Catchdog
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For some reason I didn't have it completely squared up at first, it was nearly a foot off to the left at 25 yards.
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Finally able to post pics.
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Ok she's all put together, finally. Rainier 16" barrel, with a Troy 13.8" MRF .308 handguard. Shaved 3 inches and 3.5 pounds off.
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Canceled my order with Troy, and got it off of another site for cheaper (with 2 day air UPS). Rifle is now put together, and at the gunsmith for head spacing.
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Well, I called them today. They said they are two weeks out.
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Well they seem to have cancelled my order. At least the charge disappeared from my card.
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Well I broke down and bought the Troy MRF, now come on UPS!
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Thanks. I'm not sure total weight, but the thing has a 22" heavy barrel right now, but I've got a Rainier Arms 16" select to replace it. Which is quite a bit lighter, I think just the barrel swap is going to knock 4 or 5 pounds off. That's just roughing it anyway.
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Ok, I think I have myself talked into the Troy. The DD's cost is turning me away, and the extras I'd have to buy. I guess the game changer would be the weight. I haven't been able to find a weight on the MRF but I think the DD weighs around 1.2 lbs. Does anybody know the specs on the MRF?
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I've got a DPMS LR-308 Classic, but I'm going through an overhaul on it. I'm going for shorter and lighter.
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Cool deal. One thing I'm having trouble figuring out about the Troy, is weather or not you need the front delta flange (or whatever it's called) on the gas block. I assume not since that would negate it being a free float handguard.
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What are you guru's opinions on one and two piece handguards? I'm looking at either a Troy MRF 308 or a DD 7.62 lite rail. I'm a little suspect on the two piece design of the Troy, but it's cheaper and I don't have to buy a barrel nut and a special tool.
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I got my barrel finally, now I need to get on the rest of it. I've got a question though. Do I need a .308 specific barrel nut wrench, to take my old barrel off? It's the standard DPMS LR-308 barrel nut with a delta ring.
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Yeah, apparently it's a dominant trait. I let him breed my bitch dog, that's kinda dun colored, and out of 8 pups 5 were brindle. If I could get somebody to print his pattern on some fabric, it would make wicked camo.
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Thanks. I have a brindle dog, that can vanish in plain sight, I was trying for that.
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This is what my boomstick looks like before. I rattle canned a paint job on it when I first got it, so I wouldn't shy away from carrying it in my work pickup. I'd kind of like to strip it, then repaint later. Will mineral spirits hurt it at all?
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I've got all the stuff to start reloading except a bench. I'm basically just gonna reload milspec, quantity over quality I guess.
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Yeah, this is a forum for a very hungry and very expensive beast to feed. Actually more expensive than feeding a horse.
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Does anybody want to make a charitable donation of ammo? You can deduct it from your taxes :P
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Do you know somewhere that sells practice? ;D
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My problem is, I'm not a sub moa shooter. Especially with a scope, for some reason irons and red dots work better for me.
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Cool deal, thanks.
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Thank you. I guess I'm wanting My LR to by a little lighter, and more easily managed. As is stands now, it's just to damned heavy and cumbersome. I intend on using it to hunt and a WSHTF main stick. Since I'm not a good long range shooter (400 yrds plus), I don't want a tacticool, space shuttle door gunner approved behemoth of a rifle.
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To finish it off I'm going to go with a DD 7.62 12" Lite Rail, Spikes Tactical Dynacomp, and a Magpul ACS stock. Again, am I headed in the right direction?
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OK, so will I run into headspace problems then?
