458 SOCOM

odie64 · July 15, 2017

Anyone here build a 458 SOCOM or have experience with one?

MikedaddyH · July 15, 2017

Ammo is expensive to reload !!! Index finger size. About $2.25 a round. We put one together at work a couple years ago. It was an AR Pistol , a very badass gun !!!!!!!!

Edited July 15, 2017 by MikedaddyH

sketch · July 15, 2017

I recently built an 8" kicks hard and ammo is pricey $$ but I love it!

shooting some 300 gn ammo tomorrow.. just to see if it lightens the kick?

Edited July 15, 2017 by sketch
good shits

odie64 · July 16, 2017

Here's a pic on my .458 SOCOM build. I used the Wilson Combat .458 SOCOM build kit , upper. Midwest Industries SP series and Ace Skeletonized entry length stock. I am waiting on my optic and it will be range time.

Edited July 16, 2017 by odie64

sketch · July 16, 2017

nice !

unforgiven · July 16, 2017

Very cool.

odie64 · July 26, 2017

a better picture in completed form

sketch · July 26, 2017

Thats very sleek bro! have you shot it yet? Im rolling over a 16" upper today but this ammo is judging me on principals and i have no time to relode yet.. what dot optick did you choose?

i shot the 300 gn. ammo from freedom and made it threw 20 rnds but that was ..... fun... hell yeah it works!

odie64 · July 26, 2017

Shot it last night. This is a pic of some quick fired ( less than a second between shots) shots offhand at 25 yards. It was the first time shooting it. I had to sight the optic and adjust the gas block on this visit. I went with the Vortex Sparc AR red dot. $208 shipped with ten30 rd gen 2 P mags from PSA. The optic seemed to hold up well and has kept zero so far. The Ace entry sized (7.5") stock is a little close on this caliber. If I'm not careful I will get a slight bump from the charging handle to my nose. I think they offer a thicker butt pad and that should solve that problem. It feels real light I haven't weighed it yet but I would guess the 7-8lb range empty with optic. The trigger on the lower I used is garbage even for Mil Spec. I have not decided what I am going to do about that yet. I have seen ammo run the gauntlet from $1.65 per rd to almost $3.00, needless to say I will search for best bang for the buck an hope to keep it under $2.00 a round. I don't reload either( too much ADD tendencies) to feel safe and confident in doing so. It will spend more time in the safe than at the range but as time and money allows I will take it out. It is just TOO much FUN to let is rot in the safe.

Dane Armory · July 26, 2017

Nice looking half inch holes ! How's the recoil ??

odie64 · July 26, 2017

Not too bad...I still have my shoulder. seriously fairly comparable to my .308 AR and Kel Tec RFB also a .308

unforgiven · July 26, 2017

I like to know more about that Kel tech RFB

odie64 · July 26, 2017

I'm liking mine, some of the early ones, mostly Gen 1s has some feeding problems relating to the gas adjustment, It can be sensitive. Mine is a Gen II and has been real reliable . I was getting some over gassing as the rifle started to settle in. I waited for my muzzle brake to arrive and readjusted the gas setting and it has been trouble free ever since. It is a bit on the heavy side but the trigger is good and ergonomics are hard to beat. I also have their RDB. It's the only 2 Kel Tec products I own, I have no complaints and would buy another Kel Tec product

sketch · August 1, 2017

https://www.freedommunitions.com/458-socom-300gr-rnfp-big-grains-new.html

try this ammo . its been good to go and packs some punch.. or the buffalo bore 405. gn from midway has been my first rounds.. what ammo did you start with?

odie64 · August 1, 2017

I used some North Georgia Arms I picked up at a local gun show. the Big grains was on my short list of ammo to try. The price is right, I know this wont be a cheap gun to shoot , but if I can some money on ammo where I can I will. Thanks for the heads up

Boot_Scraper · August 2, 2017

That's my next build...458 socom. Been eyeing them for about a year. Done 5.56, 6.8 spc, 308, but 458 is next. THE HAMMER.

sketch · August 2, 2017

Lets get the HAMMER going!

Boot_Scraper · September 23, 2017

On 8/1/2017 at 7:39 PM, sketch said:

Lets get the HAMMER going!

Today might be the day... maybe tomorrow.

sketch · September 23, 2017

36 minutes ago, Boot_Scraper said:

Today might be the day... maybe tomorrow.

to shoot or buying parts? or selling your first born child for ammo?? jk you need them to carry the heavy lead from the car to the range!!

Boot_Scraper · September 24, 2017

51 minutes ago, sketch said:

to shoot or buying parts? or selling your first born child for ammo?? jk you need them to carry the heavy lead from the car to the range!!

Trying to talk myself out of buying an upper.

First child stays. The second may be packing.