http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee180/weekendracer/20150604_103745_1.jpeg
For whatever reason, it kept cropping the ends, but it's a picture of it. It was a blemished lower at the $199/$120 price point on sale. I put a generic AR10 lower kit into it.
This is the upper I fitted to the lower:
http://palmettostatearmory.com/inde...s12g2-upper-with-bcg-and-charging-handle.html
Ammo is Bitterroot Valley 168 gr, HPBT, match (Sierra I think). It was dirt cheap a couple years ago, I kick myself for not buying 2-3 cases instead of the 1.
Fit and finish is pretty good, less rattle than my Armalite AR15, way less than my M4 at work. It's meeting my goal of a 'light' 308 platform, I can hold the crosshairs on a target standing without support. My M1A with Vltor stock is just too f'ing heavy to hold for very long.
Mounting the scope was problematic, it was initially shooting WAY low at 25 yards. I got a buddy to bring his scope leveling kit over and everything was correct, so I cranked on the adjustments and got it close with a laser 'bullet'. It took some shooting to get it dialed in. The trigger could be better, it breaks clean but is a little heavy for my taste, will look into this later.
The gun shoots better than me is all I can say. I shot multiple strings that were touching at 100, I have pictures of my worst group, one of the 2 shot strings almost touching, and a group of 10 at 100 yards for your perusal.
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee180/weekendracer/Shot group 1.jpeg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee180/weekendracer/Shot group 2.jpeg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee180/weekendracer/10 rnd group_1.jpeg
I only count 9 holes, I've come to the conclusion that either I:
A. Miscounted the rounds (likely as anything else)
B. I slung one completely off target (Black flies were nasty, it's possible)
C. I put 2 through same hole. (I think the gun is capable considering how many were touching, I don't take credit for it)
Conclusion:
For about $1K invested, I simply don't see how a gun could be asked to perform better. The black flies were tearing into me while shooting the 10 shot string, I could barely breathe without sucking 2-3 into my nose or mouth.
edit: disregard edit, I guess it's linked to all my pictures. Too lazy to create a new folder. Nothing life altering in the other pictures there.
Edit 2: I just weighed both the AR10 and the M1A. Surprisingly, they weight withing a couple of ounces of each other. I can only attribute the ease of holding a target to better balance of the AR10.
Edit 3: I did have some fail to feed (round left in the mag empty chamber). I don't know if it was the new PMAGs or the gun but it seems to have worked itself out. It quit being a problem after a few strings. I only brought one mag to test fire, so something else I need to look into.
For whatever reason, it kept cropping the ends, but it's a picture of it. It was a blemished lower at the $199/$120 price point on sale. I put a generic AR10 lower kit into it.
This is the upper I fitted to the lower:
http://palmettostatearmory.com/inde...s12g2-upper-with-bcg-and-charging-handle.html
Ammo is Bitterroot Valley 168 gr, HPBT, match (Sierra I think). It was dirt cheap a couple years ago, I kick myself for not buying 2-3 cases instead of the 1.
Fit and finish is pretty good, less rattle than my Armalite AR15, way less than my M4 at work. It's meeting my goal of a 'light' 308 platform, I can hold the crosshairs on a target standing without support. My M1A with Vltor stock is just too f'ing heavy to hold for very long.
Mounting the scope was problematic, it was initially shooting WAY low at 25 yards. I got a buddy to bring his scope leveling kit over and everything was correct, so I cranked on the adjustments and got it close with a laser 'bullet'. It took some shooting to get it dialed in. The trigger could be better, it breaks clean but is a little heavy for my taste, will look into this later.
The gun shoots better than me is all I can say. I shot multiple strings that were touching at 100, I have pictures of my worst group, one of the 2 shot strings almost touching, and a group of 10 at 100 yards for your perusal.
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee180/weekendracer/Shot group 1.jpeg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee180/weekendracer/Shot group 2.jpeg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee180/weekendracer/10 rnd group_1.jpeg
I only count 9 holes, I've come to the conclusion that either I:
A. Miscounted the rounds (likely as anything else)
B. I slung one completely off target (Black flies were nasty, it's possible)
C. I put 2 through same hole. (I think the gun is capable considering how many were touching, I don't take credit for it)
Conclusion:
For about $1K invested, I simply don't see how a gun could be asked to perform better. The black flies were tearing into me while shooting the 10 shot string, I could barely breathe without sucking 2-3 into my nose or mouth.
edit: disregard edit, I guess it's linked to all my pictures. Too lazy to create a new folder. Nothing life altering in the other pictures there.
Edit 2: I just weighed both the AR10 and the M1A. Surprisingly, they weight withing a couple of ounces of each other. I can only attribute the ease of holding a target to better balance of the AR10.
Edit 3: I did have some fail to feed (round left in the mag empty chamber). I don't know if it was the new PMAGs or the gun but it seems to have worked itself out. It quit being a problem after a few strings. I only brought one mag to test fire, so something else I need to look into.
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