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First build...possibly complex issue


kazuaki

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Kaz, if you have no plans yet, a bunch of us are going to Hodge Road, off the 15 on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. That is 3 weeks from today. We are planning on being there around 10 am. It is a good open shooting area if you've never been. One of the guys has a clay thrower that mounts to the trailer hitch on his truck if you have shotguns too. There wer 13 of us the last time & over 50 different noise makers between all of us. Sorry for the thread jack.

Ray.

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So, the range trip went well. I shot about 20 rounds of 147gr ammo, cleaning after every 5 rounds as a quick break-in. I then shot a bunch of Federal Gold Medal and some of the Eagle Eye that gave me issues before. I'm happy to report there were no malfunctions and no pierced primers.

I think the rifle has great accuracy potential, but I need a lot of practice/training to become consistent. My best group is below. As you can see from the two sets of measurements, I had a great group going through 4 shots (0.56 MOA), then I pulled the 5th shot and it opened up to 1.07 MOA. Like I said, the rifle shows potential, but I need some work. BTW, I was shooting from a bipod with a rear bag on a wooden bench.

Thanks to all for the help this far!

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So, I picked up a Black Hole Weaponry 20" barrel (polygonal rifling) during the 20% off sale they are having.  I put that in and took a trip to the range today. This barrel seems to be a real shooter.  Here's my best 5 shot group of the day.  This was done at 100 yards with Federal Gold Medal Match 175gr factory ammo.

 

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So, I picked up a Black Hole Weaponry 20" barrel (polygonal rifling) during the 20% off sale they are having.  I put that in and took a trip to the range today. This barrel seems to be a real shooter.  Here's my best 5 shot group of the day.  This was done at 100 yards with Federal Gold Medal Match 175gr factory ammo.

 

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That's some good shootin'! Well done.

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On 8/4/2015 at 4:51 AM, survivalshop said:

 The primer piecing is probably the ammo , if its the only Brand doing it .You keep saying Eagle Eye , is it American Eagle ?

  Hard to tell with the 80% Lowers , There are no MilSpecs on a 308AR like an AR15/16/M4 , Manufacturers make their own up sometimes & can cause all kinds of problems . We have seen a lot of it here with 100% Receivers.

 

 

 Your Buffer hitting the Retainer is going to break it eventually . Does your BCG when locked in the Barrel extension , push the Buffer back into the Lower Receiver Extension when closing the Upper onto the Lower Receiver ? If it doesn't its not to spec's , As said, the Buffer should not touch the Retaining Pin when in operation , with the BCG in locked breach position , the BCG can not go any more forward , so if it can't go forward any more & when closing the Upper onto the Lower , the BCG pushes the Buffer a little off the Buffer Retainer , to keep it from hitting it when the action is cycling . The only time the Buffer should touch that Retaining Pin is when you disassemble or Shotgun the Receivers , its just to retain the Buffer upon disassembly .

 

 Has this rifle had the Head Space Checked ?

My exact thought too. Bet it's short.

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48 minutes ago, 98Z5V said:

6 years on the last response in this thread, Dave.  Go post an intro.  :thumbup:

Here's where it's at:

https://forum.308ar.com/forum/22-introductions/

 

43 minutes ago, 98Z5V said:

I'm quick like that, on the Necro-Dudes...   :bat:

I thought the forum sign-up was slow but it didn't take 6 years. But enjoyed reading the thread and now the welcome.See ya' around. In real time. Thanks for the link, too.

 

DD

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4 minutes ago, DiggerDave said:

 

I thought the forum sign-up was slow but it didn't take 6 years. But enjoyed reading the thread and now the welcome.See ya' around. In real time. Thanks for the link, too.

 

DD

Welcome aboard, then.  :thumbup:  Go rip that Intro up, man. 

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