First AR....

stovepipe · Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:49 am Post subject: Re: First AR....

slimjim wrote:

Bushmaster wrote:

Wow!! He can hit steel, but the birds elude him...

The steel wasn't moving!

stovepipe · Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:50 am Post subject: Re: First AR....

I made some changes to that 12" set up as well, I bent the cross-bar in the shop press to splay the legs, ditched the eye bolts- no more hardware.

These thing take a beat down. Very Happy

Bushmaster · Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 11:46 am Post subject: Re: First AR....

Yes...I believe your are right, slimjim...

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

stovepipe wrote:

Get my 3/8" 500's from Sub-MOA. Use gas pipe for the frame, 5/8" rebar legs. Hang the plates with 3/8" rebar, bullets glance off if not directly shot at.

300Mag @ 100y? Not even a scratch. Makes cool splat marks in the paint, wipe right off with a finger. Gota hit it with a .50 BMG ball at 300y to dent the surface.

Looks like some of my setups. I've also had success in a straight 4ft length of 3/8 rebar from home depot with a 1/2" washer welded to the side near the top. I also welded on a foot peg... just drive 2 of these into the ground when I want to shoot, the top bar is just another piece of rebar with 2 more washers welded on and chain going down to the gong. It just slips into the side support's washers. Simple, works great, portable.

I have some smaller ones that look like miniature versions of your big one for the 4" gongs. Those I sometimes setup at 25 and 50 yards to let my boy ring with his 22lr. They also work fine at 100 with the 223

I need to order up a 12" gong, I want to play with setting up at 4 or 500 yards.

-DallanC

BigBlue · Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 6:16 am Post subject: Re: First AR....

I was always jealous of the range Hickok45 has.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDMcacLEhQk

stovepipe · Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2016 10:02 am Post subject: Re: First AR....

500 rounds as of last week, still going strong. Sight was a nice upgrade. Now we've added a bi-pod. She can now smack steel @ 100y pretty well with a generic CPFP 335gr bullet- which is little more than a Minie-ball for the most part. It still get's everyone's attn., esp. when you connect on a 20# plate and it goes BABLANG and flops like a carp on a dock! Laughing

stovepipe · Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2016 10:03 am Post subject: Re: First AR....

Mobile Scud Launcher.... Very Happy

Comes apart in a jiffy for easy transport and cleaning....

stovepipe · Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2016 10:05 am Post subject: Re: First AR....

Just how big is the 12.7mm bore on a .50cal AR?

This big! Laughing

wiersy111 · Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 11:11 am Post subject: Re: First AR....

NICE!!!!! I have been wanting the 50 Beowulf but haven't got there yet. I am still having fun with it's little brother 6.5 Grendel, three deer so far! Damn coyotes don't show themselve when I have the Grendel in the field.

PaulS · Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 3:34 pm Post subject: Re: First AR....

Very nice!
I have never wanted one of those evil black assault weapons but my local gun store guy has just about convinced me that I need a "modern sporting rifle" for the least expensive way to get into three gun. I am a little late but I have lots of ammo and a thousand or so pieces of brass to load up- all 223/5,56. I was planning on a Ruger Mini 14 but after everything is said and done I can be completely set up for less wit the AR. I will probably end up with two of them one purchased and the other one built. I like the idea of having something the feds and state boys don't know about.

Oh, the ammo I have is for my two single shot pistols; one in 223 and the other in 7mmTCU. Until I get the evil black assault weapon I have a lifetime supply of ammo.

slimjim · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:24 am Post subject: Re: First AR....

I would not recommend a Mini 14. Reliable but not accurate enough for what you need. Plus you won't find the accessories you will want. I recently built one for 3gun. 18 inch, rifle gas, 1:8 twist with a good compensator. It shoots like a dream. Rifle gas is very soft. 1:8 is needed to stabilize 77 grain SMK for longer range engagements. Got my barrel from ARP Performance.

wiersy111 · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 3:52 am Post subject: Re: First AR....

6.5 Grendel, Alexander Arms Upper, Lower, Barrel, Vltor collapsible stock (Magpul PRS Bench Stock), JP adjustable trigger, Troy free float tube, and Lucid 6-24x50 scope. My bench lower is an EP Armory 80% poly lower with JP adjustable trigger. Custom Hydro Dipped True Timber MC2 Snow Camo.

Suzanne · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:28 am Post subject: Re: First AR....

Hey Wiers where'd ya get that buttstock (what's it called) on the bench and is it adjustable? Nice job on the camo! I have a pair of poly 80% lowers, very light indeeeeed. Not hard to make either, I used my drill press.

Suz

Bushmaster · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 11:25 am Post subject: Re: First AR....

Ah gee...And all I got is just a plain old a DPMS LR308 (AR-10) with iron peep and post sights.

wiersy111 · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:43 pm Post subject: Re: First AR....

Suzanne wrote:

Hey Wiers where'd ya get that buttstock (what's it called) on the bench and is it adjustable? Nice job on the camo! I have a pair of poly 80% lowers, very light indeeeeed. Not hard to make either, I used my drill press.

Suz

That stock is the Magpul PRS it is very handy on the bench with all of its adjustments. I can get really comfy behind it.