Spikes Livewire .308

[Quinncannon]

Just signed up here yesterday, was able to introduce myself and I mentioned I would be shooting my new build, this Spikes Tactical .308. Parts are as follows....Livewire upper/lower, Spikes bolt carrier, Fulton bolt headspaced to Criterion 1/10 24 inch barrel, Midwest handguard, Geissele SSA-E trigger, Spikes small parts, DPMS A2 stock, Spikes pistol grip. Scope is a SWFA SS with SWFA mount.

Shooting was done today at the VETS Shooting Center in Russell, Arkansas. Targets were steel at 300, 400 and 500 yards. Previous 100 zero on my own home range. I only shot Federal XM80C 149 grain ammo, will shoot some match next time. I used a rear bag and a short ten round magazine

With fresh paint on the targets, I fired my first group on 300. My ol' shooting buddy was spotting, he said the group was hovering around MOA for the five rounds, then adjusted for 400, fired a group, said it looked good, then went to 500. Next group at 500 was hovering at MOA as well, but we did not go down range to measure, so that was just speculation, it did appear to be a very nice cluster. 

The rest of the shooting was just hammering steel and observing if the hot barrel would change point of impact, it did not. I fired fifty rounds, no malfunctions, good accuracy, I'm well pleased so far with this rifle!

 

 

 

 

Edited September 17, 2018 by Quinncannon
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[Quinncannon]

I shot with a rear bag and a short ten round magazine.