This rifle is very specific attempt to build a lightweight but hard hitting battle rifle based on the 6.8 spc II cartridge. It is built on a Mag Tactical billet magnesium upper and lower with a goal of relatively easy 300 yard fighting range to discover its a wonderful varmint rifle out past 400 yards taking coyote and ground hogs with ease plus shoots "minute of man" to 600 yards and with a better scope believe it would be a real tack driver. For quick and close targets it has a 1x red dot mounted on a 45 degree mount left of scope body. Used an 18" 1:11 twist ARP 5R barrel with an AAC 51T Ratchet Mount suppressor adapter. Its topped with a Nikon 2.5-10x scope picked up on a "Black Friday" sale at price too cheap to not take a chance. Nikon may be my first choice in camera lenses their scopes seldom impress me but this one is doing its job well enough considering investment. It has a SIG carbon fiber A2 stock (made by Lancer) and bargain keylock freefloat forearm.
18" 6.8 spc ARP 5R BUILD PAGE
The trigger is a massaged Colt Competition Target using my Power Custom Hammer & Sear Jig with a mix of springs from Wolfe and JP 3.5 Enhanced Reliability spring kit to get a crisp 3.25 pound pull and reliable ignition of even the hardest primers. Uses an ARP Super Bolt headspaced to barrel (both bought on sale), M16 full auto carrier and a rifle buffer pushed by a Tubbs "Flatwire" buffer spring. This rifle has become a favorite build especially considering it began with a pile of "bargain parts" pulled from parts lockers based on inexpensive investment. Can use for CQB targets by canting just a tad to pic up the red dot with left eye or hold it level and use scope for target aquisition . Have used it effectively on varmints small as ground hogs to 382 yards and coyote to 419 yards with first shot cold bore clean kills at date this was written but know it has more range just need the opportunity. Considering there is less than $800 total invested including the scope and red dot this may be one of my top value rifles "dollar for dollar" in the fleet.
SQUARING UPPER & INSTALLING BARREL
this rifle shoots suprisingly well
Target on left is twenty rounds into about 1.25", target in center is a one MOA hunred yard ten shot group and target number three is a "cherry picked" three shot group fired afer the rifle was wrmed up and the ones where I pulle a shot thrown in the trash. My bet is that 90% of the 1/4, 1/2 and 1 MOA targets posted on the internet unles from a sanctioned and scored event are cherry picked from several attempts and shooters pitch most into the trash. I am posting what rifle is capable of not what I am able to do consistently.
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