AR-15 Build Complete

[downwindoutdoors]

Finished my AR, just in time for the season however, I still have a long way to go before this puppy, well, kills a puppy. I don't have any free time to polish off my load development so I plan on doing it all opening day after the first setups. Looks I am designated cameraman.

Upper Receiver: Vltor MUR
Lower Reciever: Saber Tactical
Bolt: FailZero
Charging Handle: Vltor BCM Gunfighter Mod 3 Large
Barrel: Krieger AR-15 Varmatch 26” with a 1-12 twist
Gas Block: PRI Low Profile .936”
Stock: MagPul PRS
Grip: MagPul MIAD
Trigger: Jewell
Scope: Nightforce 5.5-22 x 56mm NX with a NP-1 Reticle
Scope Mount: Nightforce Unimount 1.375”
Handguard: Daniel Defense Lite Rail 14.0”
Bolt Catch: DPMS with MagPul BAD Lever Extender
Magazine Release: DPMS
Magazine: Magpul 20-Round Pmag with 5 round limiter
Bipod Adapter: DoubleStar Picatinny

 

[ChevyGuy91]

Dude, great first post. Nice stick.

What kind of bullets are you going to be pushing through that thing?

 

[downwindoutdoors]

Thanks!

I am going with 50 gr Nosler CT's in Lapua cases with Federal 205M's and starting out with 24.5 grains of Benchmark.

 

[Chrisg67]

a puppy!

 

[downwindoutdoors]

a puppy!

aka coyote....sorry

 

[Dirtypacman]

That is one bad ass rifle - very awesome man.
Hope she shoots as nice as she looks.

 

[downwindoutdoors]

Eventually I will post the range results.

 

[Chrisg67]

aka coyote....sorry

i know

 

[Jasper]

bullets are your own choice. no experience with Benchmark (I use varget / reloader 15, and sometime winchester 748 in the winter time (never in summer, it gets very pissy with temperature sensitivity)

as far as loads.

dont bother with Lapua brass. I have a ton of it. does it shoot any better than commercial winchester? nope. or Lake City? haven't noticed a difference. upside is case life, but i'll probably lose the primer pockets long before anything splits. you'll simply be wasting money. FWIW, the US Army Marksmanship Unit (arguably some of the best precision shooters in the country) are using Lake City for everything in their AR's. it just works.


Federal 205M's : great primers. wouldnt use em in an AR15. they're on the soft side, and I have had slamfires in the past using them. Seriously, Wolf KVM223's (SR .223 / Magnum) give me equally good SD's (single digit), and are harder than the hinges on the gates of hell. barring a fixed firing pin, you WONT have a slamfire....and they're 1/3rd the price of the 205m's

YMMV....but for what it's worth, i burn through 4-6k rounds a year of .223 (all match ammo, and if I do my part, is all sub-MOA). I picked up a thing or two along the way about reloading for a nail driver.

 

[downwindoutdoors]

Thanks for the tips, wish I would have known the primer one before I primed up 50 of them.....hahaha. Federal supposedly just came out with an AR-15 specific primer, any experience with that?

 

[flintoid]

that is one badass rifle. Very nice work, dude!

 

[Donvin999]

That looks awesome!!!!

 

[edgeofcrimson]

oooh....that thing looks sharp, I like.

 

[downwindoutdoors]

Finally broke it in....

 

[Chrisg67]

wow nice shot!

 

[Donvin999]

Very nice shoting rifle! Any estimate on the range?

 

[Coyote33]

Nice video. Where was that? What caliber, and was there an exit? Pelt good?