Happiness is a new gun 2

[Bawanna]

I've always much preferred thin grips. Often thought of just putting duct tape on the frame to make it thin as it could be. Makes kind of an issue with my love for Stag and horn grips which are almost always thick.
I did manage to make myself a set (not good enough to offer to anyone else) but good enough for me that are wafer thin. The reside on the Tisas for now. My Cbob is riding nice so they may get transferred over. Right now it's wear a set I got from dao, they feel real good, like em a lot but not stag.

[Ken L]

I love family photos. Anxiously awaiting.

Here's the pictures

The 458



The family



From left to right: AR10 in 6.5 Creedmoor, 458 SOCOM, the twins 300 Blackout and 556, and last is the 556 prairie dog gun.


The difference in sizes of the bolt faces between a 556 and a 458 SOCOM.

[BirdsThaWord]

Lovely family! 😂
Dang, what a difference in size on those bolt faces. That's a gun 'o war for sure! Body armor? What body armor? 😂
I’m also seeing a HUGE magwell on the 6.5 and 458. Makes the others look tiny.

[yqtszhj]

I like that prairie dog gun. What barrel is that?

[Barth]

I just finished assembling my latest scary gun last week. AR in 458 SOCOM. Haven't put it on the scale yet but I'm thinking it's close to 6ish pounds. It's the lightest AR that I have by a long shot. 16" pencil barrel with a brake, 9" hand guard, slick side upper on a Stag Arms lower. 1-6 Vortex Strike Eagle scope. I built it to carry on top of the mountain for elk. Most shots up there are under 100 yards. Something about 45/70 power in an AR platform intrigues me. Now to get some 300 grain boolits and sight that bad boy in!

My light weight close range blaster is a Galil ACE Gen 1 308 pistol with a brace.
Has an 11.8" barrel, runs 20/25 round PMAGs and weighs 6.5 lbs including the brace.
And with the brake felt recoil is spooky lite (like my 5.56).
https://www.ontargetmagazine.com/202...ce-308-pistol/
Performance:
Load Velocity 50-yard Accuracy
Hornady 155-gr. American Gunner 2,462 f.p.s. 1.40 Inches
Black Hills 178-gr. ELDX 2,418 f.p.s. 1.70 Inches
Federal 168-gr. Match 2,495 f.p.s. 1.55 Inches
Corbon 125-gr. TMK 2,700 f.p.s. 1.20 Inches
Nosler 125-gr. BT 2,740 f.p.s. 1.30 inches

[Armybrat]

That certainly is a handful of firepower.

Puts my 10.5” PSA 5.56 in the shade…

[King Rat]

Grizz Gun!

[Ken L]

I like that prairie dog gun. What barrel is that?

It's a 24" stainless heavy barrel that I got from Midway. Can't remember off hand if it's their brand or something else. I just checked on their website and it doesn't look like they offer it anymore. That's the first AR that I built. As you can see I fell into a trap. They all have cartridge triggers, all around 3-4#. The 458 has a 3# Timney and the 6.5 Creed has a 3.5# CMC. The other 3 have Rise Armament triggers. Nice triggers make a big difference in my mind.

Longest prairie dog I shot was at a measured 192 yards. No, I didn't hit it with the first shot. Or the second. That's what is so great about prairie dogs, they don't move when the lead is flying, which means you can walk the shots up. With that heavy barrel the gun doesn't raise under recoil and I can watch the shots hit thru the scope.

[yqtszhj]

It's a 24" stainless heavy barrel that I got from Midway. Can't remember off hand if it's their brand or something else. I just checked on their website and it doesn't look like they offer it anymore. That's the first AR that I built. As you can see I fell into a trap. They all have cartridge triggers, all around 3-4#. The 458 has a 3# Timney and the 6.5 Creed has a 3.5# CMC. The other 3 have Rise Armament triggers. Nice triggers make a big difference in my mind.

Longest prairie dog I shot was at a measured 192 yards. No, I didn't hit it with the first shot. Or the second. That's what is so great about prairie dogs, they don't move when the lead is flying, which means you can walk the shots up. With that heavy barrel the gun doesn't raise under recoil and I can watch the shots hit thru the scope.

Nice. I am thinking about building something new. I do have a bushmaster competition hbar 20 inch that will shoot sub moa with “cheap” PMC ammo. It Has a 4-12 Leupold scope on it. I Bought it years ago when they all were still made in Windham, Maine. It needs a better trigger though. Sucker must weigh 10 pounds but it shoots well. It will put all the ejected brass in a 18 inch box at the 4:30 position.

also have an AR10 platform with a really good barrel and muzzle brake on it and although it sounds like a cannon going off it doesn’t move and you can spot your shots through the scope. It will put match grade ammo through the same hole at 100 yards. It’s a fun one to shoot.

I think the next one I work on (maybe one of my current 16 inch carbines I own) will get some tinkering done with the buffer weights so it’s smoother. I have one that is way over gassed and throws the brass forward. I’d like to put a good trigger on it too and a muzzle brake I’m thinking because want it to almost not move when I shoot it rapid fire.

The options on the AR can make it addicting.

[Ken L]

I enjoy buying stuff a piece at a time for the ARs, then putting it together once enough stuff is collected. The 458 was different, I ordered everything within a week or two. Fell into a couple of good deals in the before Christmas sales, like the Vortex scope from Cabela's. Was like $200 off.