hoevito Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Finished it awhile ago, but thought I'd share. Did my first a few years back, 20" blackhole weaponry bull barrel build on Matrix receiver set. Accurate as snot, but heavy as poop. Sold it and moved on and learned a thing or two in the process... 20150830_120535 by hoevito, on Flickr 2nd build used an Aero M5 match set and 16" Faxon taper profile barrel. Build was relatively lightweight, accurate, and fun to shoot...but was just missing "something". 20151004_151417 by hoevito, on Flickr 3rd build, went with the Aero M5E1 set this time, used a Faxon match 5R fluted 18" heavy barrel, SRS recoil system, and this build is pretty much perfect. Amazingly light recoil for a 308, very accurate, and comes in at only 8lbs8oz without a mag (but with sights and handguard rail panels ?) Untitled by hoevito, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtallen83 Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Nice looking build What's next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Looks good!! Been doing some covert lurking ? been 4 years but I’ll welcome you on your first post feel free to tell us about yourself in the intro section!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoevito Posted May 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 10 minutes ago, shepp said: Looks good!! Been doing some covert lurking ? been 4 years but I’ll welcome you on your first post feel free to tell us about yourself in the intro section!! Yeah, pretty much lol. 26 minutes ago, jtallen83 said: Nice looking build What's next? You don't say ? Untitled by hoevito, on Flickr I'm thinking 16" Criterion/rifle gas variant this time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Damn good work, on all of them. Fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoevito Posted May 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 9 minutes ago, 98Z5V said: Damn good work, on all of them. Fantastic. Thanks. Far as the FDE build, it was built with the following: Aero Precision M5E1 enhanced upper 12" keymod handguard SLR clamp on adjustable gas block Faxon Match series 18" heavy fluted 5R barrel w/ rifle gas Aero m5 LPK Faxon 308 BCG ACS-L Stock Vortex OPMOD Strike Eagle 1-6x Armaspec SRS recoil system Radian Raptor LT charging handle Diamondhead Nightbrite flip up sights Vortex 2" offset mount LaRue MBT trigger Noveske Ambi 60 deg safety Ambi mag release VG6 762 muzzle brake Magpul MIAD grip 2018-02-06_10-24-13 by hoevito, on Flickr With the adjustable gas and SRS recoil assembly, the rifle shoots extremely smooth as you can see. Very little recoil for a 308. This was me breaking it in at the range. Cycled cheap Tula steel and everything else without issue, including 7.62x51 Malaysian surplus and 168gr FGMM. Didn't do any real formal accuracy testing, but I did manage to surprise myself a bit, produced the below 5 and 3 shot groups at 100 using 168gr FGMM 20180208_141954 by hoevito, on Flickr 20180208_141958 by hoevito, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTXshooter Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Wow, great build. I was going to ask how the 5R barrel did, but that is obvious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted May 28, 2018 Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 I've been nothing but impressed with the Faxon 5R Match barrels so far. Two of them in Grendel, and they just flat work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted May 29, 2018 Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Outstanding job brother, I am also a M5 fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoevito Posted June 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 Finally! All done with my 4th... Built with: Faxon 16" mid length big gunner barrel Faxon 308 BCG POF Dictator adjustable gas block/straight gas tube Aero Precision M5E1 Enhanced upper and handguard M5E1 lower Aero M5 LPK V7 S7 bolt catch Diamondhead Nightbrite backup sights Armaspec SRS recoil system BCM Gunfighter Sopmod stock VG6 Epsilon 762 muzzle device LaRue Apeg grip DSG Arms 2 stage nickel boron trigger Anti Rotation trigger/hammer pins PWS ratchet lock castle nut/end plate Mil spec buffer tube Seekins Ambi 60deg safety Radian Raptor CH Sig Sauer Ambi bolt release Untitled by hoevito, on Flickr Untitled by hoevito, on Flickr Untitled by hoevito, on Flickr Untitled by hoevito, on Flickr Rifle weighs 8 lbs 1.5 oz unloaded with sights and rail grip panels installed. Not too shabby! Untitled by hoevito, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoevito Posted June 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 (edited) And of course, made a minor change to my other recent build... Untitled by hoevito, on Flickr Untitled by hoevito, on Flickr Edited June 9, 2018 by hoevito Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted June 9, 2018 Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 Looks great bro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted June 9, 2018 Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 1 hour ago, hoevito said: Finally! All done with my 4th... You're addicted, man... Welcome to the pain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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