It's taken longer than I like, getting cancer twice and an infection from the surgeries that went to my brain slowed me a bit. They had to do brain surgery to remove shit from my head, I didn't let them take too much because being what's considered normal in todays' environment was not my goal, just being healthy was good enough! But now I'm getting down to the fun part, (less BS and more shooting) of this AR build in 6MM ARC. I have a decent shooting Colt AR15 A2 in Delta configuration to compare the new build to.
WORD OF WARNING, this is not a precision rifle build its entire conception was based on a general-purpose rifle for in close and out past where the AR A2 20" 5.56 x 45 is comfortable, just a working tool for a man!
Aero Precision M4E1 complete upper from Brownells, 16" stainless barrel, muzzle brake, Atlas R-One handguard, BLAH, BLAH, the standard Aero kits that they were marketing with Brownells when the 6ARC was first released. Along with a set of Picitanny backup Iron sights front and rear. A 2 stage National Match Trigger, standard buffer spring and a LUTHAR MBA 3 Carbine stock which required that I get some Grovtec push button bases for the QD release for the sling.
BTW the LUTHAR stock while certainly not a dedicated CQB stock it is very nice; the adjustments are not on the fly, but they are very workable for hunting and field accurate target shooting.
A 2 point/1 point Crosstac bungee sling, that comes with its own QD sling swivels and QD base for conversion from 2 point to 1 point, BTW I'm liking it the sling. A Caldwell brass catcher, (at the cost of brass I'm not losing any that are not worn out) I had to use a 1/2" riser from Truglo to be able to slip the catcher attachment under the scope base and to get a useable 1 power sight picture over the A2 front sight.
Once I tested the rifle with iron sights, I was impressed with how well it shot so I did a test mounting of an older long-range scope and tested again. Ammunition was factory105 grain Hornady match, hundred-yard groups were very nice, averaging 1/2" over twenty 5 shot groups that I fired on 3 occasions. I will be using a hunting bullet when I handload the Hornady 103 grain ELDX. Twenty groups are not a lot of shooting but enough to make a decision that the rifle was worth keeping then researching and buying a field use scope for it.
Choosing a scope in todays' environment was a research project there's so much BS everywhere. My needs pointed to a LPVO scope, and the internet was going through a (we hate the LPVO period at that time) and I had to swim through that BS. My needs as I saw it was for a scope with an illuminated reticle, a good 1 power field of view and eye alignment, that could be quickly set to full power have a reasonable eye alignment that would allow the use of the cartridge on medium game at the effective range of the cartridge, about 400 yards. I had done some steel tinging with the iron sight at 600 so hitting something at 600+ with the scope would not be an issue but taking game humanely would be the consideration. Therefor the rifle scope combination I chose would work in close like a red dot but not have the limitations of a red dot at long ranges.
I picked up a Sig Sauer 1 x 10 x 28 second focal plane and so far, I'm glad I ignored the internet, it's sharper and brighter than I was told it would be by the internet wonder heads. I was able to mount it so that when I shoulder the rifle from the sling at 10 power it comes up in full view, (3.2" of eye relief) and I can reduce power to 1 power without changing my cheek weld.
The same drill starting at 1 power works as long as you don't get lazy, the scope has 9" of eye relief at 1 power so if you're lazy when you slide the power up to 10 you can find yourself out of position a bit.
I'm now going to start shooting and acclimating myself to the manual of arms of the system, shooting up my factory ammo and collecting the brass to tailor my loads to the 103 Hornady ELDX. I've shot a few of them and they work in the rifle, I just need to put the hours in to weld myself to the system. Once the loads are worked, the scope is zeroed, and I have married myself to the machine I'll pop i toff quick and get the 103 grain load zeroed at 300 for the iron sights.
Here are a few images the first is the iron sight target I use at 100, (the T creates a n easily aligned horizontal and vertical aim point for iron sights) I have a fatter one for farther ranges the other are of the rifle with the brass catcher on. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH another picture of an AR.
WORD OF WARNING, this is not a precision rifle build its entire conception was based on a general-purpose rifle for in close and out past where the AR A2 20" 5.56 x 45 is comfortable, just a working tool for a man!
Aero Precision M4E1 complete upper from Brownells, 16" stainless barrel, muzzle brake, Atlas R-One handguard, BLAH, BLAH, the standard Aero kits that they were marketing with Brownells when the 6ARC was first released. Along with a set of Picitanny backup Iron sights front and rear. A 2 stage National Match Trigger, standard buffer spring and a LUTHAR MBA 3 Carbine stock which required that I get some Grovtec push button bases for the QD release for the sling.
BTW the LUTHAR stock while certainly not a dedicated CQB stock it is very nice; the adjustments are not on the fly, but they are very workable for hunting and field accurate target shooting.
A 2 point/1 point Crosstac bungee sling, that comes with its own QD sling swivels and QD base for conversion from 2 point to 1 point, BTW I'm liking it the sling. A Caldwell brass catcher, (at the cost of brass I'm not losing any that are not worn out) I had to use a 1/2" riser from Truglo to be able to slip the catcher attachment under the scope base and to get a useable 1 power sight picture over the A2 front sight.
Once I tested the rifle with iron sights, I was impressed with how well it shot so I did a test mounting of an older long-range scope and tested again. Ammunition was factory105 grain Hornady match, hundred-yard groups were very nice, averaging 1/2" over twenty 5 shot groups that I fired on 3 occasions. I will be using a hunting bullet when I handload the Hornady 103 grain ELDX. Twenty groups are not a lot of shooting but enough to make a decision that the rifle was worth keeping then researching and buying a field use scope for it.
Choosing a scope in todays' environment was a research project there's so much BS everywhere. My needs pointed to a LPVO scope, and the internet was going through a (we hate the LPVO period at that time) and I had to swim through that BS. My needs as I saw it was for a scope with an illuminated reticle, a good 1 power field of view and eye alignment, that could be quickly set to full power have a reasonable eye alignment that would allow the use of the cartridge on medium game at the effective range of the cartridge, about 400 yards. I had done some steel tinging with the iron sight at 600 so hitting something at 600+ with the scope would not be an issue but taking game humanely would be the consideration. Therefor the rifle scope combination I chose would work in close like a red dot but not have the limitations of a red dot at long ranges.
I picked up a Sig Sauer 1 x 10 x 28 second focal plane and so far, I'm glad I ignored the internet, it's sharper and brighter than I was told it would be by the internet wonder heads. I was able to mount it so that when I shoulder the rifle from the sling at 10 power it comes up in full view, (3.2" of eye relief) and I can reduce power to 1 power without changing my cheek weld.
The same drill starting at 1 power works as long as you don't get lazy, the scope has 9" of eye relief at 1 power so if you're lazy when you slide the power up to 10 you can find yourself out of position a bit.
I'm now going to start shooting and acclimating myself to the manual of arms of the system, shooting up my factory ammo and collecting the brass to tailor my loads to the 103 Hornady ELDX. I've shot a few of them and they work in the rifle, I just need to put the hours in to weld myself to the system. Once the loads are worked, the scope is zeroed, and I have married myself to the machine I'll pop i toff quick and get the 103 grain load zeroed at 300 for the iron sights.
Here are a few images the first is the iron sight target I use at 100, (the T creates a n easily aligned horizontal and vertical aim point for iron sights) I have a fatter one for farther ranges the other are of the rifle with the brass catcher on. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH another picture of an AR.
