Yet Another Gun Thread
#5984
Done! Yeah, it took me 3 months from idea to completion but that is about standard with me. 10.5" PSA 300BLK pistol kit on an 80% lower, Form 1 silencer, engraved on my K40 laser, baffles DHC clipped via a jig I designed/printed on my Anet A8 printer. Total cost of project was around $1800 (not bad for a $500 gun!). I've only shot it a few rounds in the backyard with lots of reflective sound from fence, houses, etc. Not Hollywood quiet but not deafening without hearing protection. Can't wait to hear it on the range. I don't know how many rounds I can get out of a pound of powder but I will start making them soon.
#5988
Honestly, I think with the 4 choices, Savage, Ruger, CZ, Marlin... they're all gonna be about the same. You may find one gun built on a Wednesday that's better than another built on a Friday... with different ammo under different conditions, but I think if you took 10 examples of each gun and put 10 different brands of ammo through them, you'd find that they're all within 1% of eachother across the board.
I think the clear winner in the "what .22lr threaded bolt-action?" is the MKii FVSR... has been for about 10 years now. There are plenty of YT videos about a diy trigger job if you want. My FVSR is absurdly accurate with CCI SV ammo and it looks badass with the rail.
https://www.sportsmansoutdoorsuperst...hreaded-barrel
Here's a thread I made at RC a few years ago...
https://www.rimfirecentral.com/forum...d.php?t=596887
Actually, doing the testing for that thread led me to a revelation... and I got rid of the majority of my .22lr stash and reinvested in just a couple different types.
Nowadays (and I don't count the last 2 years in Hawaii) I only buy 4 types of .22lr:
CCI SV (for target work)
CCI Quiet (for teaching)
CCI Stinger (critter control)
Federal Automatch (plinking in my semi-autos)
#5991
I'm pretty excited to be retiring here in a few months... first purchase upon coming back to Virginia will be a Ruger Wrangler. I always wanted a Single6, but they are just too damned expensive. I almost bought a Heritage Roughrider a dozen times, but they never impressed.
As an aside, we lived a few miles away from Bill Ruger's Single Six Ranch in Kirkland, AZ for a few years. After the old man passed, the family sold the ranch off and I'm not sure it's even called the Single Six any more. I used to drive by it daily when I worked in that area.
#5992
Oh, range report. I took the 300BLK suppressed to a friends house today. The cheap *** red dot was shitty to say the least so we could barely hit the target with my reloads. Dot kept moving around. I will have to work on it some more. The Form 1 suppressor did ok but was not even close to Hollywood quiet. FWIW, we shot 60 rounds out of the sawed off Mosin. I think I left my shoulder at his house and will have to get it back tomorrow.
#5994
^Sounds about right for subs... tough because getting a lot of bounce off the trees so close.
This is what I've been working on... .308 AR10 for hunting season next year. I really like my new Ruger American 6.5CM, but have been missing an AR10 since I sold my last one to step up my optics game. Receivers are Aero Precision and I only have 2 pieces left to buy. .308 16" Faxon pencil barrel and Toolcraft Nitride BCG... just waiting on the right sale.
This is what I've been working on... .308 AR10 for hunting season next year. I really like my new Ruger American 6.5CM, but have been missing an AR10 since I sold my last one to step up my optics game. Receivers are Aero Precision and I only have 2 pieces left to buy. .308 16" Faxon pencil barrel and Toolcraft Nitride BCG... just waiting on the right sale.
#5995
I have a really cheap ($35?) red dot on the 300BLK. I have never shot with a red dot on an open range and don't know what to expect if I upgrade. The dot was moving around and I could barely see it. My eye glasses auto darken so I don't know if that was part of it. Any of you guys shoot red dot with transition lenses on your glasses? What difference would a $100 (I know that is still on the cheap side) red dot give me?
#5997
^Sounds about right for subs... tough because getting a lot of bounce off the trees so close.
This is what I've been working on... .308 AR10 for hunting season next year. I really like my new Ruger American 6.5CM, but have been missing an AR10 since I sold my last one to step up my optics game. Receivers are Aero Precision and I only have 2 pieces left to buy. .308 16" Faxon pencil barrel and Toolcraft Nitride BCG... just waiting on the right sale.
This is what I've been working on... .308 AR10 for hunting season next year. I really like my new Ruger American 6.5CM, but have been missing an AR10 since I sold my last one to step up my optics game. Receivers are Aero Precision and I only have 2 pieces left to buy. .308 16" Faxon pencil barrel and Toolcraft Nitride BCG... just waiting on the right sale.
Bought this guy for hog hunting this Summer. Ignore the optic mount, I was ******* around with it out of the box. Good call on the upgraded trigger, I zero'd this thing at 200 yards and the trigger sucks *****.