Finished up before Christmas, finally got to the range today to get the Aimpoint dialed in @ 25 yards. Fine tuning at longer will have to wait until the outdoor range reopens in the spring.
Aero receivers and handguard, 14.5” Criterion CORE barrel and BCM BCG.
An AR15 upper receiver lapping tool. I ordered one last weekend without reading the small print, turns out I ordered one for AR-10’s instead. This morning I disassembled my .308 and lapped the upper, made a .001 shim to wrap around the barrel extension then thermo fit the barrel to the receiver. After cooling the barrel was rock solid. The AR15 tool is tracking to deliver tomorrow, then I can finish assembly on my latest build…
I feel the same way when temps here drop to below zero. Not much you can do except suck it up and avoid the extreme heat whenever possible.
Weather here has been in the low to mid 80's, but we've only had .26" of rain in the last month. We have also had air quality warnings due to the wildfires in Canada. Wednesday was miserable...
I just finished watching a YouTube documentary series called D-Day 24 Hours. There are 24 episodes, each about an hour long. If you’re interested in military history I would highly recommend watching it…
https://www.youtube.com/@D-Day24Hours-sm5pe
I was shooting for 5 degrees, and ended up with 4.9 degrees positive caster. The other thing that made a huge improvement was getting the thrust angle down to .05 degrees. I used to have to herd it down the highway, now it tracks straight as an arrow…
Thanks guys. I was able to get a decent amount of caster with the QA1 upper control arms, combined with the other steering and front suspension upgrades it drives like a totally different car. It was a lot of work, but totally worth it...