paid off or so much farther. Sigh...

I have a 4.5" 22lr, 10" 300BLK, 10.3" 223 Wylde, 10.5" 556, 13.7" 556, 14.5" 556 and 16" 223 Wylde.
Mostly Noveske or PWS builds. I kind of want a 12.5" Kino.

You guys into pistol brace strap upgrades? I make them.


https://www.instagram.com/p/BrCiUgCngcb/

 

any pics of the pistol braces?

 

www.bracestraps.com

www.instagram.com/bracestraps

Check it out. Most of the recent pictures are on the Instagram.

 

I'll have to see if my friend is interested...I like the darker colors.

 

You're right on there. 300BLK was designed around a 9" barrel. I have a 9" BCM that's great, also had an 8" Aero that ran well. Stick with someone reputable andyou'll be happy.

Not entirely true. A properly gassed DI setup is quieter than a piston setup. Pistons always exhibit some degree of "port pop".
Where most people think pistons are quieter, is that piston systems are usually adjustable and being properly gassed is always going to be much quieter to the shooter.

 

All suppressed ARs are pretty loud. Pistons are even louder than DI because the gas leaves out the piston rather than down inside the BCG. Action noise is 120db regardless. If you want movie quiet, use an encore or bolt gun.

Piston ARs are Rube Goldberg. Unless turning something simple into something complex is your bag, it's not worth the money. Pistons are the reason most people don't bother putting suppressors on AKs.

8.5" CMMG 300blk barrels have worked well for me.